Analyzing Biographical Data – Different Approaches of Doing Biographical Research

Kaja Kaźmierska

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Kaja Kaźmierska University of Lodz, Poland

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Kaja Kaźmierska, University of Lodz, Poland

Kaja Kaźmierska, is an Associated Professor, Head of the Department of Sociology of Culture, Institute of Sociology, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, University of Lodz, Poland. Her research interests include: biographical analysis, collective/national identity and memory, migration, borderland and European identity formation, and studies on Jewish identity. Recently published: Biography and Memory: The Generational Experience of the Shoah Survivors (2012 [Boston: Academic Studies Press]).

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