Kamil Jański

Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in American Studies (2019) and a master’s degree in American Studies with a specialization in Latin America (2021) from the Institute of American and Polish Studies at Jagiellonian University. He received the award of the Dean of the Faculty of International and Political Studies at Jagiellonian University for the best master’s thesis defended in the academic year 2020/2021. As a student, he cooperated as a volunteer with the Latin American Cultural Center (Centro Latino) in Cracow.

Currently a doctoral student in political science at the Doctoral School of Social Sciences at the University of Lodz, where he is conducting research on the politics of memory during the 1973-1985 dictatorship in Uruguay and also related to transitional justice and the politics of terror. Under a PROM grant he received, he conducted research search in Hamburg (2023). His research interests are related to: social and security challenges, the politics of memory and transitional justice in Latin America.

He is the author of several chapters and scientific articles in the field of international security in the Latin American region.