About

Malgorzata Mazurek is an Associate Professor of Polish Studies at Columbia University, based in the Department of History and the Harriman Institute. She specializes in the modern history of Poland and East Central Europe, with research interests encompassing the history of social sciences, international development, social history of labor and consumption in twentieth-century Poland, and Polish-Jewish studies. Her scholarly work includes the publication of 'Society in Waiting Lines: On Experiences of Shortages in Postwar Poland,' which explores social inequalities under state socialism, and numerous articles on labor, consumption, and the history of human and social sciences in East Central Europe during the twentieth century. Her current book project, 'Economics of Hereness: The Polish Origins of Global Developmentalism 1918-1968,' revises the history of developmental thinking by highlighting East-Central Europe's role as a site of economic innovation and its influence on global development policies, particularly in the context of post-imperial Europe and the postcolonial world. Mazurek has been involved in international research projects, including 'Socialism Goes Global,' and has contributed to discussions on the history of social sciences, university decolonization, and Cold War internationalism. She holds a Ph.D. from Warsaw University obtained in 2008 and has been recognized with several awards and grants for her research, including the Lenfest Junior Faculty Development Grant and the Arts and Humanities Research Council Grant.

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Sociology
• Classics
• Library science
• Art history
• History

Selected publications

• A World of Contradictions

  The American Historical Review · 2023

  • Sociology
  • Computer Science
  • Art history

  Journal Article A World of Contradictions: Globalization and Deglobalization in Interwar Europe Get access Tara Zahra, Tara Zahra Hanna Holborn Gray Professor of History and Roman Family Director of the Neubauer Collegium, University of Chicago, US Corresponding Author: Dr. Tara Zahra E-mail: tzahra@uchicago.edu Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Peter Becker, Peter Becker University of Vienna, Austria Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Kate Brown, Kate Brown Thomas Siebel Distinguished Professor in the History of Science, Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, US Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Zachary Doleshal, Zachary Doleshal Clinical Assistant Professor, Sam Houston State University, US Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jamie Martin, Jamie Martin Assistant Professor of History and of Social Studies, Harvard University, US Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Małgorzata Mazurek, Małgorzata Mazurek Associate Professor in the History Department, Columbia University, US Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar David Petruccelli, David Petruccelli Assistant Professor of History, Dartmouth College, US Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Máté Rigó, Máté Rigó Assistant Professor of History, Brandeis University, US Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Carolyn D Taratko Carolyn D Taratko Research Associate and Lecturer, University of Erfurt, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5312-0597 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 128, Issue 2, June 2023, Pages 703–881, https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhad231 Published: 22 June 2023

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Frequent coauthors

• Tara Zahra

  2 shared

• Hugo Service

  Deutsches Museum

  1 shared

• Maria Kaczynska

  Deutsches Museum

  1 shared

• Peter Weber

  1 shared

• Celia Donert

  Deutsches Museum

  1 shared

• Niels Olesen

  Deutsches Museum

  1 shared

• Peter Becker

  Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, German Institute for International and Security Affairs

  1 shared

• François Cochet

  1 shared

Awards & honors

• Lenfest Junior Faculty Development Grant for a project "Stru…
• Lenfest Junior Faculty Development Award, Columbia Universit…
• Arts and Humanities Research Council Grant (2015-18) for the…
• Marie Curie Fellowship of the Gerda Henkel Foundation, Colum…

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