On April 16, 2026, I had the pleasure of organising the workshop “Non-European Approaches in European Academia: Strategies for De-Europeanising Research” in Warsaw. The event was part of the project “Next Generation PhDs – Innovations,” funded by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) under the STER program Internationalisation of Doctoral Schools. The workshop brought together participants interested in reflecting on the place of non-European perspectives wi

Our Polish Academy of Sciences, together with Polish Radio’s Channel Four, runs a podcast called ‘What’s This Science All About?’ aimed at bringing research findings closer to listeners. Today, under the catchy title ‘Why Do Brazilians Speak Portuguese? ’, we talked about the colonial history of Brazil. Podcast is available: HERE

In March 2026, I had the pleasure of participating in a research stay at the Masaryk University, hosted by the Department for the Study of Religions and the Centre for Digital Research of Religion. From March 23 to 27, the visit offered a stimulating environment for scholarly exchange and interdisciplinary discussion. The stay was made possible by an invitation from David Zbíral, principal investigator of the ERC-funded DISSINET Project . His work on dissident networks and di

This month, I had the pleasure of presenting my book project at the “Conferência Cracoviana de Latinoamericanistas: Vulnerabilidade e Resiliência na América Latina.” It was an inspiring event that brought together scholars studying how societies confront crisis, adapt, and rebuild. My presentation, "From Ruins to Resilience: Colonial Responses to Humanitarian Crises in the Atlantic," examines how the Portuguese Empire responded to both natural and social disasters in the eigh