Stanislaw Banach

Prior to commencing my studies at Cambridge, I completed a BA in History at the University of California, Berkeley, and an MA in Social Science at the University of Chicago, where I was the recipient of a Social Sciences Scholarship. My Master’s thesis analysed Christian perceptions of pagans in late-twelfth-century chronicles from Denmark and Poland.

My current research focuses on violence and identity during the later middle ages. In particular, my work examines patterns of collective violence in the urban centres of Poland, Prussia, and Silesia, seeking to understand how processes of identity formation intersected with events such as political revolts and persecutions of minorities. My research is supervised by Prof. Nora Berend and funded by the Cambridge International Trust.