Emma Harris
About the author
Emma Harris – after a doctorate in Economic History at the University of Edinburgh with a thesis on the economic consequences of the first world war in Polish territories, Emma Harris has taught British social and cultural history in the Institute of English Studies of the University of Warsaw since the late 1970s. She was the director of the Institute from 1990 to 2014 and dean of the Faculty of Modern Languages from 1999-2005.
Over this period, her research interests have shifted towards 19th-century social and political history, and in particular international contacts, including the ideas, adjustments and practices of political refugees, especially the refugee democrats who left Poland for Western Europe in 1831 after the unsuccessful November Uprising against Russian rule.
Over this period, her research interests have shifted towards 19th-century social and political history, and in particular international contacts, including the ideas, adjustments and practices of political refugees, especially the refugee democrats who left Poland for Western Europe in 1831 after the unsuccessful November Uprising against Russian rule.
