I am a historian in training at the University of Vienna, specializing in the history of the Holocaust in Central and Eastern Europe. My research examines the mechanisms and consequences of persecution across the region, with particular interests in antisemitic propaganda, interethnic collaboration and resistance, provenance research of confiscated Jewish property, gendered experiences of violence, and the economic dimensions of persecution.

Alongside my studies, I work at the Institute of Contemporary History as a student assistant and tutor, where I support teaching, administration, and research. I also mentor students in academic writing in both German and English across several departments. These roles have strengthened my pedagogical skills and deepened my commitment to accessible, rigorous historical education.

I am currently pursuing a provenance‑historical investigation into the case of the technikhistorian Hugo Theodor Horwitz at the Technisches Museum Wien, reconstructing the institutional routes through which his scientific materials entered the museum under National Socialism and tracing how they were classified, integrated, and administratively sustained until their restitution in 2007. Drawing on archival sources, internal documentation, and the broader historiography of knowledge appropriation, my analysis foregrounds the interplay of scholarly value, bureaucratic routine, and persecution‑driven dispossession, situating the Horwitz case within contemporary debates on the ethics of scientific heritage and the responsibilities of postwar institutions. Parallel to this work, I collaborate with Andreas Liebsch on an interdisciplinary study of fourteen first‑semester history student texts at the University of Vienna, employing linguistically grounded methods — qualitative analysis, clustering, and typologization — to examine how emerging academic writers mobilize disciplinary knowledge and develop early scholarly literacies, with results forthcoming in zisch: Journal of Interdisciplinary Writing Research in late 2026.

My work is grounded in a strong regional and linguistic foundation. I am a native speaker of Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian/Montenegrin and speak German and English at an advanced academic level (C1/C2). I also have working knowledge of Spanish and French, and since 2025, I have been learning Hungarian and Polish to deepen my engagement with Central and Eastern European source material and scholarship.