Aleksandra Janus

Aleksandra (Ola) Janus holds a PhD in Anthropology from the Jagiellonian University (UJ) in Cracow (Poland). She works at the intersections of academia, art, and activism. She collaborates closely with the Research Center for Memory Cultures (UJ), is a member of the global network and project “Thinking Through The Museum” & the editorial board of the Jagiellonian/Columbia University book series “Exhibiting Theory”. She is President of the Zapomniane Foundation and co-founder of the Engaged Memory Consortium aimed at proposing an new approach to remembrance that underscores the relevance of remembering for social justice. In 2024 she was awarded the honorary “Warsaw Ghetto Uprising” medal. She co-founded and curated the ‘Museum Lab’ program for Polish heritage professionals and more recently – the working group Museums for the Climate and Culture for Climate collective.