Błażej Brzostek is a historian, professor at the University of Warsaw, and researcher at the Warsaw Museum. He also teaches at the Warsaw Theatre Academy. His research focuses on social history and historical anthropology, particularly urban studies, but also the history of watchmaking and, more recently, the history of women in the Polish People’s Republic. He is notably the author of Les Paris de l’Autre Europe [The Parises of the Other Europe], translated from Polish by Erik Veaux (Les Manuscrits Savoirs, 2023).