Aleksandra Szczepan – trained in literary studies and philosophy, co-founder and member of the Research Center for Memory Cultures at the Faculty of Polish Studies of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. She authored the book Realista Robbe-Grillet (2015) together with numerous articles. Her research interests include the redefinitions of realism in 20th century literature, video testimony, performative practices of memory, and oral history. Currently, she is working on space-based testimonial practices of the witnesses to the Shoah.