My research interests include the political philosophies of conservatism and nationalism in Europe, particularly in Poland, Spain and the UK. Empirically I am analysing the contemporary development of conservatism in Polish politics, mainly the content of the traditionalist discourse, critical of liberal and secular aspects of European integration. Additionaly, I work with comparative studies regarding the history of conservatism in Europe and in the US.
Furthermore, I am interested in concepts such as "collective memory" and "national identity", as well as in the history of European political thought.
To a lesser degree I have also worked with the history of Yiddish culture in Eastern Europe and with questions regarding inter-religious dialogue in Poland and in Belarus.

Articles (1)

• Törnquist-Plewa, B. & Nowak, M. (2004). Några reflexioner kring EU:s östutvidgning. Politologen, 5-9. Statsvetenskapliga förbundet.
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Book chapters (5)

• Nowak, M. (2011). The Polish Christian Right and the idea of the West. In Tornquist-Plewa, B. & Stala, K. (Eds.) Cultural Transformations After Communism: Central and Eastern Europe in Focus. Nordic Academic Press.
• Nowak, M. (2009). Perpetrators or Victims? : A Pilot Study of the Contemporary Historical Debate in Poland on the Expulsion of Germans in the Aftermath of the Second World War. In Törnquist-Plewa, B. & Petersson, B. (Eds.) CFE Conference Papers Series, Remembering Europe's Expelled Peoples of the Twentieth Century, 4. Centre for European Studies, Lund university.
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• Törnquist-Plewa, B. & Nowak, M. (2009). Vitryssland : en stat med olika ansikten. In Björklund, F. & Rodin, J. (Eds.) Det nya Östeuropa : stat och nation i förändring (pp. 109-128). Studentlitteratur AB.
• Lennhag, M. & Nowak, M. (2007). Ökade möjligheter för nyanserad bild av Vitryssland i Sverige. In Janowic, S. (Ed.) Annus Albaruthenicus, Annus Albaruthenicus 2007 (pp. 347-356). Villa Sokrates.
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• Nowak, M. (2007). Contemporary Polish Conservatism and the Decadence of the West. In Dutceac Segesten, A. & Önnerfors, A. (Eds.) Negotiating Europe: Foundations, Dynamics, Challenges (pp. 38-59), 32. Centre for European Studies, Lund university.

Conference contributions (1)

• Nowak, M. & Driewer, T. (2008). Perpetrators or victims? - Contemporary historical debate in Polish and German media on the expulsion of the German minority in the aftermath of the WWII.

Articles in specialist publications and popular press (3)

• Lennhag, M. & Nowak, M. (2010). EU:s Östliga partnerskap tappar fart. Svensk-Polsk Bulletin. Svensk-Polska Samfundet.
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• Lennhag, M. & Nowak, M. (2006). Är Polen ärkekonservativt – eller medierna ärkeliberala?. Svensk-Polsk Bulletin. Svensk-Polska Samfundet, Svensk-Polska Samfundet.
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• Nowak, M. & Muskala, J. (2006). Känner ni till det muslimska Polen?. Svensk-Polsk Bulletin, 3-3. Svensk-Polska Samfundet, Svensk-Polska Samfundet.
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