School of History and Anthropology

I was born and raised in Poland. I completed my MA in Sociology and Social Anthropology at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary.  I came to Northern Ireland to work on my PhD at Queen’s. 

Research topic:

‘Polish migrants in Belfast: border crossing and identity construction’

The aim of my research is to explore how the Polish migrants in Belfast maintain and negotiate their ethnic identities within the sectarian conflict context in Northern Ireland.

Supervisors:

Dr. Lisette Josephides and Dr. Maruška Svašek

Research interests:

globalization, identities,  borders, gender, religion

Regional interests:
Europe, Latin America (Mexico)

Contact details:
mkempny01@qub.ac.uk

Research

• Research Clusters
• Anthropology Research Projects
• Anthropology Research Students
  • Diane Atkinson
  • Raymond Casserly
  • Stephen Herron
  • Gabril Hoskin
  • Yan Hu
  • David Kanter
  • Marta Kempny
  • Naoko Maehara
  • Noomi Mozard
  • Julissa Ossorio-Bermudez
  • Gordon Ramsey
  • Michael Reinsborough
  • Lindsay Sprague
  • Ioannis Tsioulakis
  • Sha Wang
  • Gemma Wieberg
  • Evanthia Patsiaoura
  • Theodore Konkouris
• History Research Projects
• History Research Students
• Research Seminars
• Theses Completed in modern History since 1993
• Women's and Gender History at Queen's
• Past Research Projects
• Charles Wallace Fellowship
• Books published in 2012
• Books published in 2011
• Books published in 2010
• Books published 2009
• History Postgrad Research Posters