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This week (January 2–9), the Department of Folkloristics at the Estonian Literary Museum is hosting an Erasmus+ internship by Maria Żukowska, a doctoral candidate, historian, and translator from the University of Białystok (Poland). Maria is writing her dissertation on the transformation of narratives in post-soviet history textbooks. During her stay in Estonia, she is working with Estonian school history textbooks.
Maria Żukowska is also the author and producer of the Polish-language podcast series Podcasty Dialogu, which explores the cultures of various countries (Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia). This project closely resembles the intercultural educational initiatives of the Department of Folkloristics, such as SUKK (led by Sergei Troitskiy and Nikolay Kuznetsov) and Languages Connect (led by Sergei Troitskiy). 
We hope that Maria Żukowska’s visit will strengthen cooperation between Poland and Estonia, expand the Estonian Literary Museum’s network of partners through the University of Białystok, and foster collaboration with other countries via the Erasmus+ program.
Maria Żukowska’s internship is part of a series of visits by doctoral students from European countries to the Department of Folkloristics at the Estonian Literary Museum. Previous interns have come from Latvia, France and Poland.
The internship was supervised by Mare Kõiva, Head of the Department of Folkloristics, and organized by Sergei Troitskiy.