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Kirby Fleitz graduated from Indiana University in May of 2021 with high academic distinction with a B.A. in History and a minor in Polish Studies. She was a Hutton Honors College member and a member of the Collins Living Learning Center at IU, serving in the Board of Educational Programming and as the LLC’s Fee Committee Chair. Kirby’s history capstone papers examined the evolution of post-WW2 reconstruction of Warsaw. After graduating she did a solo six-week trip to Poland, focusing on visiting museums and monuments dedicated to the Communist era. At REEI, Kirby plans to continue her studies on Polish history & culture, with a focus on the 20th century and understanding Poland as both a colonizer and a colonized country. The Interwar period is of particular interest to her. Post REEI, Kirby hopes to work at a Polish/East European research/cultural institute or continue onto a PhD program and into academia.