Dr. Paul Bauer holds a doctorate in geography from the School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS) in Paris. He is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of European Studies of the Institute of International Studies at Charles University. His research interests cover the geography of borders and national identities, the social issues of commemorative policies in Central Europe, and the question of transdisciplinarity in social sciences. He is currently working on the socio-geographic aspects of conflictual and shared heritages in Central Europe with a special focus on the political and scientific issues of the musealization of violent pasts and its role in the (re)framing of post-war victim/perpetrator relations.