Nikolas Oktaba

Biography

• Nikolas Oktaba studies narratives of trauma, paranoia, and genocide.

Research Interests

• trauma, paranoia, violence, genocide, totalitarianism, psychoanalysis, psychology, skin studies, Eastern Europe

Working Languages

• Polish, Ukrainian, Ancient Greek, Latin

Fellowships

• Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans (2021)
• Henry Luce Scholarship (2018)
• Gates Cambridge Scholarship (2015)
• Beinecke Scholarship (2014)

Education History

• MPhil, University of Cambridge; B.A. Fordham University