B. 1961; MA 1986, University of Warsaw; PhD 2006, post-doctoral degree (habilitacja) 2006 (also UW). Worked at the Institute of Developing Countries, University of Warsaw in 1986-1996 as intern, assistant lecturer and senior assistant lecturer; since 1996 at the IH UW as assistant professor; UW professorship 2011; chair of the IH UW Advisory Board (2012).
Wodzowie i politycy. Generalicja polska 1806-1815, Warszawa 1992; Warszawa 1806-1815. Miasto i ludzie, Warszawa 1997; Rosja i świat. Wyobraźnia polityczna elity imperium rosyjskiego w początkach XIX wieku, Warszawa 1997; Historia dla maturzysty. Nowożytność, Warszawa 2006; Zasada "dwóch sumień". Normy postępowania i granice kompromisu politycznego Polaków w sytuacjach wyboru (1795-1815), Warszawa 2005; Księstwo Warszawskie (1807-1815), Warszawa 2011; Progress and violence in political reality: the case of political imagination of the elite of the Russian empire at the turn of the XVIIIth century [in:] Progrès et violence au XVIIIe siècle, Paris 2001, pp. 53-70; Zabójstwo Adama Mickiewicza. Żołnierze, cywile i urzędnicy na litewskiej prowincji w początkach XIX w., Kwartalnik Historyczny 2002, no. 4, pp. 59-70; The attitudes of the Polish Political Elite towards the State in the Period of the Duchy of Warsaw (1807-1815), [in:] Collaboration and Resistance in the Napoleonic Europe. State-formation in an Age of Upheaval c. 1800-1815, Palgrave-Macmillan 2003; Glory, Honour and Patriotism: Military careers in the Duchy of Warsaw 1807-1815 [in:] Soldiers, Citizens and Civilians. Experiences and Perceptions of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 1790-1820, Palgrave Macmillan 2009; The Army of the Duchy of Warsaw, [in]: Armies of the Napoleonic Wars, Pen and Sword 2011.