Katalin Deme is a senior research fellow at MCC Brussels. She obtained a Master’s degree in Hebrew and Yiddish at INALCO in Paris and a PhD in Eastern European Studies at Aarhus University, where she taught for several years. In 2022, Katalin was awarded the Golden Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary for her work in promoting Hungarian history, culture and religious traditions in Denmark, where she has spent more than two decades of her life.