Katerina Fuksova
Katerina Fuksova
QUALIFICATIONS
2019 M.A., Folkloristics and Applied Heritage Studies, University of Tartu
2016 B.A., Ethnology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague
PRINCIPAL RESEARCH INTERESTS
Post-Soviet Transformation; Memory and Identity; Decolonial Approaches in Central Eastern Europe; Urban Anthropology; Grassroots Urban Protest Movements; Eastern Europe; Republic of Moldova; Romania; Ukraine
RESEARCH PROFILE
My academic work engages with the ways in which historical narratives and collective memory shape contemporary identity politics in post-socialist societies. I am particularly interested in how urban spaces serve as sites of contestation, reflecting broader social, political, and economic transformations. By employing interdisciplinary methods that combine archival research, ethnographic fieldwork, and oral history, I examine how individuals and communities navigate the legacies of Soviet rule amidst the processes of Europeanization.
I have participated in various international conferences and research projects that address questions of historical memory, post-colonial theory in the post-socialist context, and urban social movements. I am also involved in collaborative research initiatives that bridge the fields of anthropology and history, focusing on the lived experiences of people in transitional societies. In addition to my academic work, I contribute to public discourse through essays and articles that analyze the intersection of history, politics, and social change in Eastern Europe.
Journal Articles
2024 Memory Activism in the Republic of Moldova: Last Address and Stolpersteine Projects. The Journal of European Studies 54(2): 174–194.
2023 Victory Day or Europe Day? The Politics of Memory in Moldova in the Shadow of Russia's War in Ukraine. Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review 23(2): 327–357.
2021 At This Site, a Monument Will Be Installed: Chisinau Monuments and Commemoration Practices Dedicated to Forced Soviet Deportations. Buletin Științific: Revistă de Etnografie, Științele Naturi și Muzeologie 33(46): 192–205.
Ongoing Projects and Grants
2025–2028 TiCToC: Times in Crisis, Times of Crisis: The Temporalities of Europe in Polycrisis. CHANSE-HERA Call Crisis - Perspectives from the Humanities. Researcher in the Czech Team.
Invited Talks, Public Lectures or Roundtables
2024 November, 13. Debate: Moldova and Georgia: What Implications They Bring to the EU and NATO. Europeum, Prague, Czech Republic. (co-panelists Brisku, Adrian – Zduńczyk, Tomasz Krzysztof)
2024 June, 27. Roundtable: Rethinking Eastern Europe from Within. RUTA Re(kn)own Region(s) from Within: Inaugural Conference, Uzhorod, Ukraine. (co-panelists Pîslari, Ecaterina – Troscenko, Elina – Cheishvili, Georgi – Howlett, Marnie)
2022 May, 15. Public Lecture: Contemporary Chisinau through the Lens of Critical Urban Theory: An Anthropological Approach. Moldovan State University, Faculty of History, Department of Philosophy and Anthropology, Chisinau, Moldova
Teaching Experience
2023–2025 Lecturer, Institute of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague
Conference and Workshop Organisation
2025 January, 23–24. PRAVIDCO: Prague Visual History and Digital Humanities Conference. Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague. (co-organisers Kocián, Jiří – Roginer Hoffmeister, Karin – Vedlichová, Klára – Hoffmanová, Petra – Kosová, Klára)
2024 September, 18–21. Czech-German Autumn School in Zdoňov. (co-organisers Kroupová, Markéta – Sudetendeutsche Landsmannschaft – Heimatkreis Braunau/Sudetenland)
2024 May, 24–25. Working with Wartime Testimonies: Practical Workshop in Digital Humanities. Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague. (co-organiser Kristensen, Astrid)
