Melanie Hussinger
Room:
2219
Email:
Visiting Address
Helmut-Schmidt-Universität
Gebäude H1
Holstenhofweg 85
22043 Hamburg
Postal Adress
Helmut-Schmidt-Universität
Fakultät GeiSo
Geschichte Ost- und Ostmitteleuropas
Postfach 70 08 22
22008 Hamburg
“Vita
- since April 2021: Research associate at the Professorship for East European and East-Central European History at Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg
- 2018-2021: Student assistant at the Leibniz Institute for Eastern and South-Eastern European Research, Regensburg
- 2017-2020: Master’s degree programme in Eastern European Studies at the University of Regensburg. Final thesis topic (M.A.): “Ein Name, ein Leben ein Zeichen. Historisches Gedenken im zivilgesellschaftlichen Projekt Poslednij Adres” (A name, a life, a sign: Historical commemoration in the civil society project Poslednij Adres”) (awarded the 2nd Regensburg award for excellent final theses in the field of area studies)
- 2016: Semester abroad at the state university in Ivanovo, Russia (Russian literature, culture and history)
- 2013-2017: Bachelor’s degree programme in European Studies (B.A.) at the University of Passau
Current research projects
Dissertation project:
Poslednij Adres (die Letzte Adresse) im Kontext post-sozialistischer Erinnerungskulturen (Poslednij Adres (the Last Address) in the context of post-Socialist commemorative cultures)
Main research topics
- Erinnerungskultur und –politik in Osteuropa (Commemorative culture and politics in Eastern Europe)
Zivilgesellschaftliche Bewegungen in der Perstrojka (Civil society movements in perestroika) - Praktiken des Erinnerns und Gedenkens in der Sowjetunion und Russland (Remembrance and commemoration practices in the Soviet Union and Russia)
- Stalinismus und Aufarbeitung (Stalinism and coming to terms with the past)
Letzte Änderung: 10. November 2021