Dr. Corina Snitar

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Corina Snitar earned her PhD in Central and East European Studies in 2019 from the University of Glasgow. Her doctoral thesis examined the 1956 student protests in Timișoara, utilizing fresh evidence gathered through archival research and oral history. This thesis was published in the Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series by Lexington Books in 2021. During her PhD studies, Dr. Snitar worked on a book project that explored women's experiences of repression in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, which was published by Routledge in 2018. Additionally, she holds a Master's degree in International Conflict and Cooperation from the University of Stirling and another Master's in Central and East European Studies from the University of Glasgow.

Research Interests

Cold War Central Eastern Europe Geopolitics History of Communism Political Repression

Experience

Lecturer

— Present

University of Glasgow • Glasgow

Teaching courses related to Cold War history and Central Eastern Europe.

Awards

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BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant

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Mac Robertson Travel Scholarship

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University of Glasgow Grant

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British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies Grant

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CRCEES Grant

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George Washington University Grant

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University of Stirling Scholarship

Courses

Perspectives on Security: The Cold War and Central Eastern Europe (1945-1989) Sovietisation of Central Eastern Europe - Undergraduate Level 1A The Cold War 1945-1953 - Undergraduate Level 1A Varieties of Communism and Discontents in Central and Eastern Europe 1968 – Undergraduate Level 1B Geopolitics of Romania - PGT Level