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Olga Sezneva is an Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam in the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, specializing in Cultural Sociology. Her research interests encompass migration, memory, material culture, urban aesthetics, media piracy, and the cultural contexts of Eastern Europe and Russia. Sezneva earned her PhD in Sociology from New York University and has held postdoctoral positions at the University of Chicago. She joined UvA in 2010, and throughout her career, she has engaged in various interdisciplinary collaborations that blend sociology, architecture, and artistic practice. Sezneva's main research examines the material culture and the historical memories associated with conflict and forced migration, with a focus on the German territories ceded after 1945 to Russia and Poland. One of her notable projects is Contested Objects, Connected Histories (COCH), funded by the Dutch Research Council, which investigates the cultural reinvention of specific craft products in post-war contexts. In addition to her academic work, she actively participates in art curation and collaborates with artists and scholars through the Moving Matters Traveling Workshop, aiming to address issues of migration through various artistic mediums. Sezneva’s contributions to the field include publications and collaborative initiatives exploring the intersections of migration, media, and social justice.
University of Amsterdam • Amsterdam, Netherlands
Teaching and conducting research in the field of Cultural Sociology.
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