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Olga Sezneva is an Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam's Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. She specializes in Cultural Sociology with a focus on migration, memory, material culture, urban aesthetics, and media piracy, particularly in the context of Eastern Europe and Russia. Sezneva earned her PhD in Sociology from New York University and held a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago before joining UvA in 2010. Her research examines the intersection of material culture and urban design, and how histories and memories shape the experiences of conflict and forced migration. She leads several projects, including 'Contested Objects, Connected Histories' funded by the Dutch Research Council, which explores the cultural reworking of objects over geopolitical boundaries. In addition to academic research, she is involved in curatorial practice and has collaborated with various institutions to promote interdisciplinary understanding of urban social issues. Sezneva has received numerous grants, including the Jean Monnet Networks by Erasmus+ and the Aspasia grant, enabling her to work on pressing societal issues related to migration and cultural integration.
University of Amsterdam • Amsterdam, Netherlands
Teaching and researching in Cultural Sociology, with a focus on migration and memory.
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