CURRICULUM VITAE DR. KATJA WEZEL DAAD Visiting Assistant Professor University of Pittsburgh, Department of History 3702 Posvar Hall, 230 South Bouquet Street Pittsburgh, PA 15206 Email: wezel@pitt.edu ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT DAAD Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Department of History, 2013 present Instructor, Ruperto Carola Heidelberg University (Germany), Department of History, 2010 2011 Academic Advisor and Research Associate in East European History, Ruperto Carola Heidelberg University, 2008 2009 Research Fellow in Interdisciplinary Junior Research Group (Graduiertenkolleg) Overcoming Dictatorships in Europe, Ruperto Carola Heidelberg University, 2005 2008 EDUCATION PhD, History, Ruperto Carola Heidelberg University (Germany), 2011 Topic: Geschichte als Politikum. Lettland und die Aufarbeitung nach der Diktatur (History as Politics. Coming to Terms with the Past in Post- Soviet Latvia) Supervisors: Prof. Edgar Wolfrum and Prof. Heinz- Dietrich Löwe MA, History and English, Ruperto Carola Heidelberg University (Germany), 2004 EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE ABROAD Visiting PhD scholar, Department of History, University of Latvia, Riga (Latvia), 2005 06 Visiting Student, European University of St. Petersburg (Russia) in the Program Master in Russian Studies, Fall 2002 Visiting Student, University of Wales, Aberystwyth (UK), 2000 01 PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH Peer reviewed journal articles The Unfinished Business of Perestroika. Latvia s Memory Politics and its Quest for Acknowledgement of Victimhood in Europe. Nationalities Papers 44:4 (2016), pp. 560 577. DOI: 10.1080/00905992.2016.1142520 Transcending Borders: Riga s Baltic German Entrepreneurs in an Era of Nationalism, Revolution and War. Journal of Baltic Studies (Forthcoming). 1
Co- editor (with Stefan Donecker): Special Issue on German Community German Nationality? Baltic German perceptions of Belonging in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century. Journal of Baltic Studies (Forthcoming). Book chapters Memory Conflicts as Barrier for Reconciliation: Post- Soviet Disputes between the Baltic States and Russia. In Lily Gardner Feldman et al. (eds.). Societies in Transition. The Former Soviet Union and East Central Europe between Conflict and Reconciliation. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (Forthcoming). Loyalty, Minority, Monarchy: The Baltic German Press and 1905. In Felicitas Fischer v. Weikersthal et. al. (eds.). The Russian Revolution of 1905 in Transcultural Perspective. Bloomington: Slavica Publishers 2013, pp. 213 224. Country Report Latvia. In Lavinia Stan and Nadya Nedelsky (eds.). Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice. New York: Cambridge University Press 2012, pp. 273 280. Clashes of Memory in Europe s New Old Borderland : Latvian Nation- building and Responses of Latvia s Russian speaking population. In Imbi Sooman and Stefan Donecker (eds). The Baltic Frontier Revisited. Cross- Cultural Interactions in the Baltic Sea Region. Vienna: University of Vienna 2009, pp. 225 246. Other publications/public outreach Latvia s Soviet Story. Transitional Justice and the Politics of Commemoration. In Atslegvardi/Keywords 2 (2009). Online: www.satori.lv/raksts/3111 Work in progress Riga s Cheka House From a Soviet Place of Terror to a Latvian Site of Remembrance? In Steve Norris (ed.). Museums of Communism: New Memory Sites in Central and Eastern Europe. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. PUBLICATIONS IN GERMAN Monograph Geschichte als Politikum: Lettland und die Aufarbeitung nach der Diktatur [History as Politics: Coming to Terms with the Past in Post- Soviet Latvia]. (Series: The Baltic Sea Region: Northern Dimensions European Perspectives, Vol. 15). Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts- Verlag 2016. Peer reviewed journal articles Lettlands Rückkehr nach Europa Erfüllung eines lettischen Traums? Der EU- Beitritt als Projekt der lettischen Elite [ Latvia s Return to Europe The Fulfillment of a Latvian Dream? EU- Accession as a Project of the Latvian Elite ]. In Nordost- Archiv XVIII (2010), pp. 132 151. Okkupanten oder Befreier? Geteilte Erinnerung und getrennte Geschichtsbilder in Lettland [ Occupiers or Liberators? Divided Memory and Separated Historical Narratives in Latvia ]. In Osteuropa 58:6 (2008), pp. 147 158. 2
Editorship with Birgit Hofmann, Katrin Hammerstein, Julie Trappe and Regina Fritz. Diktaturüberwindung in Europa. Neue nationale und transnationale Perspektiven [Overcoming Dictatorships in Europe: New National and Transnational Perspectives]. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter 2010. Book chapters Lettland und der 23. August 1939: Vom weißen Fleck der sowjetischen Geschichtsschreibung zum transnationalen Gedenktag? [ Latvia and 23 August 1939: From a White Spot in Soviet History to a Transnational Post- Soviet Commemoration Day? ]. In Anna Kaminsky, Dietmar Müller and Stefan Troebst (eds.). Hitler Stalin Pakt 1939 in den Erinnerungskulturen der Europäer. Göttingen: Wallstein 2011, pp. 309 325. with Birgit Hofmann: Einleitung [ Introduction ]. In Diktaturüberwindung in Europa. Neue nationale und transnationale Perspektiven [Overcoming Dictatorships in Europe: New National and Transnational Perspectives]. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter 2010, pp. 1 19. Brauner vs. Roter Genozid? Geschichtspolitische und filmische Auseinandersetzungen mit dem diktatorischen Erbe in Lettland [ Brown vs. Red Genocide? Post- Soviet Politics of Commemoration in Latvian Films ]. In Birgit Hofmann et al. (eds.). Overcoming Dictatorships in Europe: New National and Transnational Perspectives. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter 2010, pp. 308 323. with Regina Fritz: Konkurrenz der Erinnerungen? Museale Darstellungen diktatorischer Erfahrungen in Lettland und Ungarn [ Competition of Memories? Dictatorships in the Displays of Museums in Latvia and Hungary ]. In Katrin Hammerstein et al. (eds.). Aufarbeitung der Diktatur Diktat der Aufarbeitung? Normierungsprozesse beim Umgang mit diktatorischer Vergangenheit. Göttingen: Wallstein 2009, pp. 233 247. Nationskonstruktion und Abgrenzung. Lettland nach dem Ende der Sowjetherrschaft [ Nation- buildung and Demarcation. Latvia after the End of the Soviet Empire ]. In Carola Sachse, Edgar Wolfrum and Regina Fritz (eds.). Nationen und ihre Selbstbilder. Postdiktatorische Gesellschaften in Europa. Göttingen: Wallstein 2008, pp. 211 232. FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS Jean Monnet Center of Excellence Faculty Research on the European Union Grant, European Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh, 2016 Faculty Travel Grant, Russian and East European Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh, 2015 Dissertation Writing Fellowship, Graduate Academy, University of Heidelberg, 2008 DAAD Research Fellowship, Short- term Grant for Graduate Students, 2008 Young Researchers Award, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 2007 Graduate Student Fellowship, Heinrich Boell Foundation, 2005 2008 DAAD Undergraduate Study Scholarship, Annual Grant, 2002 2003 Erasmus, European Union Scholarship, 2000 2001 3
SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS IN ENGLISH Evacuation, Revolution and Expropriation: Compensation Claims and Economic Reorientation of Baltic German Entrepreneurs during and after WWI, Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS) Conference, Philadelphia, May 26 28, 2016. Riga s Cheka House From a Soviet Place of Terror to a Latvian Site of Remembrance? Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) Annual World Convention, New York, April 14 16, 2016. A Latvian Nuremberg? The Limits of Transitional Justice in Post- Communist Latvia, Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) Annual Convention, Philadelphia, November 19 20, 2015. Transcending Borders Baltic German Entrepreneurs in Late Imperial Russia, International Council for Central and East European Studies (ICCEES) IX World Congress, Makuhari, Japan, August 3 8, 2015. Reassessing History 1939 as a Cornerstone for Latvia s Post- Soviet Narrative, Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) Annual Convention, San Antonio, November 20 23, 2014. The European Day of Remembrance of Victims of Stalinism and Nazism. Eastern European Perceptions and EU Memory Politics, History of European Integration Research Society (HEIRS) Annual Conference, Maastricht, June 5 6, 2014. Loyalty, Minority, Monarchy: The Baltic German Press and 1905, Conference: Rethinking the Russian Revolution of 1905, International Academic Forum Heidelberg (IWH), October 23 25, 2009. Latvia s 'Soviet Story': The Politics of Commemoration and the Question of Coming to Terms with the Communist Past, 8th Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe (CBSE), Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, June 11 14, 2009. Divided Memory, Parallel Societies? Latvians and Russians in Post- Soviet Latvia, Symposium: The Baltic Frontier Revisited. Cross- Cultural Interactions in the Baltic Sea Region, EUI Florence, February 29 March 1, 2008. ORGANIZATION OF CONFERENCES, PANELS AND LECTURE SERIES Organizer, Lecture Series Migration, Integration Xenophobia in Post- WWII Germany, University of Pittsburgh, Spring 2016. Organizer, Baltic Symposium at the University of Pittsburgh (Re)Imagining and (Re)Interpreting Spaces, Symbols and Sites. The Baltic Region from the 19 th to the 20 th Century, University of Pittsburgh, October 9 10, 2014. Organizer (with Randall Halle), Film and Discussion Series 25 th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, University of Pittsburgh, Fall 2014. Organizer (with Stefan Donecker), Seminar German Community German Nationality? Perceptions of Belonging in the Baltics, German Studies Association (GSA) Annual Convention, Kansas City, September 18 21, 2014. 4
Co- Organizer, Conference Rethinking the Russian Revolution of 1905, International Academic Forum Heidelberg, October 23 25, 2009. Co- Organizer, Conference Overcoming Dictatorships in Europe. New National and Transnational Perspectives, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, November 21 27, 2007. TEACHING EXPERIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, 2013 PRESENT Undergraduate Courses HIST 0190 The Dictators, for University Honors College HIST 1001 Introductory Seminar: The European Revolutions 1989 1991 HIST 1046 Nationalism HIST 1108 Comparative European History: Political Ideologies in the 20 th Century HIST 1131 Modern Germany HIST 1132 Contemporary Germany HIST 1313 The Russian Revolution Individual teaching HIST 1901 Independent Study: German Nationalism in the 19 th Century (Kieran Coffey) HIST 1901 Independent Study: Nationalism in Post- Soviet Space (Halak Mehta) HIST 1901 Independent Study: Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union (Erin Harrington) Graduate Courses HIST 2045 Memory Politics Individual teaching HIST 2990 Independent Study: Baltic History (Adam Brode) HIST 2902 Directed Study: Memory Politics in Eastern Europe (Barry Bookheimer) TEACHING EXPERIENCE AT UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, 2006 2011 Undergraduate Courses Visual History The Use of Photographs and Pictures as Sources Memory Politics in Eastern Europe Revolution, Dictatorships and Genocide in Movies National Movements in the Baltics and the End of the Soviet Empire UNIVERSITY SERVICE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH Committees and Events 5
Diversity Committee, History Department, 2016 present Commentator for the European and Eurasian Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2016 Russian and East European Studies Center, Post- Doc Selection Committee, 2016 Klinzing Dissertation Award Committee, European Studies Center, 2015 World History Center, Travel Award Committee, 2014 present Honors College, DAAD Selection Committee for Pitt Nominee, 2013 present Graduate Advising Member of the PhD Committee of Adam Brode, History, on the topic Reshaping Riga: Urban Space and Ethnic Reversal 1918 1940, 2015 present Member of the MA Committee of Deena Horowitz, Anthropology/Asian Studies, on the topic Victims, Martyrs and Heroes: A Formation and Manipulation of Historical Memory in China, 2014 15 Member of the MA Committee of Adam Brode, History, on the topic Pride of Place: Perceptions of Class and Historical Justice in the Struggle for Riga s Cathedral Church, 2013 2014 Undergraduate Advising Supervisor for the Undergraduate History Honors Thesis of Kieran Coffey, on the topic Language as a National Symbol. German Nationalism in the Long 19 th Century, 2016 17 Supervisor for Undergraduate History Honors Thesis of Halak Mehta, on the topic Kazakhstan s Usable Past: Nazarbayev s Official Nationalism and the Attempt to Create a Post- Soviet National Political Culture, recipient of the William Stanton Prize for the best Honors Thesis in History written in the academic year 2015 2016 Member of the Bachelor of Philosophy Thesis Committee of Rebecca Wallace, on the topic Chinese Nationalism and the Confucius Institutes, 2015 2016 Faculty mentor for Brackenridge Fellowship, Halak Mehta, Spring 2015 Supervisor for Undergraduate History Honors Thesis of Erin Harrington, on the topic Colonies, Cotton, and the Global Economy: How Uzbekistan Became Dependent on Cotton in the Imperial Era, 2013 14 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE DAAD Graduate Research and Study Scholarship, Annual Selection Committee, 2015 present Reviewer for the Journals Contemporary European Studies, Europe- Asia Studies, History: Reviews of New Books, Journal of Baltic Studies, Journal of Cold War Studies, Nord- Ost Archiv PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Historical Association (AHA) 6
Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS) Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) Baltische Historische Kommission (BHK) German Studies Association (GSA) LANGUAGE SKILLS German (native) English (near- native fluency) Russian (fluent level of reading and speaking) Latvian (fluent reading and advanced level of speaking) French (reading) Latin (reading) 7