Annina Gagyiova, Ph.D.

Research areas

History of state socialism, modern Hungary, everyday life, consumption and technology, labor, gender, science and expertise (comparative and transnational perspectives) 

Graduated programmes, schools and thesis topics, academic degrees

2000–2003: Bachelor degree in Philosophy and History at the University of Hagen (part-time)

2003–2007: Master of Arts in Philosophy/Contemporary History at Humboldt-University, Berlin, thesis title: The national question during the Hungarian Soviet Republic: Circulation of ideas between Bolsheviki and Hungarian prisoners of war (1914–1919)

2007–2010: Graduate school, collaborative project of the Centre for Contemporary History (ZZF), Potsdam, and the Institute for Contemporary History, CAS, Prague, research project: Socialist Dictatorship as Sinnwelt

2018: Ph.D. at the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies, University of Regensburg, thesis title: From goulash to fridges. Individual consumption between Eigensinn and political dominance in socialist Hungary (1956-1989)

Foreign internships and scholarships

2007–2010: scholarship at graduate school, VW-foundation, project: Socialist Dictatorship as Sinnwelt 

International grants and projects

2007–2010: the Centre for Contemporary History (ZZF), Potsdam, funded by VW-foundation, Germany: Socialist Dictatorship as Sinnwelt, team member 

Projects of Excellence in Basic Research

2021–2026: EXPRO – Excellence in Research grant (2021-2026), Czech Science Foundation: Expertise in authoritarian societies. Human sciences in the socialist countries of East-Central Europe, team member

Teaching

East and Central European Studies (ECES), Charles University (since 2016) 
CET Academic Programs, Prague (since 2016) 

Membership in domestic and foreign professional societies and scientific councils

Fellows network “Democracy is Central” at Hertie-Foundation, Berlin (since 2020)
Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) (since 2008)
Hungarian Studies Association, USA/Canada (since 2023)