Hana Cervinkova#
| Membership Number: | 6275 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL THOUGHT |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | IRELAND |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/hana-cervinkova |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-1333-1349 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2019 - present Department of Anthropology, Maynooth University, Ireland, Professor of Anthropology, Head of Department
- 2003 - 2019 University of Lower Silesia (DSW), Wroclaw, Poland; 2013-2019 Associate Professor of Anthropology and Education; 2003 - 2019 Director of the International Institute for the Study of Culture and Education; 2003 - 2013 Assistant Professor; 2012 - 2017 Chair of the Department of Educational Anthropology and Cultural Studies; 2012 - 2016 - Associate Dean for International Education and Research; 2016-2017 - Rector
- 2012 - 2017 Institute of Ethnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, Senior Researcher
- 2006 - 2011 Centennial Hall Ltd. (WP Hala Ludowa Sp. z o.o.), Wroclaw, Poland, President of the Executive Board
Fields of Scholarship
- Holocaust
- Ethnographic and Action Research Methodologies
- Ethnographic and Action Research Methodologies
- Memory
- East and Central European cultures and politics
- Educational anthropology and ethnography
- Postsocialism/postcolonialism
- Racism
- Nationalism
- Urban anthropology, built environment
- Citizenship
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Teaching Hero Award, student led awards celebrating outstanding teaching in Irish higher education institutions, awarded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and the Union of Students in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
- 2017 Medal “Merito de Wratislavia, an award by the Lord Mayor of Wroclaw for the contributions to the city, Wroclaw, Poland
- 2017 Awards by the President of the University of Lower Silesia for Exceptional Achievements in Research, International Cooperation and Teaching on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the University, Wroclaw, Poland
- 2016 The 2016 Award for Excellence in Education Abroad Curriculum Design by the Forum on Education Abroad, Seattle, USA
- 2011 Recognition by the United States National Collegiate Honors Council for Model Study-Abroad Program, USA
- 2009 - 2012 Research Fellow of the School of Architecture and the Built Environment of the University of Westminster, London, UK
