Krawatzek, Félix
Dr. Félix Krawatzek is Senior Researcher at the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS) in Berlin, where he leads the research cluster Youth and Generational Change. He is Principal Investigator of the European Research Council (ERC)-funded project Moving Russia(ns): Intergenerational Transmission of Memories Abroad and at Home (MoveMeRU), which examines the role of memory in shaping identities across generations and borders. His research focuses on collective memory, youth, migration, political socialization, and contemporary Eastern Europe. Dr. Krawatzek also serves as Associate Editor of Communist and Post-Communist Studies and as Co-Spokesperson of the Political and Social Sciences Section of the German Association for East European Studies (DGO). He has published widely on memory politics, nationalism, and democratic change in post-socialist societies.
Listing Details
| Institution: | Researcher at the Centre for East European and International Studies ZOIS |
| Fields of Expertise: | Commemoration and Memorialization Cultural Diversity, Integration and Multiculturalism |
| Research groups: | Mnemonic Democracy |
| Email: | felix.krawatzek@zois-berlin.de |
| Media outreach: | Yes |
| Languages: | English, German, Russian |
| Publications: | Shades of Blue: Claiming Europe in the Age of Disintegration (with Friedemann Pestel, Gregor Feindt & Rieke Trimcev), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2025. Fractured Pasts? Views on Soviet History Among Russians and Ukrainians Prior to the 2022 Invasion, Nationalities Papers, online first (with George Soroka). The Populist Radical Right as Memory Entrepreneur? The Prominence, Sentiment, and Interpretations of History in the German Parliament, British Journal of Political Science, 54:4/2024: 1296-317 (with Matthias Dilling). Defending History? The Impact of Context and Speaker in Russia, Perspectives on Politics, 22:1/2024: 263-79 (with George Soroka). A Foundation for Russia? Memories of World War II for Young Russians, Nationalities Papers, 51:6/2023: 1336-56 (with Nina Frieß). |

