- Project partner in “The Power of Personal Stories in Confronting Oblivion”, CERV. Coordinating Institution: Documenta – Center for Dealing with the Past, Zagreb, Croatia, 2024–2026
- External partner in “Relational Approach to Strategic History Narratives”, University of Tartu, Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics, 2023–2027
Katarina Damčević, Ph.D.
Political Science Research Group
Research Associate
Research Associate
- Description
- Curriculum vitae
- Projects
- Teachings
Description
Katarina Damčević’s research centers on the semiotics of hate speech and controversial symbols in (post)conflict societies with a regional focus on Southeast Europe. She defended her doctoral dissertation titled “Semiotics of Hate Speech and Contested Symbols: The ‘Za dom spremni’ Ustaša Salute in Contemporary Croatia” in 2023 at the University of Tartu in Estonia. Katarina was a research fellow in the US based Dangerous Speech Project, the Humanitarian Law Center in Belgrade, Serbia, and the seeFField Fellowship program at the University of Regensburg, Germany. Katarina is one of the co-founders of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Research in Southeast Europe based in Croatia at the University of Rijeka’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. She teaches at the University of Tartu and contributes to the Journal Southeastern Europe (Brill) as an editorial team member. In March 2024 she joined IOS and the KonKoop network where she coordinates the KonKoop junior research group, and contributes to the creation of a database of knowledge-production centres for Peace and Conflict Studies in Eastern Europe.
Curriculum vitae
Professional Career
- Book Review Assistant, Journal Southeastern Europe (Brill), since 09/2023
- University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Research in Southeast Europe, since 04/2023
- Lecturer, University of Tartu, Center for Academic Writing and Communication, since 02/2018
- Lecturer, University of Tartu, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics, Autumn semester 2018, spring semester 2020, spring semester 2023
- seeFField Visiting Fellow, University of Regensburg, 05/2023
- Research Fellow, Humanitarian Law Center, Belgrade, 01/2023–03/2023
- Junior Research Fellow, University of Tartu, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics, 10/2022–08/2023
- Research Fellow, Dangerous Speech Project, Washington, D. C., 10/2020–08/2022
- Event Coordinator and Writing Retreat Facilitator, University of Tartu, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Dean’s office, 09/2020–11/2023
- Project Manager, University of Tartu, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Dean’s office, 09/2021–03/2022
- Associate, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Cultural Studies, 07/2016–07/2017
Education
- PhD in Semiotics and Culture Studies, University of Tartu, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics, 11/2017–06/2023
- MA in Semiotics, University of Tartu, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics, 09/2014–06/2016
- MA in Cultural Studies, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Cultural Studies, 10/2012–07/2014
- BA in Cultural Studies, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Cultural Studies, 10/2007–09/2012
Fellowships and Awards
- Recipient of the “Juri Lotman Scholarship”, 2023
- University of Tartu, Dora Plus Stipend for Full Time Doctoral Studies, 2017
- University of Tartu, Achievement Stipend for Graduate Studies, 2015
- University of Tartu, DoRa 9 Monthly Stipend for Graduate Studies, 2014
- University of Rijeka, Achievement Stipend for Graduate Studies, 2013
Projects
Projekte
Current Projects
Completed Projects
- Project partner in “Reshaping the Image of Democratic Revolutions 1989: European Contemporary Perspectives and Forgotten Lessons from the Past”, Europe for Citizens. Coordinating Institution: Documenta – Center for Dealing with the Past, Zagreb, 2019–2022
Teachings
Summer term 2024
- Communicating Science, University of Tartu
Winter term 2023/24
- Communicating Science, University of Tartu
- Introduction to Cultural History (guest seminars/workshops), University of Rijeka
Summer term 2023
- Master's seminar, University of Tartu
- Communicating Science, University of Tartu
Summer term 2022
- Communicating Science, University of Tartu
Summer term 2021
- Communicating Science, University of Tartu
Winter term 2020/21
- Communicating Science, University of Tartu
Summer term 2020
- Semiotics of Conflict, University of Tartu
Winter term 2019/20
- Communicating Science, University of Tartu
Winter term 2018/19
- Semiotics of Conflict, University of Tartu
- Academic Writing and Study Skills, University of Tartu
Winter term 2016/17
- Language, Thought, and Culture, University of Rijeka
Summer term 2016/17
- Academic Writing and Study Skills, University of Rijeka