Sonja KMEC

Sonja KMEC is an Associate Professor at the Institute of History, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences, University of Luxembourg. She leads the bilingual MAHEC Master's program and serves on the LOGOS UGR doctoral school board.

• Specializes in women’s history, gender studies, and memory studies
• Current research: 'Music and Gender in Luxembourg' (mugi.lu)
• Focus areas: cultural studies, small nations, migration, and material memory

Her work examines monuments, cemeteries, rituals, and how migration shapes memory cultures (cemi-hera.org). She teaches European history, global history, and gender studies at all academic levels.

Scientific Recognition:

• Fulbright Award (2014) - UC Berkeley Visiting Professor
• Imiscoe Research Series Open Access Publication Award (2023)

Active in public engagement through forums, media interviews, and the 'Tageblatt' column since 2024.