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Dr. Anna Hájková is a Professor of Modern Continental European History at the University of Warwick, specializing in Holocaust studies with a focus on sexuality, gender, and everyday life in extreme situations. She holds academic roles including Co-Director of the Warwick Centre for Global Jewish Studies and serves as Queering University contact for History. Her career spans from 2007 PhD studies at the University of Toronto to becoming a Full Professor by 2023.
- Education: PhD (2013) in Modern European History from University of Toronto, MA (2006) in Modern History from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Key Research: Queer Holocaust History, Theresienstadt Ghetto dynamics, Jewish functionaries, and postwar socialist intellectuals
- Notable Works: The Last Ghetto (OUP 2020), Menschen ohne Geschichte sind Staub (2021), and plays like The Amazing Life of Margot Heuman
Research Interests: Intersectionality of sexuality and violence in Holocaust contexts, marginalized voices, and transnational histories. She has pioneered Queer Holocaust History, recovering LGBTQ+ narratives erased from canonical accounts.
Awards: Orpheus Iris Prize (2020), Catharine Stimpson Prize (2013), and contributions to memorializing lesbian victims at Ravensbrück. Current projects include a biography of concentration camp guard Anneliese Kohlmann and a study of mid-20th-century socialist intellectuals in Central Europe.
Teaching: Leads modules on Holocaust reinterpretations, Jewish cultural history, and gender/sexuality historiography at undergraduate and graduate levels. Supervises PhD students on Holocaust, Nazi Germany, and gender studies topics requiring language proficiency and engagement with her scholarship.
Public Engagement: Playwriting, media commentary in German, Israeli, and Czech outlets, and advocacy for inclusive historical narratives through projects like the Queering University initiative.
