Elene Kekelia

Elene Kekelia is a Visiting Faculty member at The George Washington University. Her research spans comparative-historical sociology, memory studies, and the sociology of exile, with a focus on transnational and migrant memory frameworks.

• Ph.D. in Sociology (University of Virginia)
• Ph.D. in Cultural Studies (Ilia State University)

Her doctoral work compared Georgian, Ukrainian, and Azerbaijani exiled communities post-Soviet occupation, while her earlier research examined 20th-century monuments and national narratives in Georgia. She has explored contested Soviet-era memory sites, including Stalin-related memorials and Pantheons.

Elene has been affiliated with multiple scholarly communities and received fellowship awards, though specific names are not disclosed in the text.