Katharina Eisch-Angus

Katharina Eisch-Angus is a Professor at the University of Graz's Institute for Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology. Her research focuses on ethnography of everyday life, memory, and security discourses, with a focus on borders, liminality, and neoliberal transformation. She explores cultural semiotics, visual anthropology, and the intersections of art, craftsmanship, and work culture. Her methodologies blend multi-perspective ethnography with ethnopsychoanalytic and semiotic approaches.

Her work examines topics such as migration, nationalism, post-socialist change, and the security society, often through case studies like Northern Ireland and pandemic responses. She has published widely on cultural theory, edited volumes on university transformations and Eastern European contexts, and co-directed ethnographic films. Her research bridges academic and public spheres, including collaborations with museums and exhibitions, such as the Rösselmühle project in Graz.

Eisch-Angus holds a habilitation and has led interdisciplinary projects on cultural anthropology and folklore. Her recent publications emphasize the interplay between institutional structures and everyday experiences, particularly under neoliberal pressures. She teaches courses on cultural anthropology, ethnographic methods, and contemporary cultural crises.