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Dr. Leslie Waters is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Texas at El Paso's College of Liberal Arts, specializing in 20th-century Central/Eastern European history. Her education includes a Ph.D. from UCLA. Her research examines border transformations, ethnic cleansing, and societal responses to historical ruptures.
Research interests focus on:
- Borderland Dynamics: Territorial changes and ethnic cleansing in Hungarian-Slovak regions (1938–1948).
- Olympic Politics: Role of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics in integrating post-communist Eastern Europe.
- Memory Studies: Commemoration of mass violence and its political implications.
Her publications (2012–2024) analyze border regimes, genocide, diaspora politics, and Olympic diplomacy, reflecting sustained engagement with nationalism, displacement, and international institution-building. Research has been funded by the Fulbright Association, Mellon Foundation, and Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies.
She teaches courses on European history, borderlands, human rights, and genocide. As managing editor of Hungarian Studies Review and President of the Hungarian Studies Association, she supports scholarly discourse on Central Europe.
