Neda Genova

Neda Genova is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM) at the University of Warwick. Her work bridges cultural, media, and post-communist studies, focusing on spatial and temporal transformations in Bulgaria’s post-1989 context. She explores surfaces as dynamic material-semiotic sites, analyzing their relationships to environments and signification systems. Her research emphasizes feminist and anticolonial methodologies.

Education:

• Bachelor of Arts in Media and Cultural Studies (Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf)
• Master of Arts in Media and Cultural Analysis (Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf)
• Master of Arts in Contemporary Art Theory (Goldsmiths, University of London)
• PhD in Cultural Studies (Goldsmiths, 2019)

Research interests include post-communist transformation, abstraction, laughter politics, and experimental domestic spaces. She co-edits the Bulgarian journal dVERSIA, challenging dominant narratives of post-communism from a critical left perspective.

Current projects: Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship on 'Beneath the Pavement, What? Memes and Politics in Post-Socialism'. Her work spans academic writing, public engagement, and activist publishing, emphasizing collective learning as an emancipatory practice.

Notable collaborations include the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation and the Arts of the Working Class collective. Her interdisciplinary approach integrates theory and praxis, addressing contemporary issues like care work and decoloniality in Eastern Europe.