Suzanna Ivanic

Dr. Suzanna Ivanic serves as Senior Lecturer in Early Modern European History at the University of Kent, a position she assumed in September 2017. Her research centers on Central and Eastern Europe, with particular expertise in religion, material and visual culture, and travel during the early modern period.

Her academic credentials include a BA from the University of Cambridge (2007) and a PhD from the same institution (2015). Between her undergraduate and graduate studies, she gained professional experience in artist management for international classical musicians.

Suzanna's scholarly work investigates the interplay between religious belief and material objects in early modern households and pilgrimage contexts. She has made significant contributions to understanding amulets, domestic religious practices, and the visual culture of Catholicism in Central Europe, especially in Prague and Bohemia.

Her publication record demonstrates a strong thematic focus on global interconnectedness in Central European history, the material dimensions of religious renewal, and the role of objects in shaping communal identity across cultural boundaries.

She has received notable recognition including:

• Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship
• Society for Renaissance Studies Biennial Book Prize (2022) for her monograph "Cosmos and Materiality in Early Modern Prague"

As a dedicated supervisor, Suzanna currently guides three PhD candidates on diverse topics spanning Mediterranean coral trade, Bohemian identity formation, and Essex witchcraft. Her research leadership includes directing an AHRC-funded network on Central European connections (2021-2023) and serving on the editorial board of the "Performing the Past" book series.

Academic community engagement features prominently in her career through co-founding the Cambridge New Habsburg Studies Network and serving as Seminar Fellow at the Center for Austrian Studies, University of Minnesota.