PhD Program (She/Her)
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Fields of Study
- Cultural and Intellectual
- Europe
- Migration/Diaspora
- Social
Areas of Interest
Modern Europe, memory studies, nationalism and identity formation, diversity and pluralism, migration and diaspora
Major and Minor Fields
Major
- European History
Minor 1
Cultural and Intellectual History
Minor 2
History of migration and diaspora
Biography
Anna Herran is a historian of Modern Europe. Her research looks at the interactions between memory, identity, and history in multi-ethnic societies, focusing on Central and Southeastern Europe and the Baltic states. Her current research looks comparatively at commemorations of national holidays in The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, and the countries of the former Yugoslavia.
Awards
- 2022 SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
- 2019 Czech Studies Award Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
- 2019 Hellenic Studies Research Grant Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
- 2019 Jan And Georgina Steinsky-Sehnoutka Graduate Award in Czech Studies Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
- 2019 Rudolf And Viera Fraštacký Graduate Fellowship in Czech and Slovak Studies Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
- 2019 CERES Graduate Student Award Award, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
- 2019 Rudolf And Rosalie Cermak Graduate Fellowship for the Study of the Czech Republic Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
- 2018 Joint Initiative in German and European Studies Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
- 2017 Hungarian Studies Research Grant Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Education
MA, European and Russian Affairs, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto
BA History, McGill University
Cohort
- 2022-2023