Anna Pronina (CA Research Group)

Anna Pronina is an interdisciplinary researcher, curator and cultural historian of the Soviet Union, with an emphasis on Central Asia, currently based between Tashkent and Vienna. Pronina pursues a PhD degree in History at Central European University (Vienna). Her research interests include architecture, performing arts, (post)colonial world, nation-building processes and cultural policy in Central Asia. Previous to her PhD research at CEU, Pronina received MA and BA in Cultural studies from Moscow State University. She is also an editor and curator in various projects, including an open research archive of the history and contemporary culture of Central Eurasia on syg.ma. Pronina is a member of Linking Art Worlds: American Art and Eastern Europe from the Cold War to the Present research team supported by the Getty Foundation and Terra Foundation.