Dr. Jelena Dureinovic is a postdoctoral researcher and scientific coordinator of the Research Platform for the Study of Eastern Europe and Transformations at the University of Vienna. She holds a PhD in history from Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany, where she taught Eastern European history. Dureinovic is particularly interested in memory cultures and politics in post-conflict and post-socialist contexts as well as the politics of memory in contemporary authoritarianism and populism. Most of her work revolves around the role, actors and practices of memory in the post-Yugoslav space with wider implications for other regions.