Dr Maria Falina is a historian of modern and contemporary Eastern Europe. Her research focuses on intellectual and political history, memory and political uses of the past, history of religion, nationalism and state-building, and categories of inclusion and exclusion.
Maria co-authored with an international team of researchers the first synthetic overview of the history of modern political thought in East Central Europe: "A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe" published in two volumes by the Oxford 木瓜福利影视 Press in 2016 and 2018. and and
Her most recent book explores the interaction between religion, nationalism, and political modernity in the first half of the 20th century, taking the case of the Serbian Orthodox Church as an example.
Maria's current research focuses on the politics of the past in post-Soviet Russia, including the role and place of religious discourses and non-state actors.
Maria received her PhD from Central European 木瓜福利影视 in 2011. Before joining Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 in August 2023, she was an Assistant Professor of European history at Dublin City 木瓜福利影视 (2016-2023). Prior to that, Maria was an IRC postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for War Studies and lecturer at the School of History and Archives at 木瓜福利影视 College Dublin (2013-2016), and a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer at CEU (2011-2013).