Katharina Bernadette Hacker
- About me
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Katharina B. Hacker is a doctoral candidate and scholarship holder at the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC). In her doctoral project, she is working on the changes in cultural and (trans-)collective memory structures of the Ovaherero and Nama genocide in light of the official recognition by the Federal Republic of Germany in 2021. Her research focuses on collective memory, colonial genocide, social relations, and groups as well as radicalisation processes from a sociological, cultural, and collective studies perspective. She completed her Bachelor's in Political Science and German Studies and her Master's in Criminology and Violence Research at the University of Regensburg. She is also a member of the editorial team of the Open Access Magazine on_culture.
Dissertation working title: Changes of Trans-collective Memory Structures of the Ovaherero and Nama Genocide in the Course of Recognition Processes
- Contact
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Katharina.Hacker@gcsc.uni-giessen.de
Katharina.Hacker@on-culture.org
- Research Interests
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- Genocide
- Collective Memory
- De-Colonialism
- Groupism, (Ethnic) Boundary Making Approaches
- Radicalisation
- Presentations
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- Social and transformative justice through (environmental) memory, 16.07.2025, Memory Studies Association Conference on "Beyond Crises Resilience and (In)Stability", Prague, Czech Republic.
- Decolonial Research Methodology to Examine Shared History, 27.06.2025, Symposium on "Decolonizing Theatre, Performance, and Art-Shared Histories" at the "Council of European Studies: 31st International Conference of Europeanists, Philadelphia, United States of America.
- (Competing?) Collective Memories and Their Impact on Environmental Behavior and Perceptions of Sustainability, 04.10.2024, PLUS Summer School on "Sustainability Dialogue, Land Management Practices and Climate Change Resilience Efforts", Windhoek, Namibia.
- Conference on "The Social Impact of Land and Knowledge", 23.09. - 27.09.2024, University of Fort Hare, East London, South Africa.
- The allowance to kill? Cultural Determinants of Collective Violence, 27.06.2024, Lisbon Summer School on "Culture at War", Lisbon, Portugal.
- Projects
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Part of the organizational team of the conference “Nothing to Remember? Politics, Practices, and Agents of Commemorating Peace” (22.-23.01.2026)
Part of the organizational team of the round table discussion Dynamics of Memory Across Media (17.06.2024).
- Publications
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- The Editorial Team: "Frames." On_Culture: The Open Journal for the Study of Culture 18 (2025). DOI:https://doi.org/10.22029/oc.2025.1522
- Hacker, Katharina B.; Lüttich, Sara. In: Kult_online 71 (2025): "Conference Report on “The Social Impact of Land and Knowledge: Transformation of Land Distribution, Utilization in Post-colonial Southern Africa” DOI:https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2025.1498
- The Editorial Team. "Ways of Reading." On_Culture: The Open Journal for the Study of Culture 16 (2024). DOI:https://doi.org/10.22029/oc.2024.1462
- Hacker, Katharina. In: Kult_online 69 (2024): "Inside or Outside the Village?" DOI:https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2024.1460
- Teaching
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- WS2024/25: Genocide, Ethnicity and Decolonial Memory, lecture series “Violence, Aggression, Conflict”, Chair of Collective and Cultural Studies (University of Regensburg)
- WS2024/25: Guided Interviews, Professorship of Sociology specialising in Methods of International Comparative Social Research (Justus-Liebig-University)
- SS2024: Guided Interviews - Co-Teaching with Prof. Dr. Schlüter, Professorship of Sociology specialising in Methods of International Comparative Social Research (Justus-Liebig-University)
- Within the GCSC
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WS2024/25: Member of the Selection Committee
WS2024/25: Buddy: Predoc-Programme
since 01/2024: Member of the Editorial Team of on_culture
since 10/2023: Speaker of Research Area 1 Cultural Memory Studies
since 10/2023: Member of the Emerging Topics Research Group Migration and Decoloniality