Dr. Taylor McConnell

Research associate, MA student advising, Erasmus+ departmental coordinator
Robert Schittko Copyright
Robert Schittko Copyright

Research focus

  • Cultural memory, especially in the former Yugoslavia
  • Violence and power relations
  • Monuments and museums (the visual)
  • Belonging and identity
  • Airports
  1. Einführungsveranstaltung für alle Studienanfänger*innen im MA Kulturanthropologie
    Instructor: Dr. Taylor Andrew McConnell
  2. MA HS. Regionalität, Interkulturalität und Globalisierung: Built Environment and Mnemonic Landscapes in Post-Independence Croatia
    Instructor: Dr. Taylor Andrew McConnell
  3. Pr. Praktikum (180h) (KAEE)
    Instructor: Dr. Taylor Andrew McConnell
  4. Ü. Berufliche Perspektiven
    Instructor: Dr. Taylor Andrew McConnell

SoSe 2025

Biography

Taylor McConnell is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Film, Theatre, Media and Cultural Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. His doctoral thesis in sociology at the University of Edinburgh addressed the intersection of memory, violence, power and identity in the context of the 1991–1995 Croatian War of Independence/‘Homeland War’ and its aftermath.

Research projects

„Još Hrvatska ni propala [Still Croatia Has Not Fallen]: Examining the Public Face of Memory in Croatia“, Doctoral Thesis, University of Edinburgh (2020)

Interactive map of Croatian monuments, 2016–2019 (regularly updated)