Victoria Donovan is a Professor of Ukrainian and East European Studies and the Director of the Centre for Global (Post)socialisms at the University of St Andrews. She works at the intersection of heritage studies, urban history, visual anthropology, and the public humanities. Her work is collaborative and often delivered in partnership with researchers, artists, and activists in Ukraine. She is the co-producer of academic research, exhibitions, archives, community workshops, and artistic practice exploring the industrial history and heritage of eastern Ukraine and the UK. Her work has received various prizes, including a British Academy Rising Star Engagement Award, an AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker award, and in 2023, in partnership with the Centre for Urban History in Lviv a European Heritage Award/EuropaNostra Award for Citizens’ Engagement and Awareness Raising.
