Barbora Hunčovská focuses on the history of animals, the historical anthropology of soldiers in World War I, and the sociocultural history of modern warfare and the experience of war. In the field of animal history, she studies changes in the relationships and coexistence of humans and animals, the role and representation of animals in human societies of the past, and also engages in theoretical and methodological reflections on the possibilities of writing animal history.
The theme of animals in wars connects both areas of her interest, namely modern wars and animal history. Her current research topics include the resilience strategies of Ukrainian society in the Russian war against Ukraine through its relationship with animals. In her dissertation, she focuses on the language strategies and language experiences of Austro-Hungarian soldiers in World War I and on the role of language as a means of social confrontation in the army and on the battlefield.
Other topics of interest include cultural and historical-anthropological representations of cats throughout history. She combines her professional focus with an interest in art history, linguistics, paleontology, and non-human animal communication.
barbora.huncovska(at)seznam.cz
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