PhDr. Karin Roginer Hofmeister, Ph.D.

Dr. Karin Roginer Hofmeister is a post-doctoral researcher and lecturer in Holocaust Studies at Charles University, where she also coordinates the Malach Centre for Visual History. She holds a Ph.D. in Area Studies from the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University. Her research focuses on contemporary history and memory politics in Southeastern Europe, particularly the role of the Serbian Orthodox Church as a mnemonic actor. She explores the intersection of memory, religion, and religious institutions in post-secular societies. Her monograph, Remembering Suffering and Resistance: Memory Politics and the Serbian Orthodox Church, was published in 2024 by CEU Press. She is a recipient of the Claims Conference Teaching Fellowship and a researcher in the Horizon Europe project MEMORISE, dedicated to preserving heritage related to Nazi persecution. She co-leads the GA ČR-funded project Negotiating “Serbhood”, which examines contested memory narratives in the post-Yugoslav space. Most recently, she has taken on leadership of the Serbian case in the MEMCRIS project (Displacement and (Post)secular Memory), funded by the NCN (Poland) and GA ČR. Roginer Hofmeister has participated in international academic exchange, serving as a visiting fellow at the University of Belgrade, the University of Graz, and the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) in Regensburg.

Monographs

• Roginer Hofmeister K. (2024). Remembering Suffering and Resistance. Memory Politics and the Serbian Orthodox Church. CEU Press.
• Králová K., Tsivos K., Hofmeisterová K., Kadlecová L., Macáková M., Balla P., Procházka J., Vorlová T., Kadlec V., Sarikoudi G., Koreček J., & Kopřivová L. (2015). Stegnosan ta dakrya mas: Ellines prosfyges stin Tsechoslovakia. Alexandreia.
• Králová K., Kocian J., Pikal K., Hofmeisterová K., Tejchman M., Kopřivová L., Zilynskyj B., Ander A., Šisler F., Procházka J., Kadlecová L., Kadlec V., & Heler D. (2015). Národnostní menšiny v socialistické Jugoslávii. Flavia Viera.
• Králová K., Tsivos K., Balla P., Hofmeisterová K., Kadlec V., Kadlecová L., Kopřivová L., Koreček J., Macáková M., Procházka J., Sošťáková M., & Vorlová T. (2012). Vyschly nám slzy: řečtí uprchlíci v Československu. Dokořán.
• Králová K., Kubátová H., Vykoukal J., Mlynář J., Moravská D., Kůželová M., Balla P., Procházka J., Kocian J., Hofmeisterová K., Šimová K., Putík D., Lukešová O., Karasová N., Votavová V., Vorlová T., & Šisler F. (2016). Návraty : poválečná rekonstrukce židovských komunit v zemích středovýchodní, jihovýchodní a východní Evropy. Karolinum.
• Králová K., Kocian J., Pikal K., Šístek F., Kopřivová L., Zilynskyj B., Ander A., Šisler F., Procházka J., Kadlecová L., Mejstřík M., Hofmeisterová K., Kadlec V., & Heler D. (2016). Minderheiten im sozialistischen Jugoslawien : Brüderlichkeit und Eigenheit. Peter Lang Edition.
• Škvrňák J., Škvrňák M., Ochab J., Vergara M., Sedlická M., Schellenbacher W., Hannesschläger V., Grisová E., Bajić N., Seiner J., Šafirová L., Bronec J., Bukovská K., Mlynář J., Kashyap D., Niemistö L., Agbedahin K., Hofmeisterová K., Kocián J., Hoffmannová P., & Hajič J. (2020). Malach Center for Visual History on its10th Anniversary: Compendium of Papers of the Prague Visual History and Digital Humanities Conference 2020. Matfyzpress.

Chapters in monographs

• Hofmeisterová K. (2015). Romové. Národnostní menšiny v socialistické Jugoslávii (pp. 147-160).
• Hofmeisterová K. (2015). Prin apo ton polemo i zoi itan oraia. O polemos mas simadepse. I Ellada stis anamniseis ton prosfygon. Stegnosan ta dakrya mas: Ellines prosfyges stin Tsechoslovakia (pp. 82-111).

Articles

• Hofmeisterová K., Jasenčáková M., & Karasová N. (2020). The Holy and Great Council and its Implications for Orthodox Unity : The Perspectives of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Church of Greece. Journal of Eastern Christian Studies, 72(1-2), 145-180.
• Hofmeisterová K. (2017). Koncept "symfonie církve a státu" v srbském prostředí a jeho vliv na utváření postoje Srbské pravoslavné církve k jugoslávské krizi. Slovanský přehled. Review for the History of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, 103(2), 285-317.
• Hofmeisterová K. (2019). Ecclesiastical nationalism and primacy in world Orthodoxy: the case of the Serbian Church at the pan-Orthodox Council in Crete. Religion, State and Society, 47(3), 341-357. UT-WOS link
• Hofmeisterová K. (2019). The Serbian Orthodox Church's Involvement in Carrying the Memory of the Holocaust. Südosteuropa: Journal of Politics and Society, 67(4), 500-533. UT-WOS link
• Králová K., & Hofmeisterová K. (2020). The Voices of Greek Child Refugees in Czechoslovakia. Journal of Modern Greek Studies, 38(1), 131-158. UT-WOS link
• Mlynář J., Kocián J., Maliukov H., & Roginer Hofmeister K. (2025). Story alteration in oral history retellings: Methods of comparative work. Narrative Inquiry, 34(2), 1-22. UT-WOS link

Contributions in the conference proceedings

• Hofmeisterová K. (2017). The Picture of Jews in the Serbian Orthodox Church's Narrative of the Holocaust. Populizam, izbeglička kriza, religija, mediji (pp. 173-188).
• Hofmeisterová K. (2017). Jews in Socialist Yugoslavia: a Quest for New Jewishness. Studia Balkanica Bohemo-Slovaca VII (pp. 291-302).

The Legacy of the Holocaust and Mass Violence After 1945: From History to Collective Memory

Post-War Returns and Jewish Communities in Central Eastern Europe After 1945

WWII: History and Memory

On the Road to the Holocaust: A History of Mass Violence up to 1945

The Jewish Question until 1945 and the Holocaust in Central Europe

2026–2028 – Lead Agency: NCN (Poland); GA ČR
Displacement and (Post)secular Memory: Contemporary Crises and Historical Legacies in Southeastern and East-Central Europe (MEMCRIS), led by Joanna Wawrzyniak and Kateřina Králová. (Leader of the Serbian case)

2025–2027 – Grant Agency ČR, Standard Project
Negotiating “Serbhood”: Layers of Memory among Serbs in the Post-Yugoslav and Post-War Space. (Co-leader)

2023 – Charles University Excellence Research Center (UNCE)
Center for Transdisciplinary Research of Violence, Trauma and Justice / Centrum pro transdisciplinární výzkum násilí, traumatu a spravedlnosti. (Junior Fellow)

2022–2026 – Horizon Europe (HORIZON-CL2-2021-HERITAGE-01)
MEMORISE: Virtualisation and Multimodal Exploration of Heritage on Nazi Persecution. (Researcher)

2017–2021 – PRIMUS Research Programme (funded by Charles University)
Beyond Hegemonic Narratives and Myths: Troubled Pasts in the History and Memory of East-Central and South-East Europe (BOHEMs). (Junior Researcher)

2015–2018 – Charles University Grant Agency
Orthodox Churches on the Threshold of the 21st Century: The Cases of Russia, Serbia, and Greece. (Principal Investigator)

Memory Studies, Religious Studies, Serbian Orthodox Church, Former Yugoslavia