Ivana Koutníková

Ivana Koutníková has studied in four different countries (the Czech Republic, Austria, Israel and Sweden) and holds BA and MA degrees in Jewish studies, German studies, and History. A Baruch Spinoza Fellow at Paideia (2013-2014). Her research focus is on the 20th century, especially on the Holocaust and World War II in Central Europe. She has worked in educational organizations such as Centropa (a Vienna-based historical institute dedicated to preserving 20th century Jewish family stories and photos from Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans) and CET Academic Programs in Prague (as a resident director for Jewish and Central European studies). She has also been involved in the creation and organization of a film section for the festival The Days of Jewish Culture in Olomouc, Czech Republic. In 2019–2020 she was an executive board member of Limmud Stockholm. Moreover, she is one of the editors of the book “Sweden’s World War II Dilemmas. Case Study: Czechoslovakia” (Institute of History Prague – Paideia Stockholm, Prague 2020, 196pp). Ivana has been working with cultural management connected to Jewish culture for more than 8 years. Currently, she works as a head of cultural programs and shares a head for courses within the Jewish profile at Paideia.