Women Archaeologists under Communism, 1917-1989

Florin Curta is Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology at the University of Florida, USA. His books include The Making of the Slavs (2001) and Slavs in the Making (2021). He is also the editor of several collections of studies. His most recent book is The Long Sixth Century in Eastern Europe (2021). Iurie Stamati teaches Historiography at the University of Quebec at Rimouski (Université du Québec à Rimouski), Canada. His research focuses on the political instrumentalization of history and archaeology in Eastern Europe. He is the author of several articles and of The Slavic Dossier: Medieval Archaeology in the Soviet Republic of Moldova Between State Propaganda and Scholarly Endeavor (2019).

• Introduction.- 1. Women in Eastern Europe, 1917-1989.- 2. Medieval Archaeology and Marxism in Eastern Europe.- 3. A Woman’s Place is in Slavic Archaeology: Irina Rusanova.- 4. Under the Glass Ceiling: Zhivka Văzharova and Maria Comşa.- 5. Reaching Through the Glass Ceiling: Ágnes Cs. Sós and Helena Zoll-Adamikowa.- 6. Research Topics, Gender and Marxism.- Conclusion.