Katharina Wiedlack
Assistant professor of Anglophone cultural studies at the University of Vienna specializing in Russian-American relations, queer feminist activism, disability, racialization, gender, and sexuality; author of Under Western Eyes (Academic Studies Press, 2025).
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Apr 12, 2026 • 41min
Katharina Wiedlack, "Under Western Eyes: Vulnerable Minorities and the Russian State in New Cold War Cultures" (Academic Studies Press, 2025)
Katharina Wiedlack, assistant professor of Anglophone cultural studies at the University of Vienna, studies Russian-American relations, queer feminist activism, and racialization. She unpacks how Western media shapes Cold War narratives about LGBTQ+ people, gender and disability in Russia. Short takes explore Putin-centric fear framing, the queer martyr trope, Pussy Riot’s Western iconography, and racialized war reporting.
