{"id":13855,"date":"2025-01-24T19:25:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T18:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kultur.ftmk.uni-mainz.de\/?page_id=13855"},"modified":"2026-04-16T10:09:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:09:25","slug":"mcconnell","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kultur.ftmk.uni-mainz.de\/en\/mcconnell\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Taylor McConnell"},"content":{"rendered":"<jgu-base-section react-props=\"{&quot;color&quot;:&quot;dark&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;wide&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;medium&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"jgu-bgsection bg bg-dark \"><div class=\"content padding-medium\"><jgu-base-heading react-props=\"{\n    &quot;index&quot;: &quot;Academic Staff Member | MA Academic Adviser&quot;,\n    &quot;color&quot;: &quot;default&quot;,\n    &quot;tags&quot;: {\n        &quot;htmlTag&quot;: &quot;h2&quot;,\n        &quot;classTag&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n        &quot;tag&quot;: &quot;h2&quot;\n    },\n    &quot;heading&quot;: &quot;Dr. Taylor McConnell&quot;,\n    &quot;textAlign&quot;: &quot;left&quot;,\n    &quot;anchor&quot;: &quot;&quot;\n}\"><\/jgu-base-heading>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><jgu-base-image react-props=\"{\n    &quot;image&quot;: {\n        &quot;url&quot;: &quot;https:\\\/\\\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\\\/fb05-iftek-kultur\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/573\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/robert_schittko_copyright-5-scaled-1.jpg&quot;,\n        &quot;id&quot;: 9615,\n        &quot;title&quot;: &quot;robert_schittko_copyright-5-scaled&quot;,\n        &quot;width&quot;: 2048,\n        &quot;height&quot;: 2560,\n        &quot;srcset&quot;: &quot;https:\\\/\\\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\\\/fb05-iftek-kultur\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/573\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/robert_schittko_copyright-5-scaled-1.jpg 2048w, https:\\\/\\\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\\\/fb05-iftek-kultur\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/573\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/robert_schittko_copyright-5-scaled-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\\\/\\\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\\\/fb05-iftek-kultur\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/573\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/robert_schittko_copyright-5-scaled-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\\\/\\\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\\\/fb05-iftek-kultur\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/573\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/robert_schittko_copyright-5-scaled-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\\\/\\\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\\\/fb05-iftek-kultur\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/573\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/robert_schittko_copyright-5-scaled-1-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\\\/\\\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\\\/fb05-iftek-kultur\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/573\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/robert_schittko_copyright-5-scaled-1-1638x2048.jpg 1638w&quot;\n    },\n    &quot;align&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n    &quot;hasLightbox&quot;: false,\n    &quot;caption&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n    &quot;imgWidth&quot;: 0,\n    &quot;link&quot;: {\n        &quot;url&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n        &quot;target&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n        &quot;rel&quot;: &quot;&quot;\n    }\n}\" class=\"align-\">\n    \n<\/jgu-base-image><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><jgu-base-collapsiblearea class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-jgu-collapsible-area-is-layout-flow\" react-props=\"{&quot;visibleLines&quot;:5,&quot;collapse&quot;:&quot;always&quot;,&quot;collapsedHeight&quot;:150,&quot;content&quot;:&quot;\\n\\n&lt;p class=\\&quot;has-big-font-size\\&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Biography&lt;\\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\\/p&gt;\\n\\n\\n\\n&lt;p class=\\&quot;has-big-font-size\\&quot;&gt;Taylor McConnell is a lecturer and researcher at the Institute for Film, Theater, Media and Cultural Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. In his doctoral dissertation in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh, he explored the intersections of memory, violence, power and identity in the context of the Croatian War of Independence\\\/\\&quot;Homeland War\\&quot; 1991\\u20131995 and its consequences. &lt;\\\/p&gt;\\n\\n\\n\\n&lt;p class=\\&quot;has-big-font-size\\&quot;&gt;Taylor was previously employed in a peace-building NGO in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a tutor in Public Policy and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh, an intern at the U.S. Consulate General in Munich and at Metzler Asset Management GmbH in Frankfurt am Main and has also worked in various service and administrative positions from environmental labs to universities. He was also self-employed as a translator and copy editor for three years prior to joining the Cultural Studies team in Mainz. His range of work experience feeds into his teaching, particularly in the BA-level tutorial in Career Perspectives for Cultural Studies graduates.&lt;\\\/p&gt;\\n\\n\\n\\n&lt;p class=\\&quot;has-big-font-size\\&quot;&gt;His newest project involves a multi-sited ethnography of airports in the Rhine\\u2013Main region, challenging in part Marc Aug\\u00e9&#039;s (1995) labelling of transit-oriented spaces as &#039;non-places&#039;.&lt;\\\/p&gt;\\n\\n&quot;,&quot;className&quot;:&quot;alignwide &quot;}\"><\/jgu-base-collapsiblearea>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kultur.ftmk.uni-mainz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/573\/2025\/07\/CV-McConnell.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Curriculum Vitae<\/strong><\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/kultur.ftmk.uni-mainz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/573\/2026\/03\/Taylor-McConnell-\u2013-Publikationen.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/kultur.ftmk.uni-mainz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/573\/2026\/03\/Taylor-McConnell-\u2013-Publikationen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<jgu-base-accordion react-props=\"{&quot;selected&quot;:7,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;wide&quot;,&quot;hasAllOpenButton&quot;:true,&quot;onlyOne&quot;:false,&quot;initAllClosed&quot;:true,&quot;enableSearch&quot;:false}\">\n    \n<jgu-base-accordionitem react-props=\"{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Research Focus Areas&quot;,&quot;init&quot;:false,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;research-focus-areas&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;wide&quot;,&quot;customSlug&quot;:false}\">\n    \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-big-font-size\">\n<li>Cultural memory, especially in the former Yugoslavia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Violence and power relations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monuments and museums (the visual)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Belonging and identity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Airports<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-accordionitem>\n\n<jgu-base-accordionitem react-props=\"{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Research Projects&quot;,&quot;init&quot;:false,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;research-projects&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;wide&quot;,&quot;customSlug&quot;:false}\">\n    \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-normal-font-size\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/era.ed.ac.uk\/handle\/1842\/37995\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201eJo\u0161 Hrvatska ni propala [Still Croatia Has Not Fallen]: Examining the Public Face of Memory in Croatia\u201c<\/a>, doctoral dissertation, University of Edinburgh (2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/taylormcconnell.com\/croatian-monuments\/\">Interactive Map of Croatian Monuments<\/a>, 2016\u20132019 (constantly updated)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-accordionitem>\n\n<jgu-base-accordionitem react-props=\"{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Contact&quot;,&quot;init&quot;:false,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;contact&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;wide&quot;,&quot;customSlug&quot;:false}\">\n    \n\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size\">Jakob-Welder-Weg 20<br>55128 Mainz<br>Philosophicum II (New Building), 2nd floor<br>Room 02.310<br><br>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:mcconnell@uni-mainz.de\">mcconnell@uni-mainz.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size\"><strong>Office hours<br><\/strong>by appointment via <a href=\"mailto:mcconnell@uni-mainz.de\">email<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size\">For questions about the MA programme: <a href=\"mailto:studienfachberatung-kaee@uni-mainz.de\">studienfachberatung-kaee@uni-mainz.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size\">For Erasmus+ information:<br><a href=\"mailto:erasmus.kulturanthropologie@uni-mainz.de\">erasmus.kulturanthropologie@uni-mainz.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-accordionitem>\n\n<jgu-base-accordionitem react-props=\"{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Current Teaching&quot;,&quot;init&quot;:false,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;current-teaching&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;wide&quot;,&quot;customSlug&quot;:false}\">\n    \n\t<ol class=\"wp-block-list has-big-font-size\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"?event_id=395615899677349&amp;skip_groups=false\">\n\t\t\t\tEinf\u00fchrungsveranstaltung f\u00fcr alle Studienanf\u00e4nger*innen im MA Kulturanthropologie<\/a><br>\n\t\t\t\tInstructor: Dr. Taylor Andrew McConnell\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"?event_id=394955864989824&amp;skip_groups=false\">\n\t\t\t\tPr. Praktikum (180h) (KAEE)<\/a><br>\n\t\t\t\tInstructor: Dr. Taylor Andrew McConnell\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"?event_id=395857997492452&amp;skip_groups=false\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00dc. Berufliche Perspektiven<\/a><br>\n\t\t\t\tInstructor: Dr. Taylor Andrew McConnell\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ol>\n\t<hr>\n<p>\n\tSoSe 2026\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-accordionitem>\n\n<\/jgu-base-accordion>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/jgu-base-section>    <div style=\"display: none\">\n        \n    <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1272,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13855","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"content_raw":"<!-- wp:jgu\/section {\"color\":\"dark\"} -->\n<div class=\"jgu-bgsection bg bg-dark \"><div class=\"content padding-medium\"><!-- wp:jgu\/heading {\"index\":\"Academic Staff Member | MA Academic Adviser\",\"color\":\"default\",\"tags\":{\"htmlTag\":\"h2\",\"classTag\":\"\",\"tag\":\"h2\"},\"heading\":\"Dr. Taylor McConnell\"} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:columns {\"className\":\"\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><!-- wp:column {\"width\":\"33.33%\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><!-- wp:jgu\/image {\"image\":{\"url\":null,\"id\":9615}} \/--><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column -->\n\n<!-- wp:column {\"width\":\"66.66%\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><!-- wp:jgu\/collapsible-area -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size\"><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size\">Taylor McConnell is a lecturer and researcher at the Institute for Film, Theater, Media and Cultural Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. In his doctoral dissertation in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh, he explored the intersections of memory, violence, power and identity in the context of the Croatian War of Independence\/\"Homeland War\" 1991\u20131995 and its consequences. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size\">Taylor was previously employed in a peace-building NGO in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a tutor in Public Policy and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh, an intern at the U.S. Consulate General in Munich and at Metzler Asset Management GmbH in Frankfurt am Main and has also worked in various service and administrative positions from environmental labs to universities. He was also self-employed as a translator and copy editor for three years prior to joining the Cultural Studies team in Mainz. His range of work experience feeds into his teaching, particularly in the BA-level tutorial in Career Perspectives for Cultural Studies graduates.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size\">His newest project involves a multi-sited ethnography of airports in the Rhine\u2013Main region, challenging in part Marc Aug\u00e9's (1995) labelling of transit-oriented spaces as 'non-places'.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- \/wp:jgu\/collapsible-area -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/fb05-iftek-kultur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/573\/2025\/07\/CV-McConnell.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Curriculum Vitae<\/strong><\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/fb05-iftek-kultur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/573\/2026\/03\/Taylor-McConnell-\u2013-Publikationen.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/fb05-iftek-kultur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/573\/2026\/03\/Taylor-McConnell-\u2013-Publikationen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:jgu\/accordion {\"selected\":7} -->\n<!-- wp:jgu\/accordion-item {\"title\":\"Research Focus Areas\",\"init\":false,\"slug\":\"research-focus-areas\"} -->\n<!-- wp:list {\"fontSize\":\"big\"} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-big-font-size\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Cultural memory, especially in the former Yugoslavia<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Violence and power relations<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Monuments and museums (the visual)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Belonging and identity<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Airports<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size\"><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- \/wp:jgu\/accordion-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:jgu\/accordion-item {\"title\":\"Research Projects\",\"init\":false,\"slug\":\"research-projects\"} -->\n<!-- wp:list {\"fontSize\":\"normal\"} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-normal-font-size\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/era.ed.ac.uk\/handle\/1842\/37995\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201eJo\u0161 Hrvatska ni propala [Still Croatia Has Not Fallen]: Examining the Public Face of Memory in Croatia\u201c<\/a>, doctoral dissertation, University of Edinburgh (2020)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/taylormcconnell.com\/croatian-monuments\/\">Interactive Map of Croatian Monuments<\/a>, 2016\u20132019 (constantly updated)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n<!-- \/wp:jgu\/accordion-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:jgu\/accordion-item {\"title\":\"Contact\",\"init\":false,\"slug\":\"contact\"} -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size\">Jakob-Welder-Weg 20<br>55128 Mainz<br>Philosophicum II (New Building), 2nd floor<br>Room 02.310<br><br>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:mcconnell@uni-mainz.de\">mcconnell@uni-mainz.de<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size\"><strong>Office hours<br><\/strong>by appointment via <a href=\"mailto:mcconnell@uni-mainz.de\">email<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size\">For questions about the MA programme: <a href=\"mailto:studienfachberatung-kaee@uni-mainz.de\">studienfachberatung-kaee@uni-mainz.de<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size\">For Erasmus+ information:<br><a href=\"mailto:erasmus.kulturanthropologie@uni-mainz.de\">erasmus.kulturanthropologie@uni-mainz.de<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- \/wp:jgu\/accordion-item 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