Adi Kuntsman

Adi Kuntsman is Leverhulme research fellow at the Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures, the University of Manchester. Her work bridges several fields: Russian and post-Soviet studies, new media studies and social anthropology. Kuntsman is the author of Figurations of Violence and Belonging: Queerness, Migranthood and Nationalism in Cyberspace and Beyond (Peter Lang, 2009) and the co-editor of Out of Place: Interrogating Silences in Queerness/Raciality (with Esperanza Miyake, Raw Nerve Books, 2008). Her research interests include affect and emotions; migration, diaspora and nationalism; queer politics; and digital media. Currently, Kuntsman is working on a new project on war, dehumanisation and digital media in Israel-Palestine.