Ildiko Barna is Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Social Sciences and Program Director of the department’s Ethnic and Minority Policy MA Program at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE). Her research focuses on Hungarian and Russian Jewish Studies. She is the author of five co-authored books, among them Rendszerváltás Családtörténetei [Family Stories of the Transition] (2016) and Political Justice in Budapest after WWII (2015). Her work has been published in many books, journals and online publications, including annual Brussels Institute reports on xenophobia, racism and hate-crime. 

Professor Barna is very familiar with the Visual History Archive, having used it in her own research and in professional development workshops at the Faculty of Social Sciences. During her time at the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research, Barna consulted with Center and Institute staff to prepare to incorporate VHA testimonies into the curriculum of her course “Racism, Antisemitism, and Hate Speech.” She hopes that this course, which introduces students to the sociological and psycho-social background of prejudice, draws parallels between past and present-day manifestations of antisemitism, xenophobia and racism, will become a core component of the Ethnic and Minority Policy MA Program at her university.