Le Huérou, Anne

I'm associate professor in contemporary Slavic studies, at Université Paris Nanterre, France (full position). Research affiliate at the Institut des Sciences Sociales du Politique, and associate to the CERCEC (EHESS/CNRS). my research focuses on violence and law-enforcement institutions in contemporary Russian society, armed conflicts in former USSR societies, in particular the Russo-Chechen conflict and its aftermath in the Chechen diaspora. Among her last publications: (co-authored with Silvia Serrano), “The state in spite of their actions: State-building and the careers of Georgian veterans of the war in Abkhazia” (co-authored with Silvia Serrano) in Veterans and state-building in the former USSR, special issue of Revue d'Etudes Comparatives Est Ouest, n°1, 2021 ; “The challenges of Using the Law in Mobilizations Against Police Violence in Russia”, Champ Pénal, (n°26, 2022). « Dealing with a violent past and its remnants in the present: the challenges of remembering the wars in Chechnya in the Chechen Diaspora in the EU, published, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2024, Volume 47 Issue 2.
Academic title/s associate professor (full position)
Area(s) of expertise: Russian contemporary society; law enforcement institutions; post-soviet conflicts; veterans; war in Chechnya