Anton Popov

Anton Popov is an ethnographer and social researcher who was born in the Krasnodar region, southern Russia. Before moving to the UK where he did his PhD in 2001, Anton taught in several higher education institutes and vocational collages in Krasnodar, conducted ethnographic research among ethnic minorities and migrants in the Caucasus, collaborated with the human rights centre Memorial, and the Institute for Ethnology and Anthropology in Moscow. His research investigates cultural identity, social memory and national revival in post-socialist society and the UK.