Evgenia An PhD Candidate in Sociology Goethe University Frankfurt

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Professional and Academic Summary Evgenia is a PhD Candidate in the department of Sociology in Frankfurt and works as a research assis- tant at the Interdisciplinary Center for East Asian Studies (Interdisziplinären Zentrum für Ostasienstu- dien). Her research interests cover intersectional approach to social inequalities, transnational social spaces, gender, ethnicity, citizenship and belonging in the context of migration. Russian-Speaking diaspora in Korea, Koryo-Saram or Ethnic Koreans from the Current research projects: post-Soviet space, Ethnicity deconstruction in the post-Soviet Central Asia, Gender as a Social Construct in the USSR and Central Asia WORKING EXPERIENCE 2019 Academy of Korean Studies (South Korea) Research Fellow 10/2017–currently Goethe-Universität Frankfurt (Germany) Interdisciplinary Center for East Asian Studies (IZO) Research assistant 11/2016–04/2017 Central European University, Budapest (Hungary) Department of International Relations Research consultant in the project: Korea’s engagement in the Central Asian region 10/2015–10/2016 Goethe-Universität Frankfurt (Germany) Department of Korean Studies Research assistant, E-school Teaching assistant 07/2015–08/2015 Inha University, Incheon (South Korea) Asia Multiculture Convergent Research Center Research intern on koryo-saram identity 02/2015–04/2015 Goethe-Universität Frankfurt (Germany) Management and Microeconomics Student assistant 08/2014–01/2015 RobbReport Kazakhstan Remote translator and editor of texts (English, Russian) 03/2013–06/2013 KIMEP University, Almaty (Kazakhstan) Student assistant in the Department of Social Sciences 02/2013–05/2013 Institute for Development and Economic Affairs, Almaty (Kazakhstan) Research intern for the project on pension reforms in Kazakhstan 06/2012–07/2012 U.S. Agency for International Development, Almaty (Kazakhstan) Internship in the project: Development of SMEs in Kazakhstan education 07/2017–currently Goethe-Universität Frankfurt (Germany) PhD in Sociology and Area Studies (Main supervisor: Prof. Dr. Helma Lutz) Dissertation topic: “Transnational settlement practices of Koryo-saram labor migrants in South Korea: The Interplay of Formal and Informal Social Protection” 10/2013–05/2016 Goethe-Universität Frankfurt (Germany) MA in Modern East Asian Studies, focus on Korean Studies MA thesis: “Long-term Labor Migrants in South Korea: Exploratory Case-Study of Post-Soviet Korean Diaspora” 03/2015–06/2015 Chung-Ang University, Seoul (South Korea) Exchange semester Graduate School of International Studies 07/2013–08/2013 Handong Global University, Pohang (South Korea) Korean Language Program 07/2010–07/2013 KIMEP University, Almaty (Kazakhstan) Bachelor of Arts in the Department of Social Sciences Major1: International Relations; Major2: Energy Management in Central Asia Minor: HR Management 09/2011–02/2012 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany) Exchange Semester in the Department of Political Science scholarships 2019 Academy of Korean Studies (AKS) Fellowship Program 10/2018–12/2018 GRADE Research Assistantship (for the project Africa´s Asian Options) 08/2018 Social Science Research Council Workshop Grant (New York) 10/2015–10/2016 Student Assistantship: Transnational Mobility In and Out of Korea (Department of Korean Studies at Goethe University) 09/2016, 06/2016 Conference Travel Grants 08/2017, 09/2018 Summer 2013 Korea Development Bank Scholarship 2010-2013 KIMEP University: president’s (1 semester) and dean’s list (2 semesters) languages software Russian (native), MAXQDA, FIONA (CMS) English (fluent), German (advanced, C1), Microsoft office (Powerpoint, Excel, Word) Korean, Kazakh (basic) InDesign, Photoshop, Lightroom Voluntary activity 05/2019–currently SOS Children’s Villages International AF 7.3. project Government subsidies in Kirgizstan (PPP Pilot Project) since 05/2018 Interdisciplinary Center for East Asian Studies (IZO) Executive Board Student Representative since 09/2016 Special Olympics Kazakhstan Social Media Marketing coordinator (facebook, twitter, vk.com) 04/2012–04/2013 AIESEC Almaty, Kazakhstan Marketing coordinator for Global Community Development Programs