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Alexandra Havrylyshyn

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Year: 2nd Year Grad Student - JSP

Email: ahavry@berkeley.edu

Education:

Ph.D., JSP, Berkeley (in progress)
M.A., History, McGill University (Dean's Honour List), 2011
B.A., History and Political Science (First Class Joint Honours), 2008

Concentrations:

Law & History
Transatlantic (French Atlantic)
Slavery
History of Human Rights
Post-Holocaust Justice
Genocide

Academic Experiences:

Graduate Student Instructor, "The History and Practice of Human Rights," Fall 2011
Research Assistant to Dr. Judith Szapor (McGill) on the interwar Hungarian women's movement, 2010-2011
Teaching Assistant (McGill), "History of Central and Eastern Europe after 1944," Fall 2010

Awards:

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship, 2012-2015
Dean's Honour List for Master's thesis, "Troublesome Trials in New France: The Itinerary of an Ancien Régime Legal Practitioner, 1740-1743"
Hildebrand Research Fellowship (Summer 2012)
Center for German and European Studies Scholarship (Summer 2010)
Israel Young Scholar (2009)

Employment Experiences:

International Research Assistant, German Bundestag (Berlin), 2010
Intern, Academic and Research Relations, Canadian Embassy (Washington, D.C.), 2009

Biography:

Languages: English, French, German, Ukrainian