Dr. Derya Bozat

Biography

Derya Bozat is a PhD student and research assistant at the Chair of Modern General Eastern European History at the University of Bern. She studies History, Eastern European Studies, and Social Anthropology, having pursued her education at the University of Bern, Université de Fribourg, and Humboldt University Berlin. Her research primarily focuses on the history of Eastern Europe, with a particular emphasis on the Soviet Union. Bozat's academic interests include oral history, African educational migration, and East-South relations during the Cold War. Her dissertation investigates the experiences of Sub-Saharan African students in the Soviet Union, highlighting the interpersonal dimensions such as friendship and racism that remain largely unexplored. Bozat's main research areas encompass the history of Eastern Europe, focusing on the Soviet Union, along with oral history and the implications of African educational migration within the Cold War context.

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