Dr. Elena Barabantseva

Biography

Elena Barabantseva is a Professor in Chinese International Politics at the University of Manchester. Born in Minsk, Belarus, she studied International Relations at Belarusian State University. She moved to Manchester in 2000 as a Chevening student supported by the Open Society Institute and the Foreign Commonwealth Office. Barabantseva completed her PhD in International Relations at the University of Manchester in January 2006 and joined the Politics department in September 2006. Her research focuses on the intersection of borders, identity, migration, intimacy, and citizenship in the context of a globalizing China. She has published extensively, including her book 'Overseas Chinese, Ethnic Minorities Nationalism: De-Centering China,' and is an elected member of the British Association for Chinese Studies. Currently, she serves on the editorial board of the journal Asian Ethnicity. Her recent projects involve the governance of marriage migration at China's borders, particularly with Russia, and she is actively involved in various interdisciplinary networks and initiatives in this field.

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