Meet our Team

IDM TEAM

Rebecca Thorne, MA

Research Associate

Contact:

E-Mail: r.thorne@idm.at

General Tasks

Collaboration on IDM publications, projects and events

Project “European (dis)orders” (together with the University for Continuing Education Krems)

Expertise

Russian 20th century poetry

Samizdat and (underground) resistance in Central and Eastern Europe

History of the Soviet Union and of the Czech Republic in 20th century

Country Expertise

Czech Republic, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom

Language Skills

English – Native speaker

German – fluent

Russian – advanced

Czech – basic

Polish – basic

French – basic

Professional Experience

Since 09/2023: Research Associate at the IDM

09/2018 – 07/2023: English Trainer

05/2021 – 09/2022: Academic Assistant at the Institute of Slavic Philology at the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich

03/2022 – 05/2022: Trainee at the Czech Centre Munich

07/2017 – 09/2017: Trainee at Eclectic Translations, St. Petersburg

Education

10/2020 – 09/2022: Elite Graduate Program for East European Studies (main subject: Slavic Studies, supplementary subject: History) at the Ludwig Maximilian University Munich (Degree: Master of Arts)

10/2014 – 07/2018: Bachelor in Modern Languages and Cultures at Durham University, England (year abroad in Innsbruck und Tomsk)

Scholarships

Study Scholarships – Master Studies for All Academic Disciplines

SIST LMU Study Completion Scholarship

Publications

„Elsa Winokurow – Studentin, Migrantin, Ärztin. Ein bemerkenswertes Leben um die Jahrhundertwende.“ Ein Projekt des 17. Jahrgangs des Elitestudiengangs Osteuropastudien der LMU München und der Universität Regensburg