Anna Mkhoyan
Keywords : Russia’s past present cultural influence the former Soviet states
Country : Switzerland
Organization : The Graduate Institute
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Biography :
Anna Mkhoyan
RESEARCH FELLOW, INTERNATIONAL HISTORY
POSITION(S) AT THE INSTITUTE
- Research Fellow, International History
PROFILE
Anna Mkhoyan received her PhD from the Graduate Institute, Geneva. Her area of study is the former Soviet space and her current research focuses on ‘Russia’s past and present cultural influence on the former Soviet states: the case of Russian ballet’. Previously, she was a Maître assistante at the Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva, where she taught international history and politics at the Master's degree level. Her research experiences abroad include her stay at the University of California, Berkeley as a Visiting Scholar under the aegis of a project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. She was a recipient of the Graduate Institute's Alumni Association Prize, awarded for her PhD thesis in 2015 (laureate ex-aequo). She also has experience within the United Nations system, where her latest assignment was at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Former Soviet space
- Comparative cultural history
- Foreign policies of the former Soviet states
- International organisations
- Voting behaviour of the former Soviet states within the United Nations General Assembly
Languages spoken:
Armenian, English, French, Russian and Spanish
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Peer reviewed scientific journals:
- Mkhoyan, Anna. 2017. ‘South Caucasus from 1918-21: History and Historical Parallels with the Contemporary Era’, Nationalities Papers: The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity. 45:5, 910-927.
- Mkhoyan, Anna. 2017. ‘Soft Power, Russia and the Former Soviet States: A Case Study of Russian Language and Education in Armenia’, International Journal of Cultural Policy. 23:6, 690-704.
Book chapters:
- Mkhoyan, Anna. 2014. ‘The Former Soviet States and United Nations General Assembly Politics: An Analysis of Voting Behaviours’ in Eisenberg, Jaci and Davide Rodogno (eds.), Ideas and Identities: A Festschrift for Andre Liebich, Bern: Peter Lang, 147-170.