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Maren Francke

Affiliated Researcher

francke.maren@mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Photo  Maren Francke

VITA

Academic career

  • 10/2018 M.A. in Modern European History, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 
  • 09/2015 B.A. in History/German, Universität Potsdam

Stays abroad

09/2012–07/2013 Erasmus scholarship at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Budapest

Work experience

  • since 04/2023 Affiliated PhD student at Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam
  • 04/2019–03/2023 Researcher/PhD student at Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam
  • 02/2017–03/2019 Student assistant at Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam
  • 01/2017–03/2019 Visitor guide at Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum, Oranienburg
  • 09/2014–06/2017 Student assistant and visitor guide at Gedenk- und Begegnungsstätte Leistikowstraße Potsdam
  • 07/2014–09/2014 Intern at Gedenk- und Begegnungsstätte Leistikowstraße Potsdam

Linguistic proficiency

  • English (business fluent)
  • Hungarian (fluent)
  • French (basic knowledge)

Research and teaching focus

  • Hungarian contemporary history
  • Transformation of Central-Eastern Europe

Research projects

Scholarships and Awards

  • 04/2023–10/2023 Writing scholarship from Leibniz-Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam
  • 11/2022–01/2023 Visegrad Scholarship at the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives, Budapest
  • 08/2021–10/2021 DAAD Research Scholarship for PhD-students