Starovoitova Elena O.

Education:

• 2009-2017: Postgraduate Program, Faculty of Asian and African Studies, St.Petersburg State University.
• 2007-2009: M.A. in History and Politics, Faculty of Asian and African Studies, St.Petersburg State University. M.A. Dissertation: “The PRC’s relations with Latin American countries at the present stage”.
• 2002-2007: B.A. in History, St.Petersburg State University. Diploma: «Chinese immigrants in Latin America (late19^th – early 20^th century)».

Professional positions:

• Current: Assistant Lecturer, Department of Theory of Social Development of Asian and African Countries, St.Petersburg State University
• 2009-2013: Secretary, Department of Theory of Social Development of Asian and African Countries, St.Petersburg State University

Languages:

• Russian (native),
• Mandarin (fluent),
• English (fluent),
• Spanish (reading)

Research interests:

• Sino-Russian relations,
• Image of China in Russia,
• Mutual perceptions of Russia and China,
• History of China’s foreign policy,
• Chinese immigrants in Latin America

Teaching:

Courses taught:

• Chinese language
• Introduction in Sinology
• Historical and Cultural Centers of the World (China)
• Modern economy of the PRC

Publications:

• Visual Images of China in late XIXth – early XXth Century Russia // 21st Biennial Conference of the EACS. Book of Abstracts. Saint Petersburg, 2016. P. 154.