ACRS MA students | Center for Religious Studies

Ana Inés Aldazabal

Department of Medieval Studies
2YMA/year 2

Home country: Argentina
E-mail: aldazabal_ana-ines@student.ceu.edu

Ana holds a degree in Letters from the University of Buenos Aires, where she specialised in Medieval Literature, and has also pursued studies in Literary Translation at the same institution. Her current research focuses on the influence of vernacular literature on the development of the archetype of the witch, leading to the first mass trials for witchcraft in fifteenth century France and Switzerland. At a more general level, Ana is interested in issues of religious diversity, secularisation, and the emergence of new religions in Europe and the Western Hemisphere.

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Katarina Balcirakova (Slovakia) MED 2YMA/year 2

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Sophia Fehrenbach

School of Public Policy
2YMA/year 2

Home Country: Germany
E-mail: Fehrenbach_sophia@spp.ceu.edu

Sophia holds a BA degree in International Relations from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands and currently studies the Master of Pubic Administration at the school of Public Policy. In her previous research she focused on gendered conflicts, on sexual violence in conflicts and conflict reconciliation practices. Her current research focuses on religious extremism, with a special focus on home-grown Islamism and possible prevention strategies. For her final thesis, she would like to explore how interreligious dialogue for action not only serves as an effective peace building tool, but to what extent it can become a prevention strategy against religious extremism.

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Viktoria Kobzeva (Russia) NAT 2YMA/year 2

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Alejandra Mayer (Mexico) SOC 1YMA

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Abdullah Mirza () HIST 2YMA/year 2

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Maliha Mohsin (Bagladesh) GEND 2YMA/year 2

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Tiphaine Trudelle

International Relations

2YMA/year 2

Home country: France
Email/contact: trudelle.tiphaine@student.ceu.edu

Subject of study: Tiphaine holds a BA in cultural anthropology and political science - with a minor in religious studies - from Utrecht University, The Netherlands. During her undergraduate studies, Tiphaine developed a keen interest in the study of the intricate relationship between religion and modernization. Her research focused on the re-definition of gender roles in televangelicalism in the U.S, showing the impact of new media on the religious sphere.

Taking another perspective, Tiphaine just started a new journey in International Relations, in which she can bring together religious studies and global politics. Aside of her main MA program, Tiphaine is also pursuing CEU's visual studies track, trying to combine all her different fields of study in her research.

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Ngan Thi Thanh Vu (Vietnam) PHIL 2YMA/year 2

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Aleksandar Ivanov Zhabov (Bulgaria) HIST 2YMA/year 2