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Lina Wang
University of Washington, Seattle
Occupation
Graduate Student (Doctoral)
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ABOUT
Lina Wang is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Washington’s Henry Jackson School of International Studies. She is interested in Turkey’s foreign policy and Sino-Turkish relations. She received her Bachelor’s in English and International Studies from the “Cradle of China’s diplomats”, China Foreign Affairs University and Master’s in European Studies from the University of Macau. Prior to joining the Jackson School, she had learned Turkish language at Istanbul University Language Center for ten months. She is a recipient of the Chester Fritz Fellowship for International Research and Study. She participated in the Wilson Center 2018 Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research and was a visiting researcher at Bilkent University, Turkey in autumn 2018.
Discipline
International Relations/Affairs
Sub Areas
Turkish Studies
Foreign Relations
Diaspora/Refugee Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Turkey
China
Specialties
Turkey's Participation In The Korean War
Turkey-China Relations
Languages
Chinese (native)
English (advanced)
Turkish (advanced)
Education
MA | 2013 | Institute of European Studies of Macau | University of Macau
BA | 2011 | Department of English and International Studies | China Foreign Affairs University
Abstracts
“The Road to Korea as Allah’s Road”: The Roles of Army Imams and Religious Motifs in Turkey’s Participation in the Korean War Turkey’s “Good Muslims and Good soldiers” in Korea: Turkish Prisoners of War in Communist Camps