Katharina Isaak, M.A.

Chair for Modern and Contemporary History/North American History (Research Associate)
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Department of History
Chair for Modern and Contemporary History/North American History

Katharina Isaak, M.A.
Research Associate

E-Mail: Katharina Isaak

Ms. Isaak is currently writing a dissertatiion with the working title "Between Revolution und Red Scare. Russian Language Periodicals in the United States, 1917-194".
Please refer to the website of the Münster Doctoral School of History (PGM) for a description of the dissertation project.

Office hours: see here

Universität Münster
Department of History
Fürstenberghaus, room 219 a (3rd floor)
48143 Münster

Curriculum Vitae

Education

2020-2022 Master of Arts in History (WWU Münster); Thesis, “Breaking the Glass Ceiling. The Press Coverage of Female Candidates for President and Congress in the United States during the 1960s and 70s”
07-08/2022 Summer Session, University of California, Berkeley 
2016-2020 Bachelor of Arts in History and Communication Studies (WWU Münster)
09/2018-01/2019 Erasmus Semester abroad, Universidad de Granada (Spain)
2016 Abitur (Freiherr vom Stein-Gymnasium, Münster)


Work Experience

Since 10/2022 Research Associate (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin), Department of History, Chair for North American History, Münster University
12/2021-09/2022 Student Research Assistant, Department for Eastern European History, WWU Münster
12/2019-02/2021 Working Student, Communication Agency, Cyrano Kommunikation


Scholarships

  • DAAD Research Scholarship for doctoral candidates, USA (Sept./Oct. 2024)
  • Santander Mobility Fund, Münster University (Nov./Dec. 2023)
  • PROMOS, University of California, Berkeley (Summer Term 2022)
  • Erasmus/Socrates, Universidad de Granada (Winter Term 2018/19)