London-based linguist and professional German Teaching Assistant with six years of experience

Lukas Benjamin's CV

EDUCATION

LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE (LSE), LONDON, U.K. — M.SC. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (LSE-SCIENCES PO DUAL DEGREE IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS), 2020-2021
Graduate programme in International Relations, with a focus on Chinese and Russian foreign policies.

INSTITUT D’ÉTUDES POLITIQUES DE PARIS (SCIENCES PO), PARIS, FRANCE — MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY (LSE-SCIENCES PO DUAL DEGREE IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS), 2019-2020
Taught graduate programme in international security, with a focus on conflict studies and international humanitarian law.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON (UCL), LONDON, U.K. — B.A. EUROPEAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STUDIES, 2014-2018, FIRST CLASS (HONS)
Multidisciplinary undergraduate degree with a focus on politics, international law and Russia studies.
Dissertation: “The Self-Determination Empire. Assessing the (il)legality of the Donbas secession attempts in a Post-Soviet regional context.” (Mentor: Dr Alessandro Spano)

STATE UNIVERSITY SAINT PETERSBURG, SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA — INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME, 2016-2017
Exchange programme in international relations and Russia studies at the Faculty of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University.

GYMNASIUM THEODORIANUM, PADERBORN, GERMANY — ABITUR, 2013
Grade average 1,3.

SOUTHFIELDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, LONDON, U.K. — EXCHANGE PROGRAMME, AUGUST - DECEMBER 2010
Three-month exchange programme at Southfields Community College, Wimbledon, South London.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

INTERN (MULTILATERAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE), PERMANENT REPRESENTATION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY TO THE UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY, U.S.A., JUNE 2020 – SEPTEMBER 2020
Planned and confirmed summer internship with the German diplomatic services. Internship postponed until further notice due to impact of Covid-19-Pandemic.

TEACHING ASSISTANT (MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES), CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL FOR BOYS, LONDON, U.K., SEPTEMBER 2018 – AUGUST 2019
I assisted with the teaching of modern foreign languages, in particular Russian and German, at the City of London School for Boys, a selective day school in Central London.

RESEARCH INTERN, DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR OSTEUROPASTUDIEN E.V. (GERMAN ASSOCIATION FOR EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES), BERLIN, GERMANY, JULY - SEPTEMBER 2017
Three-month research internship at Zeitschrift Osteuropa, a leading German-language academic journal on the politics, history and culture of Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet sphere. Responsibilities included the translation of academic material from Russian and English, research assistance, copy-editing, proofreading and the compilation of material for various articles on the centenary of the Russian revolution.

PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT INTERN, DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR INTERNATIONALE ZUSAMMENARBEIT (GERMAN CORPORATION FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION), CHINA OFFICE, BEIJING, P.R. CHINA, APRIL — JULY 2014
I assisted the portfolio management of German development agency G.I.Z. in screening the Chinese political environment and identifying future areas of political cooperation. My responsibilities included various research tasks, the monitoring of international press reports on Sino-German bilateral ties, translation and communication work with international partners and assistance in the organisation of several networking events and conferences.

VOLUNTEERING AND RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

TRANSLATOR AND ACADEMIC EVENT ASSISTANT, WIENER LIBRARY FOR THE STUDY OF THE HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE, LONDON, U.K., OCTOBER 2018 – AUGUST 2019

PUBLIC SPEAKING MENTOR, DEBATE MATE (EDUCATIONAL CHARITY), LONDON, U.K., OCTOBER 2015 - JUNE 2016 AND OCTOBER 2017 – MARCH 2018

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, EUREKA MAGAZINE, UCL EUROPEAN SOCIETY, LONDON, U.K., SEPTEMBER 2015 - JUNE 2016
VOLUNTEER AND LANGUAGE STUDENT, CUENCA, ECUADOR, OCTOBER 2013 - JANUARY 2014

HEAD OF MODEL UNITED NATIONS CLUB, GYMNASIUM THEODORIANUM, PADERBORN, GERMANY, SEPTEMBER 2011 - JUNE 2013