Assistant

Erin He holds an M.A. in Film and Television Studies from Shanghai University. Her academic interests include media studies and new media art. She has experience in international Chinese education and has worked on cross-cultural exchange programs with students from over 15 countries. She has participated in Belt and Road-themed international innovation projects. Before joining Boğaziçi University, she contributed to Chinese teaching at the College of International Education, Shanghai University.

Ali Hızel is a senior history student at Boğaziçi University. He has been studying Chinese since 2019 and has extensively explored Chinese history, with a particular focus on the 19th and 20th centuries. His academic interests are complemented by active participation in cultural and linguistic events, including the Chinese Bridge Competition and the Chinese Poetry Reading Competition.

Kübra Dağ is an MA student in Asian Studies at Boğaziçi University and the Turkish assistant at the Confucius Institute. She graduated from İstanbul Medeniyet University with a bachelor’s degree in history (100% English), ranking third in her class (GPA 3.66), and participated in the Erasmus program at Siegen University in Germany. She is currently pursuing additional studies in Radio, Television, and Cinema at Istanbul University; Sinology at Ankara University; and the MA in Asian Studies at Boğaziçi University (GPA 3.86).