Berkley Center

Bianca Trifoi is a Ph.D. candidate at the George Washington University studying North Korean and Cold War history, with a minor field in modern Chinese history. Her research interests include social history and everyday life, national identity, and socialist internationalism and solidarity. Her dissertation analyzes childhood in 1950s and 1960s North Korea: how the state defined children and constructed a particular North Korean child, and how concerns about children shaped North Korean society and national identity in the context of the Cold War. She received her M.A. in Asian studies from Florida International University and her B.A. in international studies and Spanish from Florida Atlantic University.