gwenjones.de | Dr Gwen Jones

about

In fact
Potrait of six people sitting outside an orange tent smiling at the camera.

My name is Gwen Jones. Gwen is short for Gwenyth.

I am a historian, editor and translator living in Berlin since 2015. Before that, I lived in Budapest and London. I work on public history and digital humanities projects such as exhibitions and online galleries. 

 

Education

PhD in Hungarian literature, London, 2006

MA Central and South-East European Studies, London, 2001

BA Peace Studies, Bradford, 1994

 

Languages

English (mother tongue)

Advanced: Hungarian (C2), German (C1)

Basic knowledge: Arabic, French, Welsh

 

Header photo is my Welsh maternal grandparents, parents, aunt and uncle on a camping holiday in Czechoslovakia in 1966. I wrote an article in Hungarian about Western lefties who travelled East during the Cold War, you can read the English text here. Photo donated to Fortepan by me. Source

 

4th May 2019

Aerial view of around 15 people walking through an exhibition, two are looking at a display table in the middle of the room

exhibitions & projects
Portrait of four people in an office, one woman sits at a desk in front of a typewriter, one man is standing, and a man and a woman are sitting on a table. The room has abstract wallpaper and a large tile oven.

research
In a garden, an elderly woman sits in a canvas chair reading a magazine.

publications