CURRICULUM VITAE HARM RUDOLF KERN

PERSONAL INFORMATION
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Harm Rudolf Kern

Roomburgerlaan 3
2313PP Leiden, the Netherlands
+31647168197
harm.kern@gmail.com
May 25, 1989, Leiden, The Netherlands
Dutch (NLD)
Male

EDUCATION
Master Southeast European Studies
Karl-Franzens University of Graz Austria

2012-present

Subjects: constitutional and political systems of SEE, EU enlargement, development and transition economics,
cultures and societies of SEE, civil society and political culture, controversies in the history of SEE
Thesis: Bosniak Political Ideology, 1980-1995

Mobility Semester Master (Erasmus Mundus Join EU-SEE Scholarship)

University of Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina (student exchange)
Subjects:

2013-2014

history of Bosnia-Herzegovina and SEE 1791-1878, history of Bosnia-Herzegovina and SEE

1918-1945, contemporary history of Bosnia-Herzegovina

Bachelor History

2008-2012

Modern and Contemporary History

Leiden University the Netherlands

Subjects: Nationalism, Central-Europe, Southeast-Europe, Russia, First World War, Second World War, EU
Thesis: Serbian foreign policy during the Great Eastern Crisis, 1868-1882

Minor Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Language

University of Amsterdam the Netherlands

2009-2010

Subjects: language, grammar, listening and speaking skills

High school (Athenaeum)

Vlietland College, Leiden the Netherlands

2002-2008

Subjects: a.o. Dutch, English, French, German, History, Literature, Mathematics, Economics, Biology

EXTRACURRICULAR COURSES
Summer School on European Integration and Nation-building
Centre for Southeast European Studies, Graz organized in Ohrid Macedonia

2013

Summer School of German Language

Treffpunkt Sprachen, Graz Austria

2012

Summer School of Serbian Language

Radionica za srpski jezik i kulturu. Valjevo Serbia

2010

History of the Balkans

Introduction by professor Peter Berger of the Wirtschaftsuniversitt, Vienna Austria

2009

Philosophy of Law
Pre-University College, University Leiden the Netherlands

2007

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EXPERIENCE
Internship at Economics and Trade Department Embassy of the Netherlands in Belgrade
2015
As intern at the Economic and Trade Department of the Dutch Embassy in Serbia and Montenegro I dealt with
macroeconomic monitoring, development economics, and support of the Dutch business community in Serbia
and Montenegro. My internship at the Embassy of the Netherlands in Belgrade was a unique opportunity to
become acquainted with the activities and practices of Dutch diplomacy in Southeast Europe. The openness and
cooperation between different departments within the Embassy allowed me to gain experience also in the fields
of rule of law, political affairs and international police affairs next to the main activities in economic affairs.
Investigative Journalism in Bosnia and Herzegovina
2014-2015
As journalist assistant (fixer) and translator, I investigated political and cultural news issues in Bosnia for
Marcel van der Steen (freelance) and Alastair Jamieson (NBC news). My work with Marcel van der Steen
resulted in reportages for Dutch public-service broadcaster NTR, commercial broadcaster RTL Nederland and
public service VRT Belgium. Throughout the year 2014, we reported among other issues on the May floods and
the general elections in October. In January and August 2015 I conducted research for two in-depth reportages
about Wahhabism in Bosnia.
Tour Guide in Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Funky Tours
2014-2015
As tour guide for the agency of Sarajevo Funky Tours, I guided tours both in the city of Sarajevo and throughout
the countryside of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Intimate teamwork, organization and communication skills in the
local language were essential in the three-man Funky Tours team. With big groups, I developed valuable skills in
feeling and guiding group dynamics. The guiding of both tourist and academic groups trained me to adapt my
knowledge of the region to short down-to-earth analyses of the complex Southeast European politics and history.
Student guide in Bosnia and Serbia History Students Union Leiden (HSVL)
2011
In a pre-selected team of 5 students, I organized an academic study trip to Bosnia and Serbia for 40 students of
the Institute for History in Leiden. During the trip I applied my knowledge of the local language and expanded
my network of contacts in the region.
Voluntary Service in Serbia Environmental Project Erdevik
2009
In the summer of 2009 I joined a three-week environmental project in the village Erdevik as a volunteer. The
project managed to clean-up the lake and the immediate environment of the village and introduced the
participants to the life and culture of a small Serbian village in Vojvodina.

LANGUAGE QUALIFICATION
Dutch
English
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
German
French

Reading
mother tongue
excellent
excellent
good
basic

Writing

Speaking

excellent
excellent
sufficient
basic

excellent
excellent
good
basic

REFERENCES
Prof. Dr. Florian Bieber
Director Southeast European Studies
University of Graz
florian.bieber@uni-graz.at
+43 31 638 068 22

Dr. Radovan Lui

Department of Slavonic Studies
University of Amsterdam
r.lucic@uva.nl
+31 20 525 38 13

Phd. Duko Krsmanovi

Senior Economic and Trade Advisor
Embassy of the Netherlands in Belgrade
dusko.krsmanovic@buza.nl
+381 63 36 63 29