Mentor Agani('06-'07)
Agani is a lecturer in the Departments of Sociology and of Political Science at the University of Prishtina, where he teaches courses on theories of nation and nationalism and global transformations; he is also producer and moderator at RTK Radio Television of Kosova. He completed his studies in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, as part of the Ron Brown Fellowship Program. He was deputy director in the KCSF — Kosovar Civil Society Foundation, and editor in chief of the magazine Ura (The Bridge), published by the Kosovar Center for Humanistic Studies. Agani has translated into Albanian three books from English and one from Serbo-Croatian. He will be at CES for the 2006-2007 academic year.
Agani is a lecturer in the Departments of Sociology and of Political Science at the University of Prishtina, where he teaches courses on theories of nation and nationalism and global transformations; he is also producer and moderator at RTK Radio Television of Kosova. He completed his studies in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, as part of the Ron Brown Fellowship Program. He was deputy director in the KCSF — Kosovar Civil Society Foundation, and editor in chief of the magazine Ura (The Bridge), published by the Kosovar Center for Humanistic Studies. Agani has translated into Albanian three books from English and one from Serbo-Croatian. He will be at CES for the 2006-2007 academic year.
Christine Cadot('06-'07)
Cadot is a researcher at the Institut des Sciences Sociales du Politique in Paris. She received a PhD from the Department of Political Science (Université Paris VIII) in 2005, where she was an assistant researcher and lecturer between 2000 and 2006. Her writings focus on the building and division of the Atlantic world, the French perception of American federalism under the French Revolution, and American readings of Europe through nineteenth-century American textbooks and paintings. Her current and future research examines the construction and contemporary use of Europe’s common values as a normative category. While at CES, from September through June of 2006, Cadot will work on Europe’s images in Black American literature after WWII.
Cadot is a researcher at the Institut des Sciences Sociales du Politique in Paris. She received a PhD from the Department of Political Science (Université Paris VIII) in 2005, where she was an assistant researcher and lecturer between 2000 and 2006. Her writings focus on the building and division of the Atlantic world, the French perception of American federalism under the French Revolution, and American readings of Europe through nineteenth-century American textbooks and paintings. Her current and future research examines the construction and contemporary use of Europe’s common values as a normative category. While at CES, from September through June of 2006, Cadot will work on Europe’s images in Black American literature after WWII.
Renato Camurri('06-'07)
Camurri is associate professor of contemporary history at the University of Verona, Italy. He received a Ph.D from the University of Turin in 1992, and he was post-doctoral fellow at the University of Venice in 1993-1995. Specialist of political and cultural history of European liberalism, Camurri investigates, in a comparative prespective, the organization of political systems and the profile of notables and ruling classes in Italy, Germany, France and Spain (XIXth-XXth). His current researchs include studies on political élites of fascism, and on the exile of italian intellectualls in United States from 1930 to 1950. Camurri was Lauro de Bosis post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard University in 2004-2005, and in this academic year he holds a Fulbright Research Scholar Fellowship. He will be in residence at CES from February through August 2007.
Camurri is associate professor of contemporary history at the University of Verona, Italy. He received a Ph.D from the University of Turin in 1992, and he was post-doctoral fellow at the University of Venice in 1993-1995. Specialist of political and cultural history of European liberalism, Camurri investigates, in a comparative prespective, the organization of political systems and the profile of notables and ruling classes in Italy, Germany, France and Spain (XIXth-XXth). His current researchs include studies on political élites of fascism, and on the exile of italian intellectualls in United States from 1930 to 1950. Camurri was Lauro de Bosis post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard University in 2004-2005, and in this academic year he holds a Fulbright Research Scholar Fellowship. He will be in residence at CES from February through August 2007.
Cecilia Castano('06-'07)
Castaño teaches both Masters and Ph.D programs on Gender Studies at the Complutense University and is the Director of research projects on gender studies in other universities, (UOC-Barcelona, Alcalá de Henares, Sevilla). Her research interest include the barriers women face while accessing male traditional fields of activity (i.e. male industries and occupations; the top positions in corporations) and the gender gap in accessing and using new information technologies. She is the author of The Women and the Information Technologies (2005). She is currently doing research about the Glass Ceiling (the set of subtle barriers that impede women from reaching the upper step of business, academics and politics) and the process and methods that would help to avoid those negative outcomes.
Castaño teaches both Masters and Ph.D programs on Gender Studies at the Complutense University and is the Director of research projects on gender studies in other universities, (UOC-Barcelona, Alcalá de Henares, Sevilla). Her research interest include the barriers women face while accessing male traditional fields of activity (i.e. male industries and occupations; the top positions in corporations) and the gender gap in accessing and using new information technologies. She is the author of The Women and the Information Technologies (2005). She is currently doing research about the Glass Ceiling (the set of subtle barriers that impede women from reaching the upper step of business, academics and politics) and the process and methods that would help to avoid those negative outcomes.
Charles F. Doran('06-'07)
Doran is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of International Relations at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Among his publications are The Politics of Assimilation: Hegemony and Its Aftermath (1971), Myth, Oil and Politics (1977), and Systems in Crisis (1991). His work on power cycle theory and global politics was the focus of an entire issue of the International Political Science Review, and was the subject of a research symposium at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, India. He has given the Alistair Buchan Club Lecture (Oxford), the Claude T. Bissell lectures (University of Toronto), and a series of invited lectures on international relations at the Sorbonne (Paris I). He is writing a book on the restructuring of the international system in the twenty-first century and the impact of the rise of the new great powers on Europe, Asia, and North America. He will be in residence at CES from January through August of 2007.
Doran is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of International Relations at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Among his publications are The Politics of Assimilation: Hegemony and Its Aftermath (1971), Myth, Oil and Politics (1977), and Systems in Crisis (1991). His work on power cycle theory and global politics was the focus of an entire issue of the International Political Science Review, and was the subject of a research symposium at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, India. He has given the Alistair Buchan Club Lecture (Oxford), the Claude T. Bissell lectures (University of Toronto), and a series of invited lectures on international relations at the Sorbonne (Paris I). He is writing a book on the restructuring of the international system in the twenty-first century and the impact of the rise of the new great powers on Europe, Asia, and North America. He will be in residence at CES from January through August of 2007.
Robert Falkner('06-'07)
Falkner is a lecturer in international relations at the London School of Economics, specializing in international political economy and environmental politics. He received his PhD from the University of Oxford, having read politics and economics at Munich University. Before joining the LSE in 2002, he held positions at Munich, Oxford, Kent, and Essex. He is deputy director of the LSE Centre for Environmental Policy and Governance, associate fellow of Chatham House, and associate editor of the European Journal of International Relations. He is editor of The International Politics of Genetically Modified Food: Diplomacy, Trade and Law (2006). Falkner will be in residence at CES from September of 2006 to June of 2007 and is currently working on EU-US relations in international environmental politics.
Falkner is a lecturer in international relations at the London School of Economics, specializing in international political economy and environmental politics. He received his PhD from the University of Oxford, having read politics and economics at Munich University. Before joining the LSE in 2002, he held positions at Munich, Oxford, Kent, and Essex. He is deputy director of the LSE Centre for Environmental Policy and Governance, associate fellow of Chatham House, and associate editor of the European Journal of International Relations. He is editor of The International Politics of Genetically Modified Food: Diplomacy, Trade and Law (2006). Falkner will be in residence at CES from September of 2006 to June of 2007 and is currently working on EU-US relations in international environmental politics.
Nikolaus Förster('06-'07)
Förster is the features editor of the German newspaper Financial Times Deutschland (FTD) in Hamburg. He is in charge of the commentary and analysis section, science, arts, and sports. He has launched supplements on management issues and healthcare business for the FTD. Förster is author of Die Wiederkehr des Erzählens (1999), a book on the return of storytelling in contemporary German literature. As a Bucerius fellow, Förster will be in residence at CES from the end of January to May of 2007.
Förster is the features editor of the German newspaper Financial Times Deutschland (FTD) in Hamburg. He is in charge of the commentary and analysis section, science, arts, and sports. He has launched supplements on management issues and healthcare business for the FTD. Förster is author of Die Wiederkehr des Erzählens (1999), a book on the return of storytelling in contemporary German literature. As a Bucerius fellow, Förster will be in residence at CES from the end of January to May of 2007.
Elke J. Jahn('06-'07)
Jahn is senior researcher and head of the research group Temporary Agency Work at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), a postdoc and lecturer at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, and IZA research fellow, Germany. In 2001, she received her PhD in economics from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg for her thesis on the economic theory of employment protection. Her research interests center on labor market institutions, new comparative economic systems, and search and matching theory. Currently, she is working on the wage and employment effects of subsidized temporary agency work. Jahn will be in residence at CES from September of 2006 through August of 2007.
Jahn is senior researcher and head of the research group Temporary Agency Work at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), a postdoc and lecturer at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, and IZA research fellow, Germany. In 2001, she received her PhD in economics from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg for her thesis on the economic theory of employment protection. Her research interests center on labor market institutions, new comparative economic systems, and search and matching theory. Currently, she is working on the wage and employment effects of subsidized temporary agency work. Jahn will be in residence at CES from September of 2006 through August of 2007.
Manja Klemencic('06-'07)
Klemencic did her postgraduate studies at the Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on strategic relationships between EU member states' governments and how these play out in EU negotiations. Her doctoral thesis investigated institutional reform negotiations within the Convention on the Future of Europe and the 2003-2004 IGC. In 2003-2004, Klemencic was a Fulbright pre-doctoral researcher and fellow at the Center for Business and Government, KSG, and, in 2004, a UACES visiting fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels. Klemencic also acts as an independent researcher in Slovenia, where she works on issues related to the Slovenian government's preparations for the EU presidency in 2008.
Klemencic did her postgraduate studies at the Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on strategic relationships between EU member states' governments and how these play out in EU negotiations. Her doctoral thesis investigated institutional reform negotiations within the Convention on the Future of Europe and the 2003-2004 IGC. In 2003-2004, Klemencic was a Fulbright pre-doctoral researcher and fellow at the Center for Business and Government, KSG, and, in 2004, a UACES visiting fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels. Klemencic also acts as an independent researcher in Slovenia, where she works on issues related to the Slovenian government's preparations for the EU presidency in 2008.
Nicola Lacey('06-'07)
Lacey is a professor of criminal law and legal theory at the London School of Economics, adjunct professor of social and political theory at the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University, and a fellow of the British Academy. She has written on criminal law, criminal justice, and legal, political, and social theory; most recently, she published a biography of the legal philosopher H.L.A. Hart (A Life of HLA Hart: The Nightmare and the Noble Dream, 2004). She currently holds a Leverhulme Major Fellowship to conduct a research project on the development of ideas of responsibility for crime, and their institutional conditions of existence, since the eighteenth century.
Lacey is a professor of criminal law and legal theory at the London School of Economics, adjunct professor of social and political theory at the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University, and a fellow of the British Academy. She has written on criminal law, criminal justice, and legal, political, and social theory; most recently, she published a biography of the legal philosopher H.L.A. Hart (A Life of HLA Hart: The Nightmare and the Noble Dream, 2004). She currently holds a Leverhulme Major Fellowship to conduct a research project on the development of ideas of responsibility for crime, and their institutional conditions of existence, since the eighteenth century.
Miriam Laugesen('06-'07)
Laugesen is an assistant professor at the UCLA School of Public Health. Originally from New Zealand, she received her PhD in political science from the University of Melbourne (Australia) and an MA from Washington University while on a Fulbright. She previously studied health policy at Harvard in 1996-1997. Her research is focused on US health regulation and comparative public policy. Laugesen's comparative work explores how policy feedback from market reform in the 1990s led to policy reversals. She has published articles in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Health Services Research, Inquiry, and Health Policy. At CES she will extend her past work on market reforms to European countries with social insurance. She is at CES from September of 2006 through August of 2007.
Laugesen is an assistant professor at the UCLA School of Public Health. Originally from New Zealand, she received her PhD in political science from the University of Melbourne (Australia) and an MA from Washington University while on a Fulbright. She previously studied health policy at Harvard in 1996-1997. Her research is focused on US health regulation and comparative public policy. Laugesen's comparative work explores how policy feedback from market reform in the 1990s led to policy reversals. She has published articles in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Health Services Research, Inquiry, and Health Policy. At CES she will extend her past work on market reforms to European countries with social insurance. She is at CES from September of 2006 through August of 2007.
Francesca Leder('06-'07)
Leder is a professor of city and regional planning at the University of Ferrara, Italy, where she holds the chair of Regional and Urban Policies. Since 2002, she has been director of the International Center for Cultural Landscapes Studies (CISPC) at the University of Ferrara. Her research interests cover a broad range of issues focused on regional and local planning, cultural heritage and landscape preservation and management; local development problems in fringe areas; and urban regeneration and urban open-space design. Currently she is completing a cross-European comparative research project on the role of landscape issues in regional planning and local development, and she is preparing a book on this work. Leder will be in residence at CES during the spring semester of 2007.
Leder is a professor of city and regional planning at the University of Ferrara, Italy, where she holds the chair of Regional and Urban Policies. Since 2002, she has been director of the International Center for Cultural Landscapes Studies (CISPC) at the University of Ferrara. Her research interests cover a broad range of issues focused on regional and local planning, cultural heritage and landscape preservation and management; local development problems in fringe areas; and urban regeneration and urban open-space design. Currently she is completing a cross-European comparative research project on the role of landscape issues in regional planning and local development, and she is preparing a book on this work. Leder will be in residence at CES during the spring semester of 2007.
Andrea Liese('06-'07)
Liese is an assistant professor of international relations at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Her research interests include issues and theories of international institutions, cooperation, and global governance with an empirical focus on international human rights, international social policy, and the reform of the United Nations. Currently she is working on a comparative study on organizational change in the UN system, particularly in the Specialized Agencies. The book-length study conceptualizes how and explains why different organizations have changed their modes of governance since the beginning of the 1990s. Furthermore, it aims at combining insights from organizational theory and international relations. As a John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow at CES, Liese will be in residence during the academic year 2006-2007.
Liese is an assistant professor of international relations at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Her research interests include issues and theories of international institutions, cooperation, and global governance with an empirical focus on international human rights, international social policy, and the reform of the United Nations. Currently she is working on a comparative study on organizational change in the UN system, particularly in the Specialized Agencies. The book-length study conceptualizes how and explains why different organizations have changed their modes of governance since the beginning of the 1990s. Furthermore, it aims at combining insights from organizational theory and international relations. As a John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow at CES, Liese will be in residence during the academic year 2006-2007.
Fátima Monteiro('06-'07)
Monteiro is a Foreign Relations Analyst and Cultural Critic. She is Director of the Center for Cape Verdean Studies, a think-tank based in Lisbon, Portugal. She co-edited /Portugal: Strategic Options in a European Context/ (2003), and has many articles published in academic journals and the press. She taught at the University of Lisbon, and more recently in the Master's program in Lusophone Studies and International Relations at Universidade Lusfona-Lisboa. In the past few years, her research has focused on nation building in Angola and the cooperation between Cape Verde and the European Union. Monteiro will be in residence at CES from February through May 2007, working on her project "The Cooperation between Cape Verde, EU and NATO: Present Institutional Scenarios and Future Perspectives."
Monteiro is a Foreign Relations Analyst and Cultural Critic. She is Director of the Center for Cape Verdean Studies, a think-tank based in Lisbon, Portugal. She co-edited /Portugal: Strategic Options in a European Context/ (2003), and has many articles published in academic journals and the press. She taught at the University of Lisbon, and more recently in the Master's program in Lusophone Studies and International Relations at Universidade Lusfona-Lisboa. In the past few years, her research has focused on nation building in Angola and the cooperation between Cape Verde and the European Union. Monteiro will be in residence at CES from February through May 2007, working on her project "The Cooperation between Cape Verde, EU and NATO: Present Institutional Scenarios and Future Perspectives."
Katiana Orluc('06-'07)
Orluc is a graduate of the Freie Universität Berlin, she received her master's degree from Oxford University and a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Her thesis on the Pan-European Movement in the 1920s and 1930s will be published next year. She has also written articles on European identity and the European public sphere with a specific focus on the interwar years. Her broader research interests include crisis prevention and crisis management by governments and international organizations, in particular in the Middle East. From 2003-2005 she worked for the European Commission on the reconstruction of Iraq and Palestine. In 2005-2006 she was advisor/special assistant to James Wolfensohn during his time as envoy for "the Quartet" of countries seeking to broker a lasting peace in the Middle East. Orluc will be in residence at CES from September of 2006 to August of 2007.
Orluc is a graduate of the Freie Universität Berlin, she received her master's degree from Oxford University and a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Her thesis on the Pan-European Movement in the 1920s and 1930s will be published next year. She has also written articles on European identity and the European public sphere with a specific focus on the interwar years. Her broader research interests include crisis prevention and crisis management by governments and international organizations, in particular in the Middle East. From 2003-2005 she worked for the European Commission on the reconstruction of Iraq and Palestine. In 2005-2006 she was advisor/special assistant to James Wolfensohn during his time as envoy for "the Quartet" of countries seeking to broker a lasting peace in the Middle East. Orluc will be in residence at CES from September of 2006 to August of 2007.
Kiran Klaus Patel('06-'07)
Patel is an assistant professor of modern history at Humboldt University in Berlin. His main research interests are contemporary Germany, the history of the European integration process, trans-Atlantic history, and transnational history. After completing a comparative study on the reaction of Nazi Germany and New Deal America to the Great Depression of the 1930s (2003; translated into English as Soldiers of Labor: Labor Service in Nazi Germany and New Deal America, 1933-1945, 2005), he is presently working on the history of the European integration process. As a Kennedy Memorial Fellow, he will be in residence at CES from September of 2006 through July of 2007.
Patel is an assistant professor of modern history at Humboldt University in Berlin. His main research interests are contemporary Germany, the history of the European integration process, trans-Atlantic history, and transnational history. After completing a comparative study on the reaction of Nazi Germany and New Deal America to the Great Depression of the 1930s (2003; translated into English as Soldiers of Labor: Labor Service in Nazi Germany and New Deal America, 1933-1945, 2005), he is presently working on the history of the European integration process. As a Kennedy Memorial Fellow, he will be in residence at CES from September of 2006 through July of 2007.
Barbara Pfetsch('06-'07)
Pfetsch is a professor of communication and media policy at the University of Hohenheim, Germany. She previously held a position as senior researcher at the Science Center Berlin for Social Research and taught at the Freie Universität Berlin and the University of Mannheim. She was a fellow at John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown University. Her research focuses on comparative analyses of political communication and on media and the public sphere. She was one of the principal investigators in the EU-funded project "Europub.com," which looked at "The Transformation of Political Mobilisation and Communication in European Public Spheres." Within this project, based on work in seven countries, she was responsible for the newspaper analyses. Pfetsch has published several books, including "Comparing Political Communication" (2004) and "Politische Kommunikationskultur" (2003), as well as numerous articles and book chapters.
Pfetsch is a professor of communication and media policy at the University of Hohenheim, Germany. She previously held a position as senior researcher at the Science Center Berlin for Social Research and taught at the Freie Universität Berlin and the University of Mannheim. She was a fellow at John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown University. Her research focuses on comparative analyses of political communication and on media and the public sphere. She was one of the principal investigators in the EU-funded project "Europub.com," which looked at "The Transformation of Political Mobilisation and Communication in European Public Spheres." Within this project, based on work in seven countries, she was responsible for the newspaper analyses. Pfetsch has published several books, including "Comparing Political Communication" (2004) and "Politische Kommunikationskultur" (2003), as well as numerous articles and book chapters.
J. Hanns Pichler('06-'07)
Pichler is professor emeritus of political economy and international development at the University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna. He is the author of numerous books and scholarly articles on international economic issues and finance, development and development strategies, business leadership, entrepreneurial values and attitudes, and on SME structures and related policy issues. Throughout his career, Pichler has held a wide range of advisory positions and consultancies to international organizations such as the World Bank, UNIOD, China Scholarship Council, and International Council for Small Businesses, and he is the recipient of numerous prizes and decorations, most recently being named as Knight, Old Order of St. George. A former Schumpeter fellow at CES, he will be in residence at the Center from February through June of 2007.
Pichler is professor emeritus of political economy and international development at the University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna. He is the author of numerous books and scholarly articles on international economic issues and finance, development and development strategies, business leadership, entrepreneurial values and attitudes, and on SME structures and related policy issues. Throughout his career, Pichler has held a wide range of advisory positions and consultancies to international organizations such as the World Bank, UNIOD, China Scholarship Council, and International Council for Small Businesses, and he is the recipient of numerous prizes and decorations, most recently being named as Knight, Old Order of St. George. A former Schumpeter fellow at CES, he will be in residence at the Center from February through June of 2007.
Salvatore Pitruzzello('06-'07)
Pitruzzello is a senior scholar at Tulane University. He is the author of Globalization, Economic Performance, and the Welfare State (forthcoming). He has also authored articles in journals such as International Organization and Social Research. He was a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute between 1998 and 2000, investigating the dynamics linking globalization and the welfare state. He is currently researching the long-term historical dynamics that have characterized the development of global capitalism since the nineteenth century. This project examines how globalization affects the long-term coevolution of economic performance and social protection in advanced industrial democracies. Pitruzzello will be in residence at CES from September of 2006 through May of 2007.
Pitruzzello is a senior scholar at Tulane University. He is the author of Globalization, Economic Performance, and the Welfare State (forthcoming). He has also authored articles in journals such as International Organization and Social Research. He was a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute between 1998 and 2000, investigating the dynamics linking globalization and the welfare state. He is currently researching the long-term historical dynamics that have characterized the development of global capitalism since the nineteenth century. This project examines how globalization affects the long-term coevolution of economic performance and social protection in advanced industrial democracies. Pitruzzello will be in residence at CES from September of 2006 through May of 2007.
Spyridon Tegos('06-'07)
Tegos teaches political theory in the master's program at Panteion University, Athens, Greece. His background is in moral and political philosophy. His PhD dissertation is an analysis of the concepts of sympathy and friendship as far as they play a key role in the foundation of political economy and have led philosophers to think in an original way about the transition from ethics to economics. His other research interests relate to the French "Rousseauiste" tradition of social ties as emotional ties based on compassion, and of cosmopolitanism as a common though problematic background of the European Enlightenment. He is currently working on a comparative study of economic and social sentiments, shaped by the transition from the liberal tradition of "sympathy" to the more "conservative" concept of solidarity, a key concept of the French sociological tradition. Tegos will be in residence at CES from January to June of 2007.
Tegos teaches political theory in the master's program at Panteion University, Athens, Greece. His background is in moral and political philosophy. His PhD dissertation is an analysis of the concepts of sympathy and friendship as far as they play a key role in the foundation of political economy and have led philosophers to think in an original way about the transition from ethics to economics. His other research interests relate to the French "Rousseauiste" tradition of social ties as emotional ties based on compassion, and of cosmopolitanism as a common though problematic background of the European Enlightenment. He is currently working on a comparative study of economic and social sentiments, shaped by the transition from the liberal tradition of "sympathy" to the more "conservative" concept of solidarity, a key concept of the French sociological tradition. Tegos will be in residence at CES from January to June of 2007.
Matthias Tischer('06-'07)
Tischer is a researcher in musicology. After participating in the international research project "Musical Life in Europe" for four years, he received a PhD from the Institut fïr Musikwissenschaft Weimar/Jena in 2001. He worked as a Fritz Thyssen fellow at Berlin University (2004-2006) and has written on nineteenth- and twentieth-century music, popular music, musical education, aesthetics, and the relationship between music and politics. His current main fields of research are music in the former GDR, music under the circumstances of the Cold War, and oral history. In 2006 he was awarded a Feodor Lynen fellowship and will be at CES for one year from August of 2006.
Tischer is a researcher in musicology. After participating in the international research project "Musical Life in Europe" for four years, he received a PhD from the Institut fïr Musikwissenschaft Weimar/Jena in 2001. He worked as a Fritz Thyssen fellow at Berlin University (2004-2006) and has written on nineteenth- and twentieth-century music, popular music, musical education, aesthetics, and the relationship between music and politics. His current main fields of research are music in the former GDR, music under the circumstances of the Cold War, and oral history. In 2006 he was awarded a Feodor Lynen fellowship and will be at CES for one year from August of 2006.
Sylvie Tissot('06-'07)
Dr. Tissot is an assistant professor at Marc Bloch University of Strasbourg and a researcher at the Center of Urban Culture and Society, Paris. In her doctorate, which will be published in early 2007, she explored the history of the category of "quartier sensible" (underprivileged areas). She has published articles in Genèses, Politix, and French Politics, and Culture and Society. She also edited two special issues of Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales on "Thinking, Classifying, and Administering Poverty," as well as a book on activists. Her research focuses on urban reform, in France and in the United States, and her current fieldwork is in the South End neighborhood of Boston. She will be in residence at CES from January through June of 2007.
Dr. Tissot is an assistant professor at Marc Bloch University of Strasbourg and a researcher at the Center of Urban Culture and Society, Paris. In her doctorate, which will be published in early 2007, she explored the history of the category of "quartier sensible" (underprivileged areas). She has published articles in Genèses, Politix, and French Politics, and Culture and Society. She also edited two special issues of Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales on "Thinking, Classifying, and Administering Poverty," as well as a book on activists. Her research focuses on urban reform, in France and in the United States, and her current fieldwork is in the South End neighborhood of Boston. She will be in residence at CES from January through June of 2007.
José Pedro Zúquete('06-'07)
Zúquete is a researcher in political science. He received a PhD from the University of Bath (UK) and was a visiting scholar at Boston University. His previous work dealt with modernism and fascism, while his current focus is on how contemporary neo-populist movements (especially in Europe) mobilize a "religious" sensibility in their followers by conjuring nationalist myths, rituals, and visions of a new dawn. He argues that these sacralized forms of Western political organization are becoming stronger in reaction to perceived threats to national identity, such as globalization, encounters with Islam, and the pervasive influence of the European Union. Zúquete will be in residence at CES for the academic year 2006-2007.
Zúquete is a researcher in political science. He received a PhD from the University of Bath (UK) and was a visiting scholar at Boston University. His previous work dealt with modernism and fascism, while his current focus is on how contemporary neo-populist movements (especially in Europe) mobilize a "religious" sensibility in their followers by conjuring nationalist myths, rituals, and visions of a new dawn. He argues that these sacralized forms of Western political organization are becoming stronger in reaction to perceived threats to national identity, such as globalization, encounters with Islam, and the pervasive influence of the European Union. Zúquete will be in residence at CES for the academic year 2006-2007.