utolsó frissítés: 2008. ápr. 17.

1. Personal data:

Office address: Faculty of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University
Str. Em. De Martonne nr. 1, 3400 Cluj, Romania
Tel./Fax: + 40-264-590251
E-mail: [email protected]

2. Education

• Ph.D. in Philosophy with the thesis “The Anthropology of Nationalist Identity Politics” (1997 June)
• Graduated in Philosophy at Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania (1984)

3. Work experience

• Professor at the Faculty of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania (2003 February - present), on cultural anthropology and gender studies
• Associate professor at the Faculty of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania (1998 - 2003)
• Lecturer at the Department of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj (1995-1998)
• Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj (1992-1995)
• Editor of the journals "Átmenetek" (Transitions), and "Művelődés" (1990-1992)
• Middle high and high school teacher in Miercurea- Ciuc and surrounding villages (1984-1990)

University courses
Between 1992 – 1996:
• Introduction into the history of philosophy
• Introduction into cultural anthropology

Between 1996 – 2000:
• Antropology of complex societies
• The research of everyday life
• Political anthropology
• Anthropology of nationalism
• Social and cultural theories

Between 2000 - present

• Anthropology and feminism (M.A.)
• Gender, nation, nationalism (B.A.)
•  Anthropology of identity politics (B.A.)
• Introduction into gender studies (B.A.)
• Gender and sexuality in identity politics (M.A.)
• Gender and ethnicity. The case of Roma women (M.A.)
•  The gender perspective in social sciences and in European policies (PhD)
•  Identities and intersectionality (PhD)

4. Research experience

• Participating on the Framework Program 7 project EDUMIGROM, research in Romania about the impact of Roma’s access to school education on social inequalities (2008-2011)
• Participating on the qualitative research about the exclusion of Roma in Romania, fieldwork in the city of Timisoara, in the framework of the Phare program “Strengthening the institutional capacity of Roma communities from Romania” (2007)
•  Roma women and reproductive health, policy research supported by the International Policy Fellowship/OSI, fieldwork in the city of Orastie, Hunedoara county (2005 – March 2006) and by the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship at the Institut für die Wiesenschaften vom Menschen, Vienna (April – June 2006)
• Women’s condition and the use of modern contraceptives, fieldwork in Hunedoara county, Romania (2004)
• Representations and practices of gender equality in Romania (2000 – present)
• Women’s and men’s condition in the multiethnic city of Cluj, Romania (2000 – present)
• Feminism as identity politics in the post-socialist Romania (1999 – 2000)
• American understandings of multiculturalism. An ethnography of Chicano Studies at UCLA, California (1998-1999)
• Ethnic identity politics within the context of the Romanian-Hungarian relationship in Romania (1992 – 1997)

Organizational experience

 Within the academic sphere

       Teaching

• Coordinator of the M.A. Complex Cultural Research at the Faculty of European Studies (2005 – 2007) and at the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj (2007 – 2008)
• Coordinator of the M.A Gender, Differences and Inequalities at the Faculty of European Studies (2003 – 2007) and the Faculty of Political and Administrative Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj (2007 – present)
• Scientific director of the Gender Studies Program at Babes-Bolyai University (2001 – present)
• Coordinator of the M.A. on European Cultural Anthropology at the Faculty of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj (1996 - 1999)

Collective research

• Coordinating the applied research “The use of modern contraception in the region of Orăştie, Hunedoara county” (2004)
• Initiating and coordinating the research “Women and Men in the Multiethnic Cluj” (2000-2001)
• Coordinating the research project “The city of Cluj in the period of transition. Urban anthropological research” (1995-1996)

Academic programs

• Organizer of the international conference “Academic Cultures and the Feminist Critique” (July 2007)
• Initiating and coordinating the development of the proposal for a B.A. program on cultural studies at Babes-Bolyai University (2006)
• Initiating and coordinating the programs on curriculum development in gender studies at Babes-Bolyai University, with the support of the Higher Education Support Program, Open Society Institute (2000-2003 and 2005-2008)
• Organizer of the international workshop “Teaching gender in Eastern Europe”, Cluj (July 2006)
• Organizer of the event “The Week of Gender Studies at Babes-Bolyai University”, Cluj (May, 2004)
• Co-organizer of the international conference “Re-negotiating socio-cultural identities in the post-socialist Eastern Europe”, Cluj (June 2003)
• Organizer of the event “The Week of Gender Studies at Babes-Bolyai University”, Cluj (May, 2003)
• Organizer of the international workshop “Feminist Studies in Europe and in Cluj”, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj (June, 2001)
• Co-organizer of the conference “Representing Anthropology and Anthropological Representations in Eastern Europe”, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj (September, 2000)
• Co-organizer of the summer training at Babes-Bolyai University, “How to Study Cultural Encounters? The Case of Migration” (August, 1997)
• Co-organizer of the summer seminar at Cluj on “Women and Men in East European Transition” (July, 1996)

Scholarships and grants

Personal
• International Policy Fellowship, Open Society Institute, grant for the policy research Roma women’s reproductive health (2005-2006)
• Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship, Institut für die Wiesenschaften vom Menschen, Vienna, for the researh project Social exclusion at the crossroads of ethnicity, gender and class. A view through Roma women’s reproductive health (April-June 2006)
• DAAD, Münster Universitat, research on Equality politics in the EU (November 2002)
• OSI-HESP grant for documentation visit to the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, course development Gender, nation and nationalism (May 2002)
• OSI-HESP grant for documentation visit to the University of Sussex, UK and to the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, course development Anthropology and feminism (February 2001)
• Bolyai scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences for the research Feminism as identity politics in the post-socialist Romania (1999 – 2001)
• Post-doctoral Fulbright fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles for the research project Understanding multiculturalism at American universities. The case of Chicano(a) Studies (August 1998 – June 1999)
• CEU/HESP scholarship for the development of the course Politics of Identity and Nationalism (1997-1998)
• Tempus grant, University of Sussex, UK, course development Introduction into cultural anthropology (May 1997)
• CEU scholarship, Regional Seminar of the Gender and Culture Program of the Central European University, Budapest with the project Women’s issues in Romanian politics after 1989 (1996 – 1997)
• Tempus grant, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands and State University of Milan, Italy, writing my PhD thesis The Anthropology of Nationalist Identity Politics (May – June 1996)
• Course Development Program grant, Open Society Institute, course on Political Anthropology (1996)
• Sasakawa scholarship for the research project Symbols and power. The symbolic dimensions of the Romanian nationalism after 1989 (1995 – 1996)
• Research Support Scheme grant, Central European University for the research project Politics and culture. Reconstructing politics in Romania after 1989 (1994 – 1996)

Collective (grant director)
• South-East Faculty Development Program, HESP, OSI Curriculum Development in Gender Studies (2000-2003)
• HESP, OSI grant for the program Teaching Gender in Eastern Europe (2005-2008)

5. Organizational experience

Within the academia

Teaching
• Coordinator of the M.A. Complex Cultural Research at the Faculty of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj (started in 2005)
• Coordinator of the M.A Gender, Differences and Inequalities at the Faculty of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj (2003 – present)
• Scientific director of the Gender Studies Program at Babes-Bolyai University (2001 – present)
• Coordinator of the M.A. on European Cultural Anthropology at the Faculty of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj (1996 - 1999)

Research
• Coordinating the applied research “The use of modern contraception in the region of Orăştie, Hunedoara county” (2004)
• Initiating and coordinating the research “Women and Men in the Multiethnic Cluj” (2000-2001)
• Coordinating the research project “The city of Cluj in the period of transition. Urban anthropological research” (1995-1996)

Academic programs
• Organizer of the event “The Week of Gender Studies at Babes-Bolyai University”, Cluj (May, 2004)
• Co-organizer of the international conference “Re-negotiating socio-cultural identities in the postsocialist Eastern Europe”, Cluj (June 2003)
• Organizer of the event “The Week of Gender Studies at Babes-Bolyai University”, Cluj (May, 2003)
• Organizer of the workshop “Feminist Studies in Europe and in Cluj”, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj (June, 2001)
• Co-organizer of the conference “Representing Anthropology and Anthropological Representations in Eastern Europe”, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj (September, 2000)
• Co-organizer of the summer training at Babes-Bolyai University, “How to Study Cultural Encounters? The Case of Migration” (August, 1997)
• Co-organizer of the summer seminar at Cluj on “Women and Men in East European Transition” (July, 1996)

6. Work in organizations

Within the academia
• Founder member and director of the Centre for Gender Studies at Babes-Bolyai University (organized in 2006)
• President of the Society of Cultural Anthropology from Romania (2003 – present)
• Founder member and coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Group for Gender Studies, at the Institute for Cultural Anthropology, Babes-Bolyai University (2000 – present)
• Founder member and co-director of the Institute for Cultural Anthropology at the Faculty of European Studies, Cluj (1997 - present)
• Member in the international organizations „Women’s Studies International Europe” and „Network of East-West Women” (1996 – present)
• Member of the Centre of Research on Interethnic Relations in Romania, at Babeş-Bolyai University (1992 – present)
• Founder member of the Society of Cultural Anthropology from Romania (1990 - present)
• Founder member of the Workshop for Anthropology & Communication, Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania (1986-1992)

Within editorial boards
• Member on the International Board of the European Journal of Women’s Studies (1999-2004)
• Coordinator of the Cultural Analysis Series of the Publishing House EFES, Cluj (1997-present)
• Editor-in-chief of the review "Caietele Tranzitiei" (Papers on Transition) (1997-2000)

Within civic organizations

• Coordinator of the program “You make a difference” focused on women’s right to non-discrimination and equal opportunities (2007)
• Co-organizer of the program “Until Violence Will Stop”, together with Artemis Centre with the occasion of Women’s International Day (March, 2004)
• Organizer of the program “Women’s Works” with the occasion of Women’s International Day (March, 2003)
• Organizer of the program “Feminine Presences” with the occasion of Women’s International Day (March, 2002)
• Organizer of the program “Another March” with the occasion of Women’s International Day (March, 2001)
• Co-organizer of the program “Women for Equal Opportunities” with the occasion
of Women’s International Day (March, 2000)
• Founder member and curator of Tranzit Foundation, Cluj (1997 – present)
• Founder member and president of Foundation Desire (1996 - present)

Participation on conferences with papers (1997 – present)

• July 2006, Mainstreaming Gender and Ethnicity into Public Policies, organized by Michigan State University at the University of Istambul, Turkey
• June 2006, Universities as Sites for Identity Politics, Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menchen, Vienna, Austria
• May 2006, Social Exclusion at the Crossroads of Ethnicity and Gender, Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menchen, Vienna, Austria
• June 2006, Universities as Sites for Identity Politics, Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menchen, Austria
• January 2005, Gendering the state, gendering the body: a workshop on gendered ideologies and practices of the state (the paper „Contraception – policies, exclusionary practices and lived experiences”), University of Bergen, Norway
• December 2004, “Gender politics in the European Union”, public lecture at the Institute of European Research, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania
• October 2004, Women and Gender in the New Europe (the paper “Socialism, European integration and the reproduction of gender inequalities in Romania”), Centre for Women’s Studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA
• September 2004, Teaching Anthropology: Means and Meanings, summer school (lecture on “Women’s Condition in Romania”), Faculty of Sociology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania
• March 2004, “Visions about scientific research at the crossroads and feminism, public lecture at the Faculty of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj
• September 2003, Teaching Anthropology: Means and Meanings, summer school (lecture on “Feminism and Anthropology” and workshop on “Anthropological Research as Situated Knowledge Production”), Faculty of Sociology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania
• August 2003, “Gender (in)equality in the post-socialist Romania” paper presented at the 5th European Feminist Research Conference, Lund, Sweden
• June 2003, Renegotiating socio-cultural identities in the post-socialist Eastern Europe (“The Persistance of Gender (In)equality in Romania Across Political Regimes”), Faculty of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania
• November 2002, ATHENA European Thematic Network in Women’s Studies, Portoroz, Slovenia (“Understanding gender equality in Romania”)
• October 2002, Dimensiunea de gen a educaţiei, Goethe Institut, Societatea de Analize Feministe ANA, Bucureşti
• June 2002, „Teaching gender in Cluj”, paper presented at the conference Gender studies in Romania, New Europe College, Bucureşti
• October 2001, „Teaching anthropology in Romania”, presented at the conference Anthropology in Central and Eastern Europe, New Europe College and Society for Cultural Anthropology from Romania, Bucureşti
• June 2001, Academic feminism in Cluj and in Europe, international workshop, Faculty of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania (the paper “The contribution of gender studies to the higher education reform in Romania”)
• September 2001, “The construction of the social order at the crossroads of ethnicity and gender”, paper presented at Research on Ethnicity and Interculturalism, West University, Timişoara, Romania
• September 2000, “Am I that white?”, paper presented at the international conference Representing anthropology and anthropological representations in Central and Eastern Europei, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai, Cluj
• May 1999, “Politics of Multiculturalism and the Construction of Border Identities”, paper presented at the Center for Comparative Social Analysis, Dept. of Sociology, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
• April 1999, “Ethnic and Regional Identity Politics in the Post-Socialist Romania”, paper presented at the Center of East European and Russian Studies, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
• December 1998, “State, Nation and European Integration: Discourses on Difference in Romanian Politics”, paper presented at American Anthropological Association's 97th Annual Meeting Population and the Anthropological Imagination, Invited Session: Culture as Entitlement: Navigating Political and Economic Fields in the Post-Welfare-State Europe, Philadelphia, USA
• November 1998, “Old and New Strategies of Ethnic Politics in Eastern Europe: the Case of the Hungarian Minority from Romania”, paper presented at the conference Constructing Identities: National Minorities in the 'New' Europe, The Center for Russian, Central and East European Studies at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA
• July 1998, „Fights over Symbols and Meanings in Ethnicized Elite Discourses”, paper presented at the Central European University's Summer School on cultural anthropology, Forms of Inclusions and Exclusions in a New Europe, Budapest, Ungaria
• May 1997, „Politics of Ethnic Identity in the Post-Socialist Romania”, paper presented at the Anthropological Research Seminar, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

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