Allaine Cerwonka
Professor
Room:
Zrinyi 14. room 507/A Phone number:
(36-1) 327-3000 ext. 3845 Qualifications:
Ph.D. in Political Science, University of California, Irvine (1997).
Critical Theory Certificate, Critical Theory Institute, University of California, Irvine (1997). Training in critical and feminist theories.
B.A. in English Literature, Smith College, Northampton, MA (1989).
Academic/Professional experience, and Achievements:
- Professor, Central European University (Budapest), Department of Gender Studies, (October 2007 - present).
- Senior Research Fellow, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Study, Delhi, India. (March and April 2009).
- Head of Department, Central European University (Budapest), Department of Gender Studies (January 2005 - July 2009).
- Associate Professor, Central European University (Budapest), Department of Gender Studies, (January 2005 - October 2007).
- Assistant Professor, Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA), Department of Political Sciences and Institute for Women’s Studies (September 1999 - December 2004).
- Post-Doctoral Research Fellow. University of California Humanities Research Institute (1997-8).
Current Research Projects:
I am currently working on a book-length manuscript which examines the development of the category of the “human” in the early modern period. I focus on how this category emerged out of the development of the modern self and new forms of intimacy that developed in the newly emerging private, or “intimate,” sphere. The project considers how affect and one’s humanity served as an important element to defining political subjectivity and rights for liberal democracy.
Awards and Honors:
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship. University of California Humanities Research Institute (1997-8).
Fulbright Scholar, Australia (1995-6). Melbourne University.
Andrew Mellon Foundation Grant (Summer 1995). Regents Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, Irvine (1996-7, declined 1997-8).
University of California Research Grant, University of California, Irvine (1997).
American Political Science Association (APSA) Award for Best Dissertation on Race, Ethnicity and Politics. 1998.
University of California, Irvine Outstanding Teaching Award. 1997. University-wide competition.
School of Social Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award. 1997. Awarded for outstanding teaching performance and service for the School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine.
Favorite Pastime in Budapest:
Rudas Bathes; palinka
Academic/Research Areas:
Gender Studies Courses taught by Allaine Cerwonka
| 3rd Year Writing Seminar | 2011/2012 |
| Cultural Productions of the Self | 2011/2012 |
| The Human and The Post Human | 2010/2011 |
Publications
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Improvising theory : process and temporality in ethnographic fieldwork. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007.
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Native to the nation : disciplining landscapes and bodies in Australia. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2004.
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"Constructed Geographies : Redefining National Identity and Geography in a Shifting International Landscape." In Global Society in Transition : An International Politics Reader, edited by DN. Nelson and L. Neack, 167-188. New York: Kluwer Law International, 2002.
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"Traditional English Cottage Gardens, Modern Australian Lives : The Construction of Social Identity and Urban Community." In Australian identities, edited by D. Day. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 1998.
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"Gender Studies in 'New' Europe : Reflections on What Lies Beyond." Bulletin. Texte, no. 34 (2008): 85-92.
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"Traveling Feminist Thought : ‘Difference’ and Transculturation in Central and Eastern Europe." Signs : Journal of Women in Culture and Society 33, no. 4 (2008): 809-832.
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"Constructed Geographies : Redefining National Identity and Geography in a Shifting International Landscape." International politics 36, no. 3 (1999): 335-355.
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Book review., 1998.
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Space and nation in a global era : in search of Australia. Irvine: University of California, 1997.
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