Former Visitors
2007 - 2008
Cecilie Banke (October 5 - November 2, 2007):
Associate Professor of History, Roskilde University, Denmark.
Interests: modern European history, Holocaust and genocide studies.
Jean-Loup Bourget (October 12 - November 2, 2007):
Professor of Film Studies, Ecole normale superieure (Ulm), Paris.
Interests: art history and theory, film studies.
Paul Corner (February 29 - March 28, 2008): Professor of European History, University of Siena, Italy. Interests: fascism, Italian history.
Ivan Jablonka (May 2 - June 6, 2008): Associate
Professor, University of Le Mans. Historian and member of the editorial
staff of La Vie des Idees. Interests: French public welfare
(1874-1939), child migration, Jean Genet.
Chris Keulemans (January 9 - 25, 2008): writer and
journalist, Amsterdam. Interests: arts in the multicultural society,
refugee issues, city renovation.
Laure Leveille (November 2 - 23, 2007): Director,
ENS Library (Arts), Department of History, Ecole normale superieure
(Ulm), Paris. Interests: origins of french public libraries during the
third Republic.
Selma Leydesdorff (February 1 - 29, 2008): Professor of oral history and culture, University of Amsterdam. Interests: oral history, memory.
Pierre-Yves Manchon (September 7 - October 12,
2007): Doctoral student, University of Paris I. Interests: banditry and
public order in Southern Italy 1860 - 1870.
Francois Menant (February 15 - March 28, 2008):
Chair, Department of History, Ecole normale superieure (Ulm), Paris.
Interests: Medieval history of Italy.
Gilles Pecout (March 28 - May 2, 2008): Professor
of History, Ecole normale superieure (Ulm), Paris. Interests: history
of Italy and Mediterranean Europe.
J.P. Rondas (March 28 - May 12, 2008): Producer,
radio programme "Rondas", Antwerp, Belgium. Interests: comparative
literature, philosophy, cultural studies.
Simon Sarlin (January 21 - February 8, 2008): PhD
2007, Ecole Pratique des hautes etudes (EPHE), Paris. Interests:
Garibaldi, modern European history.
Zeev Sternhell (November 2 - 30, 2007): Leon Blum
Professor of Political Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Interests: modern political ideas, Fascist ideology.
Blaise Wilfert (November 23 - December 14, 2007):
Ecole normale superieure (Ulm), Paris. Interests: French nationalism,
European cultural history.
2006 - 2007
Michele Battini (January 15 - March 16, 2007), Associate
Professor, Department of History, University of Pisa. Interests:
European politics, Italian resistance, civil war and war crimes
(1939-47), history of labor and socialism.
Martin Bauer (October 10 - November 3, 2006), Editor of the
journal Mittelweg 36, Institute for Social Research, Hamburg.
Interests: current topics in history and sociology.
Nelly Bekkus (April 6 - May 4, 2007), Freelance journalist and
publicist based in Minsk, Belarus. Interests: cultural policy in the
new Europe, contemporary Belarus.
Gabriella Etmeksoglou (May 4 - 25, 2007), Independent historian and scholar/researcher based in Berlin. Interests: Peace Studies, Greek history.
Ivan Krastev (January 15 - February 9, 2007), Chairman, Center
for Liberal Strategies, Sofia, Bulgaria. Interests: public policy and
contemporary anti-Americanism.
Nitzan Lebovic (September 5 - 22, 2006), Post-Doctoral Fellow, Leo Baeck Institute. Interests: German intellectual and cultural history, German Studies, German-Jewish culture.
Konstantina Maragkou (November 3 - December 15, 2006), Research
Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics. Interests:
modern Greek diplomatic history.
Catherine Merridale (March 16 - May 11, 2007), Professor,
Department of History, Queen Mary, University of London. Interests:
20th century Russia, history of the Kremlin.
Jonathan Schneer (April 1 - 30, 2007), Professor, School of
History, Technology and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Interests: modern British history.
Gesine Weinmiller (September 22 - October 6, 2006), Architect, Berlin. Interest: memorials, modern architecture.
Wim Weymans (March 9 - April 6, 2007), Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Political Science, University of Leuven. Interests: European (especially French and English) political theory and intellectual history, theory and practice of history.
2005 - 2006
Miro Beblavy (May 12-26, 2006), State Secretary (deputy
minister) Department of Labour, Social Affairs and Family, Slovak
Republic. Interests: government, public administration.
Marco Bresciani (January 20-March 10, 2006), Ph.D. candidate,
Department of History, University of Pisa. Interests: intellectual and
political history of European anti-Fascism in the 30's and 40's.
Amos Elon (September 5 - October 30, 2005), Independent writer and journalist. Interests: modern Jewish history and Middle-Eastern politics.
Alek Kaczorowski (November 28 - December 15, 2005), Deputy
Editor-in-Chief of Forum, and Programme Director at the Bertelsmann
Media bureau in Poland. Interests: inter-war Poland, Czech literature.
Sergio Luzzatto (January 15 - March 15, 2006). Professor of
Modern History, University of Turin. Interests: history of the French
Revolution, and of the Jacobin tradition in nineteenth-century France;
history of Fascism, and of the neo-fascist political culture in
twentieth-century Italy.
Nicholas Manitakis (November 4-28, 2005), Ecole des hautes
e'tudes en sciences sociales (EHESS), Paris. Interests: immigration
history, Greek civil war.
Marco Martiniello (March 31 - April 14, 2006), Senior Research
Associate at the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS)
and Lecturer in Politics at the University of Lie`ge. Interests:
Migration policies and multiculturalism in the European Union.
Shervin Neukee (February 25 - March 31, 2006), free-lance
journalist and sociologist, the Netherlands. Interests: multicultural
challenges facing European society, Netherlands especially. Islamic
regime in Iran.
Theo Padnos (April 14 - May 12, 2006), Free-lance writer currently based in Yemen. Interests: criminology, prison educators, Jihad.
Nils Rosemann (February 3 - 24, 2006), Human Rights Attorney
& Development Consultant in Islamabad, Geneva and Berlin.
Interests: corporate human rights obligations.
Daniel Sabbagh (March 17 - May 5, 2006), Researcher, Centre
d'e'tudes et de recherches internationales (CERI), Paris. Interests:
affirmative action, multiculturalism, and the history of racial
minorities in the United States.
Ben Shephard (September 9-30, 2005), Freelance writer, Bristol. Interests: military, cultural and medical history in the 20th century, African history
Ruslan Stefanov (January 13- February 8, 2006), Project Coordinator, Economic Program, Center for the Study of Democracy, Sofia. Interests: anti-corruption, gray economy and governance, the knowledge economy and innovation.
2004 - 2005
Florin Cintic (September 17-October 15, 2004): Senior Researcher and Director, Center of Museology and Cultural Studies, Romanian Literary Museum, Iasi, Romania; Associate Professor, University ¡§Al.I.Cuza¡¨, Iasi.
Interests: intellectual history; Romanian memory and identity.
Michael Freund (November 12-December 10, 2004): Editor and writer, Der Standard, Vienna.
Interests: culture and the arts.
Pieter Hilhorst (February 4-25, 2005) essayist and playwright, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Interests: public affairs and stand-up comedy.
Tomas Klvana (October 15-November 12, 2004): Consultant, PAN Solutions (Public affairs and networking firm); Lecturer, NYU in Prague.
Interests: media, culture and globalization.
Susan Marks (April 1-29, 2004): Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
Interests: international law; human rights.
Albert Musliu (April 29-May 20, 2005): President of the Advisory Board, Association for Democratic Initiatives, Gostivar, Macedonia.
Interests: the Balkans, human rights.
Christopher Prendergast (February 25 - March 11, 2005): Fellow, Danish Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities, and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.
Interests: art and literature, 19th century France.
Aleksander Smolar (March 11-April 1, 2005): President, Stefan Batory Foundation, Warsaw; Senior Researcher, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.
Interests: European Union, post-Communist East and Central Europe.
2003 - 2004
Miro Beblavy (April 16-30, 2004), State Secretary (deputy minister) Department of Labour, Social Affairs and Family, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Interests: government, public administration.
Alexandra Barahona de Brito (October 10-17, 2003), Professor, European Studies, Moderna University; Senior Associate Researcher, The Institute of Strategic and International Studies; Associate Researcher, Institute of Social Sciences, Lisbon, Portugal. Interests: citizenship, democracy, and transnational justice.
Sudhir Hazareesingh (April 30–May 28, 2004), Official Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Balliol College, University of Oxford. Interest: modern France.
Aleksander Kaczorowski (November 7-21, 2003), Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Polish edition, Newsweek. Interests: inter-war Poland, Czech literature.
Janos Kis (September 19 – October 17, 2003), Professor of Philosophy and Political Science, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. Interests: moral and political philosophy, democratic theory.
Ivan Krastev (November 28 – December 12, 2003), Chairman, Center for Liberal Strategies, Sofia, Bulgaria. Interests: public policy and contemporary anti-americanism.
Denis Lacorne (November 14-28, 2003), Senior Research Fellow, Centre d’Études et de Recherches Internationales (CERI), Paris, France. Interests: comparative politics, American government and history, political philosophy.
Marina Mogilner (October 3–17, 2003), Lecturer, Faculty of History, Kazan State University, Kazan, Russia. Editor (Russia and NIS), International Quarterly Ab Imperio. Interests: modern Russian History.
Pierre Rosanvallon (October 17-November 14, 2003), Professor, Collège de France, Paris, France. Interests: intellectual history, contemporary democracy.
Jacques Rupnik (March 19 – April 16, 2004), Scholar, Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI), Paris. Interests: Central and Southeastern Europe.
2002 - 2003
Cécile Fabre (September 3-20, 2002), Lecturer in Political Theory, London School of Economics. Interests: welfare rights, distributive justice.
Caroline Fourest-Guillemot (September 23 - October 11, 2002), President, ProChoix-France, Paris. Interests: women's rights, homosexuality, illegal immigration, secularism.
Michael Freund (October 25 - November 22, 2002), Journalist, Der Standard, Vienna, Austria. Interests: culture and the arts.
Neil Hardwick (January 6-31, 2003), Playwright, author, cultural commentator, Helsinki, Finland. Interest: international theatre.
Christopher Prendergast (October 11-18, 2002), Professor, Modern French Literature, Cambridge University, Fellow of the British Academy. Interests: cultural criticism, 19th century France.
Giulio Sapelli (March 28 - April 28, 2003), Professor, Department of History, University of Milan. Interests: economic history, economic anthropology.
Ben Shephard (January 31 - March 28, 2003), Freelance writer, London. Interests: military, cultural and medical history in the 20th century, African history.
Larisa Turea (May 2 - 30, 2003), Writer and art critic, Moldova. Interests: theatre and art criticism.
Reynaldo Anaya Valencia (December 2-20, 2002), Professor of Law, Director of the Center for Latina/Latino Legal Studies, St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas. Interests: corporate law, bankruptcy, race and gender issues.
2001 - 2002
Michal Cichy (October 19-November 16, 2001), Journalist, Gazeta Wyborcza, Warsaw, Poland.
Krystof Czyzewski (March 15-April 15, 2002), President, Borderland Foundation. Sejny, Poland and Editor-in-Chief of the quarterly Krasnogruda.
Peter Jukes (January 7-February 8, 2002), Author, freelance non-fiction writer and director based in London, U.K.
Marta Kurkowska-Budzan (September/October, 2001), Ph.D. 2001,
Institute of History, Jagiellonian University, Poland. Area of
research: memory of relationships between Polish Jews and Polish
Catholics before, during, and after the Holocaust.
Mircea Mihaies (November 2001), Professor, University of Timisoara. Area of research: intimate writings, literary creation and psychology, “The Third Europe”.
Anca Oroveanu (February 10-March 10, 2002), Associate Professor, Department of Art History, The Art University and Scientific Director, New Europe College, Bucharest. Area of research: Contemporary aesthetics and art theory.
Theodor Paleologu (June 1-July 15, 2002), Scholar, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, and the University of Munich. Area of research: political philosophy, political theology.
Vladimir Tismaneanu (May 2002), Professor, Government & Politics, University of Maryland. Director, Center for the Study of Post-Communist Societies, and Editor, East European Politics and Societies. Area of research: Communist Political Systems, Comparative Politics, Political Sociology, and Political Theory.
Lidia Varbanova (December 1-15, 2001), Program Director, Arts and Culture Network, Open Society Institute, Budapest. Area of research: cultural policy in Central and Eastern Europe, non-profit management.
2000-2001
Richard Geary (November/December, 2000), Professor of Modern History, Department of History, University of Nottingham, UK. Area of research: Comparative labor history, modern German social history.
Irina Livezeanu (September/October 2000, January/July 2001), Professor, Department of History, University of Pittburgh. Area of research: Modern East-Central European History.
Sergio Perosa (November/December 2000), Professor and Chair, Department of Anglo-American and Latin-American Studies, University of Venice. Area of research: Contemporary literature.
Jacques Rupnik (April, 2001), Scholar, Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI), Paris. Area of research: Central and Southeastern Europe.
Donald Sassoon (February/March 2001), Professor of Comparative European History, Department of History, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. Area of research: European cultural markets since the 19th century.
1999-2000
Nikolai Krementsov, Professor, St. Petersburg University, Russia. Area of research: History of science and medicine, in particular comparative study of British, French, and Russian medical services during the siege of Sebastapol in 1854-55.
Laura Silber, Senior Writer. Financial Times. Area of research: the Balkans; writing a book on Slobodan Milosevic.
Aleksander Smolar, Chairman, Batory Foundation, Poland. Area of research: Economist. Responsible for Soros Foundation policies and spending in post-communist Poland.
Lynne Taylor, Professor, Department of History, University of Waterloo. Area of research: Post-World War II refugee children and orphans in Germany and the dilemmas of international repatriation policy 1945-49.
Michael Wise, Independent Journalist, New York. Area of research: political manipulation of state architecture under communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe; cultural decision- making processes of totalitarian regimes.
1998-1999
Krysztof Czyzewski, President of the Borderland Foundation in
Warsaw, Poland and also the Director of the regional center “Borderland
of Cultures, Arts, Nations” and editor-in-chief of Krasnogruda
quarterly.
Claus Leggewie, Institute for Political Science, University of Giessen, Germany). Area of research: post-war Germany.
Simonetta Piccone Stella, Faculty of Sociology, University of
Rome. Area of research: multiculturalism, gender and cities, in
particular Muslim women in Italy.
Georg Vobruba, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Leipzig. Area of research: social policy in Europe.
