central european university department of sociology and social anthropology departmental overview
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Central European UniversityDepartment of Sociology and
Social Anthropology
Departmental Overview
Facts about the department
- was founded in 2003
- offers integrated graduate training, MA and PhD
- it accomodates a plurality of theoretical and
methodological perspectives by integrating the two disciplines of sociology and social anthropology
What we promote
The integration of sociological and anthropological perspectives as well as methodologies
comparative approaches to the theory and practice of development, state, law, culture, migration, work, civil society, inequalities, the city and urban processes
The Faculty
Permanent VisitingJudit Bodnar Nadia Al-Baghdadi
Ayse Caglar Martin Fuchs
Nitsan Chorev Slawomir Kapralski
Don Kalb Andrzej Rychard
Prem Kumar Rajaram Gaspar Miklos Tamas
Balazs Vedres Violetta Zentai
For detailed information on the faculty (CV, research interests, courses taught) please check our web-site at www.ceu.hu/soc_ant/index.htm !
Selected List of Courses
Colonialism and Post-colonialism Comparative Thinking Cultures of Capitalism: an Anthropological Reading of
Post-socialist Economic Transformation Debates on Globalization Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Research
Methods Key Issues in Sociological Theory and Social
Anthropology Logic of Social Inquiry Religion and Modernity Theories of the State: Comparative Perspective Theory and Research in Contemporary Macro-Sociology Transnational Migration
Public Events PUBLIC LECTURES 2003-2004
Helmut Berking, Technische Universitat Darmstadt (Visiting Professor 2004)
Andre Beteille, FBA, Delhi University (Distinguished Visiting Professor 2003/2004)
Ayse Bugra, Professor of Political Economy, Bogazici University, Turkey Noshir Contractor, Professor of Speech Communication and Psychology at
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Peter Rose, Fullbright Specialist at University of Vienna, Sophia Smith
Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow of Kahn Institute at Smith College, US
Werner Schiffauer, Professor of Anthropology at Europa Universtitat Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder
CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS Inaugural Conference “RE-ENVISIONING SOCIETY: THE STATE OF THE
NATION AND THE SOCIAL IMAGINATION”, JUNE 4-6, 2004
Statistics
2003/2004: 355 MA and PhD applications from 40 different
countries; 29 MAs and 5 PhDs enrolled from: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic, Ukraine and US
2004/2005 283 MA and PhD applications from 49 countries;
32 MA and 7 PhDs enrolled from: Albania, Bulgaria, Cameroon, China, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, Israel, Kyrgyztan, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine and the US.
Admission requirements
MA PROGRAM application form and CV transcripts and diplomas 2 letters of recommendation two essays: a 500-word planned research topic and a short
statement TOEFL required minimum score: 570
PHD PROGRAM application form and CV transcripts and diplomas 3 letters of recommendation 3 page research proposal and one page bibliography TOEFL required minimum score: 600
for detailed info check ‘Admissions’ section under www.ceu.hu
The department is welcoming you!
to find out more about us, visit our regularly up-dated website at :
www.ceu.hu/soc_ant/index.htm
- or write us at [email protected] or