The Junior Teaching Initiative
is a new project designed to involve the younger generation of
talented scholars from the region, people who are on the threshold
of academic careers, in collaborative teaching efforts. The prospective
junior teachers are selected from a group of advanced graduate
students who come to the Graduate Faculty from the region on one-year
pre-doctoral Fellowships arranged by ECEP. While advancing their
Ph.D. projects, taking courses, and participating in ECEP activities,
each Fellow also works closely with a faculty advisor to develop
a new course. The course, which will be introduced to the curriculum
of the home university upon the Fellow's return, is typically
a reflection of his/her interests, the advisor's area of expertise,
and the home university's needs. Here are the most recent examples:
Spring 1996 The Political Culture of Democracy
Junior Teacher: Sharon Cooley, Department of Sociology, Graduate
Faculty Institution: Eötvös Loránd University
(ELTE), Budapest GF Advisor(s): Professor Andrew Arato Spring
1996 Race and Ethnicity in Theory and Methodology: The Case of the Roma in Hungary
Junior Teacher: Andras Topalcai, Department of Ethnic Studies,
Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest GF Advisor(s):
Professor Terry Williams Fall 1996 Transitions to Democracy - Political and Social Aspects
Junior Teacher: Radim Marada, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech
Republic GF Advisor(s): Professors Andrew Arato and José
Casanova Fall 1997 Introduction to the Theory of Culture: Modern
and Postmodern Changes in the Cultural Theories of Visuality
Junior Teacher: Doru Pop, Department of Sociology, Babes-Bolyai
University, Cluj, Romania GF Advisor(s): Professors Elzbieta Matynia
and James Miller Fall 1997 Introduction to Women's Studies Junior
Teacher: Mariam Ohanian, Yerevan State University, Armenia GF
Advisor(s): Professor Ann Snitow