Irina Balta (Chisinau, Moldova)  National School of Political and Administrative Sciences in Bucharest, Romania. Interested in environmental and gender issues. Collaborated with the Peace Corps for two years in Moldova.

Monika Bartosiewicz (Warsaw, Poland)  Graduate School for Social Research, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw. Interested in transitional changes in East and Central Europe, modern democracies, and social and political psychology.

Joanna Bator (Wroclaw, Poland)  Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Graduate School for Social Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw. Interested in gender issues and psychoanalysis. Dissertation title: "Feminist Concepts of Gender Difference and their Cultural Aspects", defended in 1998.

Barbara Blakely  (Mexico)  Department of Political Science, New School for Social Research, New York. Interested in international relations, particularly in international protection and assistance to refugees.

Kathleen Blank (Silver Spring, Maryland, USA)  School of Law, University of Maryland. Interested in international law, human rights, and processes of political transition. She has taught religious studies and psychology in the 1970s. Worked as mediator at the District of Columbia's Office of Human Rights.

Brendan Boyce (Durban, South Africa)  University of Durban-Westville. Interested in issues of nationalism and ethnicity in multicultural societies. He has taught as Senior Tutor at the University of Durban-Westville since 1994.

Vladimir Chura (Berdyansk, Ukraine)  Department of Linguistics, Donetsk State University, Donetsk, Ukraine; and Department of International Relations and European Studies, Central European University, Prague-Budapest. Interested in public administration, and transitions to democracy.

Jasminka Dimitrovska (Skopje, Macedonia)  Department of Philosophy, Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje. Interested in transitions to democracy, environmental public policy issues, and contemporary political thought.

Baktygul Djumabekova (Osh, Kyrgyzstan)  Studied at Osh Technological University and Kyrgyz State National University. She is presently a teacher at Osh Technological University.

Predrag Dragosavac (Belgrade, Yugoslavia)  Faculty of Philosophy and Faculty of Sociology, Belgrade University. Interested in gender studies, and the political and social construction of gender. Worked as a journalist at Belgrade 202 radio station and a local newspaper Belgrade News.

Marius Floca  (Bucharest, Romania)  Department of Economics, Bucharest. Interested in citizenship issues, transitions to democracy in East Bloc countries and South Africa.

Marian Gabriel (Trnava, Slovakia)  Studied at the Faculty of Philosophy, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia; and Department of Political Science, Central European University, Budapest. Interested in transitions to democracy and international relations. He is currently working as Executive Assistant at the Slovak Foreign Policy Association.

Elena Gapova (Minsk, Belorussia) English Department, Belarus State University, Minsk. Interested in women's issues, feminist theory, and social psychology. Since 1989 she has taught English at the English Department of Belarus State University. She is teaching at European Humanitarian University in Minsk.

Eduardo Gonzales-Cueva (Peru) Graduate Faculty, Department of Sociology, New School for Social Research. Interested in the political transition of East Bloc countries and in civil society issues. He has taught "Introduction to Social Sciences" and "Sociology of Art" at Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru in 1994. He was involved in campaigning against death penalty. Writes poetry.

Victoria Gryshchenko (Kiev, Ukraine)  Department of Philosophy and Religion, National University of Kiev-Mohyla Academy. Interested in nationalism and ethnicity issues, multiculturalism, and transitions to democracy.

Shinara Imangalieva (Almaty, Kazakhstan)  Almaty State University. Interested in political culture, and political theory, and transitions to democracy. She is currently teaching "Political Theory and History of Kazakh Parties and Movements" at Faculty of International Relations, Department of Political Science at Almaty State University.

Layila Ivatova (Almaty, Kazakhstan)  Studied at Kazakh State National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Interested in Kazakh political parties, parliamentarism, and transition to democracy in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and in the world. She is currently teaching at Kazakh State University, Department of Political Science. Prior to that she also taught at the Department of Philosophy.  Social Science Curriculum Center Coordinator at Kazakh State University

Petra Jedlickova (Prague, Czech Republic)  Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University. Interested in gender and family issues, civil society, postmodernism, and democracy. She has worked as library coordinator at the Center for Gender Studies since 1996.

Nurlan Karymshakov (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)  Department of Sociology and Political Sciences, Bishkek University of Humanities. Interested in public policy, political theory, and philosophy. He has taught "Public Policy-Transition to Democracy" for two years, at the Department of Political Sciences, Bishkek University.

Anna Kende (Budapest, Hungary)  Faculty of Humanities, Department of Psychology, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest. Interested in gender issues, socio-linguistic, and cross cultural psychology.

Boris Kostov (Bourgas, Bulgaria)  Department of Political Science, Sofia University, Bulgaria. Interested in political science, international relations, foreign policy, and democratization process in Eastern Europe.

Jacek Kucharczyk (Warsaw, Poland) Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Graduate School for Social Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw. Interested in political philosophy, political theory, and contemporary American liberalism. Dissertation title: "Cultural Dilemmas of Contemporary American Liberalism", defended in 1998.

Zoltan Kurdi (Budapest, Hungary)  Institute of Sociology, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest. Interested in history. He has taught at John Wesley College, Budapest. Dissertation title: "Issues of Personal Freedom and Fight Against Drug Abuse in Post 1989 Hungary". He is also an activist on behalf of homeless people in Hungary.

Anna Laido (Tallinn, Estonia)  School of Social Sciences, University of Tartu. Interested in public theory, public administration, and its relevance to Estonian parliament. She is a member of the Estonian Public Administration Student Association.

Barbara Lejzerowicz (Wroclaw, Poland)  Department of Philosophy, Wroclaw University, Poland. Interested in modern notions of rationality, the limits of rationality in the construction of social life, and workings of L. Szestow and E. Husserl.

Juri Lipping (Tallinn, Estonia)  Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences, Tartu University. Interested in political philosophy, democracy theory, and ethnicity.

Patricija Mirt (Zagreb, Croatia)  University of Political Sciences, Zagreb. She is studying at the Center for Women's Studies, Zagreb. Interested in women's issues, feminist theory, and modern democracies.

Tijani Mohlaba (South Africa, Johannesburg)  University of the Witwatersrand. Forum for Further, Accelerated and Comprehensive Transformation (FFACT) Negotiator representing students in University of the Witwatersrand Senate, member of Senate Academic Freedom Committee since 1995.

William Morrisey (Rumson, New Jersey, USA) Department of Liberal Studies, Graduate Faculty of New School for Social Research. Interested in citizenship, political representation, questions of political liberty, and self-government.

Lazar Nikolic (Belgrade, Yugoslavia)  Faculty of Philosophy and Faculty of Sociology, Belgrade University. Interested in gender issues and particularly in the social and political construction of gender. Member of the European Movement for Serbia since 1992.

Loredana Novak  (Bucharest, Romania)  Department of Journalism and Communications Science. Interested in multiculturalism, transitions to democracy, and citizenship issues.

Vit Novotny (Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic)  California State University, USA. Interested in public administration, civil society issues, and public policy development.

  Mariam Ohanian (Yerevan, Armenia)  Graduated Faculty of Applied Mathematics, Yerevan State University. Now studies at Department of Social Science, Faculty of Philosophy, Yerevan State University. Interested in gender issues and democratization process in Armenia. She is a member of Youth Center for Gender Studies, Yerevan State University.

  Ionna Amalia Onica (Bucharest, Romania) Graduated the Faculty of Law. Interested in transitions to democracy, citizenship, and gender issues. She is currently working as a judge.

Jonas Oskinis  (Kaunas, Lithuania)  Department of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy, Klaipeda University, Lithuania. Interested in civil society issues, green movements in Lithuania, and transitions to democracy. He is currently teaching "Transformation in Eastern and Central Europe" and "Social Differences: Past and Present", Department of Political Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Klaipeda University. He worked as a journalist for magazine Mes!/KNK, Vilnius, Lithuania, 1992-1994.

Elena Pendrakovskaya (Minsk, Belorussia)  Department of Sociology, Belarus State University. Interested in the processes of democratization in East Europe, political theory, and feminism.

Julian Petrov (Sofia, Bulgaria)  Department of Political Science, New Bulgarian University. Interested in multiculturalism and international politics.

Maja Purgar (Zagreb, Croatia)  Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb. Interested in international relations, political economy, and transitional changes of East Bloc Countries.

Yuri Savko (Lviv, Ukraine)  Department of Applied Mathematics, Lviv Polytechnic State University. Interested in transitions to democracy and role of the media in independent state-building. Since 1992 he has been working as chief of Computer Center for Ukrainian newspapers; Post-Postup and Young Galicia.

Vugar Seidov  (Baku, Azerbaijan)  Studied at Moscow Department of History, Moscow State Lomonosov University, Russia and International Relations and European Studies, Central European University, Prague-Budapest. Interested in political theory, transitions to democracy in East and Central Europe, and issues of nationalism. He has taught at Azerbaijan State University, Institute of Economics and Department of History, Moscow Lomonosov University. He also worked part time at Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan in 1991.

Juraj Skalsky (Bratislava, Slovakia)  Faculty of Philosophy, Comenius University, Bratislava. Interested in theories of gender and social politics. He is currently lecturer at the Slovak Technical University.

Joyce Smith  (New York, USA)  Department of Anthropology, Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research. Interested in gender theory in global perspective, and issues related to civil society. She has worked as editor in the book publishing business for eight years.

Anna Sosnowska (Warsaw, Poland)  Graduate School for Social Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw. Interested in civil society issues, political theory, political philosophy, and multiculturalism. Worked for the National Committee of Radio and TV Broadcasting (Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji) on the 1995 presidential campaign in Warsaw.

Ivana Stegic (Zagreb, Croatia)  Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Zagreb. Interested in transitional changes in East and Central Europe and civil society issues.

Oana Suciu  (Bucharest, Romania) Graduated from Bucharest University in Sociology. Currently Program Officer with the Civic Academy.

Kathryn Swanson (New York, USA)  Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, New School for Social Research, New York. Interested in gender studies and a violence against women. Involved in research projects of Women's Studies curriculum in the United States.

Csaba Szalo  (Nove Zamky, Slovakia)  Studied at the Department of Sociology, Masaryk University, Brno. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor, School of Social Studies, Masaryk University. He has taught "Sociology of Politics" and "Cultural Studies" for two years, Department of Sociology, Masaryk University. He was also a member of Governmental Committee for National Minorities, Slovak Republic (1991-1992)

Eszter Szilassy (Budapest, Hungary)  Institute of Sociology and Social Policy, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest. Interested in ethnic and minority studies, nationalism issues, and transitions to democracy in East Bloc countries.

Mariusz Turowski  (Wroclaw, Poland)  Institute of Philosophy, University of Wroclaw. Interested in civil society issues, contemporary social and political philosophy, especially in communitarian criticism of liberalism.

Roza Vajda (Budapest, Hungary)  Department of Anthropology, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest. Interested in ethnic minorities, multiculturalism, and cultural identity. She has worked as reporter, editor, and translator for a variety of TV programs for four years in Hungary. Currently studies at the GF, Sociology Department.

Panaglotic Vallianatos (Greece).  Institute of Sociology, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest. nterested in ethnic and minority studies. Teacher of Greek language at Budapest's Greek Minority school.

Sasho Veljanovski (Skopje, Macedonia)  Institute for Sociological, Political and Juridical Research, Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje. Interested in democratic theory and transitions to democracy. He is currently working as journalist, at Macedonian National Television.

Dusanka Vucinic (Belgrade, Yugoslavia)  Department of Psychology, University of Belgrade. Also Women's Studies, Center for Women's Studies and Communication, Belgrade. Interested in theories of gender, violence against women, and human rights. She is currently volunteering at SOS hotline for children and battered women, and at Center for Girls, Belgrade.
 
 
 

Ausra Aleliunaite (Panevezys, Lithuania)  Department of International Relations and European Studies, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. Interested in gender issues in the international relations and the issues of democratic transition in the region.

Svetlozar Andreev  (Bulgaria)  Advanced Graduate Program of European Studies at the College of Europe, Natolin, Poland. Interested in political science and international relations as well as public policy issues. In the fall will start working as an assistant at the Political Science Department of the Gabrovo University, Bulgaria.

Julia Apostle (Toronto, Canada)  New School for Social Research, New York.

Lenka Banovcova  (Brno, Czech Republic)  Faculty of Arts at the Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. Interested in gender studies and social changes in the countries in the region. Studied social work in the Netherlands, Norway and Belgium.

Vesna Barilar  (Zagreb, Croatia)  Center for Women's Studies, Zagreb, Croatia. Interested in gender issues as well as politics of culture. Works as an Administrative Assistant at the Center for Women Victims of War in Zagreb.

Radoslava Brhlikova  (Bratislava, Slovakia)  Department of Political Sciences at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia. Interested in international relations issues. Was a candidate for municipal council in her home town and she is also an external cooperator with Center of Council of Europe.

Agnieszka Chmielewska (Warsaw, Poland)  Graduate School for Social Research, Warsaw, Poland. Interested in problems of culture within both communist and democratic societies. Works at the National Museum in Warsaw.

Askhat Dukanbayev  (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)  School of Law at the Kyrgyz State National University. Interested in political science and public administration. Currently works as the Head of the Research Department at the Educational Center of the Kyrgyz State National University.

Leonard Feldman  (Seattle, USA)  Department of Political Science, University of Washington. Interested in exploring the roles of social movements in creating a public sphere in post-communist Europe. Currently is a teaching assistant at the University of Washington Department of Political Science. Participated in the first conference of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Right's Campaigns in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Jasenka Hadzikadunic  (Prague, Czech Republic)  Department of Psychology at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Interested in cross cultural comparison. Worked with a variety of humanitarian organizations Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Adrian Hatos (Oradea, Romania)  Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Sociology.

Priscilla Holcomb (New York, USA. New School for Social Research, New York)  Interested in cultural theory and specifically in the transmission of ideas through the educational system, the arts and religious organizations.

Ludmila Kim  (Almaty, Kazakstan)  Department of Philosophy and Methodology of Science, Kazak State National University. She is doing academic research related to problems of national minorities in Kazakstan.

Stanimir Kiskinov (Sofia, Bulgaria)  Lecturer at the Department of Public Administration, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria. Interested in the role of media and communications in public policy. Democracy Fellow at TCDS in 1997/98.

Tomasz Kitlinski (Lublin, Poland)  Department of Philosophy, Maria Sklodowska-Curie University, Lublin. Interested in concepts of sexual and national identity. In 1998/99 as Fullbright Fellow at the Graduate Faculty, defended his Ph.D."Being or Belonging: The Dynamics of the Private and the Public in the Theory of Julia Kristeva".

Nenad Kocmur  (Zagreb, Croatia)  Political Science Studies, Politology Department, Zagreb University. Interested in the problems of citizens' participation in everyday politics in democratic societies. Worked as a journalist on Channel One, Croatian Radio.

Mara Kolesas  (Argentina). Political Science Department, New School for Social Research, New York City, USA. Interested in the emergence and building of citizenship as well as the making of individuals as political subjects.

Aselya Kerimbekova Kulchoroevna (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)  Faculty of Philosophy, Kyrgyz State National University, Bishkek. Interested in the rights of ethnic minorities. Currently works with the Conflict Prevention Center.

Tadas Leoncikas  (Vilnus, Lithuania) Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Graduate School for Social Research, Warsaw, Poland. Interested in the issues of nationalism and of co-existence of different ethnic groups.

Pawel Leszkowicz (Pila, Poland)   Department of Art History, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland. Also affiliated with the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, England. Interested in the issues of gender in visual culture. Works as a curator in the State Art Gallery in Sopot.  Fullbright Fellow at the GF in 1998/99.

Olga Yurievna Malinova (Moscow, Russia)  Associate professor of Economic and Humanitarian Department, Moscow State Institute of Electronics, Moscow, Russia. Interested in the issues of nationalism, multiculturalism and liberalism.

Ratka Maric  (Belgrade, Yugoslavia)  Lecturer on Sociology of Culture and Cultural Policy at the Faculty of Political Science at the Belgrade University. Interested in youth subcultures and gender roles. Attended a number of workshops through out Western Europe.

Cathrine McDonagh  (Cold Spring Harbor, USA)  New Schools for Social Research, New York, USA. Worked with So Others Might Eat (SOME) in Washington.

Fiona Melrose (Johannesburg, South Africa)  Department of Political Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Interested in the issues of individuality and community, identity, gender and citizenship. In the past affiliated with the Consultive Business Movement (NGO) where she was involved with pre-1994 election peace keeping efforts.

Andrzej Morstin  (Warsaw, Poland)  Graduate School for Social Research, Warsaw, Poland. Interested in social and political problems in the region. Works as an analyst in the Russian Department at the Center for Eastern Studies.

Johannes Mpanyane (Pretoria, South Africa)  Intern researcher at the Human Sciences Council, South Africa. Interested in the role of political parties in the consolidation of democracy.

Timothy Naborsky  (Michigan, USA)  Center for Russian and East European Studies (CREES), University of Michigan. Interested in the history of nationalism, international peace and security affairs relative to the region.

Pusa Nastase  (Bucharest, Romania)  Student at the Faculty of Law.

Kanyshai Nurdinova  (Osh, Kyrgyzstan)  Docent of the Chair of Philosophy, Osh State University, Kyrgyzstan. Interested in the process of transition to democracy in the Eastern European countries and the role of women in the new society. Currently holds the position of the Chairman of the University Women's Council as well as a member of the Osh City Women's Council.

Vanda Perovic (Belgrade, Yugoslavia)  Initiated and now conducts a Special Purpose course: English for Women’s Studies at the Women’s Studies Center in Belgrade. Is a supporter and an active member of the Women in Black, a feminist anti-war organization in Belgrade.

Sergei Pushkarev  (Yekaterinburg, Russia)  Department of Political Science and Sociology, Ural State University in Yekaterinburg. Interested in conducting research in political decision making and public administration. Currently teaches Political Science and Public Administration disciplines.

Selve Ringmaa  (Tallinn, Estonia)  Tallinn Pedagogical University, Tallinn, Estonia. Interested in the concepts of motherhood and erotics, as well as Estonian art.

Chityat Kashi Ronit (New York, USA)  New School for Social Research, New York. Interested in the issues of diversity and identity as well as Eastern European culture. Was an adjunct faculty member at the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising, New York.

Ana Maria Rotaru  (Bacau, Romania)  Student at the Political Science Faculty.

Daniel Sargent  (Bloomington, USA)  Russian and East European Area Studies, Indiana University. Interested in studying the social aspect of the transition in the region. Through work with Peace Corps taught English in public schools in Poland.

Dosym Satpaev  (Almaty, Kazakstan)  Political Science Department, Almaty State University, Kazakstan. Interested in the problems of pressure groups and political elite in Kazakstan. He was one of the founders of a non governmental, scientific organization "Political Research Center" at the Almaty State University.

Erikas Slavenas  (Budapest, Hungary)  Department of International Relations and European Studies, Central European University, Budapest. Interested in the transition of the East Central European states after the end of cold war. Currently works at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania as the aid to a deputy minister.

Snjezana Susnjara  (Busovaca, Bosnia)  History Department, Central European University (Budapest College), Budapest, Hungary. Interested in the topics of memory of wars in Bosnia and Hercegovina among women. Head of Croatian Culture Association "Progress" in Sarajevo.

Zoya Soloviova  (Kiev, Ukraine)  Ukrainian Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences. Interested in sociology of communication, political sociology and social psychology. Currently works with the UN/UNDP office in Ukraine. Previously worked with UNESCO on the Chernobyl Project (created centers for the population affected by the accident). Participated in TCDS's "Media, Politics And Policy" Workshop.

Andris Spruds  (Riga, Latvia)   Department of Political Science, University of Riga, Latvia and Department of History, Central European University, Budapest. Interested in the politics, economy, legislation, history and culture of the region.

Cristina Virtopean Stanoiu  (Bucharest, Romania)  Student at the Law Faculty. She is a program coordinator at the British Council.

Zsofia Szilagyi  (Budapest, Hungary)  Research Analyst at the Open Media Research Institute, Prague, Czech Republic. Works mostly on analyzing economic difficulties and minority problems facing Hungary today. Attended a number of international conferences throughout Europe and the US. Currently at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.  Took part in 1999 Democracy & Diversity Graduate Institute Cape Town

Daniela Trajkovska (Skopje, Macedonia)  American University in Bulgaria. Interested in the issues of citizenship, nationalism, politics of culture and theories of gender.

Gulmira Tulesbaeva  (Almaty, Kazakstan)  Political Science and International Relations Department, Kazak National University, Almaty, Kazakstan. Interested in the theoretical aspects of development of the post-communist countries and their integration in world politics. Previously studied at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary and Birmingham University in England.

Ivica Vasev  (Stip, Macedonia)  University of "St. Cyrill and Metodi", Skopje. Interested in political theory, strongly interested in the course on nationalism. Studied Political theory at the Department of Government, University of Manchester, UK.

Zsusa Vidar  (Budapest, Hungary)  Ethnic and Minorities Studies Program at the ELTE Institute of Sociology, Budapest, Hungary. Interested in the origins and the functioning of nationalistic ideas and attitudes.

Hannes Voolma  (Tallinn, Estonia)  Faculty of Education, University of Turku. Currently works as a director of Development at Tallinn Secondary School No 32. Interested in sociocultural issues of learning and study skill development.

Denise Walsh  (New Providence, USA)  Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, New School for Social Research, New York. Interested in social movements, in particular in the nationalist movements in the region. Works as a teacher at Kent Place School.

Agnieszka Zembrzuska   (Wroclaw, Poland)  Department of Social Sciences, Wroclaw University, Poland. Interested in the concept of gender as a social and cultural phenomenon as opposed to biologically determined sex. Currently works as a teaching assistant at the Political Sciences Department at the Wroclaw University.
 
 
 

Fuad Akhundov (Baku, Azerbaijan)  International Relations Department, Baku Rasulzade University, Azerbaijan.

Aigul Bakirova  (Bishkek, Kazakhstan)   Center for Sociological Research, Bishkek Humanities University, Bishkek, Kazakhstan. Aigul has attended a number of international seminars in Europe, and currently coordinates the TCDS-affiliated Social Science Curriculum Center at Bishkek Humanities University.

Eluisa Brunetto  (Stanford, USA)  New York University, New York. Eluisa is interested in studying democratic culture and the establishment of political institutions in former communist countries. She has a particular interest in Poland, Hungary and Romania. During her recent stay as a visiting scholar at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, she did research on the European Union’s eastern enlargement.

Lenka Bustikova  (Prague, Czech Republic)  Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Lenka is interested in transformation processes, social change, and local democracy. In Eastern Europe her focus has been on the role of elites in the establishment of political institutions. Lenka recently spent some time in England, where she studied globalization and the pressures it exerts on Western European states to reform their welfare systems.

Victoria Corduneanu  (Botosani, Romania)  Department of History, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. At CEU Victoria studied the history of nationalism in the region. She is particularly interested in the relationship between Romania and Hungary in the 1980s.

Badamdash Dashdavaa  (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)  Political Science Department, National University of Mongolia. Badamdash teaches comparative politics at his department. He has also worked on foreign policy issues as an assistant to a member of State Great Hural of Mongolia.

Marnie Davis (New York, USA)  Committee on Liberal Studies, New School for Social Research, New York. At the New School Marnie’s studies have concentrated on the history of American Jews. In Poland she is interested in learning more about the historical, political, and cultural climate from which many American Jews came.

Dijana Dijanic (Zagreb, Croatia)  Center for Women Studies, Zagreb, Croatia. Dijana is interested in the problems of constructing national identities, in particular how individuals can use their abilities to make a change in society. In Cracow she is interested in studying problems of democratic (or undemocratic) culture and gender studies.

Marcelina Drath  (Rzeszow, Poland)  Sociology Department, Wyzsza Szkola Pedagogiczna. Marcela is interested in women’s studies, the social mobility of women, women’s rights, and women’s organizations in Poland in particular. She currently works at the School of Social and Economic Sciences in Tyczyn, Poland.

Gulzhauar Eleukenova, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Department of Philosophy and Political Science, Kazakh State National University. Gulzhauar teaches art, culture, and gender studies at her university in Kazakhstan. She is interested in expanding her knowledge of gender studies and democratic culture while in Cracow. Gulzhauar is associated with the TCDS-affiliated Social Science Curriculum Center at Kazakh State University.

Aneta Gawkowska  (Zambrow, Poland)  Graduate School for Social Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. Aneta is interested in the subject of citizenship in democratic culture, as well as in the functioning of community in liberal democracy. In her dissertation she plans to explore the communitarian - liberal debate in political philosophy.

Katarina Ginic (Belgrade, Yugoslavia)  Center of Social Work, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Katarina works at the Center of Social Work as a teaching assistant, and has strong interest in Women's Studies. She graduated in January 1998 from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Belgrade.

Ewa Grzeszczyk (Warsaw, Poland)  Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Graduate School for Social Research, Warsaw, Poland. Ewa is interested in studying the change of values, attitudes, and lifestyles which are currently taking place in the post-communist countries. She also has a background in art history and theater.

Mondli Shadrack Hlatshwayo (Bellville, South Africa)  Department of Political Studies, University of Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa. Mondli is currently studying political science, political theory, and theories of justice in particular. He is an active participant in the university’s student government, and currently works for the South African Association of Academic Development (SAAAD).

Desiree Hurtak  (New York, USA)  Political Science Department, New School for Social Research, New York. At the New School Desiree is studying international politics and is particularly interested in citizenship and political culture in the European Union. She has traveled extensively in Europe and Latin America and has worked for a variety of international corporations.

Anar Jahangirly (Baku, Azerbaijan)  International Relations Faculty, Baku Rasuzade University, Baku, Azerbaijan. Anar is studying international relations, democratic transitions, and international organizations. Since 1995 he has been a member of the National Assembly of Youth Organizations of Azerbaijan, and has traveled to take part in several youth conferences.

Joanna Jastrzebska-Szklarska (Warsaw, Poland)  School of Social Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. Joanna is interested in studying the interconnections between culture, ideology, and democracy. She is also interested in the role of elites in shaping political opinion. Joanna was a Fulbright scholar at Boston College in 1996-97.

Lela Javakhishvili (Tbilisi, Georgia)  Research Center of the History of Georgian State and Public Democracy, University of Tbilisi, Georgia. Lela currently works at the University of Tbilisi as a researcher, as well as at the Public Relations Service of the Georgian Parliament. She is interested in questions of nationalism, conflict resolution, cultural identity, and media.

Serhij Jermoshkin (Odessa, Ukraine)  Ukrainian Language Department, Odessa State University. Serhij, a professor, is President of the Odessa Roma Association and the editor-in-chief of several journals, including Romanipe and Zlahoda. His areas of interest include political theory and concepts of nationalism.

Antonia Jokelova (Kosice, Slovakia)  Faculty of Philosophy, Presov University, Slovakia. Antonia just graduated from Presov University, where she studied Philosophy and English Literature.

Kalmina Kamenova (Budapest, Hungary)  Program on Gender and Culture, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. Kalmina is interested in the role of women in the emerging new democracies, women’s rights, and the relationship between feminism and nationalism. She just graduated from CEU, and she also holds a degree from Sofia University in Bulgaria in Cultural Studies and Philosophy.

Ana Kron (Belgrade, Yugoslavia)  Center for Antiwar Action, Belgrade. Ana is interested in human rights, minority rights, and gender issues. From 1992 -1997 she lived and worked in Santiago, Chile. She holds a degree in Spanish Language and Literature from the University of Belgrade.

Marian Kuna  (Bratislava, Slovakia)  Faculty of Arts, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. Marian has studied political philosophy, and is particularly interested in theories of justice and the common good.

Claudia Leeb  (New York, USA / Austria)  Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research, New York. Claudia is interested in gender studies and feminist theory, as well as political science and political discourse. Currently a Fulbright scholar at the New School, she has also studied at San Diego State University, Princeton University, and Main University of Vienna. Took part in 1999 Democracy & Diversity Graduate Institute Cape Town.

Munkh-Erdene Lkhamsuren (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)  Historical Department of Social Science Faculty, Mongolian National University. Munkh-Erdene is currently a lecturer at the Historical Department of the Faculty of Social Science. He is particularly interested in theories of nationalism as well as history of philosophy.

Patricia Martin (Boulder, Colorado, USA)  Department of Geography, University of Colorado, USA. Patricia is interested in the critical analysis and reformulation of traditional concepts of democracy and citizenship. She works as a teaching assistant at her department, and is involved in a variety of community organizations. She is a founding member of AVANCE, a parent-child education program working with Hispanic families along the Mexican-US border.

Ljiljana Milicevic (Petrovaradin, Yugoslavia)  Faculty of Philosophy, Department of English Language and Literature, University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia. Ljiljana is interested in multiculturalism, nationalism, and feminism. She currently works as a librarian at the Women’s Studies and Research Center (NGO).

Ordelia Priscilla Nkoenyane (Pretoria, South Africa)  International Studies, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. Ordelia is interested in women's movements and is currently writing a masters thesis comparing women’s political movements in South Africa and Zimbabwe. She works at the Human Sciences Research Council and is conducting research on how South Africa’s new state structures seek to address gender inequality.

Nazim Nuralieva (Shymkent, Kazakhstan)  Political Science, International Kazakh-Turkish University, Shymkent, Kazakhstan. Nazim is interested in international relations, geopolitics, geoeconomics, market democracy, and economic reforms.

Larry Olomoofe (New York, USA)  Liberal Studies Department, New School for Social Research, New York. Larry is interested in the issues of culture and diversity.

Aionura Sagynbaeva (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)  Social Sciences Curriculum Center, American University in Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Aionura has been a visiting fellow at Brown University in Providence and at George Washington University in Washington. She is currently coordinating the TCDS-affiliated Social Science Curriculum Center at the American University in Kyrgyzstan.

Margit Sarv  (Budapest, Hungary)  Political Science Department, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. At CEU Margit studied public policy and the role of media in democratic countries. She is working as a news reporter at Radio Free Europe.

Mphikeleli Christopher Sibanyoni (Daveyton, South Africa)  Political Studies Department, Rand Afrikaans University. Mphikeleli is currently a researcher at the Human Sciences Research Council. He is interested in the problems of democratization and democratic consolidation in South Africa.

Gijergi Sinani (Tirana, Albania)  Head of the Department of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Tirana, Albania. Gijergi is strongly involved in human rights issues and is the Head of the Board of the Center for Human Rights.

Elizabeth Skomp (Bloomington, Indiana, USA)  Dept. of Comparative Literature and Slavic Language Studies, Indiana State University, USA. Elizabeth is interested in Russian and East European cultures as well as history, political science, and public policy. She has spent time in St. Petersburg, Russia, and is actively involved in student government at Indiana State University.

Irina Solovjova  (Almaty, Kazakhstan)  Department of Sociology, Almaty State University, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Irina has taught at the Department of Philosophy at Almaty State University and is currently a lecturer at the Department of Sociology there. She is interested in learning more about the experiences of countries with longer traditions of democracy and about their views on democratic institutions and culture. Irina is associated with the TCDS-affiliated Social Science Curriculum Center at Almaty State University.

Mohammad Tabaar (New York, USA)  Department of Sociology, New School for Social Research, New York. Mohammad is interested in comparing the history and culture of Iranian and East European Societies.

Enkeleida Tahiraj (Tirana, Albania)  Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tirana, Albania. Enkeleida is a lecturer of social policy at the University of Tirana. Until recently she worked as a journalist for a local newspaper. Currently she is the editor of the newsletter of the Women’s Center in Albania.

Chinara Tashmamatova  (Osh, Kyrgyzstan)  Department of World Languages, Osh State University, Osh, Kyrgyzstan. Chinara teaches English and does translation work in Kyrgyzstan. She is particularly interested in learning more about women’s rights and in helping to bring about greater awareness in Kyrgyzstan of issues related to women. Chinara is associated with the TCDS-affiliated Social Science Curriculum Center at Osh State University.

Sarah Valentine (New York, USA)  Liberal Studies Department, New School for Social Research, New York. Sara is interested in gender studies and theater. She considers herself a cultural activist, and is interested in creating spaces where artists can come together to exchange experience and resources, and to create a community.

Gergana Vassilieva  (Sofia, Bulgaria)  Political Science, Sofia University, Bulgaria. Gergana’s interests are concentrated in the fields of nationalism, cultural identity, and citizenship in democratic politics. She is planning on developing research in the area of nationalism and ethnic conflict.

Triin Vihalemm (Tartu, Estonia)  School of Social Sciences, Tartu University, Estonia. Triin is interested in the relationship between linguistic behavior and ethnic identity. She is working on promoting the role of language policy in the democratic political process.

Myra Watebury (New York, USA)  Political Science Department, New School for Social Research, New York. Myra’s studies have included the changing role of dissident intellectuals in Hungary, Poland, and Romania. She lived in Budapest and worked as a research assistant with Prof. Alfred Stepan, Rector of the Central European University.

Kate Wesley  (Covington, Kentucky, USA)  Government and Politics Department, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA. Kate is interested in historical experiences, socialization processes, and cultural formation and their role in integration of democratic norms and institutions.

Gayaneh Zavarian (Yerevan, Armenia)  Political Science Program, American University of Armenia. Gayaneh is interested in issues of public policy as well as gender studies. She is currently associated with the Democratic Union, an Armenian women’s organization.