Central European University Department of Sociology and Social

Central European University Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology Departmental Overview

Facts about the department - was founded in 2003 offers integrated graduate training, MA and Ph. D it accomodates a plurality of theoretical and methodological perspectives by integrating the two disciplines of sociology and social anthropology

What we promote u The integration of sociological and anthropological perspectives as well as methodologies u comparative approaches to theory and practice of development, state, law, culture, migration, work, civil society, inequalities, the city and urban processes

The Faculty Permanent Visiting Judit Bodnar Ayse Caglar Nitsan Chorev Don Kalb Prem Kumar Rajaram Balazs Vedres Nadia Al-Baghdadi Martin Fuchs Slawomir Kapralski Andrzej Rychard Gaspar Miklos Tamas 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 u u u 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 n n n n n 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 u u 2003/2004: 355 MA and Ph. D applications from 40 different countries; 29 MAs and 5 Ph. Ds enrolled from: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic, Ukraine and US 2004/2005 283 MA and Ph. D applications from 49 countries; 32 MA and 7 Ph. Ds enrolled from: Albania, Bulgaria, Cameroon, China, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, Israel, Kyrgyztan, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine and the US.

Admission requirements u u u u 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 sociology@ceu. hu or bradeanuk@ceu. hu - or write us at