Visiting Scholars, Spring 2008
Kristian Atland is a visiting student researcher with ISEEES this academic year. His visit is sponsored by a Fulbright grant as well as support from Norwegian Defense Research Institute. He will work here on his doctorate project, researching changes in Soviet/Russian security and defense policy toward the European Arctic.
Nina Bagdasarova, Associate Professor at the Kyrgyz Russian Slavic University, is a visiting scholar at ISEEES this year. Her visit is sponsored by a Fulbright grant, and she will conduct research on changes within Kyrgyzstan's political discourse after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Rustam Burnashev, Associate Professor at the Ablai Khan Kazakh University of World Languages and International Relations, Kazakhstan, is a visiting scholar with ISEEES this spring. His visit is sponsored by the Open Society Institute, and He will conduct research on post-communist political systems.
Lasta Djapovic, Senior Research Ethnologist at the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, is a visiting scholar with ISEEES. She holds a Ph.D. in Ethnology, and she will be researching contemporary views of American anthropology during the Fall 2007 semester.
Kruno Kardov is a visiting student researcher with ISEEES this spring. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of Zagreb. His visit is sponsored by American Councils’ JFDP program. While in Berkeley, he will conduct sociological theory research and work on developing teaching strategies.
Olivera Komar, Vice Chair of the Department of Political Science at the Law Faculty, University of Montenegro, is a visiting scholar with ISEEES this spring. Her visit is sponsored by American Councils’ JFDP program. She will be researching the politics of European integration during her visit.
Maja Muhik is a visiting student researcher with ISEEES this spring. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia, and an instructor at the South East European University in Tetovo, Macedonia. Her visit is sponsored by American Councils’ JFDP program. While in Berkeley, she will be researching topics in cultural anthropology, concentrating on theories of culture, gender, agency, subjectivity, power, and justice.
Ferenc Raj is a visiting scholar with ISEEES this academic year, during which he will continue his research in Hungarian studies. He holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and serves as senior rabbi of Congregation Beth El in Berkeley.
Gohar Shahnazaryan, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Yerevan State University, Armenia, is a visiting scholar with ISEEES this spring. Her visit is sponsored by the Open Society Institute, and she will use her time at Berkeley to develop a course that would examine the impact of macro social and cultural transformations on the micro level, like transformation of identity, values, and attitudes.
Izaly Zemtsovsky is a visiting scholar at Berkeley this year, based at ISEEES. He is an ethnomusicologist and folklorist specializing in the cultures of Eurasia. He will research articles on the philosophy of music and ethnomusicology.
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