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Central European University
Department of Sociology and
Social Anthropology
Departmental Overview
Facts about the department
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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
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The integration of sociological and
anthropological perspectives as well as
methodologies
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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
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
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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 MacroSociology
Transnational Migration
Public Events
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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
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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
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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
[email protected] or
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