Kristen R. Ghodsee
Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies
Fall 2008
- Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies (GWS 101)
- Gender and Secularisms: Comparative Cultures of Church-State Relations (GWS 233)
| Phone | (207) 725-3427 |
| Title | Associate Professor |
| Department | GENDER WOMENS STUDIES PROGRAM |
| Work Location | 22 24 College Street |
| kghodsee@bowdoin.edu |
Education
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 2002
M.A. University of California, Berkeley, 1997
B.A. University of California, Santa Cruz, 1993
Full curriculum vitae in PDF form
(05/2009) »
Links
“Who Made Bulgaria’s Mafia?” Letter to the Editor, International Herald Tribune, 10-29-2008
BBC: The World: October 6, 2006
Lisa Mullins speaks with Kristen Ghodsee about the tug-of-war going on between conservative and secular Muslims in Bulgaria. (audio)
Dialogue: Dialogue Television: #1105 The Red Riviera
With Kristen Ghodsee author of "The Red Riviera" and professor of Gender and Women's Studies at Bowdoin College. (video)
Podcasts
The Red Riviera: Gender, Tourism, and Postsocialism on the Black Sea, A book talk.
Headscarves and Hotpants: Islam, Secularism and Women's Fashion in Southeastern Europe, A public lecture.
Selected Publications
Books
Muslim Lives in Eastern Europe: Gender, Ethnicity and the Transformation of Islam in Postsocialist Bulgaria - Princeton University Press, 2009
The Red Riviera: Gender, Tourism and Postsocialism on the Black Sea, with Duke University Press, October 2005.
Reviewed in:
1) American Anthropologist,
2) Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute,
3) Current Anthropology,
4) Chronicle of Higher Education
5) American Journal of Sociology,
6) Anthropology of East Europe Review,
7) Feminist Economics,
8) Women’s Studies International Forum,
9) Journal of Women’s History,
10) Canadian Slavonic Papers,
11) The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology
12) Choice
13) Tourism Geographies,
14) Slovo,
15) Soyuz Network for Postsocialist Cultural Studies Book-of-the-Month,
16) Aspasia,
17) Slavic Review,
18) Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change,
19) Slavonic and East European Review,
20) Anthropology Review Database
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
“Symphonic Secularism: Caesaro-Papism, Religious Freedoms and American Foreign Policy in Southeastern Europe” under review at Slavic Review
“Dialectical Feminisms: Cold War Politics and the Definition of Gender Issues during the United Nations Decade for Women, 1975-1985,” under review at Women’s Studies International Forum
“Left Wing, Right Wing, Everything: Xenophobia, Neo-totalitarianism and Populist Politics in Contemporary Bulgaria,” Problems of Post-Communism, (Vol. 55, No. 3 May-June 2008)
“Religious Freedoms versus Gender Equality: Faith-Based Organizations, Muslim Minorities and Islamic Headscarves in Modern Bulgaria,” Social Politics, (Vol. 14, No. 4, 2007)
"Red Nostalgia? Communism, Women's Emancipation, and Economic Transformation in Bulgaria," L'Homme: Zeitschrift für Feministische Geschichtswissenschaft (Journal for Feminist History), Spring 2004 (Vol. 15, No. 1/2004).
( full text PDF » ) ( abstract » )
( review (in german) » )
Reprinted in: Women's Movements: Networks and Debates in Post-communist Countries in the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Elisabeth Frysak, Margareth Lanzinger and Edith Saurer, (L'Homme Schriften, Vol. 12), Boehlau Verlag, 2006
"Feminism-by-Design: Emerging Capitalisms, Cultural Feminism and Women's Nongovernmental Organizations in Post-Socialist Eastern Europe," Signs:Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Spring 2004 (Vol. 29, No. 3).
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Modified and Reprinted as: “Civil Society-by-Design: Emerging Capitalisms, Western Feminism, and Women’s Nongovernmental Organizations in Postsocialist Eastern Europe” in Civil Society, Public Space and Gender Justice: Historical and Comparative Perspectives, eds. Gunilla Budde, Karen Hagemann, Sonya Michel in the series “European Civil Society” published by Berghan Publishers, Oxford and New York and edited by Dieter Gosewinkel and Jürgen Kocka, 2008.
Modified and Reprinted as: “Nongovernmental Ogres? How Feminist NGOs Undermine Women in Postsocialist Eastern Europe,” The International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law, (Vol. 8, No. 3), May 2006
"And if the Shoe Doesn't Fit? (Wear it Anyway?): Economic Transformation and Western Paradigm of 'Women in Development' in Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe," Gender and Women's Studies Quarterly, Fall & Winter 2003 (Vol. 31, No. 3 & 4).
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"State Support in the Market: Women and Tourism Employment in Post-Socialist Bulgaria." International Journal of Politics, Cultural and Society, Spring 2003, (Vol. 16, No. 3).
Other Articles, Book Chapters, Book Reviews, Working Papers, etc.
2009
“Ethnic Politics: Identity Shift,” Transitions Online (tol.cz), 21 January 2009
2008
“The Miniskirt and the Veil: Religion and Women’s Dress in the New Europe,” Historical Reflections (Reflexions Historiques) Vol. 34, No. 3 (Winter 2008): 105-125.
“Living Gender After Communism,” (book review) Canadian Slavonic Papers, Vol. 50, No. 2-4 (September-December 2008): 534-535.
“You Can Take It with You: Cultural Capital, State Regulation and Tourism in Postsocialist Bulgaria,” in State and Society in Post-Socialist Economies, John Pickles (ed.), Palgrave MacMillan, 2008
“A Research Career at a Liberal-Arts College,” Chronicle of Higher Education, April 25, 2008.
"Minarets and Miniskirts: Debating Islamic Dress in Contemporary Bulgaria" National Council for Eurasian and East European Research Working Paper, March 5, 2008.
“Who is Taming Whom? On Foxes, Little Princes and Women’s Organizations” H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences (January, 2008).
2007
“Fashioning Socialism: Clothing, Politics, and Consumer Culture in East Germany,” book review in American Historical Review, Vol. 122, No. 2, April 2007
“Religious Freedoms and Islamic Revivalism: Some Contradictions of American Foreign Policy in Southeastern Europe,” East European Studies News, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, May-June 2007
“Men, Mines and Mosques: Gender and Islamic Revivalism on the Edge of Europe,” Occasional Paper 28, Occasional Papers from the School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, January 2007
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“Headscarves in Homeroom: Women’s Islamic Dress in the ‘New’ Europe” Newsnet, Newsletter of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, vol. 47, no. 4, August 2007
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“Banning Headscarves in Bulgaria.” UC Berkeley Center for Slavic and Eastern European Studies Newsletter, Summer 2007
2006
“Shopaholic in Eastern Europe: A Guest Editor’s Forward,” Anthropology of East Europe Review, Fall 2006 (Vol. 24, No. 2)
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“Basset Hounds in the Balkans: On the Challenges of Dogs and Fieldwork’” Anthropology News, 47 (5), May 2006
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“Women’s Nongovernmental Organizations: Eastern Europe,” Encyclopedia of Women in Islamic Cultures, Volume 4, edited by Suad Joseph, Leiden; Boston: Brill Publishers, 2006
“Women and Sustainable Development: Eastern Europe,” Encyclopedia of Women in Islamic Cultures, Volume 4, edited by Suad Joseph, Leiden; Boston: Brill Publishers, 2006
2005
"Examining 'Eastern' Aid: Muslim Minorities and Islamic Nongovernmental Organization in Bulgaria," Anthropology of East Europe Review, Fall 2005 (Vol. 23, No. 2).
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Cultural Rights, the War on Terror, and Slavic Muslims in Bulgaria" with Christian Filipov, Human Rights Dialogue, Spring 2005, Series 2, Number 12.
2004
"Return of the King: Women in the Bulgarian Parliament," in Women in East European Parliaments: A Conference Organized by The Woodrow Wilson Center's East European Studies Program, (Co-sponsored by the Kennan Institute, the Watson Institute of Brown University and George Washington University), edited by Nida Gelazis, April 23, 2004.
2003
"The Role of International Organizations on Women's Civil Organization in Post-Communist Bulgaria" in Keridis, Dimitris, ed., New Approaches to Balkan Studies, NY: Brasseys, 2003.
"Bulgaria" The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide: Europe. Edited by Lynn Walter. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003
"Rethinking Development Templates: Women and Microcredit in Post-Socialist Southeastern Europe." The Anthropology of East Europe Review, Special Issue: Ethnographies of Postsocialism, Volume 21, Number 2, Autumn 2003
2002
"Mobility in Bulgaria and the European Union: Brain Drain, Bogus Asylum Seekers, Replacement Migration, and Fertility." East European Studies Occasional Paper, No. 70, (November 2002) Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
"Brain Drain, Bogus Asylum Seekers, and Babies: Conflicting Discourses of Mobility and Fertility in Bulgaria and the European Union." Anthropology of East Europe Review, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2002
"Many Shades of Red: State Policy and Collective Agriculture." Eastern Economic Journal, Bloomsburg, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Winter 2002)
"A Monarch and Prime Minister: Electing the Former King in Bulgaria," Newsnet, Newsletter of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, v.42, no. 3 (May 2002).
2001
"Report from Bulgaria: Introducing His Majesty and His Excellency, Mr. Saxecoburgotski" UCBerkeley Center for Slavic and Eastern European Studies Newsletter, Fall 2001 (Also as PDF 32 pages, 1,233 KB
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2000
"Mobsters and Mail-Order Brides: Women and Economic Transition in Post-Socialist Bulgaria." UC Berkeley Center for Slavic and Eastern European Studies Newsletter, Fall 2000
"Globalization and Tourism in Bulgaria" Globalization and Cultural Differences: Proceedings of the Fourth Fulbright Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria, May 2000, Sofia: Bulgarian-American Commission for Educational Exchange.
"Amerikanskite Turisti: "De e Bulgaria?" in Turistechicki Pazar (Tourism Market) Sofia: Bulgarian Ministry of Economy. No. 9 September 2000 (Available online at www.bulgariatravel.org under "TM" newspaper)
"Tri Prikaski za Albena" in Turistechicki Pazar (Tourism Market) Sofia: Bulgarian Ministry of Economy. No. 7 July 2000
"Vuzrazhdaneto na Kubinskiya Turisum" in Turistechicki Pazar (Tourism Market) Sofia: Bulgarian Ministry of Economy. No. 6 June 2000
"V Turisma ne Tzenyat Obrazovabite Kadri?" in Turistechicki Pazar (Tourism Market) Sofia: Bulgarian Ministry of Economy. No. 5 May 2000
Grants Awards and Fellowships
2008 Visitor, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
2008-2009 National Science Foundation, Cultural Anthropology Scholars Award
2007-2008 Andrew Mellon CBB Collaborative Faculty Research Grant
2007-2008 Bowdoin College Faculty Research Award
2007-2008 Andrew Mellon CBB Collaborative Faculty Development Grant
2006-2007 Institute for Advanced Study, Residential Fellowship
2005-2006 Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Residential Fellowship
2005-2006 National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER) Ed Hewett Fellowship
2005-2006 National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER) Policy Research Fellowship (Declined)
2005 International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Individual Advanced Opportunity Fellowship
2005 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) East European Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship
2005-2006 American Association of University Women American Fellowship, (Alternate)
2005-2006 Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Research Scholar Fellowship, Institute for East European Studies, (Declined)
2005-2006 Bowdoin College Faculty Leave Supplement Fellowship (Declined)
2005 Bowdoin College Fletcher Award for Faculty Research
2004 Bowdoin College Freeman Award for Faculty Research in Asia
2004 NCEEER Short Term Travel Grant
2004 Bowdoin College Faculty Course Enrichment Fund
2004 Bowdoin College Fletcher Award for Faculty Research
2003 IREX Short Term Travel Grant
2003 Bowdoin College Fletcher Award for Faculty Research
1999-2000 Fulbright Fellowship to Bulgaria
2001 American Council of Learned Societies and Woodrow Wilson Center Junior Scholars Training Seminar
2001 IREX Black Sea Regional Policy Symposium
2001 Harvard-Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe Graduate Student Workshop
2001 UC Berkeley, Institute for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies Travel Grant
1999 IREX Southeastern Europe Area Studies Development Program
1996-2001 UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Pre-doctoral Opportunity Fellowship
1998-1999 UC Berkeley Ned Flanders Fellowship
1998 UC Berkeley Latin American Studies Summer Research Grant