Kristen R. Ghodsee
Assistant Professor of Gender and Women's Studies
Spring 2008
- Sex and Socialism: Gender and Political Ideologies of the Twentieth Century (GWS 218)
- Doing Gender Studies: Ethnographies of Gender (GWS 301)
- Advanced Independent Study and Honors in Gender and Women's Studies (GWS 401)
| Phone | (207) 725-3427 |
| Title | Assistant Professor |
| Department | GENDER WOMENS STUDIES PROGRAM |
| Work Location | 22 24 College Street |
| kghodsee@bowdoin.edu |
Education
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Social and Cultural Studies in Education with a Designated Emphasis in Women, Gender and Sexuality, 2002
M.A. University of California, Berkeley
Social and Cultural Studies in Education, 1997
B.A. University of California, Santa Cruz
Theatre Arts (Playwriting) and Literature (Creative Writing), 1993
Kristen R. Ghodsee's research focuses on women, economic development and transition, and the legacies of socialist feminism. Her articles have been published in journals such as Signs, Gender and Women's Studies Quarterly, The International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society and L'Homme: Zeitschrift für Feministische Geschichtswissenschaft. She recently presented: “The Armageddon of Big Ideas: Historical Materialism, Post-Modernism and the Triumph of Dystopias” at Bowdoin Common Hour.
Specialization
Fields: Women in Development, Education in Developing Economies, Human Capital Theory, Social Stratification
Research Interests: Women's labor in transition economies, tourism and economic development, women's nongovernmental organizations in developing and transitioning economies, gender in alternative state formations, and resurgent Muslim identities in the postsocialist Balkans.
Full curriculum vitae in PDF form
(02/2008) »
Links
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
Monographs:
Minarets and Miniskirts: Gender, Ethnicity and Islam in Bulgaria - (forthcoming with Princeton University Press)
The Red Riviera: Gender, Tourism and Postsocialism on the Black Sea, with Duke University Press, October 2005.
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles:
“Symphonic Secularism: Caesaro-Papism, Religious Freedoms and American Foreign Policy in Southeastern Europe” to be revised and resubmitted to Cultural Anthropology
“Left Wing, Right Wing, Everything: Xenophobia, Neo-totalitarianism and Populist Politics in Contemporary Bulgaria,” forthcoming in Problems of Post-Communism
“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) » )
"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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"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).
Journal Articles (Editorial Review): "Examining 'Eastern' Aid: Muslim Minorities and Islamic Nongovernmental Organization in Bulgaria," Anthropology of East Europe Review, Fall 2005 (Vol. 23, No. 2).
Cultural Rights, the War on Terror, and Slavic Muslims in Bulgaria" with Christian Filipov, Human Rights Dialogue, Spring 2005, Series 2, Number 12.
Book Chapters: "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.
Encyclopedia Entries: "Women's Nongovernmental Organizations: Eastern Europe," forthcoming in the Encyclopedia of Women in Islamic Cultures, edited by Suad Joseph, Leiden; Boston, Brill Publishers
"Women and Sustainable Development: Eastern Europe," forthcoming in the Encyclopedia of Women in Islamic Cultures, edited by Suad Joseph, Leiden; Boston, Brill Publishers
"Bulgaria" The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide: Europe. Edited by Lynn Walter. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003
Working Papers: "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
Conference Proceedings: "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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
Book Reviews: "Many Shades of Red: State Policy and Collective Agriculture." Eastern Economic Journal, Bloomsburg, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Winter 2002)
Newsletters: "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).
"Report from Bulgaria: Introducing His Majesty and His Excellency, Mr. Saxecoburgotski" UCBerkeley Center for Slavic and Eastern European Studies Newsletter, Fall 2001
(Available on-line at: http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~csees/publications.html)
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"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
(Available on-line at: http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~csees/publications.html)
Foreign language publications: "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
Papers in Progress:
The Miniskirt and the Veil: Gender, International Aid and Islamic Revivalism on the Edge of Europe.
Invited Talks
"The Red Riviera: Gender, Tourism and Postsocialism on the Black Sea" Public lecture given for Book Launch at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington D.C., December 7, 2005
"The Miniskirt or the Veil: Gender, International Aid and Islamic Revivalism on the Edge of Europe." Indiana University, Department of Gender Studies, December 6, 2005
"And if the Shoe Doesn't Fit? (Wear it Anyway?): Economic Transformation and Western Paradigms of 'Women in Development' in Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe," McGill University, Department of Sociology, October 21, 2005.
"Feminism-by-Design: Emerging Capitalisms, Cultural Feminism, and Women's Nongovernmental Organizations in Post-Socialist Bulgaria" New York University Center for European Studies and the Network of East-West Women, Gender in Transition: Women in Europe Workshop, April 22, 2005.
"The Miniskirt or the Veil? Moderate Muslim Women Resisting Islamic Fundamentalism in Post-Communist Bulgaria." University of California, Berkeley, Institute for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, November 18, 2004.
"The Armageddon of Big Ideas: Historical Materialism, Post Modernism and the Triumph of Dystopias." Bowdoin College, Faculty Encore Common Hour, April 30, 2004.
"Feminism-by-Design: Emerging Capitalisms, Cultural Feminism, and Women's Nongovernmental Organizations in Post-Socialist Bulgaria" New York University Center for European Studies and the Network of East-West Women, Gender in Transition: Women in Europe Workshop, April 22, 2005.
"The Miniskirt or the Veil? Moderate Muslim Women in Postsocialist Bulgaria." University of California, Berkeley, Institute for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, November 18, 2004.
"The Armageddon of Big Ideas: Historical Materialism, Post Modernism and the Triumph of Dystopias." Bowdoin College, Faculty Encore Common Hour, April 30, 2004.
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
"Potions, Lotions and Lipstick: The Gendered Consumption of Cosmetics and Perfumery in Communist and Postcommunist Bulgaria," 2005 meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, DC, December 2005
"Examining Eastern Aid: Islamic Revivalism in Postsocialist Bulgaria," 2005 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Salt Lake City, November 2005.
"Potions, Lotions and Lipstick: The Gendered Consumption of Cosmetics and Perfumery in Communist and Postcommunist Bulgaria," 2005 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Salt Lake City, November 2005
"A Little Income Inequality Goes a Long Way: Gender, Class, and Political Apathy in Bulgaria," 2005 meeting of the International Council on Central and Eastern European Studies, Berlin, Germany, July 2005.
"The Return of the King: Voting Publics, Partisan Politics and Women in the Post-Communist Bulgarian Parliament" 2005 meeting of the Soyuz Postsocialist Cultural Studies Symposium, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, March 2005.
"The Return of the King: Voting Publics, Partisan Politics and Women in the Post-Communist Bulgarian Parliament" 2005 meeting of the Soyuz Postsocialist Cultural Studies Symposium, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, March 2005.
"Contestations, Co-optations and Connotations: Gender(ed) Conversations in the Post-Communist World," Roundtable participant, 2004 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Boston, December 2004.
"Caribbean Coloniality vs Euro-Communism: Enlightenment, Modernity and Contradictory Outcomes" 2004 Meeting of the Caribbean Studies Association, St. Kitts and Nevis, June 2004.
"Red Nostalgia: Reconstructing Memory in Postcommunist Bulgaria." 2004 meeting of the Soyuz Postsocialist Cultural Studies Symposium, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, February 2004.
"Exporting American-Dreamism: Neoliberalism and Women's NGOs in Postcommunist Bulgaria" 2003 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Toronto, November 2003.
"Exporting American-Dreamism: Neoliberalism and Women's NGOs in Postcommunist Bulgaria" 2003 meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, November 2003.
"Day Care, the Red Scare and Neoliberal Fare: Feminism and Socialism in the Classroom," 2003 meeting of the National Gender and Women's Studies Association, New Orleans, June 2003.
"Getting your Ph.D., Getting a Job, and doing Caribbean Studies," Roundtable Organizer and Participant at the Caribbean Studies Association, May 2003
"And If the Shoe Doesn't Fit? (Wear It Anyway): Economic Transformation and Western Paradigms of "Women in Development" in Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe" " 2003 meeting of the Soyuz Postsocialist Studies Symposium, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, February 2003.
"Sun, Sand and Socialism: Women, Economic Transformation and Tourism Employment in Post-Communist Bulgaria" 2002 meeting of the Council for European Studies, Chicago, March 2002.
"Human Trafficking, Sex Slaves, Brain Drain and Immigration: Conflicting Discourses of Mobility in Bulgaria and the European Union" 2002 meeting of the Soyuz Postsocialist Cultural Studies Symposium, University of Michigan - Ann Arbour, February 2002
"Human Trafficking, Sex Slaves, Brain Drain and Immigration: Conflicting Discourses of Mobility in Bulgaria and the European Union" Conference on the Eastward Expansion of the European Union, University of Toronto, Munk Center, February 2002
"Selling Sun: Race and Gender in Tourism Advertising." Caribbean Studies Association, St. Maarten, May 2001
"From Ski Resorts to Beaches: Post-Socialism, Labor Migration and the Bulgarian Tourism Sector" 2001 meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association. San Francisco, April 2001
"Women, Employment and Tourism in Post-Totalitarian Bulgaria." IREX Black Sea Regional Policy Symposium, Washington D.C., March 2001
"International Organizations, Women and Civil Society in Post-Socialist Bulgaria." Third Annual Graduate Student Workshop of the Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, February 2001 Paper available online at: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/kokkalis/pastevents_wkshop3.html
"Globalization and Tourism in Post-Socialist Bulgaria" Third Biennial Fulbright Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria, May 2000
"Women and Tourism in Post-Comecon Economies: A Comparative Study of Bulgaria and Cuba." 1999 meeting of the Caribbean Studies Association, Panama City, Panama, May 1999
"The Role of the International Aid Community on Women's Civil Organization in Post-Communist Bulgaria." Women Transforming the Public Conference, UC Santa Barbara, April 1999
"Socialist Sex Holidays: Women and Tourism in Cuba and Southeastern Europe" Boundaries in Question: Geographies of Feminism Conference, UC Berkeley, March 1999
Subjects of Tourism: Globalization, Gender, and Circuits of Desire, Round Table Panelist, UC Berkeley, February 1999
PREVIOUS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Fellow, Institute for East European Studies, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, May-August 2002
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS
2005-2006 Residential Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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)
2005-2006 International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Individual Advanced Opportunity Fellowship
2005-2006 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) East European Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship
2005-2006 American Association of University Women American Fellowship, Alternate
2005 Research Scholar Fellowship, Institute for East European Studies, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Declined)
2005-2006 Bowdoin Faculty Leave Supplement Fellowship (Declined)
International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Individual Advanced Research Opportunity Fellowship, 2005-2006
Research Scholar Fellowship, Institute for East European Studies, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2005
Bowdoin Faculty Leave Supplement Fellowship, 2005-2006
Bowdoin College Freeman Award for Faculty Research in Asia, 2004
National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER), Short Term Travel Grant, 2004
Bowdoin College Faculty Course Enrichment Fund, March 2004
International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Short Term Travel Grant, 2003
Bowdoin College Fletcher Award for Faculty Research, 2003
Fulbright Fellowship to Bulgaria, 1999-2000
American Council of Learned Societies and Woodrow Wilson Center Junior Scholars Training Seminar, 2001
International Research and Exchanges Board (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, 2001
International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Southeastern Europe Area Studies Development Program, 1999 UC Berkeley Chancellor's Pre-doctoral Opportunity Fellowship, 1996-1998, 2000-2001
UC Berkeley Ned Flanders Fellowship, 1998-1999
UC Berkeley Latin American Studies Summer Research Grant, 1998
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND RECENT ACTIVITIES:
Reviewer for Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Social Politics, East European Politcs and Societies, Duke University Press, and University of Michigan Press
Program Chair for the 2006 Annual Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association in Trinidad and Tobago
American Anthropological Association
Caribbean Studies Association
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
Network of East West Women
Bulgarian Studies Association
Reviewer for Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, and Duke University Press.
Bowdoin College Committee Service:
Gender and Women's Studies Program Committee, 2002 - present
Oversight Committee on the Status of Women, 2003 - present
X-College Committee 2002-2003