Borocz: CV and List of Publications CURRICULUM VITAE József Böröcz Department of Sociology Rutgers University 26 Nichol Ave New Brunswick, NJ 08901 U.S.A. phone (office): +1(732)932-4029 phone (home): +1(732)729-7884 fax (office): +1(732)932-6067 email: [email protected] website: http://borocz.net blog: http://globalsocialchange.blogspot.com PERSONAL: • Laureate of the “Knight Cross of the Merit of Honour of the Republic of Hungary,” a high state award bestowed, “in recognition of the recipient’s scholarly excellence”, by the President of the Republic in August 2005 PRESENT / IMMEDIATE PAST POSITIONS: • Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University • Member, Public Corporate Body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences • Executive Board Member and Faculty Affiliate, Center for Migration and Development, Princeton University • Past director (1995-2007) of the Institute for Hungarian Studies at Rutgers University EDUCATION / DEGREES: 2004: D.Sc.: Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Doctor Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae), Sociology 1992: Ph.D. (1987, M.A.) Sociology (with certificate in Comparative International Development), The Johns Hopkins University. Dissertation title: Leisure Migration under Capitalism and State Socialism: An Austro-Hungarian Comparison. 1990: Translator's Diploma in the Social Sciences, (Hungarian-English), Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. 1 Borocz: CV and List of Publications 1976 - 1982: M.A. Diploma and Teacher's Certificate, Linguistics, Literature and Public Education (1982), Kossuth Lajos University of Arts and Sciences, Debrecen, Hungary 1965-76: 11 years of classical piano training, Budapest School of Music 1970 - 1974: High School Diploma (1974), Petőfi Sándor Gimnázium, Budapest, Hungary ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS: 2011: Honorable Mention, The European Union and Global Social Change, book award competition of the Political Economy of the World-System section of the American Sociological Association 2006: Immanuel Wallerstein Chair in Global Ethics for 2005-2006, University of Ghent, Belgium 1996: Presidential Nominee, Hungarian Sociological Association (nomination respectfully declined). 1991: Recipient, Dean's Teaching Fellowship Award, The Johns Hopkins University 1986 - 1992: University tuition waiver and stipend, The Johns Hopkins University 1981, 1982: Special Awards in the Hungarian National Competition of University Student Papers 1981 - 82: Annual National University Fellowship Award, Kossuth Lajos University, Hungary FELLOWSHIPS AND RESEARCH GRANTS RECEIVED: 2012: Visiting Senior Fellow, Research Academy and Geisteswissenschaftlisches Zentrum Geschichte und Kultur Osteuropas (Center for the Humanities in the History and Culture of Eastern Europe), Universität Leipzig, 1 January—30 June 2012 2009-10: Visiting Fellow, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 12 August 2009—31 July 2010 2009: Residential Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies / Collegium Budapest, Hungary, 6 February—30 June 2009 2 Borocz: CV and List of Publications 2007-2009: Resource Faculty, Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching Program for Junior University Teachers in the Social Sciences, Russian Federation (funded by the Higher Education Support Project of the Open Society Foundation). 2008-9: “Micro-Macro-Histories of State Socialism.” Field research grant, (funded by the Faculty Research Council of Rutgers University) ($2,000). 2002: January-May: Visiting Senior Fellowship, Max Planck Institute for Social Analysis, Cologne, Germany 2001: Translation Subvention to subsidize the French publication of Böröcz’s book manuscript Social Change by Fusion: Understanding Institutional Creativity, Faculty Research Council, Rutgers University ($2,000). 1999-2000: Faculty Fellow, Seminar on Beginnings and Endings at the Center for the Critical Analysis of Contemporary Culture, Rutgers University (two courses released, $2,500 in research funding). 1999-2000 Eastern Enlargement of the European Union, Faculty Research Council, Rutgers University ($ 2,500). 1998: Support for the scholarly activities of the Institute for Hungarian Studies at Rutgers University. Special Funds of the Minister of Culture and Education, Republic of Hungary. ($ 100,000 for the first year, renewable). 1998: Recipient, Mellon Research Grant, Zimmerli Museum ($ 2,000 for integrating museum materials into the Sociology Department’s standard required undergraduate course on Classical Sociological Theory). 1997: Visiting Fellow, Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung (Center for Research in Recent History), Potsdam University, Germany 1996—2007 Institutional funding for Visiting Lecturer in Hungarian Studies at the Rutgers Institute for Hungarian Studies, Hungarian Fulbright Commission. (Net cca. $ 35,000 p.a.). 1995-98: (with Róbert Péter, Angelusz Róbert, and Tardos Róbert) Társadalmi hálózatok a rendszerváltás után (Social Networks after the Transition). Országos Tudományos Kutatási Alap (National Science Research Fund), in May 1994, Hungary. (HUF 3,142,000) 3 Borocz: CV and List of Publications 1995: (with Wilhelm Braumüller Universitäts-Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH, Vienna, Austria) Translation subsidies for the German version of Böröcz’s book Leisure Migration: A Sociological Comparison in preparation for its publication in Austria. Österreichisches Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft (Austrian Federal Ministry of Science) (ATS 65,000.) 1994 -- 1999 (with Russell J. Dalton, Harry Eckstein and Rein Taagepera) Democratization and Democratic Politics: A Graduate Research Training Program. National Science Foundation. ($ 500,000). 1993 September-December: Social Network Capital and Elite Formation after the Collapse of State Socialism. Funds to hire a Research Assistant for data analysis. ($ 2,854). University of California Center for German and European Studies, Berkeley. June, 1993 - December, 1994 (extended to December, 1995): Tulajdon-átalakulás és privatizáció-ideológiák (Property Change and Privatization Ideologies). Országos Tudományos Kutatási Alap (National Science Research Fund), Hungary. (HUF 350,000) January, 1992: Privatization in Hungary. Short-term grant, The Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C. ($ 2,400). May 15, 1989 - January 31, 1990: Leisure Migration and (Under)Development under Capitalism and State Socialism: An Austro-Hungarian Comparison. Dissertation fieldwork research grant, funded jointly by Österreichische Fremdenverkehrs- werbung (Austrian Tourist Office), Országos Idegenforgalmi Hivatal (National Tourist Office, Hungary), and Magyar Közvéleménykutató Intézet (Hungarian Institute for Public Opinion Research). (ATS 175,000 + HUF 45,000). 1989 April-May: Effects of SSRC Advanced Research Grants on Latin American Studies: Secondary Analysis of a Survey of Previous Grant Recipients. Funded by Joint Committee for Latin American Studies, Social Science Research Council. ($ 600). Summer, 1988: Preliminary Dissertation Fieldwork Research Fellowship. Funded jointly by the Program in Comparative International Development and the Program in Atlantic History and Anthropology, The Johns Hopkins University. ($1,500) LANGUAGES: Hungarian: mother tongue English: main working language Russian: college second-year qualifying exam (concluding 10 years of studies, Hungary) Polish: mid-level proficiency certificate (Hungary) 4 Borocz: CV and List of Publications German: Completed “Mittelstufe 2B” (Goethe-Institut, Budapest); several extended stays for scholarly work in Germany French: reading, speaking Bengali: rudimentary TEACHING AND MENTORING EXPERIENCE: Since 1995: Associate Professor to Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University. Supervised over 15 graduate students, taught over 50 graduate and over 500 undergraduate students. 2012: Recurrent Guest Professor, ISES Summer University, and ISES Master’s Program Corvinus University, Kőszeg, Hungary 2000, 2001 and 2002: Recurrent Guest Professor, “The Construction of Europe” Summer Seminar: Université François Rabelais – Université Européenne – Rutgers University, Tours, France. December 7-9, 2001: “Európa-Birodalom. Mesterkurzus a Társadalomelméleti Kollégiumban.” 12-hour special seminar on Europe and Empire at the Social Theory College of the Budapest University of Economics. July 1–19, 1996: Contributing Guest Professor, ‘Actors or Structures? Obstacles to Stabilization of New Democracies’. Summer Course at Central European University, Budapest College. 1992—1995: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of California, Irvine. Graduate courses taught / scheduled to teach: § Classical Sociological Theory § Global Structures § Socialisms: A Historical Sociology of Utopias and Geopolitics § Global Structures, Nationhood and Statehood § ‘Eastern Enlargement’ of the European Union: A Research Seminar § Globalization: Nationhood and Markets § Comparative-Historical Methods § Social Change § Economic Sociology § Classical Sociological Theory § Property and Control 5 Borocz: CV and List of Publications § Readings in Recent/Contemporary Social Theory (student requested core course in the graduate program in Social Relations at the University of California at Irvine), § Research Practicum in the Sociology of Economic Knowledge Undergraduate courses taught / scheduled to teach: o Development of Sociological Theory (Classical Theory, a required third-year course) o Global Structures and Change (third-year and fourth-year versions) o ‘Europe’ and the Rest of the World (third-year)