Name: AURELIAN CRAIUTU

Nume si prenume: AURELIAN CRAIUTU

Domenii de interes:

Teorie politca si istoria gandirii politice (teoria politica moderna si contemporana, teoria democratiei, liberalism clasic si contemporan, patriotism si nationalism, societate civila, gandire contienntala)

Politologie comparativa (consolidarea democratiei, tranzitia la democratie, cultura civica)

Gandirea politica americana

Studii si specializari:

iulie 1999

doctorat in politologie, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

Tema dizertatiei: The Difficult Apprenticeship of Liberty: Reflections on the Political Thought of the French Doctrinaires.

Conducatori stiintifici: George Kateb and Alan Ryan.

1996

M.A. in politologie, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.

1993-1994.

bursa de studiu Fulbright , University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

1990-1991.

masterat, University of Rennes I, Rennes, France

1984-988.

Facultatea de Comert, specializarea Economia serviciilor de alimentatie publica si turism, Academia de Studii Economice, Bucharest.

Activitate:

1999-2000

Visiting Assistant Professor la Duke University (Tema: "Political Theory and Post-1989 Eastern Europe," and "Conceptions of Patriotism and Nationalism").

1998-1999

Lector la Princeton University ("Modern Political Theory" si "Introduction to Political Theory").

1997-1998

Teaching Assistant and Course Administrator la Princeton University (Cursurile "Democratic Theory" si "Modern Political Theory").

Publicatii:

1. Carti:

The Difficult Apprenticeship of Liberty: Reflections on the Political Thought of the French Doctrinaires, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2001.

Elogiul libertăţii, Ed. Polirom, Iasi, 1998, 225 pg.

Dialog si libertate (eseuri in onoarea lui Mihai Sora), Ed. Nemira, Bucuresti, 1997 (impreuna cu Sorin Antohi).

François Guizot, History of the Origins of Representative Government, (introduction, notes, and index by Aurelian Craiutu, Indianapolis: Liberty Press, 2001).

2. Traduceri:

Edmund Husserl, Meditatii carteziene, (din germana), Ed. Humanitas, Bucuresti, 1994. (traducere, introducere si note)

Gustave Thibon, Dialoguri cu Christian Chabanis (din franceza) Ed Anastasia, 1997, Bucuresti, (traducere si introducere).

Gabriel Marcel, Dialoguri cu Pierre Boutang (din franceza), Ed. Anastasia, Bucuresti, 1996 (impreuna cu Cristian Preda).

3. Articole (selectiv):

"Tocqueville and the Political Thought of the French Doctrinaires," History of Political Thought, Vol. XX, No. 3, Fall 1999, pp. 456-93.

" 'A Tunnel at the End of Light?': Notes on the Rhetoric of the Great Transformation in Eastern Europe," Rhetoric & Public Affairs, Vol. 2: 1 (March 1999), pp. 31-58.

"Between Scylla and Charybdis: The Strange Liberalism of the French Doctrinaires," History of European Ideas (Oxford), Vol. 24, Nos. 4-5, 1998, pp. 243-65.

"Romania 1989-1998," in: Geoffrey Pridham and Tom Gallagher (eds.), Experimenting with Democracy: Regime Change in the Balkans, London: Routledge, 1999, pp. 169-94.

"Is Self-Subversion the Elixir of Eternal Youth?," Government and Opposition (London), Vol. 32, No. 3, Summer 1997, pp. 442-47.

"The Dead or Living Hand of the Past?," Government & Opposition (London), Vol. 31, No. 2, Spring, 1996, pp. 257-63.

"A Dilemma of Dual Identity: The Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania," East European Constitutional Review, Vol. 4, No. 2, Spring 1995, pp. 43-49.

"Noul catehism thomist al lui Alasdair MacIntyre", introduction la Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue, Ed Humanitas, Bucuresti, 1998.

4. Dizertatii pentru seminarii si conferinte:

Discussant, 1999 APSA Annual Meeting, Atlanta. Panel: "Liberalism and the Strong State."

"Between Scylla and Charybdis: The Strange Liberalism of the French Doctrinaires." 1999 Meeting of the New England Political Science Association, Providence.

"Tocqueville and the Political Thought of the French Doctrinaires (Guizot, Royer-Collard, and Rémusat)." 1997 APSA Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

"Democratic consolidation in Romania." International conference, "Democratization in the Balkans," Bristol University, Bristol, England, May 1997.

"The Politics of Ethnicity in Romania." 1997 Conference of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, New York.

"The Difficult Apprenticeship of Liberty." 1996 Annual Conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Boston.

"Perversity, Futility, and Jeopardy Revisited: Notes on the Rhetoric of the Great Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe." 1996 APSA Meeting, San Francisco.

"Rereading Vaclav Havel and Etienne de la Boétie: From Voluntary Servitude to the Power of the Powerless." 1995 Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Newark.

5. Lucrari in pregatire:

"Liberalism à la française," Review-essay (by invitation), Political Theory.

"The Sovereignty of Reason." pentru The Journal of the History of Ideas.

"Political Power and the New Means of Government." pentru American Political Science Review.

Book project in the research stage, "Rethinking Moderation, its Virtues and Limitations."

A reexamination of the role of moderation and the virtues of the center in political life.

Burse si premii academice:

Ph.D. dissertation nominated by the Department of Politics at Princeton University for the Leo Strauss Award, January 2000.

Gerst Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Duke University, 1999-2000.

Mellon Dissertation Fellowship, Princeton University, 1998.

University Center for Human Values Prize Fellowship, Princeton University, 1996-1997.

Center for European Studies Research Grant, Princeton University, 1996.

Center for International Studies Research Grant, Princeton University, 1995-1996.

Graduate Studies Fellowship, Princeton University, 1994-1998.

Fulbright Scholarship, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1993-1994.

Salzburg Seminar Fellowship, Salzburg, Austria, 1993.

Bursa guvernului francez, University of Rennes I, France, 1990-1991.

Participari la conferinte, seminarii si colocvii:

"Benjamin Constant." International conference, University of California Center for Ideas and Society & Institute Benjamin Constant, Lausanne, Riverside, California, 2001

"For Love of Country: Reflections on Republican Patriotism," Department of Political Science, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, January 2000.

"Political Theory and Post-1989 Eastern Europe." Invited lecture, Department of Political Science, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., December 1999.

"The Difficult Apprenticeship of Liberty." Invited lecture, Department of Political Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, November 1999.

"J.S. Mill." Colloquium, New Orleans, October 1999.

"Francois Guizot." Invited paper, Political Philosophy Colloquium, Department of Political Science, Duke University, October 1999.

"Isaiah Berlin." Colloquium, Chicago, May 1999.

"The French Revolution and the Terror of 1793." Colloquium, Alexandria, Virginia, February 1999.

"Liberty and Power in the Legend of the Great Inquisitor." lector invitat, Colorado College, January 1999.

"The Political Thought of the French Doctrinaires." lector invitat, Nuffield College, Oxford University, January 1999; St. Johns College, Oxford, February 1999.

"In Praise of Moderation. " lector invitat, Department of Political Science, University of California, Riverside, November 1998.

"Challenges to Liberal Education." Colloquium, Chicago, August, 1998.

"Tocqueville and the French Doctrinaires." lector invitat, Department of Political Science, Yale University, March 1998.

"Retorica marii transformari in Estul Europei", lector invitat, Colegiul Noua Europa, Bucuresti, iunie1997.

"Romania after 1989." Roundtable, Center for International Studies, Princeton University, April 1995.

Afilieri:

Membru American Political Science Association si manuscript reviewer la American Political Science Review;

membru al Grupului de Dialog Social, Romania;

membru al boardului editorial, Polis, Bucuresti;

coordonator al colectiei "Societatea civila" si consilier al editurii Humanitas, Bucuresti; consultant, Project on Ethnic Relations, Princeton, New Jersey;

regular correspondent, East European Constitutional Review, New York;

regular contributor, Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, Washington, DC.

Adresa: Department of Political Science, Duke University, Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708-0204

Tel: (919) 660-4337; fax: (609) 660-4330

E-mail: acraiutu@duke.edu

Name: AURELIAN CRAIUTU

Domains of interest:

Political Theory and History of Political Thought ( modern and contemporary political theory; democratic theory; classical and contemporary liberalism; conceptions of patriotism and nationalism; civil society, continental thought),

Comparative Politics (democratic consolidation; transitions to democracy; civic culture; political learning)

American Political Thought (American political thought; onstitutionalism.)

Education:

July 1999

Ph.D. in Politics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

Doctoral dissertation: The Difficult Apprenticeship of Liberty: Reflections on the Political Thought of the French Doctrinaires.

Advisors: George Kateb and Alan Ryan.

1996

M.A. in Politics,Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.

1993-1994.

Visiting Fulbright scholar, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

1990-1991.

Maitrise level, University of Rennes I, Rennes, France

1984-988.

B.A. with Honors in Economics, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest.

Activity:

1999-2000

Visiting Assistant Professor. Duke University, "Political Theory and Post-1989 Eastern

Europe," and "Conceptions of Patriotism and Nationalism".

Princeton University, Lecturer, "Modern Political Theory," Spring 1999.

Princeton University, Lecturer, "Introduction to Political Theory," Fall 1998.

Princeton University, Teaching Assistant and Course Administrator, "Democratic Theory," Spring 1998.

Princeton University, Teaching Assistant, "Modern Political Theory," Fall 1997.

Publications:

1. Books

The Difficult Apprenticeship of Liberty: Reflections on the Political Thought of the French Doctrinaires, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2001.

In Praise of Liberty: Studies in Political Philosophy, Iasi: Polirom Publishing House, 1998, 225 pp. (in Romanian). Nine studies on liberalism and anti-liberalism.

2. Edited volumes:

François Guizot, History of the Origins of Representative Government, edited with an introduction, notes, and index by Aurelian Craiutu, Indianapolis: Liberty Press, 2001.

Dialogue and Liberty: Essays in Honor of Mihai Sora, Bucharest, Romania: Nemira Publishing House, 1997 (co-editor with Sorin Antohi; in Romanian).

3. Selected scholarly articles:

"Liberalism à la française," Review-essay (by invitation), Political Theory, forthcoming.

"Tocqueville and the Political Thought of the French Doctrinaires," History of Political Thought, Vol. XX, No. 3, Fall 1999, pp. 456-93.

" 'A Tunnel at the End of Light?': Notes on the Rhetoric of the Great Transformation in Eastern Europe," Rhetoric & Public Affairs, Vol. 2: 1 (March 1999), pp. 31-58.

"Between Scylla and Charybdis: The Strange Liberalism of the French Doctrinaires," History of European Ideas (Oxford), Vol. 24, Nos. 4-5, 1998, pp. 243-65.

"Romania 1989-1998," in: Geoffrey Pridham and Tom Gallagher (eds.), Experimenting with Democracy: Regime Change in the Balkans, London: Routledge, 1999, pp. 169-94.

"Is Self-Subversion the Elixir of Eternal Youth?," Government and Opposition (London), Vol. 32, No. 3, Summer 1997, pp. 442-47.

"The Dead or Living Hand of the Past?," Government & Opposition (London), Vol. 31, No. 2, Spring, 1996, pp. 257-63.

"A Dilemma of Dual Identity: The Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania," East European Constitutional Review, Vol. 4, No. 2, Spring 1995, pp. 43-49.

"Alasdair MacIntyres New Thomist Catechism." Introduction to Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue, Bucharest: Humanitas Publishing House, 1998, pp. 5-21 (in Romanian).

4. Translations:

Edmund Husserl, Cartesian Meditations (translation from German into Romanian), Bucharest: Humanitas Publishing House, 1994. Translation, introduction, notes, glossary, and index by Aurelian Craiutu.

Gustave Thibon, Dialogues with Christian Chabanis (translation from French into Romanian, with an introduction by Aurelian Craiutu), Bucharest: Anastasia Publishing House, 1997.

Gabriel Marcel, Dialogues with Pierre Boutang (translation from French by Aurelian Craiutu & Cristian Preda), Bucharest: Anastasia Publishing House, 1996.

5. Professional papers and conferences: