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Piotr Goldstein
Address:
Russian and East European Studies, School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL
E-mail:
piotr.goldstein@manchester.ac.uk
PhD title:
Building Bridges. NGOs and Civil Society Development in Mostar and Novi Sad
Supervisors:
Prof. Vera Tolz and Dr Lynne Attwood
Research interests:
- contemporary Balkans
- conflict transformation
- peace education
- Rromani studies
- gender studies
Conference Papers:
- Researching the Unresearched: NGOs and Non-NGOs of Western Balkans; Marginal Cartographies: Researching Beyond Borders, University of Warwick, April 2012
- Looking for Regularities in the Balkans: Typology of Mostar and Novi Sad NGOs; BASEES Annual Conference, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, April 2012
- Why (And How) Are NGO Activists in Mostar and Novi Sad Communist? A Second Life or an Echo of a Cultural Construction?; Cultural Construction in the USSR and States of the Former Soviet Bloc, The University of Nottingham, March 2012
- Neither Yugoslavia nor Yugosphere: ‘The region’ and beyond for NGOs of Mostar and Novi Sad; Translating Transformations: Hermeneutics of Change in the Balkan Cultures and Beyond, The University of Manchester, March 2012
- Why Are Open-ended Survey Questions Better When Researching the Balkans? Preliminary results of a questionnaire survey conducted among NGO members in Mostar and Novi Sad; Roots of Research - Methods & Me, CERES, Aleksanteri Institute, Helsinki, Finland, November 2011
- Are NGO Activists in Mostar and Novi Sad All Middle-Class? (And why does it matter?); 6th South East European Doctoral Student Conference, SEERC, Thessaloniki, Greece, September 2011
- Who are the 'NGO People' in Mostar and Novi Sad?; Balkan Connections Conference, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, June 2011
- NGOs in Mostar and Novi Sad as a Group Public Intellectual; Bourdieu and the Public Intellectual: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives, Institute of Transnational Studies, University of Manchester, UK, January 2011
- Not Only NGOs. NGOs, non-formal groups, Facebook and civil society building in Mostar and Novi Sad; 2nd UK-Finish Postgraduate Workshop: Critical Reflections on Russia and Eastern Europe, University of Glasgow, UK, November 2010
- Jewish Student NGOs in Present-day Poland (1999-2010): An insider's view; Poland: A Jewish Matter, Jewish Museum London, UK, May 2010.
- The Oriental Influence in the Music of Ashkenazi Jews (with Izabella Goldstein); Niesamowita Slowianszczyzna, University of Lodz, Poland, March 2010.
- The Role of Institutions in Shaping Kashubian Identity (with Magdalena Kargul); Empire of Rules and the Ethics of Social Network, The Institute of International Sociology of Gorizia, Italy, September 2006.
- Is Teaching Values and Language at the Same Time Possible?; Innovating Language Teaching Skills, Universidad Valle del Bravo, Tampico, Mexico, November 2005.
- Toki Pona Language as a Possible Tool for Conflict Prevention: Analysis of Possibilities and Obstacles in the Context of Balkan Events in the 90s; The Balkans Through the Eyes of a Young Man, University of Lodz, Poland, April 2005.
- Interference of Cultures in Balkan Cuisines (with Magdalena Kargul); Dialogue of Cultures and Religions, University of Gdansk, Poland, May 2003.
- Mathematics and Religion (with Paulina Bryszewska); III National Young Mathematicians Conference, Lodz, Poland, March 1997.
Contributions:
- Are NGO Activists in Mostar and Novi Sad All Middle-Class? (And why does it matter?), in Infusing Research and Knowledge in South-East Europe, eds. Dimitris Dranidis, Alexandros Kapoulas, Ana Vivas (Thessaloniki: South-East European Research Centre, 2011), pp. 430-436.
- Wplywy orientalne w muzyce Zydow aszkenazyjskich [Oriental Influences in the Music of Ashkenazi Jews] (with Izabella Goldstein), in Vade Nobiscum Vol.4 (Lodz: Studenckie Kolo Naukowe Historyków UL, 2010).
- Jewish Student NGOs in Present-day Poland (1999-2010): An insider's view, in Poland: A Jewish Matter, eds. Kate Craddy, Mike Levy and Jakub Nowakowski (Warsaw: Adam Mickiewicz Institute, 2010), pp. 65-73.
- Contribution to the article "Poland" in Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture ed. M. A. Ehrlich, Abc-Clio Inc, 2008.
Teaching experience:
- Currently - Language tutor for ULPL20070: Intermediate Polish and language-specific tutor for ELAN60192: Scientific and Technical Translation and ELAN60632: Translating for International Organisations
- Workshops on Contemporary Polish Society and Culture, for i.a. Cornerhouse, Manchester, 2009/2010
- Mathematics - Music - Philosophy - lecture with Izabella Goldstein at the Department of Mathematics of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 6 September 2007
- Various workshops at the 2nd International Summer School in Jewish Studies, Shandong University's Centre for Judaic and Inter-Religious Studies, Jinan, China, July 2007
- Language tutor in language schools in Jinan and Weihai, China, July-August 2007
- Various courses, lectures and workshops for students and teachers at Universidad Valle del Bravo, Tampico, Mexico, August-November 2005
Professional Biography:
MA International Peace Work (International University Institute for European Studies, Italy, 2009). Thesis title: Political Discrimination of the Rroma in the EU
MA Philosophy (University of Lodz, Poland, 2007). Thesis title: The Image of Woman in the Philosophy of Plato
Mini MBA (University of Maryland and University of Lodz Polish-American Management Center, 2007)
Membership in Professional Organisations:
Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES)
British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES)
International Association for Southeast European Anthropology (InASEA)
Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA)
Grants and Awards:
BASEES Postgraduate Research Grant for field research in Novi Sad and Mostar (June 2011)