Thesis supervisor: Antal Örkény
Location of studies (in Hungarian): ELTE Doctoral School of Sociology Abbreviation of location of studies: SZDI
Description of the research topic:
The proposed research project “Interplay of European, National and Regional Identities: nations between states along the new eastern borders of the European Union” is aimed at a deeper understanding of the ways in which the modern European identities and regional cultures are formed and inter-communicated in the Eastern part of the European continent.
In this project we aim to galvanise these three perspectives on the dynamic relationships between identities and state restructuring. More specifically the project explore the ways in which European, national and regional identities are constituted and negotiated through individual and group narratives and practices within an increasingly complex set of institutional arrangements. The project explores the interrelation between individual identities (increasingly complex), group identities (where there is a growing significance of cosmopolitan and European identities parallel to national and regional identities), and institutional frameworks (still dominated by the state, but with the increasing significance of non state actors). The broader post-socialist space offers different contexts within which we can explore the changing relationships between identities, nations and states. These are for example: post-communist Eastern European countries; post-soviet countries with a historical claim on nation and state; post-soviet nation-states that emerged within the boundaries of the Soviet republics; post-imperial state and nation in the case of Russia.
Required language skills: English Further requirements: Thorough knowledge of ENRI RESEARCH 2010
high level data analysis, SPSS
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