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Curriculum Vitae ________________________________________
Professional Experience:
2006-current: Assistant Professor (tenure-track position), The Honors College, Texas Tech University (Texas)
2004-2006: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies & Department of Philosophy, Miami University (Ohio)
2005, 2006 & 2008 (Summer): Visiting Professor, European College of Liberal Arts, Berlin, Germany
2003-2004: Knight Post-Doctoral Associate, The Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines, Cornell University (New York)
2004 (Summer): Visiting Professor, Central European University (CEU Summer University), Budapest, Hungary
2001-2003: Tutor & Part-time Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of Durham, England
1998-2000: Instructor, Department of Philosophy, University of Bucharest, Romania
Education:
2004: Ph.D. in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Durham, England
1998: MA (First Class) in Philosophy, University of Bucharest
1997: BA (First Class) in Philosophy, University of Bucharest
1990-1992: undergraduate studies in Law, University of Bucharest
Short-Term Appointments:
2009 (Sumer): Clark Fellow, The Clark Library & The Center for Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies, University of California at Los Angeles
2008 (December): Newberry Fellow, The Newberry Library, Chicago
2007 (July): Guest Lecturer, European College of Liberal Arts, Berlin, Germany
2007 (May-July): Visiting Scholar, Dipartimento di Filosofia & Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane, Universitŕ degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
2007 (April-May): Visiting Scholar, The Center for European Studies, The Center for Cultural Studies & The Plan II Honors Program, University of Texas, Austin
2002 (September): Visiting Postgraduate Student, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
2002 (July): Fellow, CEU Summer University (Global Mappings - Symbolic Geographies Revisited, Course Directors: Prof Sorin Antohi & Prof Larry Wolff), Central European University,
Budapest, Hungary.
1998 (July-August): Fellow, "The International School of Theory in the Humanities," Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain [attending Prof Giuseppe Mazzotta's seminar on
Neoplatonism, Politics, Science, and Utopias]
Major Fellowships, Grants and Distinctions:
2008-2009: The Clark Library Short-Term Fellowship (offered by The Clark Library & The Center for Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies, University of California at Los Angeles)
2008-2009: The Newberry Short-Term Fellowship for Individual Research, The Newberry Library, Chicago
2007: Big XII Faculty Fellowship (offered by the Office of the Provost, Texas Tech University, to be used at the University of Texas Austin)
2006-2007: Support for the Arts and Humanities New Faculty Grant (offered by the Office of the Provost, Texas Tech University)
2004-2006: Post-Doctoral Fellowship (offered by the Havighurst Center, Miami University)
2003-2004: Knight Post-Doctoral Fellowship (offered by the Knight Institute, Cornell University)
2000-2003: Durham University Research Studentship (offered by the University of Durham)
2000-2003: Overseas Research Scheme Award (offered by the “Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom”)
2000-2003: Open Society Institute Supplementary Grant (offered by the Open Society Institute)
2002: The Congress Award – offered by the Medieval Institute (Western Michigan University) at The 37-th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, USA
2000-2001: OSI/FCO Chevening Scholarship, St. Cross College, Oxford University (offered by Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Oxford University & Open Society Foundation) (declined)
1999: The Nemira Publishing House Prize for the Best Essay
1998: Grant for attending The International School of Theory in the Humanities, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (offered by the Open Society Foundation & the Romanian Ministry of Education)
1996: The Humanitas Publishing House Prize for Junior Journalists
Professional activities, appointments and service:
Current:
2009: guest editor, The Unbearable Charm of Frailty. Philosophizing in/on Eastern Europe, a special issue of Angelaki. The Journal of the Theoretical Humanities
2009: guest editor, Philosophy as Literature, special issue of The European Legacy
2006-present: founder & faculty mentor, The Honors College's Foreign Film Club, Texas Tech University
2005-present: Senior Editor, Janus Head. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature, Continental Philosophy, Phenomenological Psychology, and the Arts, Publisher: Trivium Publications,
Pittsburgh, PA.
2004-present: Online Editor, Intellectual History Division 2004-2006: online editor, Intellectual History Division (H-Ideas), H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online.
2001-present: Member of the Editorial Board, Minerva - An Internet Journal of Philosophy, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland
Previous:
2006-2008: faculty member, International Affairs Council, Office of the Provost, Texas Tech University
2007-2008: co-organizer, Speaker Series, The Honors College, Texas Tech University
2007: reviewer for The President’s Faculty Book Award Committee, Office of the Provost, Texas Tech University
2005: Conference Coordinator, Thinking in/after Utopia. East-European and Russian Philosophy before and after the Collapse of Communism [an international conference hosted by the Havighurst Center
for Russian & Post-Soviet Studies], Miami University, 27-30 October, 2005.
2004-2005: Faculty Advisor, Evropa Club [undergraduate student organization at Miami], Miami University.
2003-2004: Member of the Editorial Board, Revista Respiro (multilingual cultural quarterly magazine), New York City.
2003: Co-organizer, Durham-Bergen Graduate Philosophy Conference, 8-10 May, Department of Philosophy, University of Bergen, Norway.
2002-2003: Member, Board of Examiners, Department of Philosophy, University of Durham.
2002: Organizer, Durham-Bergen Graduate Philosophy Conference, 9-11 May, Department of Philosophy, University of Durham.
2001-2004: Contributor, Selected readings (online interdisciplinary bibliographical database), edited by C18-L: Resources for 18th-century studies across the disciplines, Penn State University, USA
1999-2000: Member of the Editorial Board, Studii Culturale, Publisher: Romanian Cultural Foundation, Bucharest
1996-2000: Columnist, Adevărul literar si artistic (weekly literary magazine in Bucharest)
Manuscript Reviewer:
Journals: Journal of the History of Ideas (2008); Minerva (2001-); Janus Head (2005-)
Presses: Princeton University Press (2006)
Various Smaller Travel Grants, Graduate Stipends, etc.:
2003 (August): Travel Fellowship - offered by "The American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies" for participating in The Eleventh Quadrennial ISECS Congress on the Enlightenment,
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
2002 (September): Graduate Bursary, offered by the "Society for European Philosophy" for participating in the The Annual Conference of the Society for European Philosophy, University College Cork,
Ireland.
2002 (September): Graduate Bursary, offered by "The British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies" for participating in The 5th Conference of the North Western Section of the British Society for
Eighteenth Century Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University.
2002 (July): Fellowship, offered by the Central European University, for participating in the CEU Summer University, Budapest, Hungary.
2002 (May), Congress Travel Award, offered by the Medieval Institute (Western Michigan University) for participating in The 37-th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, USA.
2002 (March), Travel Grant, offered by Department of Philosophy, University of Durham for participating in the Central Division Meeting, Society Of Christian Philosophers, Bethel College,
St. Paul (MN), USA.
2001 (March), Travel Grant, offered by Department of Philosophy, University of Durham for participating in the conference Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness. The 2nd Global Conference,
Anglo-American College, Prague, Czech Republic.
Teaching accreditation:
2002: Certificate of Accreditation as A Teacher in Higher Education [a post-graduate program run by the School of Education, University of Durham, UK]
2003 (Summer): Writing 700: Teaching Writing, The Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines, Cornell University.
Memberships:
The American Philosophical Association (APA)
The International Berkeley Society
The International Association for Philosophy and Literature
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