Curriculum Vitae
Personal data
Name
: Kovai Cecília
Place and date of birth
: Budapest,
Marital status
:
Contact
|
Centre |
+36 (20) 255-7902 |
| E-mail |
|
kovai(at)rkk.hu |
| E-mail |
|
kovai.cecilia(at)krtk.hu |
Education and training
| 2005 | — Eötvös Loránd University Budapest- cultural anthropologist |
| 2005 | — Eötvös Loránd University Budapest- Faculty of Arts in Hungarian language and literature |
| 2015 | — University of Pécs- PhD (summa cum laude)- cultural studies |
Places of work and employment
| 2010—2017 | Family Support Center of Pesterzsébet — youth worker |
| 2015—2016 | Institute for Regional Studies, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences — junior research fellow |
| 2016— | Institute for Regional Studies, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences — research fellow |
Teaching activities
| 2005—2007 | external lecturer, Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Social Sciences |
| 2008—2009 | external lecturer, University of Pécs |
Scientific activity
| 2013— | Helyzet Műhely (Public Sociology Working Group "Helyzet"), founding member |
| 2017— | MTA Köztestület, Tag |
| 2018— | European Association of Social Anthropologists, member |
Awards
| 2005—2008 | Doctoral fellowship |
| 2017— | NKFIH Postdoctoral fellowship |
Subjects taught
| Theoretical problems of method of participate observation (ELTE, Faculty of Social Sciences)) |
| Gender question in the Romany Studies (University of Pécs) |
Research fields
| ethnic relationship, marginality, stigmatization, connection between ethicity and class position as well as working of intersectionality in the Roma communities, development studies |
Trips abroad
| 2009 | St Andrews University — |
Presentations
| V. IRI Társadalomtudományi Konferencia., Sturovo — Slovakia |
| Annual Conference of the Hungarian Sociological Association, Budapest — Hungary |
| XVII European Society for Rural Sociology Congress, Krakkó — Poland |
| Postsocialist/postcolonial Rural Lifeworlds vs Degrowth, Defuturing, Decoloniality, Telciu — Romania |
Publications
Complete list of publications and citations (MTMT Hungarian Scientific Bibliography)
Selected list of scientific publications
Kovai Cecília (2017): "Gypsy"-"Hungarian" distinction and the kinship system. H'Larmattan Kiadó, Budapest