Hagen Schulz-Forberg

Education

1998-2002
Doctor of Philosophy
Department of History and Civilisation
European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Thesis defended on 13 January 2003

1996-1997
Master of Modern European History
St. Antony's College
University of Oxford, England

1991-1996
Reading of History, Philosophy and English (Master Degree)
Free University, Berlin, Germany

Since August 2005
Forum46 - Interdisciplinary Forum for Europe,
Member of Executive Board (link: www.forum46.net)

June to September 2005
University of Bremen,
Research Associate with the Special Research Area "Transformations of the State", Research on Journalism and Media in Europe

September 2004 - Present
Research Fellow at the European University Institute and Fellow
at Humboldt University Berlin
Co-ordination and research in leading team of international research project: EMEDIATE (Europe and the Ethics of a European Public Sphere) within the EU 6th Framework Programme, Author of Project
- Research and Report Writing
- Research Guidelines and Co-ordination
- Subjects: European Public Sphere, Media and Ethics, Internet

Juli und August 2004
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations)
Regional Office, Budapest: Expert/Consultant
- Conception and Writing of Multi-Trust-Fund Project for
Roma Integration in Central Eastern Europe

March 2004 - Present
berlinpolis, a Berlin based political think tank, Senior Researcher
for European Affairs and Minorities/Immigration
- Research and project design
- Media contact
- Talks, interviews and representation

February and March 2004
Council of Europe, Strasbourg, Expert for the Working
Group on Minorities, Roma/Gypsies and Travellers
- Co-operation in drafting of recommendation on Roma/Gypsies and Travellers and their right to housing

March 2003 - June 2004
Centre On Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), Geneva
Research Officer
- Research on European Minorities (Roma and Travellers) " Writing and Funding of Project Proposal
- Co-ordination of Activities
- Building of Network for COHRE on European Level

Sept.-Dec. 2003
Centre On Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), Geneva
Campaign Officer
- Responsible for the COHRE Housing Rights Awards 2003
- Nomination, Selection and Awarding of Candidates
- Public Relation for the Awards
- Press Releases and Media related work
- Research on housing rights in award winning countries
- Correspondence with Embassies and Governments

Oct. 2002 - Feb. 2003
European University Institute, Florence
Assistant to Professor Bo Stråth
- Research on several international projects
(inter-cultural dialogue, ethics and media, minorities)
- Editing of Publications
- Writing of research proposals

Sept. 1998 - Sept. 2002
Researcher at the European University Institute, Florence
- Writing of PhD
- Assistant to Prof. Bo Stråth
- Organisation of three international conferences
- Co-ordination of extra research projects on media and
history and on the history of European travel

Sept. 1997-August 1998
Head of Cultural Consultancy "Cultural Investigation: Research
& Presentation", Berlin
- Overall responsibility of consultancy, public relations, research, financial and administrative management

Books

London-Berlin. Authenticity, Modernity and the Metropolis in Urban Travel Writing, 1851-1939, Brussels et al: P.I.E. Peter Lang, 2005 abstract

Unravelling Civilisation: European Travel and Travel Writing, Brussels et al: P.I.E. Peter Lang, 2005 (forthcoming) abstract

Articles

"The EU and the European Public Sphere. A Historical Reflection on a Current Issue", in: Bo Stråth and Jan-Åke Persson (eds.): Europe as Space and Time, forthcoming 2006.

"A Transnational History of the Notion of Europe from 1945 to 2005", in: José M.Faraldo et al.: Europe in the Eastern Bloc, forthcoming 2006.

Walking the Tightrope - Cross-Border Media in Europe. Flagpoles of a European Public Sphere or Market Driven Corporations?", in: Hartmut Wessler et al (eds.): Title to be announced, Autumn 2006.

"Europas post-nationale Legitimation. Überlegungen gegen eine Essentialisierung von Kultur und Identität", in: Matthias Schöningh and Stefan Seidendorf (eds.):Reichweiten der Verständigung. Intellektuellendiskurse zwischen Nation und Europa, Heidelberg: C. Winter, Spring 2006.

"Theoretical Paper on the Notion of a European Public Sphere", Report to the
European Commission within the research project: EMEDIATE. Media and the Ethics of a European Public Sphere from the Treaty of Rome to the War on Terror, financed by the EU's 6th Framework Programme, Brussels, March 2005. (http://www.iue.it/RSCAS/Research/EMEDIATE/Index.shtml)

"Introduction. Cultural Practice and the Idea of Europe", in: Schulz-Forberg (ed.): Unravelling Civilisation. European Travel and Travel Writing, Brüssel et al: P.I.E.-Peter Lang, 2005, S. 13-40.

"Framing the Senses. Inter-Mediality and Inter-Sensuality in French and German Urban Travel Writing on London, 1851 to 1939", in: Schulz-Forberg (ed.): Unravelling Civilisation. European Travel and Travel Writing, Brüssel et al: P.I.E.-Peter Lang, 2005, S. 263-286.

"Idee Europa", in: D. Dettling et al.: EuroMission. Neue Perspektiven für das
erweiterte Europa. Preface by Günther Verheugen, LIT: Münster et al,
2004, pp. 83-96.

"Zeitreisen nach London. Deutungen englischer Vergangenheit in Berichten deutscher und französischer Reisender, 1851-1939", in: Bauerkämper, A. / Bödeker, H-E. / Struck, B.: Die Welt erfahren. Reisen als kulturelle Begegnung von 1780 bis heute, Frankfurt and New York: Campus, 2004, pp. 133-159.

"The Sorcerer's Apprentice: English Travellers and the Rhine in the Long 19th
Century", in: Journeys. The International Journal of Travel and Travel Writing, vol. 3, No. 2, 2002, pp. 86-110

"Intermedialità e Storia: saggio sulle possibilità della storiografia e sulla
rappresentazione della storia", in: Memoria e Ricerca, Nr. 11, Autumn 2002, pp. 167-173.

Date of Birth: 16 October 1971
Nationality: German
Languages: German, English, French, Italian (fluent), Spanish (reading
and listening comprehension)
Interests: Sports, music, literature, cooking

Experience in foreign countries for research, education, and work:
Belgium, England, France, Hungary, Italy, Russia, Switzerland, Tunesia