Boccaccio Intellectual History Programme -

European University Institute
Department of History and Civilisation
Via Boccaccio 121
50133 Firenze (Fi)
Italy

Civic registration number : 840610-0894.

Date and place of birth : 10 June 1984; Rudo, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Nationality : Swedish.

Adress for correspondence : Admir Skodo; Research student, Department of History and Civilization; Europen University Institute; Badia Fiesolana; Via dei Roccettini 9; I-50014 San Domenico di Fiesole; Italy

E-mail : Admir.Skodo@eui.eu

Phonenumber : +393299576167/+46736926874

Languages : Mother tongue: Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian; native speaker: Swedish; fluent: English; reading and intermediate communication: French, Norwegian, Danish; basic skills: Italian

1. Current and future positions

Ph.D. candidate

European University Institute (EUI), Florence

Department of History and Civilization

Visiting research student at the University of California at Berkeley, spring 2010.

2. Research interests

Philosophy of the human and social sciences (in particular within a Post-analytical normative conceptual scheme)

History of ideas (in particular issues relating to R.G. Collingwood, Jacques Lacan, Søren Kierkegaard and Postmodernism)

Historiography (in particular historiography of biography)

3. Academic diplomas

Master of Arts (History, Philosophy of Religion, Theoretical Philosophy, Religious Studies).

Lund University

Master of Research EUI

4. Teaching, seminars, presentations and other academic activities

A. Presentations at Seminars.

Virtual presentation. Paper: “Outline of a Theory of the Person for Historical-Biographical Study”, at the 7th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, 2-5 June 2009, Beijing.

Presentation with Dr. Sara Edenheim: “En diskussion om samtidens historiefilosofi”, at at the ”Swedish Historians' Meeting” (Svenska historikermötet), 25 April 2008, Lund. Paper: “ Beyond Descriptive and Normative Philosophy of History”.

P resentation: “Lacan for Historians: Reading Stendhal”, at Prof. Arfon Rees' and Prof. Martin van Gelderen's seminar “Literature, History, Culture” at the Department of History and Civilization, EUI, 3 December 2007.

Presentation: “Psychoanalysis and Philosophy, or the Philosophy of Psychoanalysis?”, at PHSS 9 November 2007.

Presentation on part II of Thomas Nagels's The Possibility of Altruism , at Prof. Christine Chwaszcza's seminar “Human Agency in Social Theory” at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, EUI, 1 November 2007.

B. Seminars

Special seminar with Dr. Sara Edenheim: ”Dekonstruktion och (re)konstruktion av historievetenskapen?”, 3 October 2006, Centre for Gender Studies, Lund University.

C. Teaching

“Supplemental instructor” ( SI-ledare ) at the basic course at the Department of History, Lund University, spring term 2006.

D. Other activities

Founded and organized, with Michael Kuur Sørensen, the working group “Philosophy, the Humanities, and the Social Sciences” (PHSS) at the EUI, 2007-2008.

Attended the ”Summer School on Comparative and Trans-National Approaches to the History of Early Modern and Modern Europe: Theories, Methodology and Historical Case Studies” at The Department of History and Civilization at the European University Institute, Florence, 5-10 September 2006.

5. Journals.

Co-founder, co-editor and owner of the journal Forum för teoretiska interventioner (2006-2008), ISSN 1653-9680 .

Associate Editor of volume 7 of the International Journal of the Humanities .

6. Publications and academic theses

A. Books

Editor, with Björn Lundberg and Hugo Sandelin, Världens historia i årtal. Från 1500 till idag (Lund: Historiska media, 2008).

B. Peer-reviewed publications and reviews

“Post-analytic Philosophy of History”, Journal of the Philosophy of History , forthcoming in volume 3.

“Outline of a Theory of the Person for Historical-Biographical Study”, International Journal of the Humanities , forthcoming in volume 7.

Review of Fred Inglis' History Man. The Life of R.G. Collingwood in the European Review of History – Revue eurpéenne d'histoire , forthcoming.

C. Non peer-reviewed publications

”En självbiografisk essä”, Forum för teoretiska interventioner 1(2008).

With Ervik Cejvan, ”Om att åter-vända till friheten och döden. Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Lacan”, Forum för teoretiska interventioner 2-3(2007).

”Universaliestriden, och andra anmärkningar om etik och politik”, Forum för teoretiska interventioner 1(2007).

”Att dekonstruera västerlandets historieteori och historiefilosofi. En läsning av Robert Youngs White Mythologies ”, Forum för teoretiska interventioner 1(2006).

”Samhälle, subjekt, kritik. Föresatser”, Forum för teoretiska interventioner 1(2006).

”Foucault och subjektet: en konstant i filosofihistorien”, In-blick, forum för humanistiskt tänkande 2005, http://www.kult.lu.se/index.php?page=692.

D. Theses

On a Paradoxical Jouissance, or the Limit of Desire and Fantasy. Kierkegaard Through Lacan , unpublished Bachelor Thesis, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Philosophy of Religion, Lund University 2007.

Postmodernismens sublima objekt. En fallstudie om postmodernistisk teori i svensk historiografi , unpublished Master thesis, Department of History, Lund University 2006.

”I världen, men icke av världen”. Konstruktionen av kristen manlighet i Skånes Missionssällskap ca 1939-1945 , unpublished Bachelor thesis, Department of History, Lund University 2006.

7. Selected scholarships and nominations

Grant from the Swedish Research Council for doctoral studies at the European University Institute 2007-2010.

A E Holmberg's scholarship 2005 from the Department of History, Lund University.

Nominated for the “Swedish Church-Historical Society's” (Svenska kyrkohistoriska föreningen) scholarship 2006.

8. Non-academic working experience

Employer: Municipality of Simrishamn; type of work: temporary employment from 13 June 2005 to 5 August 2005; job description : “temporary assistant nurse” (vikarierande vårdbiträde) at the “central night patrol” (centrala nattpatrullen).

Employer : Lernia Bemanning AB, type of work : employed by commission (uppdragsanställd) from 13 May 2003 to 11 July 2003; job description : Plastal AB, machine operator at the section for injection-moulding.

9. References

Professor Mark Bevir ( mbevir@berkeley.edu ); Professor Christine Chwaszcza ( Christine.Chwaszcza@eui.eu ); Professor Martin Van Gelderen ( Martin.VanGelderen@eui.eu ); Professor Catharina Stenqvist ( catharina.stenqvist@teol.lu.se ).


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	Admir Skodo Admir.Skodo@eui.eu European University Institute Department of History and Civilisation Via Boccaccio 121 50133 Firenze (Fi) Italy Civic registration number : 840610-0894. Date and place of birth : 10 June 1984; Rudo, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Nationality : Swedish. Adress for correspondence : Admir Skodo; Research student, Department of History and Civilization; Europen University Institute; Badia Fiesolana; Via dei Roccettini 9; I-50014 San Domenico di Fiesole; Italy E-mail : Admir.Skodo@eui.eu Phonenumber : +393299576167/+46736926874 Languages : Mother tongue: Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian; native speaker: Swedish; fluent: English; reading and intermediate communication: French, Norwegian, Danish; basic skills: Italian 1. Current and future positions Ph.D. candidate European University Institute (EUI), Florence Department of History and Civilization Visiting research student at the University of California at Berkeley, spring 2010. 2. Research interests Philosophy of the human and social sciences (in particular within a Post-analytical normative conceptual scheme) History of ideas (in particular issues relating to R.G. Collingwood, Jacques Lacan, Søren Kierkegaard and Postmodernism) Historiography (in particular historiography of biography) 3. Academic diplomas Master of Arts (History, Philosophy of Religion, Theoretical Philosophy, Religious Studies). Lund University Master of Research EUI 4. Teaching, seminars, presentations and other academic activities A. Presentations at Seminars. Virtual presentation. Paper: “Outline of a Theory of the Person for Historical-Biographical Study”, at the 7th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, 2-5 June 2009, Beijing. Presentation with Dr. Sara Edenheim: “En diskussion om samtidens historiefilosofi”, at at the ”Swedish Historians' Meeting” (Svenska historikermötet), 25 April 2008, Lund. Paper: “ Beyond Descriptive and Normative Philosophy of History”. P resentation: “Lacan for Historians: Reading Stendhal”, at Prof. Arfon Rees' and Prof. Martin van Gelderen's seminar “Literature, History, Culture” at the Department of History and Civilization, EUI, 3 December 2007. Presentation: “Psychoanalysis and Philosophy, or the Philosophy of Psychoanalysis?”, at PHSS 9 November 2007. Presentation on part II of Thomas Nagels's The Possibility of Altruism , at Prof. Christine Chwaszcza's seminar “Human Agency in Social Theory” at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, EUI, 1 November 2007. B. Seminars Special seminar with Dr. Sara Edenheim: ”Dekonstruktion och (re)konstruktion av historievetenskapen?”, 3 October 2006, Centre for Gender Studies, Lund University. C. Teaching “Supplemental instructor” ( SI-ledare ) at the basic course at the Department of History, Lund University, spring term 2006. D. Other activities Founded and organized, with Michael Kuur Sørensen, the working group “Philosophy, the Humanities, and the Social Sciences” (PHSS) at the EUI, 2007-2008. Attended the ”Summer School on Comparative and Trans-National Approaches to the History of Early Modern and Modern Europe: Theories, Methodology and Historical Case Studies” at The Department of History and Civilization at the European University Institute, Florence, 5-10 September 2006. 5. Journals. Co-founder, co-editor and owner of the journal Forum för teoretiska interventioner (2006-2008), ISSN 1653-9680 . Associate Editor of volume 7 of the International Journal of the Humanities . 6. Publications and academic theses A. Books Editor, with Björn Lundberg and Hugo Sandelin, Världens historia i årtal. Från 1500 till idag (Lund: Historiska media, 2008). B. Peer-reviewed publications and reviews “Post-analytic Philosophy of History”, Journal of the Philosophy of History , forthcoming in volume 3. “Outline of a Theory of the Person for Historical-Biographical Study”, International Journal of the Humanities , forthcoming in volume 7. Review of Fred Inglis' History Man. The Life of R.G. Collingwood in the European Review of History – Revue eurpéenne d'histoire , forthcoming. C. Non peer-reviewed publications ”En självbiografisk essä”, Forum för teoretiska interventioner 1(2008). With Ervik Cejvan, ”Om att åter-vända till friheten och döden. Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Lacan”, Forum för teoretiska interventioner 2-3(2007). ”Universaliestriden, och andra anmärkningar om etik och politik”, Forum för teoretiska interventioner 1(2007). ”Att dekonstruera västerlandets historieteori och historiefilosofi. En läsning av Robert Youngs White Mythologies ”, Forum för teoretiska interventioner 1(2006). ”Samhälle, subjekt, kritik. Föresatser”, Forum för teoretiska interventioner 1(2006). ”Foucault och subjektet: en konstant i filosofihistorien”, In-blick, forum för humanistiskt tänkande 2005, http://www.kult.lu.se/index.php?page=692. D. Theses On a Paradoxical Jouissance, or the Limit of Desire and Fantasy. Kierkegaard Through Lacan , unpublished Bachelor Thesis, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Philosophy of Religion, Lund University 2007. Postmodernismens sublima objekt. En fallstudie om postmodernistisk teori i svensk historiografi , unpublished Master thesis, Department of History, Lund University 2006. ”I världen, men icke av världen”. Konstruktionen av kristen manlighet i Skånes Missionssällskap ca 1939-1945 , unpublished Bachelor thesis, Department of History, Lund University 2006. 7. Selected scholarships and nominations Grant from the Swedish Research Council for doctoral studies at the European University Institute 2007-2010. A E Holmberg's scholarship 2005 from the Department of History, Lund University. Nominated for the “Swedish Church-Historical Society's” (Svenska kyrkohistoriska föreningen) scholarship 2006. 8. Non-academic working experience Employer: Municipality of Simrishamn; type of work: temporary employment from 13 June 2005 to 5 August 2005; job description : “temporary assistant nurse” (vikarierande vårdbiträde) at the “central night patrol” (centrala nattpatrullen). Employer : Lernia Bemanning AB, type of work : employed by commission (uppdragsanställd) from 13 May 2003 to 11 July 2003; job description : Plastal AB, machine operator at the section for injection-moulding. 9. References Professor Mark Bevir ( mbevir@berkeley.edu ); Professor Christine Chwaszcza ( Christine.Chwaszcza@eui.eu ); Professor Martin Van Gelderen ( Martin.VanGelderen@eui.eu ); Professor Catharina Stenqvist ( catharina.stenqvist@teol.lu.se ).