Boccaccio Intellectual History Programme -

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

BORN: December 4 th , 1977 in Tallinn

EDUCATION

2005 –

Doctoral Studies, Department of History and Civilization, European University Institute , Florence . Dissertation working title: ”Preliminaries for a Critique of Modern Concepts of Political Science. A Study of the Intellectual Formation of Leo Strauss and Hannah Arendt.”

2001-2002

MA, Nationalism Studies Program, Central European University , Budapest . Thesis title: "Cultural Diversity as a Value? Revisiting Debates of Liberal Culturalism"

1996 - 2000

BTheol, Department of Theology (minor: Philosophy), Tartu University . Thesis title: "Free Decision and Necessity in Augustine's De libero arbitrio ". Thesis was awarded 1.-2. Prize at the annual Estonian Ministry of Education competition for the best Bachelor/Master thesis in humanities

RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2003-2004

International Policy Fellow, IPF Programme , Open Society Institute,
Budapest . Project title: "The Role of Media in the Integration Russian-Speaking Minorities in Estonia : Towards an Inclusive Public Sphere"

2003

Junior Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center
for Scholars , Washington DC

2002-2003

Lecturer, Estonian Art Academy , Tallinn

Lecturing and conducting seminars on "Representation of Minorities and Audiovisual Media"

Lecturer, Nord University , Tallinn

Lecturing on "Multiculturalism in the Context of Estonia : Some Problems of Theory and Practice"

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTED PAPERS

2009 Entries on Isaiah Berlin , Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss in TEA filosoofialeksikon , an encyclopedia of philosophy, Tallinn : Tea, 2, 5 and 5 pages

2008 An Afterword for the Estonian translation of Arendt's Between Past and Future ( Mineviku ja tuleviku vahel , Ilmamaa, in press)

2007 “Hannah Arendt's and Leo Strauss's Retrospects on Constitution. Dissent and Beyond,” in East-West Studies, Journal of Social Sciences of Nord University , Nr. 1 (36), December

2004 “Ethnic Minorities and Access to Mass Media: The Case of Estonia ” in Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars East-European Studies Newsletter , January

2001 ”The Religious Identity of the Setus, the Estonian Borderland People,” in CEU SUN Papers, Central European University Press

ACADEMIC AWARDS

2005-2008 Doctoral grant from “Archimedes”, the Estonian National Foundation for Science Grants

2005-2006 1-year doctoral research grant from DAAD ( Deutscher akademischer Austausch Dienst , granted but not accepted)

2004 Junior research fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars , Washington DC

2003-2004 Policy research grant, 1 year, Open Society Institute

2002-2003 Full grant for MA studies at Central European University

1996-2000 Undergraduate Student Grant from Tartu University

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2002 – 2003

Project manager for European Community Initiative Interreg III, Department of Regional Development, Estonian Ministry of Internal Affairs

1993 - 2005

Various writing assignments, including film synopsis and abstracts, project proposals, also field assistance to the director and translations for F-seitse OÜ , a film production company, Tallinn


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	Liisi Keedus liisi.keedus@eui.eu European University Institute Department of History and Civilisation Via Boccaccio 121 50133 Firenze (Fi) Italy BORN: December 4 th , 1977 in Tallinn EDUCATION 2005 – Doctoral Studies, Department of History and Civilization, European University Institute , Florence . Dissertation working title: ”Preliminaries for a Critique of Modern Concepts of Political Science. A Study of the Intellectual Formation of Leo Strauss and Hannah Arendt.” 2001-2002 MA, Nationalism Studies Program, Central European University , Budapest . Thesis title: "Cultural Diversity as a Value? Revisiting Debates of Liberal Culturalism" 1996 - 2000 BTheol, Department of Theology (minor: Philosophy), Tartu University . Thesis title: "Free Decision and Necessity in Augustine's De libero arbitrio ". Thesis was awarded 1.-2. Prize at the annual Estonian Ministry of Education competition for the best Bachelor/Master thesis in humanities RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2003-2004 International Policy Fellow, IPF Programme , Open Society Institute, Budapest . Project title: "The Role of Media in the Integration Russian-Speaking Minorities in Estonia : Towards an Inclusive Public Sphere" 2003 Junior Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars , Washington DC 2002-2003 Lecturer, Estonian Art Academy , Tallinn Lecturing and conducting seminars on "Representation of Minorities and Audiovisual Media" Lecturer, Nord University , Tallinn Lecturing on "Multiculturalism in the Context of Estonia : Some Problems of Theory and Practice" ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTED PAPERS 2009 Entries on Isaiah Berlin , Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss in TEA filosoofialeksikon , an encyclopedia of philosophy, Tallinn : Tea, 2, 5 and 5 pages 2008 An Afterword for the Estonian translation of Arendt's Between Past and Future ( Mineviku ja tuleviku vahel , Ilmamaa, in press) 2007 “Hannah Arendt's and Leo Strauss's Retrospects on Constitution. Dissent and Beyond,” in East-West Studies, Journal of Social Sciences of Nord University , Nr. 1 (36), December 2004 “Ethnic Minorities and Access to Mass Media: The Case of Estonia ” in Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars East-European Studies Newsletter , January 2001 ”The Religious Identity of the Setus, the Estonian Borderland People,” in CEU SUN Papers, Central European University Press ACADEMIC AWARDS 2005-2008 Doctoral grant from “Archimedes”, the Estonian National Foundation for Science Grants 2005-2006 1-year doctoral research grant from DAAD ( Deutscher akademischer Austausch Dienst , granted but not accepted) 2004 Junior research fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars , Washington DC 2003-2004 Policy research grant, 1 year, Open Society Institute 2002-2003 Full grant for MA studies at Central European University 1996-2000 Undergraduate Student Grant from Tartu University OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2002 – 2003 Project manager for European Community Initiative Interreg III, Department of Regional Development, Estonian Ministry of Internal Affairs 1993 - 2005 Various writing assignments, including film synopsis and abstracts, project proposals, also field assistance to the director and translations for F-seitse OÜ , a film production company, Tallinn