CIRILA TOPLAK, PhD
cirila.toplak@fdv.uni-lj.si
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education:
1995 Doctorat du 3ième cycle
International Relations and Contemporary Civilisations
Université Paris I – Sorbonne
Paris, France
1994 Diplome d’études avancées
International Relations and Contemporary Civilisations
Université Paris I – Sorbonne
Paris, France
1993 Master’s Degree in Humanities
Double Major: Political history and Political Theory
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York, USA
1992 Maîtrise
American Civilisation
Institut Linguistique Charles V
Université Paris VII
Paris, France
Recent Professional Experience:
October 2001 -
Associate Professor at the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Political Theory
- undergraduate courses “History of the Idea of Europe”; “Foundations of the Modern World”; “Third World Politics”; “Political Communication”
- graduate courses “Political Theories”; “Contemporary Research Methods in Political Science”
June 2007 - October 2008
Director of the Institute of Ethnic Studies, Ljubljana, Slovenia
February 2004 to February 2005
Counsellor on European Affairs to the President of the Republic of Slovenia
Scholarships and Awards:
2006 Fulbright Research Scholar at Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Teaching:
Visiting professor:
2010 Spring Semester at Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
2010 Series of lectures at the University of Stavanger, Norway
2007 Summer Semester at Hawaii Pacific University
2006 Guest lectures at Colorado College, Colorado Springs; Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu
2005 Guest lecture at École des sciences politiques de Dijon, France
Mentor:
1 PhD dissertation, 2 Master’s dissertations, 50 undergraduate theses
Association Memberships:
2010- European Confederation of Political Science Associations – Treasurer and Member of the Executive Committee
2005-2008 European Political Science Network – member of the Executive Board
2001- Political Science Association of Slovenia – President 2011-13, currently Vice-President
Languages:
Mother tongue: Slovenian
Excellent: French, English, Croatian
Good: German
Other skills and hobbies:
Professional facilitation of group communication processes
Animal welfare activism
Poetry and prose
Astronomy
Swimming, Snowboarding, Skating, Fencing