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Thomas H. Chivens

Name: Thomas H. Chivens

Title(s):

  • Research Investigator

Contact Information: 734.764.7365 , tchivens@umich.edu

International Institute Affiliation(s):

  • CREES
  • CES-EUC
  • WCED

Department Affiliation(s):

  • Anthropology

Education Background: B.A., Anthropology and Psychology, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1994; Certificate in Cultural Studies, 2004, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2004; Ph.D., Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2004

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:

  • Russian and East European Studies
  • European Union Studies

Related Countries:

  • Poland

Research/Teaching Specialization: Anthropology of postsocialism and Eastern Europe; power, violence and gender; politics of transnational policy transfer; sociology of knowledge; critical geography

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: Culture, Security and Human Rights, Postsocialism and Europeanization, Gender and Transformation in Postsocialist Eastern Europe

Publications:

  • "Excessive States". 2000. (Book Chapter)
  • "After Post-socialism? Transition's Obscured Inevitability". 2005. (Refereed Journal Article)