R. AMY ELMAN
PoliticalScienceDepartment
Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo, MI 49006
Work: (269) 337-7106
EDUCATION
1991, Ph.D. Politics, New York University
1986, M.A. Politics, New York University
1983, B.A. Politics, Brandeis University, cum laude
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
KALAMAZOO COLLEGE
2013-PresentWilliam Weber Chair of Social Science
2007-2013Chair, Political Science
2012-2013Interim Director, Jewish Studies
2006-PresentProfessor, Political Science
2000-2003Director, Women’s Studies Program
1997-2005Associate Professor, Political Science
1996-2001Chair, Political Science
1994-2003Associate Director, Title VI Center for European Studies
1993-1994Interim Director, Women’s Studies Program
1991-1997Assistant Professor, Political Science
VISITING PROFESSOR
2009 SpringCenter for European Studies, Visiting Scholar, Harvard University
2005 WinterCenter for European Studies, Visiting Scholar, New York University
2004 FallDepartment of Modern Languages, NEH Fellow, SUNY Potsdam
2002 FallWomen and Gender Studies Program, Middlebury College
1998-1999 Department of Sociology, Uppsala University, Sweden
1996 SpringDepartment of Sociology, Uppsala University, Sweden
1995 SpringCenter for European Studies, Visiting Scholar, New York University
COURSES OFFERED
Introduction to Comparative PoliticsComparative Political Institutions of Europe
Women, States and NGOsThe Politics of the Holocaust
The Politics of RevolutionsThe Politics of European Integration
WS Seminar: Violence Against WomenIntroduction to Women's Studies
Senior Seminar: Marx & Weber DebateInternational Studies Seminar: Social Movements
Sophomore Seminar: The Politics of Migration
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
The European Union, Antisemitism and the Politics of Denial, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2014.
Sexual Equality in an Integrated Europe, New York: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2007.
Sexual Subordination and State Intervention: Comparing Sweden & the United States, Oxford: Berghahn Books, 1996.
Sexual Politics and the European Union: The New Feminist Challenge, (Ed.), Oxford: Berghahn Books, 1996.
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REFEREED ARTICLES
"Confronting the Sexual Abuse of Women with Disabilities,"VAWnet, Applied Research Forum, National Electronic Network on Violence Against Women. Winter, 2005.
"Testing the Limits of European Citizenship: Ethnic Hatred and Male Violence,"National Women’s Studies Association Journal special issue "Gender and SocialPolicy: Local to Global." Vol. 13, No. 3, 2001, 49-69.
Reprinted in Feminist politics, activism and vision:local and global challenges, editedby Luciana Ricciutelli, Angela Miles, and Margaret McFadden, London/Toronto: Zed Books, 2004.
"Unprotected by the Swedish Welfare State Revisited: Assessing a Decade of Reforms for Battered Women,"Women’s Studies International Forum, Vol. 24, No, 1,
2001, 39-52.
"The Limits of Citizenship: Migration, Sex Discrimination and Same Sex Partners in EU Law,"Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 38, No. 5: December 2000, 729-49.
Reprinted in Immigration: The International Library of Essays in Law and Society,
edited by Susan Sterett, Hampshire: Ashgate Publishing, 2006.
"Heterosexism in the European Union: 'Family Rights' and Familiar Tensions,"Kvinnovetenskapligtidskrift, Vol. 19, No. 1, 1999, 64-73.
"Disability Pornography,"Violence Against Women: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol. 3, No. 3, 1997, 257-70.
"Feminism & Legislative Redress: Sexual Harassment in Sweden & the United States,"Women & Politics, Vol. 16, No. 3, 1996, 1-11.
Revised and reprinted inNouvelles Questions Féministes, Vol. 18,
No. 2, 1997, 5-34.
"Triangles and Tribulations: The Politics of Nazi Symbols,"Journal of Homosexuality,
Vol. 30, No. 3, 1996, 1-11.
Revised and reprinted in Trouble andStrife, Vol. 34, 1996-1997, 62-6.
Excerpted by American On-Line and in full at Holocaust Cybrary, 1996-Present.
"Debunking the Social Democrats and the Myth of Equality," Women’s Studies International Forum, Vol. 16, No. 5, 1993, 513-22.
"Unprotected by the Swedish Welfare State: A Survey of Battered Women and the Assistance They Received," co-authored with Eduards in Women’s Studies International Forum, Vol. 14, No. 5, 1991, 413-21.
Reprinted in Different Roles, Different Voices: Women and Politics in
the US and Europe, edited by Marianne Githens, PippaNorris, and
Joni Lovenduski, New York: HarperCollins,1994.
Reprinted in Feminism and Politics, edited by Joni Lovenduski,
Hampshire: Ashgate, 2000.
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REFEREED REVIEW ESSAYS
‘From Global to Grassroots: The European Union, Transnational Advocacy, and Combatting Violence Against Women,"Politics and Gender, Vol. 10, No. 2, June 2014, 305-308.
"Global Woman: Nannies, Maids and Sex Workers in the New Economy."Violence Against Women, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2004, 195-99.
"Engendering State Theory: Feminists Engage 'The State'." The Review of PolicyResearch,
Vol. 20, No. 3,Fall 2003, 549-56.
"Our European Enigma: Assessing Progress." EUSA Review, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2002, 5-7.
REFEREED BOOK CHAPTERS
"The EU’s Responses to Contemporary Antisemitism: A Shell Game," in Deciphering the New Antisemitism, edited by Alvin Rosenfeld, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, Forthcoming.
"Gender Violence," in The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Politics, edited by Georgina Walen, Karen Celis, Johanna Kantola and S. Laurel Weldon, New York: Oxford University Press, 2013, 236-256 .
"Intersectionality, Inequality and EU law," in Diversity and the European Union, edited by Elisabeth Prugl and Markus Theil, New York: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2009, 155-168.
"Refuge in Reconstructed States: Shelter Movements in the United States, Britain and Sweden," in Women's Movements Facing the Reconfigured State, edited by Lee Ann Banaszak, Karen Beckwith and Dieter Rucht, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003, 94-113.
"The Gendered Limitations of European Citizenship and Monetary Integration," in European Integration Theory and the Euro, edited by Amy Verdun, New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2002, 109-124.
"Mainstreaming Immobility: Disability Pornography and its Challenge to Two Movements," in The Sourcebook on Violence Against Women, edited by Claire Renzetti, Edleson and Bergen, California: Sage Publications, 2001, 193-207.
"Lesbians and the Holocaust," in Women and the Holocaust, edited by Esther Fuchs, Washington,DC: University Press of America, 1999, 9-17.
"The European Union and Women: Virtual Equality," in The State of the European UnionVol. IV, edited by Pierre-Henri Laurent and Marc Marsceau, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1998, 225-39.
"Sweden: The State’s Feminism," in Comparative State Feminism, edited by Amy G. Mazur and Dorothy Stetson, London: Sage Publications, 1995, 237-253.
SELECTHONORS, GRANTS & AWARDS
2011-Present Editorial Board Member, American Political Science Association’s journal
Politics, Groups and Identities (PGI).
2010 Center for Russian and East European Studies Grant
Grant to revise courses to include reflections on the aftermath of 1989 in Eastern Europe. Curriculum Development Grant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Selected Honors, Grants and AwardsR. Amy Elman (4)
Continued
2008-09Sassoon International Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism - Hebrew University
Grant for research project, "Anti-Semitism in Integrated Europe: Governance & Virtual Redress."
2007Chair, Victoria Schuck Committee, American Political Science Association
Oversaw annual award for the best book published on women and politics.
2005Beeler Award, Kalamazoo College
Term leave and travel stipend awarded for completion of book manuscript.
2005Salzburg Seminar Fellow
Fellowship to attend an international seminar, "The European Union: Challenges of Integration and Expansion,"SchlossLeopoldskron, Austria.
2004National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
Fellowship for public lectures and seminars on European integration and Holocaust studies, State University of New York, Potsdam.
2000-03 Title VI Renewed Funding, US Department of Education
Contributor to a federal grant to support the Center for European Studies, Kalamazoo College.
1999 Center for Russian and East European Studies Grant (deferred)
Grant to revise courses to include reflections on social movements in Eastern Europe. Curriculum Development Grant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
1998-99 American-Scandinavian Foundation Research Grant
Post-doctoral grant to support "Swedish Reforms on Male Violence: A Diachronic Study."
1998-99 Florence J. Lucasse Award, Kalamazoo College
Fellowship awarded in recognition for outstanding scholarship.
1997-00 Title VI Renewed Funding, US Department of Education
Contributor to a federal grant to support the Center for European Studies, Kalamazoo College.
1996-98 Council for European Studies Grant, Columbia University
Member of a research team awarded the grant for a collaborative study concerning women, industrialized states and social movements.
1993-94 Title VI Priority Funding, US Department of Education
Grant awarded for international conference "Women, The European State and Community," Center for European Studies of Kalamazoo College.
1992-93 Randall Robinson Award, Michigan Department of Education
Grant from the Office of Minority Equity to support multicultural course development.
1990-91 Dean’s Dissertation Award, New York University
Grant from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences to complete dissertation.
1990-91 Civil Department Grant, Swedish National Government
Grant awarded to compile Swedish data for a nation-wide information campaign concerning the myths and realities of violence against women in Sweden.
1989-90 Fulbright Research Grant, US Department of Education
For research on Swedish violence policies, Department of Political Science, Stockholm University
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SELECT INVITED LECTURES & SEMINARS
"Human Rights in the European Union," Forthcoming Sears lecture at Purdue University, April 2015.
"The Politics of Xenophobia, Anti-Semitism, and the Extreme Right in Europe," lecture presented at Stony Brook University Hillel and Jewish Theological Seminary Joint Event, March 2015.
"The EU and its Working Definition of Anti-Semitism?" lecture presented at Michigan State University, February 2015.
"Europe’s Symbolic Redress: Multi-governance and Jews," lecture presented at The Vidal Sassoon International Centerfor the Study of Antisemitism - SICSA, Hebrew University, May 2014.
"The EU’s Responses to Contemporary Antisemitism: A Shell Game," lecture presented at "Deciphering the New Antisemitism: An International Scholars Conference," Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, University of Indiana (Bloomington), April 2014.
"Remedying Anti-Semitism" paper delivered at the Jean Monnet Workshop on EU Antidiscrimination Law and Policy, Temple University, April 2012.
"European Integration: Anti-Semitism and EU Remedies,"lecture presented to the Colorado European Union Center for Excellence (CEUCE), Jewish Studies Program and Women and Gender Studies Program at the University of Colorado, Boulder, October 2011.
"Beyond the EU Industrial Complex – Fighting for Women’s Lives," short-course presentation for the American Political Science Association, Annual Conference, September 2010.
"Anti-Semitism in the context of European integration," seminar at Harvard University’s Center for European Studies, March 2009.
"Intersectionality, Inequality and EU law," paper delivered at "Diversity and European Integration," Miami European Union Center for Excellence, Florida International University, Miami, April 2008.
"Confronting the Sexual Abuse of Women with Disabilities within an Integrated Europe," lecture presented to the Forum for Women and Disabilities at an international conference, World Trade Centre, Stockholm, Sweden, April 2007.
"Why Europe Matters," lecture given to the Stockholm Women’s Center, November2005.
"Falling between Levels of Governance," paper delivered at "National Feminisms in a Transnational Arena: The European Union and the Politics of Gender," The European Union Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 2003.
"Notes on Mentoring," round-table concerning women in political science, Midwest Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, April 2002.
"Sexual Subordination and Resistance in Comparative Perspective," paper delivered to a Special Session on Women and Politics, American Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, August 2001.
"From Equality to Parity," panel discussant for the European Community Studies Association (now European Union Studies Association), Biennial Conference, June 2001.
"Mainstreaming Gender in European Public Policy," discussant for an international workshop, The European Union Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 2000.
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Continued
"European Immigration Policies: Racism and Reflections on Austria," lecture given to theDepartment of Political Science, Western Michigan University, February 2000.
"The Domestification of Equality: Family Rights and Familiar Tensions," lecture presented to the Title VI Center for European Studies, University of Pittsburgh, November 1999.
"A Reconsideration of Reform: Violence against Women in Sweden," lecture presented to the Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh, November 1999.
"Theories of European Integration," panel discussant for an international conference, "Conceptualizing the New Europe: European Monetary Integration and Beyond." University of Victoria, BC, October 1999.
"Violence Against Women: A Decade of Swedish Reform," preliminary findings presented to the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Battered Women's Shelters, Sweden, May 1999.
"Gendered Opposition to the EU," lecture presented to the Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, March 1999.
"Typologies of Denial: Denying the Holocaust and Denying Sexual Atrocities," seminar given to the Sociology Department, Uppsala University, Sweden, December 1998.
"In Search of Space," paper presented to The State & Women's Movements Research Group, Penn State University, May 1998.
"French Considerations of European Integration and Equality," lecture presented during Women's Week, Hope College, March 1998.
"Virtual Equality" lecture presented to the International Political Science Association's Research Committee on European Unification, Annual Conference, Brussels, Belgium, July 1997.
"Resisting Rape and Genocide," lecture presented to an international conference on rape, sponsored by the National Association of Battered Women's Shelters, Stockholm, Sweden, January 1997.
"Prostitution in Sweden," paper delivered to Special Workshop on Violence, Work and Welfare, Social Science History Association, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, October 1996.
"Revising the Holocaust," lecture presented to the Advanced Center for Comparative Gender Research, Stockholm University, Sweden, February 1996.
National Science Foundation Workshop on Comparative State Feminism, RijksUniversiteit Leiden, The Netherlands, July 1995.
"Re-Presenting the Holocaust," lecture presented to the Women's Studies Program, Bradford University, England, April 1995.
"The Politics of Denazification," Andrew Lecture Series speaker, Department of History, Yale University, February 1995.
"Swedish Government Commissions," lecture presented to the National Association of Battered Women's Shelters, Sweden, January 1995.
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Continued
"Sweden’s Politics of Pornography," lecture presented at Miami of OhioUniversity, April 1993.
"From Battery to Prostitution: Transformations in Consciousness," lecture presented to the All Women's House, Stockholm, Sweden, January 1993.
"Debunking the Social Democrats," paper delivered at the "Women and Power Conference," New York University Law School, March 1992.
SELECT CONFERENCE PAPERS
"The European Union Monitoring Centre and Fundamental Rights Agency – Sidestepping Antisemitism?," presented at the European Union Studies Association, Fourteenth Biennial Conference, March 2015, Boston, Massachusetts.
"The Paradoxes of EU Policy: Violence against Women,"presented at theEuropean Union Studies Association, Ninth Biennial Conference, April 2005, Austin, Texas.
"Gender and Social Policy: Bringing the Politics Back In," presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, April 2004, Chicago, Illinois.
"Historicizing EU Equality Policy: Is Hindsight 20/20?," presented at the European Union Studies Association 8th International Conference, March 2003, Nashville, Tennessee.
"The Professionalization and Commodification of Women's Protest Movements," presented at the Canadian Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, May 2002.
"Sexual Harassment Policy: Sweden in European Context," presented at the Council for European Studies, Twelfth International Conference of Europeanists, April 2000.
"The Symbolic Character of Government Response to Violence against Women in Sweden," presented at the American Political Science Association, Annual Conference, September 1999.
"Familiar Orientation: Sex Discrimination, Same Sex Partners and Migration in EU Law," presented at the American Political Science Association, Annual Conference, September 1999.
"Women as Standard or Deviation: EU Equality Politics," presented at the European Community Studies Association, Biennial Conference, June 1999.
"EU Citizenship: New Rights for Whom," presented at the European Community Studies Association, Biennial Conference, May 1997.
"EU Citizenship and Gendered Obstacles," presented at the American Political Science Association, Annual Conference, September 1996.
"Sexual Subordination and European Integration," presented at the National Women's Studies Association, Annual Conference, June 1994.
"Implementing Swedish Legal Strategies," presented at the "Speech, Equality and Harm Conference," University of Chicago Law School, March 1993.
"States and Culture for Swedish and American Feminists," presented at the International Council for European Studies, Annual Conference, March 1992.
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JOURNAL & MANUSCRIPT REFEREE
2015Political Research Quarterly
2014Political Research Quarterly; International Feminist Journal of Politics
2013Oxford University Press
2012Signs; Comparative European Politics; Gender and Society
2011American Political Science Review; Random House
2010Oxford University Press; International Political Science Review
2009-10 Comparative European Politics; Politics & Gender
2008Palgrave; International Political Science Review; Political Research Quarterly
2007Indiana University Press; Berghahn Books; Social Politics;
Violence Against Women: An International & Interdisciplinary Journal;
Women's Studies International Forum
2006Women's Studies International Forum
2005Routledge; Political Geography; Social Politics
2003Shofar: An International Journal of Jewish Studies
2002Social Politics; Governance
2000Duke University Press; University of Pittsburgh Press;
Journal of Common Market Studies; Choice; Journal of Poverty
1999 Berghahn Books; Violence Against Women: An International & Interdisciplinary Journal
1998European Studies Journal
1993Comparative Politics and Sex Roles: A Journal of Research
ADDITIONAL EXTERNAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
2015External Projects Reviewer, European Research Council (European Union)
2013-15 Editorial Board Member, Politics, Groups, Identities (PGI)
2013-14 Mentor, American Political Science Association Mentoring Program
2012-13 Board Member, Seeding Change (formerly Peace Jam)
2013Evaluator, College Board, AP Government and Politics
2012External Projects Reviewer, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
2010-11Member, Sexual Violence Research Initiative Network, S. Africa (formerly with WHO)
2010External Reviewer, International Relations Program, Lake Forest College
2009Member, Women & Politics, Best Paper Committee, American Political Science Association
2008External Tenure Reviewer, Department of Sociology, Dickinson College
2006External Reviewer, Program on Gender and Globalization, University of Vienna, Austria
2003External Reviewer, Political Science Department, Scripps College
KALAMAZOO COLLEGE COMMITTEES
2013-2014Co-Chair, Experiential Education Committee
2010-2012Member, Academic Standards Committee
2010-PresentMember, Jewish Studies Program
2009-2010Member, Committee on Teaching
2008-PresentMember, Steering Committee of International & Area Studies
2006-2008Chair, Experiential Education Committee
2004-2008Member, Harassment Hearing Board
2004Member, Athletics Committee
2002-2004Member, Faculty Development Committee
1999-2000Member, Diversity Task Force
1997-1998 Member, Keystone Committee on Teaching and Scholarship
1992-1993 Member, Committee on Multiculturalism
1991-1992 Member, Committee on Sexual Assault
SELECT REFERENCES
Available upon request