Alexandra Kowalski
Assistant Professor
Sociology and Social Anthropology
Central European University
Hungary
Biography
Alexandra Kowalski is Assistant Professor in the department of Sociology and Social Anthropology. She is also teaching faculty and board member in CEU’s new Cultural Heritage program (MA). She holds a PhD and an MA in Sociology (New York University), and an MA in Philosophy and Epistemology of the Social Sciences (Sorbonne-Paris-IV). She was most recently a Fung Fellow at the Institute for International and Regional Studies at Princeton University where she was in residence from 2014-2015.
Research Interest
The intersection between power and culture in modern history, with particular focus on the state processes and mechanisms that constitute cultural wealth and symbolic value.
Publications
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Kowalski A. When Cultural Capitalization Became Global Practice: The 1972 World Heritage Convention. In: The Cultural Wealth of Nations. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press; 2011. p. 73-89.
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Kowalski A. The Nation, Rescaled: Theorizing The Decentralization Of Memory In Contemporary France. Comparative Studies in Society and History. 2012;54(2).
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Krause M, Kowalski A. Reflexive Habits: Dating and Rationalised Conduct in New York and Berlin. The Sociological Review. 2012;16(1):21-40.
