Last updated: 01.10.2005.

Leon Clyde Lowder, III  

Curriculum Vitae

Address

Department of History

Mail Code 2527

611 Fayerweather Hall

Columbia University

New York, NY 10027
E-Mail: LCL16@columbia.edu

Biographical Data

Birth date: 30 March 1965
Place of Birth: North Carolina
Citizenship: USA

Education

Ph.D. candidate
Columbia University, New York, NY

Dissertation Working Title: The Socialist Life-Style: The Bulgarian Middle Class in the Age of Zhivkov, 1956-1989
Specialization: East Central European & Balkan history

Master of Philosophy, 2000
Columbia University, New York, NY

Master's Thesis: Democracy and Decommunization: Bulgaria and the Fall of the Dimitrov Government
Specialization: East Central European & Balkan history

Master of Arts, 1997
New School University, New York, NY

Master's Thesis: How the Flowers Revolted Against their Gardeners: The Postwar Generation in Bulgaria
Specialization: European Historical Studies

Bachelor of Arts, 1990
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Major: History

Senior Honors Thesis: History, Postmodern Reality & Ethics
Major: Philosophy

Senior Honors Thesis: Hier stehe ich; ich kann nicht anders tun: Nietzsche's "Gay Science"

Academic Honors

§         Phi Beta Kappa

§         International Research and Exchanges (IREX) 1998 Southeastern Europe Area Studies Grant

§         New School Honors Graduate Fellowship

§         New York University Teaching Fellowship

§         Columbia University Teaching Assistantship

§         UNC Worth Award in Philosophy

Academic Publications

§         "The Crystal Café: Bulgarian Democratic Rock-n-Roll after 1989," in John S. Micgiel, ed. The Transformation of 1989-1999: Triumph or Tragedy? (New York: East Central European Center, Columbia Univ., 2000). **[This article is currently being used as part of the required reading at Kansas University's Capstone Seminar in Russian and East European Studies].

§         Review of Albert Melone's "Creating Parliamentary Government: The Transition to Democracy in Bulgaria," in Slavic and East European Journal 43:4 (Winter 1999).

§         Review of Dennis Deletant's "Communist Terror in Romania: Gheorghiu-Dej and the Police State, 1948-1965," in Balkanistica 14 (2001).

§         Review of "Bulgarien-Jahrbuch, 1998-1999" in Balkanistica 15 (forthcoming 2002).

§         L'Alibi et 'Progr­es Technologique'" in La Nouvelle Alternative (July 2002).

Non-Academic Publications

§         Poetry: "ESL" and "Coffee poems" in Red River Review (November 2001).

Academic Electronic Mailing List Creator & Moderator

§         Creator and Moderator of the "Bulgarian_Studies" electronic discussion list which contains over 190 members including such important specialists on Bulgaria and the Balkans as Maria Todorova, Richard Crampton, Ali Eminov, Philip Shashko, Stefan Krause, and Fred Chary. For  this activity awarded with honorary diploma by the Agency for Bulgarians Abroad at the Council of Ministers, Republic of Bulgaria

Academic Conferences

§         Organizer and panel leader: "Bulgarian Identity: Scholarly Formations and Foreign Relations" at 6th Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (New York, NY: April 2001).

§         Panel discussant and leader: "Balkan Crisis and the Muslim World" at 4th Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (New York, NY: April 1999).

§         Delivered paper: "The Crystal Café: Bulgarian Democratic Rock-n-Roll after 1989," at the Harriman Institute and East Central Europe Center: Graduate Student Conference: 1989 - 1999 Transformations: Triumph or Tragedy? (New York, NY: February 1999).

Scholarly Memberships

§         American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies

§         American Historical Association

§         Bulgarian Studies Association

Academic Work Experience

Columbia University; New York, NY

Teaching Assistant in History (Spring & Fall 2002)

Vaptsarov Language High School; Shumen, Bulgaria

English & History Teacher (1991-1993)

New York University; New York, NY

Teaching Assistant in Philosophy (1990-1991)

North Carolina State University; Raleigh, NC

Research Assistant in Sociology (summers 1985 & 1986)

Non-Academic Work Experience

Albanian-American Enterprise Fund; New York, NY

Chief Financial Officer  (2000-2002)

Giorgio Armani Corporation; New York, NY

Managing Auditor and Senior Accountant  (1993-2000)

Volunteer Work

§         Vice-Chairman of the Westview Tenant's Task Force, Roosevelt Island, NY

§         Treasurer of the Albanian Children's Fund, New York, NY

Languages

§         Bulgarian, fluent

§         German, reading

§         French, reading

§         Serbo-Croatian, reading

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