Susanne Tönsmann
E-mail: stoens(at)gsss(dot)uni-bremen(dot)de
Dissertation
What Is Citizenship For? Citizenships and Naturalization in Latvia (defended March 5, 2012)
Research Interests
Citizenship, International Relations Theory, Gender Studies, Feminist Theories, Baltic States, Security Studies
Education
April 2004: University of Hannover, Magistra Artium in Political Science, with minors in Sociology and American Studies. Master Thesis: 'Reconsidering Security in Feminist Constructivist Terms'
February - May 2003: University of Wisconsin-Madison, independent research for Master Thesis
February - May 2002: University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Socrates Student
August 2000 - July 2001: University of Wisconsin, Guest Student in Political Science and Sociology. GPA 4.0/4.0
Scholarships
Fellow of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, October 2005 - present
Russian Language Course funded by the DAAD. Course at the Tomsk Polytechnical University and the Moscow State Linguistic University, July/August 2005
Intensive Course Latvian, funded by the Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur, Braunschweig/Riga, February/March 2005
DAAD Scholarship 'Research for the Master's Thesis Abroad', University of Wisconsin-Madison
02/03-05/03 Sokrates Scholarship University of Iceland - ReykjavÃk, Spring Term 2002
Study Abroad Grant by the University of Hannover for the Academic Year 2000/2001 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Fulbright Travel Grant for the Academic Year 2000/2001 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Experience
October 2009 - today: Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Georg-August Universität Göttingen
March - June 2007: Honorary Visiting Fellow, Women's Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Winter Term 2006/07: Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Comparative Politics
October - December 2004: Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Latvia, Riga
December 2000 - July 2001: Research Assistant for Prof. Myra Marx Ferree, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
October 1999 - April 2004: Various positions as Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant, University of Hannover
Papers and Presentations
'Aspekte lokaler Gerechtigkeit' Paper delivered at the Workshop 'Gerechtigkeit und Inklusion. Impulse aus dem Werk von Iris M. Young'. Darmstadt, October 2007
'Degrees of Passports: Having One or Having None and What is Inbetween' Paper delivered at the Transeuropean Lab: do not exist. europe, woman, digital medium. Bremen, September 2006
Comment on 'Responsibility and Global Justice: A Social Connection Model' by Iris Marion Young. Delivered at the workshop 'Cosmopolitan Civil Society', Universität Göttingen, July 2006
'Securitzing Citizenship. The Construction of Non-Citizens as a Threat to Security in Latvia'
Paper delivered at the COST Doctoral Training School 'Critical Approaches to Security in Europe', held at Sciences Po, Paris, June 2005
'Intersections of Gender and Security in the Baltic Sea Region'
Paper delivered at the International PhD course 'Security Theory - Critical Innovations' hosted by Ole Wæver, University of Copenhagen, November 2004