
Nanette Funk
Education
B.A. Brooklyn College
Ph..D. Cornell University, 1981.
Areas of Specialization: Social and Political
Philosophy, German Contemporary Philosophy, Marxism, Feminist Political
Theory, Gender and Post Communism
Publications
Books
Gender Politics and Post-Communism: Reflections
from Women from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (eds.) Nanette
Funk and Magda Mueller, with an Introduction by Nanette Funk (New York:
Routledge, 1993), 350 pages
Articles
“The
East-West Women’s Dialog After 15 Years: 1990- 2005" in Living
Gender After Communism Janet Elise Johnson and Jean Robinson (ed.) (Indiana
Press, 2006) (forthcoming)
“Women’s
NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: The
Imperialist Criticism” in Active Citizenship, Women’s Agency
in Central and East Europe, (eds.) Joanna Regulska, Jasmina Lukic and
Darja Zavirsek 2006 Ashgate Press (forthcoming)
. “Women’s
NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: The
Imperialist Criticism” in femina politica. Zeitschrift für
feministische Politik-Wissenschaft 2006 (forthcoming)
“Chinese Women
Studies: A Comparison” Preface in Zhinghou Zhou, Chinese Women’s
Studies (forthcoming)
. “Women’s
NGOs in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union and the EU: The Anti-Imperialist
Criticism” [ Submitted and accepted for publication.]. Ashgate
Press.
. “Anglo-American
Feminist Political Theory: Can It Travel East to East and Central 2000.
Europe and the Former Soviet Union?” Signs,Vol 29, Number 3, (Spring
2004) pp.695-726.
Review ,Gender in Transition in Eastern and Central Europe. Proceedings
in Bulletin 22, Center for Interdisciplinary Women’s Research
at Humboldt University, Berlin, Spring, 2001, pp.46-9
“An
Interview with Valerie Sperling on Engendering Transition in Russia,
New Politics,Summer 2004, pp.122-132
"Zwischen
Privaten und Oeffentlichem: Das neue Abtreibungsgesetz in Deutschland,"
[Between the Public and the Private: The New Abortion Law in Germany],
in Kongressreader Vol.1, German Philosophical Association, September,1996.
pp.236-243
"Abortion
Counseling and the 1995 German Abortion Law," Connecticut Journal
of Inter-national Law, Vol.12, No.1 (Fall,1996) pp.33-65.
"Patriarchal
Morality vs. Democracy: The 1993 German Constitutional Court Decision,"
Research on Russia and Eastern Europe: Women in Post-Communism (eds.)
Barbara Wejnert and Mehta Spencer (JAI Press) 1996 pp.225-246
"Gibt
es einen grenzueberschreitenden Feminismus zwischen Ost und West?"
[Is Feminism Across East - West Borders possible?] in Frauenbewegung und
Frauenpolitik in Osteuropa [The Women's Movement and Women's Politics
in Eastern Europe] (Berlin: Campus Verlag) 1995 pp. 34-45
"Feminism
Meets Post-Communism: The Case of the United Germany," in Feminist
Nightmares: Women at Odds. An Anthology of Essays on the Problematics
of Sisterhood, (eds.) Jennifer Fleischner and Susan Weisser, (New York:
New York University Press,1994) pp.310-327
"On
East European Feminism," Chronicle of Higher Education, February
2, 1994. 2 pages
"Abortion and the Unification of Germany," Gender Politics and
Post-Communism (eds.) Nanette Funk and Magda Mueller (New York: Routledge,
1993) pp.194-200.
"Feminism
East and West," Gender Politics and Post-Communism (eds.) Nanette
Funk and Magda Mueller (New York: Routledge, 1993) pp.318-330. ----Reprinted
in Chinese in [English Translation] Women: The Longest Revolution (Beijing,
China) 1997. pp.243-260.
"
Women and Post-Communism," Gender Politics and Post-Communism, (New
York: Routledge Press, 1993) pp.1-14.
"Feminism
and Post-Communism," in Hypatia, Vol 8., no.4. Fall, 1993. pp.85-88.
Editor
of Special Section on East European Feminism, Hypatia, Vol.8, no.4, Fall,
1993.
"Feminismus
Ost und West," [Feminism East and West] in Frauen in Osteuropa [Women
in Eastern Europe] (Wiesbaden: Hessische Landeszentrale fuer politische
Bilding) 1993, pp.182-201.
"Women
Under Post-Communism," Against the Current, Vol. 8,1993 pp.30-34.
"Women
in the New East Germany," in Peace and Democracy News, Vol.7, No.1,
Summer, 1993.
"Feminism
in the Former East Germany," Dissent, Spring, 1992. pp.152-155.
"Affirmative
Action and Universality," in Socialism and Democracy. Vol. 8, Nos.2-3,
1992, pp.207-222.
"Strategies
for an Examination of Issues in Affirmative Action," in Newsletter
on Teaching Philosophy of APA Newsletter, Vol. 91., No.1, Spring, 1992
pp.168-170.
"Introduction
and Three Interviews with Women in East Germany and Yugoslavia,"
Social Text (1991) pp. 88-122.
"Habermas
and the Social Goods." In Social Text 18, Winter 1987\88 pp.19-37.
"Socialism
and Democracy." In Socialism and Democracy, Spring\Summer 1987. pp.85-91.
"Mill
and Censorship." In History of Philosophy Quarterly, Fall, 1984.
pp.453-463.
"Reporters
and a Free Press." In Applied Philosophy, Vol.2.No.1, Spring, 1984.
pp. 85-97.
"A Sketch Towards a Socialist Theory of Rights." In Radical
Philosopher's Newsletter, 1977. pp.
"Take
It." In Semiotexte, June,1982. (On West Berlin Squatters) pp.292-300.
Three
Articles on Legal Rights in West Germany in Info: West Germany, 1977-79.
Each two pages.
Reviews
Review
of Seyla Benhabib's Situating the Self, in Philosophical Review, Vol.103,
No.3, (July, 1994) pp.562-4.
Review
of Istvan Mezaros,Philosophy,Ideology and Social Science: Essays in Negation
and Affirmation. In Philosophical Review, Vol. 98, No.4 (October,1989)
pp. 573-576.
Review
of Agnes Heller's A Radical Philosophy, in Philosophical Review, Vol.96
(July, 1987)pp.461-464.
Review
of Juergen Habermas' The Theory of Communicative Action. In Philosophical
Review, Vol. 95, No.2 (April,1986) pp. 272-275.
Review
of Habermas' Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action, in Socialism
and Democracy, 1992. pp.155-158.
"Obsessive
Democracy".A Review of Carol Gould, Rethinking Democracy:Freedom,Social
Cooperation in Politics, Economy and Society, and Frank Cunningham, Democratic
Theory and Socialism. Telos 81 Fall,1989. pp.171-179.
Translations
Tatiana
Boehm, "Women and Civil Society," Gender Politics and Post-Communism
(eds.) Nanette Funk and Magda Mueller (New York: Routledge, 1993). (German
to English). Moishe Zuckerman," The Use of the Holocaust in Israel
Today,"Telos 1988 (German to English)
Work in Progress
Books
A
Political and Ethical Theory of Gender and Postcommunism
Invited Presentations and Papers
“Feminist
Criticisms of Liberalism: Can They Travel East,” University of Toronto,
March 1, 2002
“Critical Theory, Gender and Globalization,” New York University
Conference on Critical Theory, November,2001
“Women in the GDR and in the Unification of Germany,”Conference
on The New Germany, The Center for Global change and Governance, Rutgers
University, April 28, 2000
“Reproductive Rights and Transition,” Conference on Labor
and Reproductive Rights, Remarque Institute, New York University, March
23, 2000
Commentator, Panel on Women in Eastern Europe, Ethnography Conference,
Columbia University, February, 2000
Speaker, Panel on women in Eastern Europe, The Quilted Giraffe, New York
City, Fall, 1999
"The Representations of Russian Women in the New York Times,"
Conference on Women and the Media, St. Petersburg, Russia, June, 1997.
Co-cordinator of five week section on Rights in Post-Communism, Rutgers
Seminar on Gender and Transition, Fall, 1996.
"Critique of Rhoda Copelan's, `Domestic Abuse as Torture,'"
Rutgers Seminar on Gender andTransition, Fall, 1996.
"The German Abortion Debate After Unification," Rutgers Seminar
on Gender and Transition, Fall, 1996.
Commentator on Conception of Rights in Post-Communism, Rutgers Seminar
on Gender and Transition, Fall, 1996.
"Zwischen Privaten und Oeffentlichem: Das neue Abtreibungsrecht in
Deutschland," [ "Between the Public and the Private: The New
German Abortion Law"], German Philosophical Associatoin, Leipzig,
Germany, September, 1996.
"Feminism Across Borders- Possible or Impossible" German Political
Science Convention, August, 1994. Potsdam.
"Conflicts Between East European and Western Feminists," Panel
on Women in Europe, Women's Studies. Graduate Center, CUNY March, 1994.
"Conflicts Between East and West German Women since the Unification
of Germany," Columbia Women in Europe Group. February, 1994.
"Nationalism, Rights and the Individual. An Analysis of the differences
between East and West Feminism," NYU Institute of Humanities, Seminar
on Women, December 14,1993.
"Feminism East and West," Conference on Eastern European Women,
Frankfurt, Germany, October, 1993.[In German]
"Reproductive Rights in the United Germany. An Analysis of the May,1993
German Constitutional Court Decision," at Women and Gender Relations
Conference at Cornell University, October,1993.
"East German Women and the Unification. The Meaning of Discrimination,"
Helsinki Citizens Assembly, New York Group, September, 1993.
"German Women and Unification," Panel on Germany. Italian Cultural
Institute, New York City. October, 1993.
"Catherine MacKinnon and Freedom of Speech," Political Theory
Conference April,1993.
"Immigration and Germany," Socialist Scholars' Conference, April,
1993.
Commentary on Uta Kretschmer's Paper on Women in the Former GDR,"
at Conference, "GDR women and the Unification of Germany: Can You
Make A State Without Women?" Conference April 15-18,1993. Goethe
Institute, New York
"On Bat Ami's `On National Identity,'" Society for Philosophy
and Feminism. New York, May, 1993.
"Right-wing Movements in Germany, Rutgers University Colloquium,
March,1993.
"Women in Eastern Europe," Presented at: Colloquium on Women
in Europe, NYU January, 1993; Socialist Scholars Conference, New York,
Apr.1992
"Women in the Transition to a Reunited Germany, 1992" Brooklyn
College, Co-sponsored by the Department of History and the Women's Studies
program, December, 1992.
"Normative issues in Research on Women, East and West," Leipzig,
Germany, November, 1992 [In German].
" Feminism, East and West," Center for Interdisciplinary Women's
Research (ZiF) Humboldt University, Berlin, July,1992.
"German Unification and Women," Socialist Scholars' Conference,
April, 1992.
" Women and the Transformation in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet
Union. An Analysis of the Issues," Society for Philosophy and Feminism.
Boulder, Colorado. October, 1992.
"Gender Politics and Post-Communism," Columbia University Colloquium
on Feminism, October, 1992.
" Institutional Discrimination: former GDR women and the German Unification,"
October, 1992, Columbia Faculty Seminar on Feminism; American Political
Science Association, August, 1991.
"Abortion and the Unification of Germany," Summer Institute
of New School for Social Research, in Krakow, Poland, July,1992.
"A Strange Case of Post-Modernist Architectural Photography: Bernd
and Hilla Becher," Association for Art, Politics and Society. Jacksonville,
Florida, 1991.
"The Aesthetics of the Photography of Bernd and Hilla Becher,"
Long Island University, May, 1990.
"The Frankfurt School and Affirmative Action," Telos Conference
in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. February, 1990.
" CIA Recruiting on Campus and Free Speech." Socialist Scholars
Conference Spring, 1990.
Commentator on Rodney Pfeffer's Analytic Marxism. Socialist Scholars Conference,
April, 1988
"Benhabib's Defense of Habermas," International Dubrovnik Conference,
Spring,1987.
"Democracy and Socialism," Socialist Scholars' Conference, April,1986
"Habermas and Social Goods," Brooklyn College Department Colloquia,
December, 1985.
"The Aesthetics of Documentary in Film, Video and Photography:Introduction,"
Panel on Documentary in Film,Video and Photography, Socialist Scholars
Conference, April,1985.
"Sanctions in the Professions", Discussant in Humanities Institute,
Social Science Series, I, "Truth on Trial"1985
"Habermas and Political Organization: Organization and Political
Parties," at Radical Caucus of the American Philosophical Association
December 1984.
"Reporters and Free Speech," New York Chapter of Philosophy
and Public Affairs, May, 1984.
"Mill and Censorship," First International Social and Political
Philosophy Conference. Montreal, Canada. August, 1983.
"Marxism and Individual Rights," Radical Caucus of American
Philosophical Association. December, 1978.
"Rights in Socialism, Activist Philosophy Conference, Spring, 1977.
"The Theory of the Party," Radical Caucus, American Philosophical
Caucus, 1978.
"Marx's Grundrisse," Group on Western Marxist Theory, 1976.
"Habermas' Knowledge and Human Interests," Group on Western
Marxist Theory, 1975.
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