Education

2005 PhD candidate in Sociology (ABD)
The New School for Social Research, New York
PhD Dissertation: Sovereignty and Constitutional Democracy (PhD expected September 2008)

2004 MA, Sociology
The New School for Social Research, New York (with Honors)

2000 MA, Sociology
The Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

1997 BA, Sociology and Public Policy
The Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic


Fellowships

2006 – 2007 Dissertation Fellowship
The New School for Social Research, New York

2005 – 2006 DAAD Graduate Scholarship
JWG Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Fall 2004 Transregional Center for Democratic Studies Fellowship
The New School for Social Research, New York

2002 – 2005 Graduate Faculty Dean’s Fellowship
The New School for Social Research, New York

2001 Vize 97 Foundation of Václav Havel and Dagmar Havel fellowship


Teaching Experience

Fall 2007 Sovereignty, the State and the Postnational Constellation
The Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Spring 2005 Introduction to Social Theory
Parsons The New School for Design, New York

Spring 2004 Introduction to Social Theory
Parsons The New School for Design, New York

Fall 2003 Modern Political Thought
Parsons The New School for Design, New York

Spring 2002 Culture, Civilizations, Multiculturalism
The Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, rague, Czech Republic


Publications

“Sovereignty, Democracy and a Postnational Constellation: Carl Schmitt versus Jürgen Habermas.” Philosophical Journal 55, no. 5 (2007): 673 – 690.

“Modernity and the Decline of the Public Sphere: The Concept of the Public Sphere and the Deliberative Politics in the work of Hannah Arendt and Jürgen Habermas.” In Historical Sociology, edited by Jiří Šubrt. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2007.

“Politics in the Permanent State of Exception,” Lidové noviny, May 19, 2007.

“Legality, Legitimacy and the Politics of the Extraordinary: The Constitution-making in Czechoslovakia, 1992.” TCDS Working Paper Series. New York: TCDS, 2005.

“The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere.” Sociological Review 38, no. 5 (2002): 650 – 659. (book review)

Peter Berger, Thomas Luckmann: Social Construction of Reality, Věda, Technika a Společnost IX(XXII)3 (2000): 161 – 168. (book review)

“Hannah Arendt: Thinking and Moral Considerations,” Reflexe 19 (1999): 1 – 26. (translation)


Conference Papers

Sept 2007 “Two Concepts of Sovereignty”
Society for European Philosophy and Forum for European Philosophy 3rd Annual Joint Conference, University of Sussex, UK

Apr 2007 “Beyond Sovereignty?”
Association for Legal and Social Philosophy conference 2007, Keele University, UK

May 2006 “Beyond Sovereignty?”
Philosophy and Social Sciences International Conference, Prague, Czech Republic

May 2006 “Legality, Legitimacy and the Politics of the Extraordinary: The Constitution Making in Czechoslovakia, 1992”
CEU Graduate Conference in the Humanities and Social Studies, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

May 2005 “Institution and Mediation: Carl Schmitt’s Concept of Sovereignty”
Sovereignty and The State of Exception colloquium, The New School for Social Research, New York

May 2004 “Foundation, Constitution Making and Democratic Legitimacy”
Constitutions & Foundations Graduate Conference, The New School for Social Research, New York


Conference Organization

May 2005 Sovereignty and The State of Exception colloquium, The New School for Social Research, New York

May 2004 Constitutions & Foundations Graduate Conference, The New School for Social Research, New York


Professional Affiliations

1998 – 2002 Journalist, Lidové noviny newspaper

1997 – 1998 Consultant for Media Legislative, Parliament of the Czech Republic

1995 – 1997 Strategic Planning Manager, Nova TV Network


Language Skills

Czech (native)
English and German (excellent)


Contact Information

Current
Address: Petra Gümplová
Šimáčkova 9
170 00 Praha 7
Czech Republic

Phone: +420 608 238 900
Email: gumplovp@newschool.ed