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 Martin Bútora
Honorary President
Tel. + 421-2-54 43 40 30
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Martin Bútora, presently an Honorary President of the Institute for Public Affairs and Program Director of 'European Integration and Transatlantic Relations' Program. In the past he has worked as a university teacher, diplomat, Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to the United States (1999-2003). Mr. Bútora is a graduate of the Faculty of Arts of the Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia, holding a degree in sociology. In the late sixties, he was active as an editor-in-chief of student newspapers “Echo bratislavských vysokoškolákov” [Echo of Bratislava's University Students] and later as a deputy-chief editor of Reflex magazine and the weekly publication “Kultúrny život” [Cultural Life]. In November 1989, Mr. Bútora was one of the founders of the political movement Public Against Violence. In the spring of 1990, as a member of its Coordinating Committee (KC VPN) he took part in crafting Movement's election program – Chance for Slovakia. In the period of 1990- 1992 he held a position of a Human Rights Advisor to the President of Czech and Slovak Federal Republic Václav Havel, and the post of Director of the Human Rights Section in the Office of the President. In the beginning of the nineties, he taught at Charles University in Prague (where he holds a position of Professor Habilis since 1992); later he taught at the Department of Political Science, Trnava University (1993 – 1998). In 1997 he co-founded the Institute for Public Affairs and served as its first president. Mr. Bútora is an author of three prosaic works, several TV programs and film scripts, and translations of theatrical plays. In 1999 National Endowment for Democracy based in Washington D.C. has awarded him Democracy Service Medal; in 2000 he received Ján Papánek medal; and in 2002 a Celebration of Freedom Award by the American Jewish Committee. In the same year, he received the Order of Ľudovít Štúr for his contribution to defense of human rights and development of civil society from the hands of the President of the Slovak Republic.
Expertise
- foreign politics and transatlantic relations
- civil society and non-governmental nonprofit sector
- societal transformation
- human rights, minorities
Work History
- honorary president, program director, and analyst, Institute for Public Affairs, 2003
- ambassador of the Slovak Republic in the USA, 1999 – 2003
- president and analyst, Institute for Public Affairs, 1997 – 1999
- project coordinator - oral history of the Holocaust survivors, Milan Šimečka Foundation, 1995 – 1996
- lecturer, Dept. of Political Sciences, Trnava University, 1993 – 1997
- visiting lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles Univ., Prague, 1991 – 1992
- human rights advisor to the president of ČSFR Václav Havel, Director of the Human Rights Section in the Office of the President, 1990 – 1992
- sociologist, 1988 – 1989
- sociologist and therapist, Alcoholics Anonymous, 1977 – 1988
- documentarist, Czechoslovak Research Institute of Labor and Social Issues, 1971 – 1977
Education
- Doc., sociology, Charles University, Prague, 1992
- Ph. Dr., sociology, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University, Bratislava, 1981
- M. A., philosophy and sociology, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University, Bratislava, 1980
Fellowships and Educational Programs
- educational stay at Collegium Budapest, 1997
- educational stay Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 1993 – 1994
- educational stay at St. Anthony’s College, Oxford University, 1993
Media Collaboration
Papers and Articles in domestic and foreign periodicals, interviews in domestic and international press agencies, and radio and television broadcasting stations.
Selected Book Publications
- Bútora, M.: Civil Society – The International Context and the Case of Slovakia. In: Meir Dallach, H. – Juchler, J. (eds.): Postsocialist Transformations and Civil Society in a Globalizing World. New York, Nova Science Publishers 2001.
- Bútora, M.: The Third Sector – The Other Invisible Hand. In: Skepticism and Hope. Bratislava, Kalligram 1999.
- Bútora, M. – Mesežnikov, G. – Bútorová, Z. (eds.): Kto? Prečo? Ako? Slovenské voľby´98 [Slovak Elections '98: Who? Why? How?]. Bratislava, Institute for Public Affairs 1999.
- Bútora, M.: Bezpečnosť Slovenska očami predstaviteľov slovenských politických a spoločenských elít [Security of Slovakia in the Opinions of the Representatives of Slovak Political and Social Elites]. In: Bútora, M. – Šebej, F. (eds.): Slovensko v šedej zóne? Rozširovanie NATO, zlyhania a perspektívy Slovenska [Slovakia in the Grey Zone. NATO Enlargement, Slovakia's Failures and Prospects]. Bratislava, Institute for Public Affairs 1998, p. 227 – 246.
- Bútora, M.: The Present State of Democracy in Slovakia. In: Kaldor, M. – Vejvoda, I. (eds.): Democratization in Central and Eastern Europe. Pinter, Frances Publishing 1998.
- Bútora, M.: Kontexty slovenského referenda [Contexts of Slovakia's Referendum]. In: Mesežnikov, G. – Bútora, M. (eds.): Slovenské referendum '97: zrod, priebeh, dôsledky. Bratislava [ Slovak Referendum of '97: Origin, Development, Consequences], Institute for Public Affairs 1997, p. 13 – 42.
- Bútora, M. – Demeš, P.: Tretí sektor, dobrovoľníctvo a mimovládne neziskové organizácie [Third Sector, Volunteering and Non-governmental Nonprofit Organizations]. In: Bútora, M. (ed.): Slovensko 1996. Súhrnná správa o stave spoločnosti a trendoch na rok 1997 [Slovakia 1996. A Global Report on the State of Society and Trends for 1997]. Bratislava, Institute for Public Affairs 1997, p. 279 – 299.
- Bútora, M. – Fialová, Z. – Demeš, P.: Kampaň „Tretí sektor SOS" [Campaign "Third Sector SOS"]. Bratislava, S.P.A.C.E. 1997.
- Bútorová, Z. – Bútora, M.: Mimovládne organizácie a dobrovoľníctvo na Slovensku očami verejnej mienky [Non-governmental Organizations and Volunteering in Slovakia Through the Prism of Public Opinion]. Bratislava, S.P.A.C.E. 1996.
- Bútora, M. – Košťálová, K. – Demeš, P. – Bútorová, Z.: Tretí sektor, dobrovoľníctvo a mimovládne organizácie na Slovensku: 1995 – jar 1996 [Third Sector, Volunteering and Non-governmental Nonprofit Organizations in Slovakia - 1995 - Spring 1996]. In: Bútora, M. – Hunčík, P. (eds.): Slovensko 1995. Súhrnná správa o stave spoločnosti [Slovakia 1995. A Global Report on the State of Society]. Bratislava, Sándor Márai Foundation 1996, p. 185 – 217.
- Bútora, M. – Bútorová, Z.: From the Velvet Revolution to the Velvet Divorce? The National Issue in Post-Totalitarian Slovakia. In: Jensen, J. – Miszlivetz, F. (eds.): Paradoxes and Perspectives. Studies on European Transition. Szombathely, Savaria University Press 1995, p. 77 – 102.
- Bútora, M.: Alcoholism in the Czech and Slovak Republics in the Last Thirty Years: An Uneasy Legacy for the Reformers. In: Price, M. – Shea, B. – Mookherjee, H. (eds.): Social Psychiatry Across Cultures. New York, Plenum Press 1995.
- Bútorová, Z. – Bútora, M.: Political Parties, Value Orientations and Slovakia's Road to Independence. In: Wightman, G. (ed.): Party Formation in East-Central Europe: Post-Communist Politics in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Bulgaria. Aldershot, Edward Elgar 1995, p. 107 – 133.
- Bútora, M. – Bútorová, Z.: Attitudes Toward Jews and the Holocaust in Independent Slovakia. New York, American Jewish Committee 1995.
- Bútora, M.: Niektoré zahraničné súvislosti slovenských predčasných volieb [Foreign Context of Slovak Premature Elections]. In.: Szomolányi, S. – Mesežnikov, G.: Slovensko: Voľby 1994. Príčiny – Dôsledky – Perspektívy [1994 Elections. Reasons - Consequences - Prospects]. Bratislava, Slovak Political Sciences Association and Friedrich Ebert Foundation 1994, p. 64 – 85.
- Bútora, M. – Bútorová, Z.: Slovensko rok po. Cesty a križovatky nového štátu očami jeho obyvateľov [Slovakia One Year After. Journeys and Crossroads of the New State in the Opinions of its Inhabitants]. Praha, SLON, 1994.
- Bútora, M. – Bútorová, Z. – Gyárfašová, O.: From Velvet Revolution to Velvet Divorce (Reflections on the Newly Born Slovak Statehood). In: Kovács, J. M. (ed.).: Transition to Capitalism? The Communist Legacy in Eastern Europe. New Brunswick-London, Transaction Publishers 1994.
- Bútora, M. – Bútorová, Z.: Slovakia’s Legacies: Fears and Hopes after the Split of the CSFR. In: Nakarada, R. (ed.): Europe and the Disintegration of Yugoslavia. Belgrade, Institute for European Studies 1994.
- Bútora, M. – Bútorová, Z.: Die unertraglische Glattheit der Scheidung. In: Kipke, R. – Vodicka, K. (eds.): Abschied von der Tschechoslowakei. Berlin, Wissenschaft und Politik 1993.
- Bútora, M.: Překročit svůj stín. Svépomocné skupiny v péči o zdraví [To Step Over One's Shadow. Self-help Groups in Health Care]. Prague, Avicenum 1991.
- Bútora, M.: Mne sa to nemôže stať. Sociologické kapitoly z alkoholizmu [It Cannot Happen to Me. Sociological Chapters in Alcoholism]. Martin, Osveta 1989.
Selected Studies
- Bútora, M. – Bútorová, Z.: Democratic Awakening of Slovakia. Journal of Democracy, No. 1, 1999.
- Bútora, M.: Tretí sektor: ďalšia „neviditeľná ruka”? [The Third Sector: The Other "Invisible Hand"? OS, No. 2, 1998.
- Bútora, M.: Reflections on the Third Sector in Slovakia. Südosteuropa, Zeitschrift für Gegenwartsforschung, 1996, No. 3, p. 232 – 255.
- Bútora, M. – Bútorová, Z.: Identités en transition: de la Tchéco-Slovaquie a la Slovaquie. Politique et Sociétes, 1995, No. 28, p. 109 – 134.
- Bútorová, Z. – Bútora, M.: A szlovákiai változások öt éve (tanulmány). Kalligram, 1995, No. 11, p. 27 – 37.
- Bútora, M. – Bútorová, Z.: Slovakia After the Split. Journal of Democracy, 1993, No. 2.
- Bútora, M. – Bútorová, Z.: Slovakia: The Identity Challenges of the Newly Born State. Social Research, 1993, No. 4, p. 705 – 736.
- Bútorová, Z. – Bútora, M.: Wariness Towards the Jews as an Expression of Post-Communist Panic. Czechoslovak Sociological Review, Special Issue, 1992.
Lectures and Presentations at international conferences, colloquia and seminars
Lectures and presentations at more than 150 conferences, seminars and colloquia, including XII. World Congress of Sociology in Madrid (1990); Institute for Human Sciences (Vienna, 1992); Czech Sociological Society, Prague and Slovak Sociological Society, Bratislava (1975 – 1992); University of Lublin (Poland, 1994); Collegium Mexico (1996); University of Szombathely, Hungary (1997 and 1998); Foreign Service Institute, Washington; American Academy of Sciences, Washington; Harvard University, Boston; Georgetown University; New York University; New School University, New York; George Washington University; Princeton University; Stanford University; University of Berkeley; Boulder University; New England College; Hanover College; Wesleyan Ohio University; University of Arizona; University of Minnesota; Florida International University; Ohio State University; University of Nevada; Wayne University; University of Michigan; Johns Hopkins University, Gettysburg College (USA, 1992 – 2003).
Other Activities:
- member of the Board of Trustees, Trust for Civil Society, 2000 – 2003
- member of the Board of Trustees, Milan Šimečka Foundation, 1991 – 2003
- member of the Council for Ethnic Accord, Project on Ethnic Relations, Princeton, 1996 – 2003
- member of the Board of Trustees, Open Society Fund, Bratislava, 1996 – 1999
- chairman of the Slovak Center of P.E.N. club, 1994 – 1996.
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