CURRICULUM VITAE

VALENTINA Y. SMORGUNOVA

17.12.1955, Leningrad, USSR (Now-  St.-Petersburg, Russia)

 Dean,   Faculty of Law

Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (Herzen University),

191186, Moika Emb., 48,

St.-Petersburg, Russia

Tel/fax: +7(812)312-9910

E-mail: valentina_smorgunova@hotmail.com

Education

         Second (doctorate) dissertation , Herzen University (1997),

 First (candidate) dissertation, Herzen University (1981),

         PhD.  Herzen  State Pedagogical University of Russia (1978-1981)

BA, MA . St.-Petersburg State University (LGU) , Faculty of Philosophy (1973-1978)

Current Position

         Dean, Faculty of Law; Head, Department of Theory of Law and Civic-Legal Education,

Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Professor.

Job Experience

2002 –  current time Dean, Faculty of Law,  Herzen University,

2002 – current time Head, Department of  Theory of Law and Civic-Legal Education, Faculty of Law, Herzen University,

1998 – current time Professor, Departments of Philosophy, Political Science and Law,

1992-2002 – Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Herzen University,

1999-2002 – Head, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Herzen University,

1988-1992 – Dean, Faculty of History, Herzen University,

1981-1988 – Assistant, Associate Professor , Department of Philosophy, Herzen University

Field of Research and Teaching 

Philosophy of Law, Civic Education, Political Philosophy, Theory of Law, Human rights, Civic Virtues, Civil Society, Political Justice, Political Socialization, Multiculturalism.

Research and Teaching Experience abroad

2013 April — Tallinn, Estonia — European Conference of the Deans of the Faculty of Law, participant.

2013 March — Mysore, India, Infosys Global Education Centre,  visiting scholar;

2012 November -  Canberra, Australia, Australian National University, ANU College of Law, visiting scholar;

2012 April — Brussels, Belgium- European Conference of the Deans of the Faculty of Law, participant;

2012 January — Washington, DC, USA, AALS conference, participant;

2010, 2011 — participation in the International conferences of IALS (Milan, Italy; Buenos Aires, Argentina); 2010 (May, Milan) — elected as the member of the Governing Board (IALS);

2009, 2010, 2011 — short professional visits to Macau, SAR; Hong Kong, SAR ; Toronto (Canada); Rome, Naples (Italy); Stockholm (Sweden); Helsinki (Finland);

2009 November -  Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich;

2008 December — Princeton University, Princeton, USA, visiting scholar;

2008 September-October — George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA , visiting scholar;

2007 November — University of Oslo, Norway, visiting scholar;

2003, 2006. 2009 — paper giver at the World Congresses of IPSA  Durban,(South Africa; Fukuoka, Japan; Santiago, Chile);

2002, 2003, 2005, 2007 — short visits, visiting lecturer — UAB, Birmingham, Alabama, USA; Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA; Fairfield University, Fairfield, USA;

2000 January-April — Columbia University, NY, NY, USA, visiting scholar;

1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 — visiting scholar, UAB, Alabama, USA (2-3 weeks every year);

1995 January-March — University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA; visiting Professor;

1994 January-June — Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, UK, visiting Professor;

1991 January-June —  George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA; visiting scholar;

1990 March —  Oxford University — visiting Scholar. 

Publications

            More than 240 publications (books and articles), including: 

-          Smorgunova, Valentina. Human Dimension of Law. (Chelovecheskoe izmerenie prava) Monograph. St.-Petersburg, 2008. — 300 p.;

-          Smorgunova, Valentina. Civil Society and Civic Virtues: Problems of Theory of Law. (Grazhdanskoe obshchestvo i formirovanie grazhdanskih dobrodetelyej: teoretiko-pravovye problemy). Monograph. St.-Petersburg, 2004. – 400 p.;

-          Smorgunova, Valentina. Phenomenon of Political Knowledge. (Fenomen politicheskogo znaniya).  Monograph. St.-Petersburg. 1996. – 432 p.;