Holds degrees in Slavic and East-European studies from the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO) and in Romanian and French literature from the Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, as well as a Ph.D. (2002) from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (IEP) for a dissertation on "Representations of the Nation in the perspective of Hungarian and Romanian intellectuals. Intellectual and ideological origins". Speaks French, English, Hungarian and Romanian. Member of the editorial boards of Balkanologie and Critique internationale. Her research in historical sociology and in political science focuses on nationalism, religion and social beliefs in Hungary and Romania.
Teaching
- Sciences Po (Paris and Dijon campuses): “Eastern Europe” (undergraduate); “European Affairs” (Master’s level)
Research interests
- Nationalism and the politics of identity in Hungary and Romania
- Religion and politics in Romania
- Reconstitutions of social beliefs and identities in Hungary and Romania
- Consumption and everyday life during communism in Romania