Staff profile
Dr Stefan Auer
Associate Professor, Jean Monnet Chair in EU Interdisciplinary Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
School of Social SciencesDMB E102, Melbourne (Bundoora)
- T: +61 3 9479 3239
- F: +61 3 9479 5182
- E: s.auer@latrobe.edu.au
Qualifications
PhD (Melbourne).
Area of study
European Studies
History
International Relations
Politics
Brief Profile
Stefan Auer is a Jean Monnet Chair in EU Interdisciplinary Studies, Associate Professor in History and Politics at La Trobe University. Prior to this, he was Lecturer (2001-6) and Academic Director (2004-5) of the Dublin European Institute, University College Dublin. His book, Liberal Nationalism in Central Europe (Routledge, 2004, pbk 2006) won the prize for Best Book in European Studies (2005) with the University Association for contemporary European Studies (UACES). He has published articles in Critical Horizons, East European Politics and Societies, Europe-Asia Studies, Journal of Common Market Studies, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Osteuropa, Telos and elsewhere.
Research interests
European History
- Enlargement of the European Union
- Eurozone crisis
- Nationalism in Central Europe
Political Theory and Political Philosophy
- Political thought of dissident intellectuals and Hannah Arendt
- The self-limiting revolutions of 1989 in Central Europe
Recent Publications
Books
- Auer, S. (2012), Whose Liberty is it Anyway? Europe at the Crossroads, Calcutta: Seagull Books (distributed by the University of Chicago Press); an edited extract from the book was published in Spanish under the title 'La Europa autodestructiva' in Malpensante and in English on Eurozine.
- Auer, S. (2004, pbk. 2006) Liberal Nationalism in Central Europe, London: Routledge. (Awarded the 2005 UACES Prize for the Best Book in Contemporary European Studies)
Book Chapters
- Auer, S. 'We Are All Central Europeans Now: A Literary Guide to the Eurozone Crisis', in Leonidas Donskis (ed.), Yet Another Europe after 1984: Rethinking Milan Kundera and the Idea of Central Europe, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, 2012, pp. 51-65.
- Auer, S. 'Public Intellectuals, East and West: Jan Patočka and Václav Havel in contention with Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Slavoj Žižek', in Christian Fleck, Andreas Hess, E. Stina Lyon (eds.), Intellectuals and their Publics: Perspectives from the Social Sciences, Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate, 2009, pp. 89-105.
- Auer, S. '1938 and 1968, 1939 and 1969 and the Philosophy of Czech History from Karel H. Mácha to Jan Patočka', in Laura Cashman (ed.), 1948 and 1968 - Dramatic Milestones in Czech and Slovak History, London: Routledge, 2010, pp. 33-52.
- Auer, S. 'Slovakia: From marginalization of ethnic minorities to political participation (and back?)', in B. Rechel (ed.) Minority Rights in Central and Eastern Europe: Success or failure of EU conditionality, London: Routledge, 2009 BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies, pp. 195-209.
Journal Articles
- Auer, S. 'Europe Between Reckless Optimism and Reckless Despair', Policy Magazine, Vol 28, No 1, 2012, pp. 19-23.
- Auer, S. ‘Das Schicksal des Sisyphos: Václav Havels Vermächtnis’ [The Fate of Sisyphus: Vaclav Havel’s Legacy], Osteuropa, BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Vol 62, No 1, 2012, pp. 17-24.
- Auer, S. 'Europe's Declining Social Model: A Cautionary Tale for Australia', Australian Historical Studies, Volume 42, Issue 3, 2011.
- Auer, S. ''New Europe': between Cosmopolitan Dreams and Nationalist Nightmares', Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol 48, No 5, 2010, pp. 1163-1184.
- Auer, S. 'Die EU und die Geburt des freien Europa' [The EU and the birth of the free Europe], Osteuropa, BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Vol 60, No 8, 2010, pp. 3-24.
- Auer, S. 'The European Union's Politics of Identity and the Legacy of 1989', Humanities Research, Vol. 16, No 3, 2010, pp. 135-149.
- Auer, S. [co-authored by Matt Killingsworth and Malgorzata Klatt] 'Where does Poland fit in Europe? How Political Memory Influences Polish MEP's Perceptions of Poland', Perspectives on European Politics and Society, Vol. 11, No 4, 2010, pp 1-18.
- Auer, S. 'Whose Europe is it anyway? Habermas' New Europe and its Critics', Telos, No 152, Fall 2010, pp. 181-191.
- Auer, S. 'Wer hat Angst vor Osteuropa? Nationalismus und EU-Integration nach 1989' [Who is afraid of the 'New Europe'? Nationalism and European integration since 1989]. Osteuropa, BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Vol 59, No 2-3, 2009, pp. 311-332.
Newspaper Articles
- German austerity is not the answer (Originally published in The Australian - 29 October 2012)
- Bailout hopes could hit Berlin Wall (Originally published in The Australian - 10 August 2012)
- Euro has been a catalyst for the continent's decline (Originally published in The Australian - 31 May 2012)
- Europe yet to learn from its mistakes (Originally published in The Australian - 30 April 2012)
- Germans can't keep paying for Europe (Originally published in The Australian - 30 January 2012)
- Europe united in a failed experiment (Originally published in The Australian - 12 December 2011)
- EU elites remain 'living in a lie' (Originally published in The Australian - 18 October 2011)
- Monetary unity comes at vast cost (Originally published in The Australian - 28 September 2011)
- EU must think beyond the zone or sink (Originally published in The Australian - 15 September 2011)
- Common currency is killing Europe (Originally published in The Australian - 24 May 2011)
- Irish problems highlight euro faults (Originally published in The Australian - 24 November 2010)
- Democratic crisis threatens Europe (Originally published in The Australian - 22 Oct 2010)
- Unified Germany faces division (Originally published in The Australian - 8 Oct 2010)
- French case threatens project Europe (Originally published in The Australian - 30 Sep 2010)
- Greek crisis may sound Europe death knell (Originally published in The Australian - 29 May 2010)
iTunes U
- Jean Monnet Chair Interviews: A series of interviews about the European Union with practitioners and experts with Dr Stefan Auer, available as vodcasts. As an iTunes U viewer commented: "Interviews are interesting and relevant to my EU studies. Keep up the great work!".
Media Appearences
- EU expert discusses eurozone accord a TV Interview on ABC24, 20 October 2012
- Greece to Exit the Eurozone? a TV Interview with hedge fund chief economist Dr Sav Savouri on ABC24, 16 May 2012
- Hollande bound to disappoint French voters a TV Interview on ABC24, 7 May 2012
- Is Europe Facing a Serious Social Unrest? World News Australia, SBS Radio, 3 May 2012
- Europa am Scheideweg? German SBS Radio, 4 May 2012
- Panel Discussion: The European Union on ABC Radio National, Drive, 10 April 2012
- Greece Should Leave the Eurozone A TV Interview for the ABC24 Breakfast, 12 Feb 2012
- Can a New European Treaty Avert the Economic Meltdown? A TV Interview for the ABC24 World, 2 Dec 2011
- Business Insider: Slovakia and the Euro-crisis, An Interview for the German SBS Radio, 20 October 2011
- Is the European Union heading for financial meltdown?, ABC Radio National, Saturday Extra, July 16, 2011
