BENJAMIN NIENASS Department of Political Science Phone: 760-750-8039 California State University San Marcos bnienass@csusm.edu 333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Road, SBSB 4112 nienass.weebly.com San Marcos, CA 92096 EMPLOYMENT 2014-present Assistant Professor Department of Political Science California State University San Marcos 2013-2014 Postdoctoral Fellow Collège d'études mondiales Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'homme, Paris EDUCATION 2012 Ph.D. in Politics The New School for Social Research, New York 2006 M.A. in Political Science University of Leiden, Netherlands 2004 M.A. in International Relations and European Studies Central European University, Budapest, Hungary 2003 B.A. in European Studies Minors in Development Studies and Economics University of Amsterdam, Netherlands PUBLICATIONS Books Silence, Screen, and Spectacle: Social Memory in the Age of Information. New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2014. Edited with Lindsey Freeman and Rachel Daniell. (Paperback in 2016) Special Issues Borders and the Politics of Mourning. Social Research 83, 2 (2016). Edited and introduction with Alexandra Delano. Memory, Materiality, Sensuality. Memory Studies 9, 1 (2016). Edited and introduction with Lindsey Freeman and Rachel Daniell. Screen Memory. International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society 26, 1 (2013). Edited and introduction with Lindsey Freeman and Laliv Melamed.
Journal Articles Deaths, Visibility, and Responsibility: The Politics of Mourning at the U.S.-Mexico Border. Social Research 83 (2016): 421-451. With Alexandra Delano. Invisible Victims: Undocumented Migrants and the Aftermath of September 11. Politics & Society 42 (2014): 399-421. With Alexandra Delano. Authority without Foundations: Arendt and the Paradox of Postwar German Memory Politics. The Review of Politics 76 (2014): 415-437. With J. Matthew Hoye. Postnational Relations to the Past: A European Ethics of Memory? International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society 26 (2013): 41-55. Performing the Global. Globalizations 10 (2013): 533-538. The Limits of Memory. International Social Science Journal 62 (2012): 89 102. With Ross Poole. Book Chapters Death, Visibility, and the Politics of Dissensus at the United States- Mexico Border. In Subjectivation: Political Theory in Contemporary Practices, edited by Andreas Oberprantacher and Andrei Siclodi. Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. With Alexandra Delano. (Partial Reprint of Social Research article). Making Absence Present: The September 11 Memorial. In Routledge International Handbook of Memory Studies, edited by Anna Lisa Tota and Trever Hagen. New York, Oxford: Routledge, 2015: 398-413. With Alexandra Delano. [Translated into Italian in Nominare il passato, trasformare il futuro. Memoria e discorso publico. Rome: Carocci (Forthcoming)]. Introduction: Rethinking Social Memory in the Age of Information. and Conclusion: Comments on Silence, Screen, and Spectacle. In Silence, Screen, and Spectacle: Rethinking Social Memory in the Age of Information, edited by Lindsey Freeman, Benjamin Nienass, and Rachel Daniell. New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2014: 1-14, 239-243. With Lindsey Freeman and Rachel Daniell. Book Reviews Review of The Ashgate Research Companion to Memory Studies. Memory Studies 10 (2017). Review of What about me? The struggle for identity in a market-based society. Journal of Economic Psychology 49 (2015): 205-206. With Stefan Trautmann. Ghostly Politics. (Review of The Politics of Haunting and Memory in International Relations. ) Time and Society 24 (2015): 129-133. Review of Money, Blood, and Revolution. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 52 (2014): 4-5. With Stefan Trautmann. 2
The Past is Another Country: The Memory of Migration and the Migration of Memory. (Review of History, Memory, and Migration: Perceptions of the Past and the Politics of Incorporation and Memory and Migration: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Memory Studies. ) Migration Studies 1 (2013): 117-122. Review of Talkin bout my generation : Conflicts of Generation Building and Europe s 1968. Memory Studies 6 (2013): 113-115. Review of How Much is Enough? Money and the Good Life. Journal of Socio-Economics 45 (2013): 94-95. With Stefan Trautmann. Other Publications Bringing The Dead Back Into Society: An Interview With Mercedes Doretti. With Alexandra Delano and Pablo Dominguez. Social Research 83 (2016): 511-534. Translations Anerkennung umdenken. German Translation of Rethinking Recognition by Nancy Fraser, In Anerkennung (special issue), edited by Hans-Christoph Schmidt am Busch and Christopher Zurn, Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 21 (2009): 201-212. WORKS IN PROGRESS Books Journal Articles The Politics of Mourning: Undocumented Migrants and Public Memory. With Alexandra Delano. (Proposal under review at The New Press). Memory Between Europe and the Nation: The Recognition of the Armenian Genocide in Germany (In preparation for submission to History & Memory). GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS 2015 University Professional Development Grant, California State University San Marcos 2015 Leichtag Foundation Stipend for Curricular Development 2013-2014 Research Fellowship, Fondation des Sciences de l Homme 2012-2014 Provost s Office Research Cluster Grant for Migrant Membership and Memory Politics, The New School (Principal Researcher) 2012 Highest Honors for Dissertation, The New School for Social Research 2012 Paper Nominated for Westview Press Award at Midwestern Political Science Association Annual Conference. With J. Matthew Hoye. 2010 and 2011 Teaching Fellowship, The New School 2010-2011 Alshult Dissertation Fellowship, The New School for Social Research 2010-2011 Halle Prize Scholarship, The New School for Social Research 2006 Highest Honors M.A., University of Leiden 2004 Highest Honors M.A., Central European University 2003 Highest Honors B.A., University of Amsterdam 3
CONFERENCE PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS 2016 Panelist, Social Research Special Issue Launch Event, Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility, New School, Oct 6. Beyond Recognition? Memorializing the Armenian Genocide in Germany. German Studies Association. San Diego, Sep 29-Oct 2. Deaths, Visibility, and Responsibility. Migration and Human Safety: An International Conference. Yale University, March 31. With Alexandra Delano. The Politics of Mourning at the US-Mexico Border. Fronteras: The Latin American Border Experience. Lehigh University, March 30. With Alexandra Delano. Border Objects. Translating Memory and Remembrance Across the Disciplines. SUNY New Paltz, March 11. 2015 The Politics of Mourning. Symposium: Memory, Migration, and Violence. Princeton University, March 13. With Alexandra Delano. 2014 25 Years Fall of the Berlin Wall: A Political Assessment. Invited Chambers Lecture Panelist, University of San Diego, November 11. Memory as Abnormal Justice. American Political Science Association Annual Conference, Washington D.C., August 28-31. Memory between Supranational Regulation and Micro-Processes. Invited Lecture, University of Heidelberg, Germany, May 15. Cosmopolitization at the European Border: The case of Lampedusa. Réunion annuelle du Collège d'études mondiales, Paris, France, May 7. With Sabine Selchow. Contesting the Boundaries of Grievable Life: US Border Deaths and the Politics of Mourning. Symposium: Political Abilities - The Sense of Subjectification, University of Innsbruck, Austria, March 27-29. Mourning (at) the Border. Représenter l exil: l espace, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l Homme, Paris, France, February 13. 2013 Memory, Migration, and the September 11 Memorial. The 25th SASE Annual Meeting, Milan, Italy, June 27-29. With Alexandra Delano. Memory and Radical Democracy: the case of Sheldon Wolin. Midwestern Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, April 11-14. 2012 Undocumented Migration and the September 11 Memorial. The Rights of Non-Citizens?, The International Center for Migration, Ethnicity, and 4
Citizenship at The New School (ICMEC), September 28-29. With Alexandra Delano. Collective Memory and Postnational Political Membership. American Political Science Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. The Paradox of German Refoundation. Midwestern Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, April 12-15. With Jonathon Hoye. The Role of the Past in Constructing a Democratic Europe (MPSA Program Co-Chair Panel). Midwestern Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, April 12-15. 2011 Europe s Postnational Relations to the Past. Rethinking Europe: New Approaches to the Study of Europe, DAAD Center for German and European Studies, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, October 27-31. A European Ethics of Memory? Interdisciplinary Memory Conference, New School for Social Research, New York, NY, March 24-26. TEACHING California State University (Assistant Professor, since 2014) University of San Diego (Visiting Professor, 2016) The New School (Lecturer, 2011-2013) Yeshiva University (Lecturer, 2011-2013) Kingsborough C. College (Lecturer, 2012) European Politics World Political Systems Senior Seminar: Transitional Justice The Politics of Memory Comparative Politics of Memory (Graduate Seminar) Reframing the Political: Introduction to Political Theory Present Pasts: The Rise of Global Memory Politics Power and the State Ethnic Conflict and Genocide (cross-listed with Sociology) Great Political Thinkers: Introduction to Political Theory Introduction to Comparative Politics The Politics of Memory The Politics of Identity in Europe American Government 5
SERVICE Committees & Governance Academic Senate, California State University San Marcos (since Fall 2016) Global Commitment Initiative Committee, California State University San Marcos (since Fall 2015) Faculty Search Committee, Department of Political Science, California State University San Marcos (2014-2015) Advisory Committee, Global Studies Program, California State University San Marcos (since Fall 2014) Graduate Student Representative on Faculty Search Committee, Department of Politics, New School for Social Research, New York (2010-2011) Conference Organization Organizing Committee. Memory, Migration, and Materiality, The New School, May 1-3, 2014, New York. Organizing Committee. New School for Social Research s Annual Interdisciplinary Memory Conference (2010-2012) Reviewer Supervision Constellations Social Problems Memory Studies International Social Science Journal New School Psychology Bulletin (Special Issue on Memory) Faculty Mentorship Program, California State University San Marcos (since Fall 2014) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Political Science Association International Studies Association German Studies Association LANGUAGES German, English, Dutch - Fluent French Proficient Spanish Beginner REFERENCES Nancy Fraser, New School for Social Research Andreas Huyssen, Columbia University Jonathan Bach, The New School, Global Studies Program Banu Bargu, New School for Social Research 6