Curriculum Vitae (January 2006)
1.	First Name	Aili
2.	Surname	Aarelaid-Tart
3.	Institution	Tallinn University
4.	Position	Senior Researcher
5.	Date of birth	02.05.1947
6.	Education	2004 - ... Doctoral Studies, University of Helsinki 1972 – 1978 Philosophy, candidate studies in philosophy, St. Petersburg University 1967 – 1972 History, University of Tartu
7.	Research and professional experience	2005- ... Senior Resercher, Head of Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, Tallinn University 1998-... Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Tallinn University, 1995-2005 Senior Researcher, Coordinator of Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, Institute for International and Social Studies and Department of Sociology, Tallinn Pedagogical Univeristy (nowTallinn University) 1994-1997 Associated Professor, Department of Social Work, Tallinn Pedagogical University 1989, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Fine Arts, Tallinn 1989-1996 Senior Researcher, Department of National Relation, Institute for International and Social Studies 1975-1989 Researcher, Department of History of Culture, Institute of History, Estonian Academy of Sciences 1975-1981 Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy Tartu State University
8.	Academic degree	Cand Philosophy
9.	Dates and sites of earning the degrees	St. Petersburg University, 1978
10.	Honours/awards	1992 Estonian Writers’ Union annual reward in the field of children literature: member of the team compiling the new textbook “History of Estonia” 1988 and 1989 annual awards for the best article in social problems, daily “Rahva Hääl” 1993 Estonian competition for the best social sciences article in English published abroad, third prize 2000 diploma of honor, Tallinn Pedagogical University 2002 annual awards for the best scientific article in 2001, Tallinn Pedagogical University 2002 decorated by the President of the Republic of Estonia with medal “White Star”
11.	Research-administrative experience	1995-present Head of the CCCS (Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies), Tallinn University 1997-2005 Secretary, Scientific Board of the Institute for International and Social Studies 1999-2001 Member, Scientific Board, Tallinn Pedagogical University 1999-present Member of the Board, European Sociological Association, European Biographical Network 2000-present Member, Master Committee on Sociology, Tallinn Pedagogical University 1994-1998 Member, Master Committee on History of Culture, Tallinn Pedagogical University 1991-1999 Member of the Board, Estonian Commission for UNESCO
12.	Supervised dissertations	· Akane Nishikado-Sooneste, MA, 2005, superv. Aili Aarelaid-Tart. Siirderiituste muutuste võrdlus kaasaegsetes ühiskondades (Eesti ja Jaapan). Tallinna Ülikool · Jelena Baljasnaja, MA, 2003, superv. Aili Aarelaid-Tart. Nõukogude perioodi konfliktide kirjelduste analüüs ajakirja Junost proosas aastatel 1955-1984. Tallinna Pedagoogikaülikool · Anu Masso, MA, 2002, superv. Aili Aarelaid-Tart ja Triin Vihalemm. Eesti venekeelne elanikkond : kollektiivse identiteedi ümberkujunemise teedest siirdeühiskonnas. Tallinna Pedagoogikaülikool · Tiina Jääger, MA, 2000, superv. Aili Aarelaid-Tart. Vabaharidus Eestis: õpihimulisest kodanikust sotsiaalse dialoogini. Tallinna Pedagoogikaülikool
13.	Current research program	1) Theoretical problems of biographical method 2) National identities in Estonia 3) Estonian culture as semiosphere (semiotical approach) 4) Cultural voluntary activity 5) Theories of culture
14.	Current grant funding	Estonian Science Foundation grant no 5950 “Cultural trauma of the 1990s, its historical parallels and coping strategies” (2004-2006), grant holder Aili Aarelaid-Tart
15.	Publications	Aarelaid-Tart, A. (2006). Civil initiatives of Estonians split by “iron curtain” (comparison of homeland and émigré cases after WWII). "Associational Life in Estonia during the Soviet Period". - Vereinskultur und Zivilgesellschaft in Nordosteuropa. Regionale Spezifik und europäische Zusammenhänge. V Internationaler Symposium zur Geschichte und Kultur im europäischen Nordosten. Tallinn, 23-25. 09. 2004"). Editor J. Hackmann Greifswald University, Germany (forthcoming). Aarelaid-Tart, A. (2006). Estonians’ Life Stories Revealing Cultural Trauma. Proceedings of Vilnius@Lund University, ed. by J. Friedmann (forthcoming). Aarelaid-Tart, A. (2005). Theory of Cultural Trauma and Its Application to Explain Estonians’ Soviet-time Mentality (Based on the Biographical Method). - Inheriting the 1990s. Editor B. Metuzale-Kangere, Södertörn University Press, (forthcoming). Aarelaid-Tart, A. (2004). O теории культурной травмы /On Theory of Cultural Trauma/. - Sociologicheskie Issledovaniya /Sociological Research/ (SOCIS). No. 10, pp 76-92. Aarelaid-Tart, A. & Belobrovtseva, I. (2004). O (ne)vozmožnosti estonsko-russkovo kulturnovo dialoga /On (Im)possibility of Estonian-Russian Cultural Dialogue/. - Na perekrestke kultur: russkie v Baltiskom regione. II /At Crossroads of Culture: Russians in Baltic Region/. Editor A. P. Klemeševa. Baltiiskii Mežregionalnõi Institut Obšestvennõh Nauk, Kaliningrad, pp 149-165 Aarelaid-Tart, A. & Kannike, A. (2004). The End of the Singing Nationalism as Cultural Trauma. - Acta Historica Tallinnensia, No 8, pp 77-98. Aarelaid-Tart, A. (2003). Адаптация эстонцев к новым культурным реалиям после второй мировой войны /Adaptation of Estonians to New Cultural Reality after the WWII/. - Sotsiologitšeskije Issledovanija /Social Research/ (SOCIS). No 2, pp 59-67. Aarelaid-Tart, A. (2003). Double mental standards in the Baltics during two afterwar decades in Baltics. - The Baltic Countries under Occupation. Soviet and German Rule 1940-1991. Stockholm: Stockholm University Proceedings no 23, Ch 16, pp 213-226. Aarelaid-Tart, A. (2002). Venelased ja kultuuritrauma /Russians and Cultural Trauma/. - Eesti inimarengu aruanne 2002 /Estonian Human Developement Report 2002/. Tallinn: TPÜ RASI, pp 50-53. Aarelaid-Tart, A. (2002). Estonian-inclined Communists as Marginals. - Biographical Research in Eastern Europe: Altered Lives and Broken Biographies. Editors Humphrey, R., Miller, B. and Zdravomyslova, E., London: Ashgate, pp 138-167. Aarelaid-Tart, A. (2001). "Estonia". - Europe since 1945: An Encyclopedia. Editor Cook, B., New York: Garland Publishing, Routledge, pp 338-343. Aarelaid-Tart, A. (2001). Eestlaste identiteet ja cairos /Identity of Estonians and Cairos/. - Eesti inimarengu aruanne 2001 /Estonian Human Development report 2001/. Tallinn: TPÜ RASI, pp 85-88. Aarelaid-Tart, A. (2001). Rahvakultuuri piirid määrab dialoogisuutlikkus /Capacity for Dialogue Determines the Borders of Fopp Culture/. - Kultuuride dialoog /Dialogue of Cultures/. Acta Universitatis Scientiarum Socialium et Artis Educandi Tallinnensis, Humaniora, A20. Editors Aarelaid-Tart, A. & Toomere, T., Tallinn: TPÜ Kirjastus, pp 97-118. Aarelaid-Tart, A. (2001). Kaks mudelit eestlaste kohanemisel Teise maailmasõja järel aset leidnud kultuurireaalsuse kontekstuaalsete muutustega /Estonians' adaptation to new culture realities after World war II/. Kultuur ja mälu, Studia Ethnologica Tartuensia. 4, Tartu: TÜ Kirjastus, pp 174-197. Aarelaid-Tart, A. (2000). Political Generations in Estonia: Historical Background to Form the Contemporary Political Scenery. - The Second Generation of Democratic Elites in Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw: Institute of Political Studies, pp105-124. Aarelaid-Tart, A. (2000). Rahvakultuur sisenemas EU kultuuriruumi / Estonian Fopp Culture Entering the EU Cultural Landscape/. - Eesti inimarengu aruanne 2000 /Estonian Human Development Report 2000. Tallinn: UNDP. pp 63-66. Aarelaid-Tart, A., Johnston, H. (2000). Generations and Collective Action in Authoritarian Regimes: the Estonian National Opposition, 1940-1990. - Sociological Perspectives. 43/4, pp 671-698. Aarelaid-Tart, A. (2000). Topeltmõtlemise kujunemine sovetiajal /Formation of Double Thinking during Soviet Times/. - Akadeemia. 4,. Tartu: TÜ Kirjastus, pp 755-773. Aarelaid-Tart, A. (1999). Eesti kodanikualgatus teel Euroopasse /Estonian Voluntary Action in a Way to Europe/. – Akadeemia. 7, Tartu: TÜ Kirjastus, pp 1347-1367. Aarelaid, A. (1999). A Voluntary Field in Estonia After the Collapse of Socialism. In: Issues of Education and Civil Society. Proceedings of the European Symposium on Voluntary Associations. Vol.1, Helsinki: Fonda Publishing, pp 113-124..A.Aarelaid (1998) Ikka kultuurile mõeldes. Tallinn:Virgela. Aarelaid, A. (1998). Ikka kultuurile mõeldes /Still Thinking about Culture/. Tallinn: Virgela. Aarelaid-Tart A. & Tart, I. (1995). Culture and Development of Civil Society in Estonia. Nationalities Papers, vol.XXIII, No.1, March 1995, pp 153-165.

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