ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Short CV:

Frank Thomas Zsigó was born in Toronto in 1968. He earned his B.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Toronto in 1991, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from Syracuse University in 1995 and 2003 respectively. His fields of interest include democratic theory, political thought and minority politics. Alongside his scholarly pursuits he has worked in civic education and minority integration projects and has translated numerous academic books and articles into English. He taught at King Sigismund College in Budapest (later Milton Friedman University) from 2003 to 2019 and joined the ELTE Department of International Relations and European Studies in 2019. He has been a regular guest lecturer for the ELTE Institute of Sociology, the University of California system and George Mason University. His hobbies include canoeing, hiking and playing guitar.

Selected publications:

Zsigo, Frank T. (2008) “Hungary” in Danova, S. (Ed.). Decade Watch: Roma Activists Assess the Progress of the Decade of Roma Inclusion, 2007 Update. Budapest: Createch Ltd.

A média szerepe a kanadai nemzeti tudat formálásában és a demokratikus lét erősítésében” Médiakutató, 2006 Ősz.

“Civil Society and Education for Democracy” Zsigmond Király Főiskola Nemzetközi és Politikai Tanulmányok Intézete Évkönyv (Budapest: ZsKF, 2006)