Zsuzsa Csergő
Full Professor
Department of Political Studies
Queen’s University
Mackintosh-Corry Hall C402
About
Dr. Zsuzsa Csergő is the Sir Edward Peacock Professor of Nationalism and Democracy Studies in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University. Her research focuses on nationalism, kin-state politics, minority politics, the impact of European integration on Central and Eastern Europe, and the implications of Russian revisionism for democracy and interethnic relations in the region. Her work has appeared in leading journals, including Perspectives on Politics, Foreign Policy, Publius, The Journal of Global Security Studies, Nations and Nationalism, Europe-Asia Studies, Problems of Post-Communism, East European Politics and Societies, and other venues. She is the author of Talk of the Nation: Language and Conflict in Romania and Slovakia (Cornell University Press, 2007) and has co-edited and co-authored collaborative volumes and special issues on Europeanization, minority political agency, the securitization of cross-border ethnic kinship, and Central and East European politics. Csergő was President of the Association for the Study of Nationalism (ASN) from 2013-2020 and has directed “Virtual ASN” since 2020. She also leads the comparative Minority Institutions Database project.
Research Interests
- Nationalism
- Kin-state interventions
- European politics
Recent Publications
- Csergő, Zsuzsa, Paula M. Pickering and Jennie L. Schulze, eds. 2025. Central and East European Politics (6thedition). Bloomsbury Academic.
- Csergő, Zsuzsa, David J. Smith, and Andreea Udrea. 2025. “The Securitization of Transborder Ethnic Kinship: Contextual Explorations around the World.” Journal of Global Security Studies 10(1): ogae038. https://doi.org/10.1093/jogss/ogae038.
- Csergő, Zsuzsa, and Jason Wittenberg. 2025. “Nationalism and Its Challenges to Democratic Governance.” In Central and East European Politics: Changes and Challenges, 6th ed., edited by Zsuzsa Csergő, Paula M. Pickering, and Jennie L. Schulze. New York: Bloomsbury Academic.
- Csergő, Zsuzsa, Kristina Kallas, and Tamás Kiss. 2025. “Kin-State Intervention and the Securitization-Minority Policy Nexus: Hungarians and Russian-Speakers in Central and Eastern Europe.” Journal of Global Security Studies 10 (1): ogae035. https://doi.org/10.1093/jogss/ogae035.
- Csergő, Zsuzsa. 2019. “Ethno-nationalism and the Subversion of Liberal Democracy.” Ethnopolitics 17:5: 541-545.