Lavinia Stan
Departmental Address: Department of Political Science Phone: (902) 867-5084 St. Francis Xavier University Fax: (902) 867-3243 Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada Email: [email protected]
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Program Coordinator, Public Policy and Governance (PGOV), Brian Mulroney Institute of Government, St. Francis Xavier University, 2019-2020. Jules Leger Research Chair, St. Francis Xavier University, July 2018 – June 2020 Professor, Department of Political Science, St. Francis Xavier University, 2017 - present Chair, Department of Political Science, St. Francis Xavier University, May 2015 - May 2017 Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, St. Francis Xavier University, 2009 - 2017 Member, Centre canadien d'études allemandes et européennes, Universite de Montreal, 2014 - present Visiting Professor, Centre canadien d'études allemandes et européennes, Université de Montréal, 2013-14 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, StFX, January 2004-2009 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Concordia University, 2006-2008 Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science, Dalhousie University, 2001-2003
EDUCATION
Ph. D., Political Science, University of Toronto, 2001 M.A., Political Science, University of Toronto, 1996 B.Com. (Honors Thesis), Academy of Economic Sciences, Bucharest, Romania, 1988
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
PSCI 100 Introduction to Politics; PSCI 210 Introduction to Comparative Politics; PSCI 211 Comparative Politics I; PSCI 295 Religion and Politics; PSCI 314 Topics in European Politics/European Democracies;
1 PSCI 315 Democratization around the World; PSCI 335 Human Rights and International Justice; PSCI 345 Women and Politics; PSCI 361 Politics of Eastern Europe; PSCI 365 Russian Politics; PSCI 399 Research Methods in Political Science; PSCI 452 Seminar in Comparative Politics.
TEACHING AWARD
Merit Award for Teaching Excellency and Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, McMaster University, Ontario, 1997-1998.
SUPERVISION and EXAMINATION
Habilitation
2. Committee Member, Dr. Cosmin Budeanca (researcher at the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes in Romania, Bucharest), University of Bucharest, Romania, 27 June 2019.
1. Committee Member, Dr. Gabriel Andreescu (Associate Professor at the National School for Political and Administrative Sciences, SNSPA), University of Bucharest, Romania, June 2014.
Doctoral
6. External Examiner, Kamila Anna Krygier, “Relative Deprivation, Justice Perceptions and Forgiveness of Victims in Poland and Uganda,” Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, June 2018.
5. Co-supervisor, Ruxandra Canache, “Vama Veche and the Culture of Dissent in Late Communist Romania,” Department of History, McGill University, December 2014-present.
4. External Examiner, Andrea Wagner, “Errors of Commission: EU Accession and the Struggle against Corruption in Romania,” Department of Political Science, Carleton University, Feb. 2016.
3. External Examiner, Monica Grigore, “Les pèlerines, la religion vécue et la Roumanie postcommuniste,” Department of Sociology, Universite de Montreal, September 2015.
2. External Examiner, Elena Irina Macovei, “Alternative online la discursul public din Romania si actorii lor” [Online Alternatives to the Public Discourse in Romania and Their Actors], Department of Sociology, Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza of Iasi, Romania, September 2013.
2 1. External Examiner, Tamara Kotar, “Religion and Politics in Slovenia and Croatia,” Department of Political Science, Carleton University, January 2009.
Master Thesis - Dalhousie University
Carla Ball, “Perceptions of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission from the Perspective of South Africa’s New Generation,” Department of Political Science, 2002-2003.
Supervisor of Honour’s Theses – Department of Political Science, StFX
21. Lyndsay Beaton, TBA, Public Policy and Governance Program, 2020-2021.
20. Mairin Sullivan, “Transition or Stagnation in Belarus,” 2020-2021.
19. Mackenzie Thomas, “Transitional Justice and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: An In-depth Investigation of Rape and Sexual Violence Indictments,” 2019-2020.
18. Michaela Brand, “Mechanisms of Voter Influence: An Exploration into the Dimensions of Voting Preferences,” 2018-2019.
17. (together with Jim Bickerton) Annie Sirois, “How Women’s Participation in Students’ Unions Affects Political Participation Post-Graduation,” 2017-2018.
16. Joelle French, “The Attempt to Give Back the Irreversible: Transitional Justice for Victims of Sexual Violence in Times of War,” 2016-2017.
15. Lyndsay Scovil, “International Hybrid Courts as an Effective Mechanism of Transitional Justice,” 2016-2017.
14. Kerri Veno, “Undercover Communism: The Albanian Case of Failed Lustration,” 2015-2016.
13. Chelsea Murphy, “Reckoning with the Past: The Comfort Women of Imperial Japan and Sexual Violence during Times of War,” 2015-2016.
12. Nicholas Hiley, “Globalization and the Rise of Global Cities as Agents of Social Justice,” 2012-3.
11. Philip Jones, “Causes of Muslim Terrorism in Western Europe Post 9/11,” 2012-2013.
10. Sarah Jackson, “The International Criminal Court Is Here to Stay: The Prosecution of Thomas Lubanga and the Confirmation of the ICC as a Permanent International Human Rights Institution,” 2012-2013.
9. Maureen McEwan, “A Political Discourse Analysis of Latin American Truth Commission
3 Reports,” 2011-2012.
8. Christopher Millar, “A Crescent among Golden Stars: An Analysis of Turkish Accession to the European Union,” 2010-2011.
7. Frances Tibbolo, “Nigerian Youth’s Perceptions of Transitional Justice,” 2009-2010.
6. Alyssa MacDonald, “The Politics of Nationalist Memory: Transnational Justice and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia,” 2009-2010.
5. Dana MacSween, “L’Affair des Foulards: Evaluating Its Repercussions on France,” 2008- 2009.
4. Matthew Davidson, “A Unified European Union Policy toward Religion?,” 2008-2009.
3. Robert Weir, “Democratization in Iraq: Does the Tree Suit the Soil?,” 2005-2006.
2. Andrea Boyd, “Political Corruption in Central and Eastern Europe: From Communism to Democracy,” 2005-2006.
1. Matthew Matchett, “Disputed Kosovo: Ethnic Conflict, Nationalist Politics and War,” 2004- 2005.
RESEARCH GRANTS, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Saint Francis Xavier University University Research Committee Award, 1 April 2019-31 March 2021 ($5,920). Jules Leger Research Chair in the Humanities and Social Sciences, July 2018-July 2020. President’s Research Award, 2017. University Research/Publication/Teaching Award (URPTA, around $2,000 each), 2005-2006, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, and 2019-2020. University Research Committee Award, seed money, 2005 ($5,000).
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC) Insight Grant #435-2014-0314, co-investigator, project “Between Devil’s Confessors and God’s Martyrs: Collaboration and Resistance of Religious Groups in Communist Romania,” 2014-2019 ($203,832). Standard Research Grant #410-2008-1916, principal investigator, project “From Repression to Cooperation: Religion and Politics in the Enlarged Europe,” 2008-2011 ($98,035). Small Institutional Grant, principal investigator, project “Is Justice Delayed Justice Denied?: The Post-Communist Politics of Revisiting the Communist Past,” July 2004 ($4,000). Standard Research Grant, principal investigator, project “Post-Communist Transitional Justice: Determinants and Outcomes,” 2003-2006 ($124,410).
4 Standard Research Grant #410-2002-469, co-investigator, project "Religion and Politics in Post- Communist Romania," 2002-2005 ($107,424). Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 2001-2003 (declined in favor of the Killam Fellowship) ($75,000). Doctoral Fellowship, 1997-2000 ($52,800).
Grants and scholarships from other sources Co-investigator, project on “New challenges for post-communist remembrance cultures: interdisciplinary perspectives in transitional justice,” The UK Arts and Humanities Research Council, January 2019-December 2020 (£45,419). Co-applicant, Erasmus + mobility program between StFX and University Ovidius, Constanta, Romania, 2019. Collaborator, project on “How the memory of crimes committed by totalitarian regimes in Europe is dealt with in the member states,” principal investigator Carlos Closa, project JLS/2008/C4/006 commissioned by the Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security of the European Commission, 2008-2009 (accessed around 7,000 Euros). Collaborator in charge of “Mapping European Parliament Elections Programs in Romania,” part of the Mapping European Parliament Elections” project, coordinated by Berhard Rihoux, Universite Catholique de Louvain, April 2009 (accessed around 1,000 Euros). Collaborator, project on “Transitional Justice and Democratic Consolidation: Lessons from Eastern Europe and Latin America,” principal investigator Vesselin Popovski, a joint research program of Nuffield College, Oxford University, El Colegio de Mexico and United Nations University, Tokyo, 2008-2009 (accessed around 5,000 Euros). Izaac Walton Killam Memorial Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Dalhousie University, 2001-2003 ($80,000). University of Toronto, School of Graduate Studies Dissertation Fellowship, 2000-2001 ($18,000). University of Toronto, Doctoral Thesis Completion Grant, 2000-2001 ($2,000). University of Toronto, Open Fellowship, 1996-1997 ($12,000) and 1997-2000 ($36,000). Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 1997-1998 (declined in favor of the University of Toronto Open Fellowship) ($8,000).
Other Awards Distinguished Reviewer Award, Politics & Religion, 2018. Doctor Honoris Causa, University Ovidius, Constanta, Romania, 2017.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Authored and Co-Authored Books
4. Lavinia Stan, Transitional Justice in Post-Communist Romania: The Politics of Memory, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013, 300 pages. In paperback since 2015.
3. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, Church, State and Democracy in the Expanding Europe, New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, 276 pages.
5 2. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, Religion and Politics in Post-Communist Romania, New York: Oxford University Press, 2007, 250 pages. Translated into Romanian as Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, Religie şi politică în România postcomunistă, Bucharest: Curtea Veche, 2010, 430 pages.
1. Lavinia Stan, Leaders and Laggards: Governance, Civicness and Ethnicity in Post-Communist Romania. Boulder: Columbia University Press East European Monographs, 2003, 320 pages.
Edited and Co-Edited Books
11. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, eds., Churches, Memory and Justice in Post-Communism, London: Palgrave MacMillan, on contract.
10. Lavinia Stan and Nadya Nedelsky, eds., Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice, New York: Cambridge University Press, second edition, on contract.
9. Lucian Turcescu and Lavinia Stan, eds., Church Reckoning with Communism in Post-1989 Romania, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, on contract.
8. Cynthia Horne and Lavinia Stan, eds., Transitional Justice and the Former Soviet Union: Reviewing the Past and Looking Toward the Future, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018. In paperback since August 2019.
7. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, eds., Justice, Memory and Redress in Romania: New Insights, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2017.
6. Lavinia Stan and Diane Vancea, eds., Post-Communist Romania at 25: Linking Past, Present and Future, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015, 326 pages. In paperback since March 2019. Translated into Romanian as Lavinia Stan and Diane Vancea, coord., Romania postcomunista: trecut, prezent, viitor. Iasi: Polirom, 2017.
5. Lavinia Stan and Nadya Nedelsky, eds., Post-Communist Transitional Justice: Lessons from 25 Years of Experience, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015, 340 pages.
4. Lavinia Stan and Nadya Nedelsky, eds., The Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice, New York: Cambridge University Press, three volumes, 2013, first edition.
3. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, eds., 1989-2009: Incredibila aventură a democraţiei după comunism, Iasi: European Institute Publishing House, 2010, 290 pages.
2. Lavinia Stan, ed., Transitional Justice in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: Reckoning with the Communist Past, London: Routledge, 2009, 328 pages. In paperback since 2010. Translated into Romanian as Lavinia Stan, coord., Prezentul trecutului recent: Lustraţie şi decomunizare în postcomunism, Bucharest: Curtea Veche, 2010, 550 pages.
6 1. Lavinia Stan, ed., Romania in Transition, Aldershot, UK: Dartmouth Press, 1997, 218 pages.
Book-length Reports
Lavinia Stan, “National Report on Romania,” part of the “How the memory of crimes committed by totalitarian regimes is dealt with in the member states” project, commissioned by the Direction D: Fundamental Rights and Citizenship of the Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security of the European Commission, 2009, 149 pages.
Co-Editor of Special Journal Issue
Kristin Ghodsee, Lavinia Stan and Elaine Weiner, “Compliance without Commitment?: The EU’s Gender Equality Agenda in Eastern Europe,” Women’s Studies International Forum, 33:1 (2010).
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Journals
37. Lavinia Stan and Marian Zulean, “Intelligence Sector Reforms in Romania: A Scorecard,” Surveillance & Society, 16:3 (2018), 298-313, part of special issue on “Surveillance in Post-Communist Societies,” edited by Ola Svenonius and Fredrika Björklund, available at: https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/article/view/6880/8115.
36. Lucian Turcescu and Lavinia Stan, “Church Collaboration and Resistance under Communism Revisited: The Case of Patriarch Justinian Marina (1948-1977),” Eurostudia 10:1 (2015): 75-103.
35. Lavinia Stan, “Between Democracy and Putsch? Censure Motions in Romania (1989-2012),” Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 48:4 (2015): 291-300.
34. Lavinia Stan and Diane Paula Vancea, “Much Contest, Little Censure: Motions in the Romanian Parliament (1989-2008),” Europe-Asia Studies, 66:10 (2014): 1629-1648. Translated into Romanian as Lavinia Stan and D. Vancea, “Contestaţii fără cenzură: moţiunile în România postcomunistă (1989-2008),” Sfera politicii 3:169 (2012): 100-119.
33. Lavinia Stan, “Reckoning with the Communist Past in Romania: A Scorecard,” Europe-Asia Studies, 65:1 (2013): 1-20.
32. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “The Romanian Orthodox Church: From Nation-Building Actor to State Partner,” Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Theologie und Geschichtswissenschaft / Contemporary Church History. International Journal for Theology and History, 25:2 (2012): 401-417.
31. Lavinia Stan, “Witch-Hunt or Moral Rebirth? Romanian Parliamentary Debates on Lustration,” East European Politics and Societies, 26:2 (2012): 274-295. Translated into Romanian as L. Stan, “Opinii româneşti privind lustraţia: o analiză a discursului parlamentar,” Sfera politicii, no. 159 (2011): 12-23.
7 30. Lavinia Stan, “Vigilante Justice in Post-Communist Europe,” Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 44:4 (2011): 319-327.
29. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Religion and Politics in Romania: From Public Affairs to Church-State Models,” Journal of Global Initiatives, 6:2 (2011): 97-108.
28. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “The Romanian Orthodox Church and Democratization: Twenty Years Later,” International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church, 10:2-3 (2010): 144-159.
27. Lavinia Stan, “Eastern Christian Orthodox Views on the Body and Sexuality,” Women’s Studies International Forum, 33:1 (2010): 38-46.
26. Kristin Ghodsee, Lavinia Stan and Elaine Weiner, “Introduction: Compliance Without Commitment?: The EU’s Gender Equality Agenda in the Central and Eastern Europe States,” Women’s Studies International Forum, 33:1 (2010): 1-2.
25. Lavinia Stan and Diane Vancea, “Old Wine in New Bottles? The Romanian Parliamentary Elections of 2008,” Problems of Post-Communism, 56:5 (2009): 3-15. Translated as L. Stan and Diane Vancea, “Alegerile Parlamentare din 2008: Vin Vechi în Sticle Noi,” Sfera politicii, 17:131-132 (2009): 3-13.
24. Lavinia Stan, “Truth Commissions in Post-Communism: The Overlooked Solution?,” Open Political Science Journal, vol. 2 (2009): 1-13, http://www.bentham.org/open/topolisj/ openaccess2.htm.
23. Lavinia Stan and Rodica Milena Zaharia, “Romania’s Intelligence Services. Bridge between the East and the West?,” Problems of Post-Communism, 54:1 (2007): 3-18.
22. Lavinia Stan, “The Vanishing Truth: Politics and Memory in Post-Communist Europe,” East European Quarterly, 40:4 (2006): 383-408. Translated into Romanian as Lavinia Stan, “Zece mituri ale decomunizării,” Revista 22 (23-29 June and 30 June-5 July 2006).
21. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Politics, National Symbols and the Romanian Orthodox Cathedral,” Europe-Asia Studies, 58:7 (2006): 1119-1139.
20. Lavinia Stan, “The Roof over Our Head: Property Restitution in Romania,” Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, 22:2 (2006): 180-205. Republished as Lavinia Stan, “The Property Restitution Legal Framework in Romania,” in Evacuarea Fantomei. Arhitecturi ale Supravieţuirii, ed. by Alina Serban (Bucharest: Centrul de Introspecţie Vizuală, 2010), 37-60.
19. Lavinia Stan, “The Politics of Memory in Poland: Lustration, File Access and Court Proceedings,” Studies in Post-Communism Occasional Paper, no. 10 (2006).
8 18. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Pulpits, Ballots and Party Cards: Religion and Elections in Romania,” Religion, State and Society, 33:4 (2005): 347-366.
17. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “The Devil’s Confessors: Priests, Communists, Spies and Informers,” East European Politics and Societies, 19:4 (2005): 655-685.
16. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Religious Education in Romania,” Communist and Post- Communist Studies, 38:3 (2005): 381-401. Translated into Romanian as Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Educaţia religioasă în România,” Altera (Tg. Mures: Liga Pro-Europa), 13:32 (2007): 39-61.
15. Lavinia Stan, “From Riches to Rags: The Romanian National Christian Democrat Peasant Party,” East European Quarterly, 39:2 (2005): 179-227.
14. Lavinia Stan, “The Opposition Takes Charge: The Romanian General Elections of 2004,” Problems of Post-Communism, 52:3 (2005): 3-15.
13. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Religion, Politics and Sexuality in Romania,” Europe-Asia Studies, 57:2 (2005): 291-310. Reprinted in Carole Cusack and Jason Prior, eds., Religion, Sexuality and Spirituality (London: Routledge, 2016), 4 volumes.
12. Lavinia Stan, “Spies, Files and Lies: Explaining the Failure of Access to Securitate Files,” Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 37:3 (2004): 341-359. Translated into Romanian as Lavinia Stan, “CNSAS – privire retrospectivă,” Sfera politicii, 12:108 (2004): 14-21.
11. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Politicians, Intellectuals and Academic Integrity in Romania,” Problems of Post-Communism, 51:4 (2004): 12-24.
10. Lavinia Stan, “The Romanian Anticorruption Bill,” Studies in Post-Communism Occasional Paper no. 6 (2004), 66 pages.
9. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, "Church-State Conflict in the Republic of Moldova: The Bessarabian Metropolitanate," Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 36:4 (2004): 443-465.
8. Lavinia Stan, “Democratic Delusions: Ten Myths Accepted by the Romanian Democratic Opposition,” Problems of Post-Communism, 50:6 (2003): 51-60. Translated into Romanian as Lavinia Stan, “Zece mituri ale opoziţiei democrate,” Sfera politicii, no. 101 (2003): 6-14.
7. Lavinia Stan, "Comparing Post-Communist Governance: A Case Study," Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, 18:3 (2002): 77-109. Translated into Romanian as Lavinia Stan, “Iliescu vs. Constantinescu: Comparînd regimurile
9 1992-1996 şi 1996-2000,” Sfera politicii, 10:100 (2002): 5-17.
6. Lavinia Stan, “Moral Cleansing Romanian Style," Problems of Post-Communism, 49:4 (2002): 52-62.
5. Lavinia Stan, "Access to Securitate Files: The Trials and Tribulations of a Romanian Law," East European Politics and Societies, 16:1 (2002): 55-90.
4. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, "The Romanian Orthodox Church and Post-Communist Democratization," Europe-Asia Studies, 52:8 (2000): 1467-1488. Republished in East European Perspectives, 3:4 (22 February 2001), available at http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1342524.html, and 3:5 (7 March 2001), available at http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1342525.html.
3. Lavinia Stan, "Romanian Political Science since 1989," European Journal of Political Science, 35:4 (1999): 507-532.
2. Lavinia Stan, "Political and Economic Aspects of the Romanian Privatization," Est-Ovest (Trieste, Italy) 27:6 (1996): 125-148.
1. Lavinia Stan, "Romanian Privatization: Assessment of the First Five Years," Communist and Post- Communist Studies, 28:4 (1995): 427-435.
Peer-Reviewed Annual Reports in European Journal of Political Research
14. Lavinia Stan and Razvan Zaharia, “Romania,” 59 (2020), under review.
13. Lavinia Stan and Razvan Zaharia, “Romania,” 58 (2019): 232-240.
12. Lavinia Stan and Razvan Zaharia, “Romania,” 57 (2018): 244-254.
11. Lavinia Stan and Razvan Zaharia, “Romania,” 56:7 (2017): 229-236.
10. Lavinia Stan and Razvan Zaharia, “Romania,” 55:7 (2016): 224-230.
9. Lavinia Stan and Razvan Zaharia, “Romania,” 54:7 (2015): 250-260.
8. Lavinia Stan and Razvan Zaharia, “Romania,” 53:1 (2014): 265–272.
7. Lavinia Stan, “Romania,” 52:1 (2013): 196-207.
6. Lavinia Stan and Razvan Zaharia, “Romania,” 51:1 (2012): 269-279.
5. Lavinia Stan and Razvan Zaharia, “Romania,” 50:7-8 (2011): 1105-1114.
10 4. Lavinia Stan and Razvan Zaharia, “Romania,” 49:7 (2010): 1139-1153.
3. Lavinia Stan and Razvan Zaharia, “Romania,” 48:7 (2009): 1096-1109.
2. Lavinia Stan and Razvan Zaharia, “Romania,” 47:7 (2008): 1087-1098.
1. Lavinia Stan and Razvan Zaharia, “Romania,” 46:7 (2007): 1082-1095.
Peer-Reviewed Quarterly Reports in East European Constitutional Review (New York: New York School of Law)
Lavinia Stan, "The Moldovan Update," from 6:1 (Winter 1997) to 12:2/3 (Spring/Summer 2003), a total of 26 reports of 2-6 pages each, funded by Ford Foundation. Volumes 6 to 11 are still available at: http://www3.law.nyu.edu/eecr/volumes.html.
Book Chapters
43. Lucian Turcescu and Lavinia Stan, “Conservative Orthodoxy in Romania,” in Orthodox Churches and Politics in Southeastern Europe: Nationalism, Conservatism and Intolerance, ed. by Sabrina P. Ramet (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), 41-51.
42. Lucian Turcescu and Lavinia Stan, “Gheorghe Calciu-Dumitreasa, the Forgotten Dissident,” in Liberals, Conservatives and Mavericks in the Christian Churches of Eastern Europe since 1980: A Festschrift for Sabrina P. Ramet, ed. by Frank Cibulka and Zachary T. Irwin (TBA).
41. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Religion and Europe after the Fall of the Iron Curtain,” in The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Europe, ed. by Lucian Leustean and Grace Davie (Oxford: Oxford University Press, in press).
40. Lavinia Stan, “Memory and Othering in Romania,” in Imaginea celuilalt: Memorie și reprezentări despre vecinătate și lume [The image of the Other: Memory and Representation of the Neighborhood and the World], ed. by Florin Anghel, Cristian Andrei Leonte and Andreea Pavel (Constanta: Ovidius University Press, 2018), 176-189.
39. Lavinia Stan, “Transitional Justice Lessons from Moldova,” in Transitional Justice and the Former Soviet Union: Reviewing the Past and Looking Toward the Future, ed. by Cynthia M. Horne and Lavinia Stan (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018), 263-281.
38. Lavinia Stan, “Limited Reckoning in the Former Soviet Union: Some Possible Explanations,” in Transitional Justice and the Former Soviet Union: Reviewing the Past and Looking Toward the Future, ed. by Cynthia M. Horne and Lavinia Stan (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018), 19-44.
37. Lavinia Stan, “Transitional Justice in Central and Eastern Europe,” in Research Handbook on Transitional Justice, ed. by Cheryl Lawther, Luke Moffett and Dov Jacobs (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar,
11 2017), 508-529.
36. Lavinia Stan, “Lustration and Vetting,” in An Introduction to Transitional Justice, ed. by Olivera Simic (London: Routledge, 2017), 137-155.
35. Lavinia Stan, “Political Science in Romania after 2000,” in Political Science in Europe at the Beginning of the 21st Century, ed. by Barbara Krauz-Mozer and Malgorzata Kulakowska (Cracow: Jagiellonian University Press, 2015), 401-424.
34. Lavinia Stan and Diane Vancea, “House of Cards: The Presidency from Iliescu to Basescu,” in Post- Communist Romania at 25: Linking Past, Present and Future, ed. by Lavinia Stan and Diane Vancea (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015), 189-212.
33. Nadya Nedelsky and Lavinia Stan, “Introduction: Post-Communist Transitional Justice at 25,” in Post-Communist Transitional Justice: Lessons from 25 Years of Experience, ed. by Lavinia Stan and Nadya Nedelsky (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015), 1-4.
32. Lavinia Stan, “Vigilante Justice and Unofficial Truth Projects,” in Post-Communist Transitional Justice: Lessons from 25 Years of Experience, ed. by Lavinia Stan and Nadya Nedelsky (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015), 276-295.
31. Lavinia Stan, “Confronting North Korean Communist Abuses: Some Possible Markers,” in Transitional Justice in Unified Korea, ed. by Baek Buhm-Suk and Ruti Teitel (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), 137-152.
30. Lavinia Stan, “Conclusion: Memory, Courts and Justice in Transition,” in Transitional Justice in Post-Dictatorial and Post-Conflict Societies, ed. by Raluca Grosescu and Agata Fijalkowsky (London: Intersentia, 2015), 273-285.
29. Lavinia Stan, “Women as Anticommunist Dissidents and Secret Police Collaborators,” in Genre and the (Post)Communist Woman. Analyzing Transformations of the Central and Eastern European Female Ideal, ed. by Florentina Andreescu and Michael Shapiro (London: Routledge, 2014), 80-97.
28. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “The Orthodox Churches and Democratization in Romania and Bulgaria,” in Religion and Politics in Post-Socialist Central and Southeastern Europe. Challenges since 1989, ed. by Sabrina Ramet (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), 263-295.
27. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “The Romanian Orthodox Church,” in Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twenty-First Century, ed. Lucian Leustean (London: Routledge, 2014), 94-113.
26. Lavinia Stan, “Civil Society and Post-Communist Transitional Justice in Romania,” in Transitional Justice and Civil Society in the Balkans, ed. by Olivera Simic and Zala Volcic (New York: Springer, 2013), 17-31. Translated into Polish and published in Trudne rozliczenie z przeszłością. Najważniejsze teksty z
12 dziedziny sprawiedliwości okresu przejściowego w perspektywie środkowoeuropejskiej [The Difficulty of Settling with the past. A Reader in Transitional Justice as Seen from a Central European Perspective], edited by Wojciech Sadurski, Jarosław Kuisz, Karolina Wigura (Warsaw: Scholar, 2017).
25. Lavinia Stan and Diane Vancea, “Secularism and Religiosity in Eastern Europe,” in Making Sense of the Secular: Critical Perspectives from Europe to Asia, ed. by Ranjan Ghosh (London: Routledge, 2013), 85-98.
24. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Church and State under Real Socialism,” in Les doctrines internationalistes durant les années du communisme réel en Europe - Internationalist doctrines during the years of real communism in Europe, ed. by Emmanuele Jouannet and Iulia A. Motoc (Paris: Sorbonne University Press and Société de Législation Comparée, 2012), 75-96.
23. Lavinia Stan, “Neither Forgiving, Nor Punishing?: Transitional Justice in Romania,” in After Oppression: Transitional Justice and Democratic Consolidation: Lessons from Eastern Europe and Latin America, ed. by Vesselin Popovski and Monica Serrano (Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2012), 365-388.
22. Lavinia Stan, “Memory, Justice and Democratization in Post-Communism,” in The End of the Beginning: The Revolutions of 1989 and the Resurgence of History, ed. by Vladimir Tismaneanu and Bogdan Cristian Iacob (Budapest: Central European University Press, 2012), 495-508.
21. Lavinia Stan and Rodica Zaharia, “Romania,” in Happy Ever After: Life in Eastern Europe after EU Membership, ed. by Donnacha O’Beachain, Vera Sheridan and Sabina Elena Stan (London: Routledge, 2012), 185-204.
20. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “The Orthodox Church and the Government,” in Romania under Basescu: Aspirations, Achievements, and Frustrations during His First Presidential Term, ed. by Ronald King and Paul Sum (Plymouth, MA: Lexington Books, 2011), 203-219.
19. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Romanian Positions on Orthodoxy and the European Union,” in Postcolonialism / Postcommunism. Intersections and Overlaps, eds. Monica Bottez, Maria-Sabina Alexandru and B. Stefanescu (Bucharest: University of Bucharest Press, 2011), 165-180.
18. Lavinia Stan, “Romania: In the Shadow of the Past,” in Central and Southeastern European Politics since 1989, ed. by Sabrina P. Ramet (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), 379-400. Updated and republished as Lavinia Stan, “Romania: In the Shadow of the Past,” Faith in Europe Briefings, London, July 2012, http://www.faithineurope.org.uk/stan.pdf. An updated version was published as Lavinia Stan., “Romania: In the Shadow of the Past,” in Central and Southeastern European Politics since 1989, ed. by Sabrina P. Ramet, 2nd edition (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2018). Updated and republished as Lavinia Stan, “Romania: In the Shadow of the Past,” in Central and Southeastern European Politics since 1989, ed. by Sabrina P. Ramet and Christine M. Hassenstab
13 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019), 427-448.
17. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Sentimentul … resentimentului” [The Sentiment of Resentment] in Anatomia resentimentului, ed. by Vladimir Tismaneanu (Bucharest: Curtea Veche, 2010), 93-98. Republished as Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Sentimentul … resentimentului,” Verso, 5:82 (1-15 April 2010): 11-12.
16. Lavinia Stan, “The Property Restitution Legal Framework in Romania,” in Evacuarea fantomei: Arhitecturi ale supravieţuirii / Evicting the Ghost: Architectures of Survival, ed. by Alex Axinte and Cristi Borcan (Bucharest: Centrul de Introspecţie Vizuală, 2010), 37-60.
15. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Religious Freedom in the Expanded Europe,” in Freedom of Religion, ed. by Will Sweet (Bangalore, India: Dharmaram Publications, 2010), 252-267.
14. Lavinia Stan, “Memorie, dreptate, uitare: o radiografie a decomunizării româneşti” (Memory, Justice, Forgetting: A Scorecard of Romanian Transitional Justice), in România după douăzeci de ani (Romania 20 Years after the Collapse of the Communist Regime), ed. by Vasile Boari, Natalia Vlas and Radu Murea (Iasi: Editura Institutului European, 2010), volume 1, 71-100.
13. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Secularization or ‘Twin Tolerations’?: Redefining Church-State Relations in Post-Communism,” in Religion and Politics in Multicultural Europe: Perspectives and Challenges, ed. Alar Kilp and Andres Saumets (Tartu: Estonian National Defense College, 2009), 172-93.
12. Lavinia Stan, “Introduction: Post-communist Transition, Justice and Transitional Justice,” in Transitional Justice in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: Reckoning with the Communist Past, ed. by Lavinia Stan (London: Routledge, 2009), 1-14.
11. Lavinia Stan, “Poland,” in Transitional Justice in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: Reckoning with the Communist Past, ed. by Lavinia Stan (London: Routledge, 2009), 76-101.
10. Lavinia Stan, “Hungary,” in Transitional Justice in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, ed. by Lavinia Stan (London: Routledge, 2009), 102-127.
9. Lavinia Stan, “Romania,” in Transitional Justice in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: Reckoning with the Communist Past, ed. by Lavinia Stan (London: Routledge, 2009), 128-151.
8. Lavinia Stan, “The Former Soviet Union,” in Transitional Justice in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, ed. by Lavinia Stan (London: Routledge, 2009), 222-246.
7. Lavinia Stan, “Conclusion: Explaining Country differences,” in Transitional Justice in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: Reckoning with the Communist Past, ed. by Lavinia Stan (London: Routledge, 2009), 247-270.
6. Lucian Turcescu and Lavinia Stan, “Religion and Politics in Post-Communist Romania,” in Quo Vadis
14 Eastern Europe? Religion, State, Society and Inter-religious Dialogue after Communism, ed. by Ines A. Murzaku (Bologna, Italy: University of Bologna Press, 2009), 221-235.
5. Lavinia Stan, “Church-State Relations and Secularism in Eastern Europe,” in Quo Vadis Eastern Europe? Religion, State, Society and Inter-religious Dialogue after Communism, ed. by Ines A. Murzaku (Bologna, Italy: University of Bologna Press, 2009), 89-106.
4. Lucian Turcescu and Lavinia Stan, “Romania,” in Churches In-Between: Greek Catholic Churches in Post-Socialist Europe, ed. by Stephanie Mahieu and Vlad Naumescu (Berlin: LIT Verlag, 2008), 99-109.
3. Lavinia Stan and Rodica M. Zaharia, “Agreeing to Disagree: The New European Union Members and the Security Challenge,” in New Approaches to European Union Integration, ed. by Hans-Uwe Haus and Nikos Shiafkalis (Nicosia, Cyprus: Ministry of Education and Culture, 2007).
2. Lavinia Stan and Rodica M. Zaharia, “Cercetarea ştiinţifică şi ierarhizarea universităţilor,” in România şi integrarea europeană: primele lecţii, ed. by Rodica Milena Zaharia (Bucharest: Editura ASE, 2007).
1. Lavinia Stan, “Romanian Privatization Program: Catching Up with the East,” in Romania in Transition, ed. by Lavinia Stan (Aldershot, UK: Dartmouth Press, 1997), 127-161.
Encyclopedia Entries
Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice, ed. by Lavinia Stan and Nadya Nedelsky (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming), second edition: Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (with Mackenzie Thomas) Comfort women Commission of Inquiry on Lesson Learned and Reconciliation, Sri Lanka (with Mackenzie Thomas) Decommunization (with Igor Casu) Independent Commission of Experts, the Bergier Commission, Switzerland Independent Committee of Eminent Persons, the Volcker Committee, Switzerland Independent Commission of Historians, Liechtenstein Justice, administrative Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission (United States) Morocco Reforms of Military, Police and Secret Police Truth Commission on the Responsibility of Israeli Society for the Events of 1948-1960 in the South (Israel, Palestine)
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices, ed. by Thomas Riggs (Detroit: Thomas Gale, 2014), second edition, 4 volumes: Romania (revised text written with Lucian Turcescu), in vol. 4, pp. 33-42; Eastern Orthodoxy (revised text written with Lucian Turcescu), in vol. 1, pp. 223-237.
15 Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice, ed. by Lavinia Stan and Nadya Nedelsky (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013), first edition: Comfort Women, p. 1:282 Political Police, pp. 1:286-287 Reforms of military, police and secret police, p. 1:288 Morocco, pp. 2:300-305 Justice, Administrative, pp. 1:280-281 Access to Secret Files / File Access (with Nadya Nedelsky), pp. 1:1-5 Tribunal of Opinion, p. 1:290 Independent Commission of Experts, the Bergier Commission, Switzerland, pp. 3:169-173 Independent Committee of Eminent Persons, the Volcker Committee, Switzerland, pp. 3:177-182 Independent Commission of Historians, Liechtenstein, pp. 3:173-177
Encyclopedia of Global Religion, ed. by Mark Juergensmeyer and Wade Clark Roof (Sage, 2011): Romania, pp. 1097-1098.
Encyclopedia of Political Science, ed. by George T. Kurian (New York: CQ Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association, 2010): Transitional Justice, pp. 1680-1681 Orthodoxy in Political Thought, 1160-1161 Religious Parties, p. 1456 Concordat, pp. 293-294
Encyclopedia of Case Study Research, ed. by Albert J. Mills, Gabrielle Durepos and Elden Wiebe (Sage Publications, 2009): Archival Records as Evidence (1500 words), pp. 29-31, available at https://archive.org/stream/2.encyclopediaOfCaseStudyResearch#page/n59/mode/2up; Content Analysis (2500 words), pp. 225-229, available at https://archive.org/stream/2.encyclopediaOfCaseStudyResearch#page/n253/mode/2up/search/22.
Policy Reports and Non-Refereed Publications
37. Andrea Wagner, Frank Boenker and Lavinia Stan, Sustainable Governance Report – Romania, Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2019, available with subscription at: sgi-data.de.
36. Lavinia Stan, “The Basescu Case: Romania’s Lustration Debate Revisited,” Cultures of History Forum, University of Jena, Germany, December 2019, available at: http://www.cultures-of-history.uni- jena.de/index.php?id=249&no_cache=1.
35. Andrea Wagner, Frank Boenker and Lavinia Stan, Sustainable Governance Report – Romania, Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2018, available with subscription at: sgi-data.de.
34. Lavinia Stan, “Romania’s Referendum: A Bid to Combat Corruption,” SGI news item, May 2019.
16 33. Andrea Wagner, Frank Boenker and Lavinia Stan, Sustainable Governance Report – Romania, Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2017, available with subscription at: sgi-data.de.
32. Lavinia Stan, “Romanian Civic Spirit at Its Best,” EUCAnet, February, 14, 2017, available at: http://www.eucanet.org/news/media-tips/351-romanian-civic-spirit-at-its-best.
31. Andrea Wagner, Frank Boenker and Lavinia Stan, Sustainable Governance Report – Romania, Bertelsmann Stiftung, July 2016, available with subscription at: sgi-data.de.
30. Lavinia Stan and Ruxandra Canache, “Romanian Politics at the Crossroads,” E-International Relations, 9 February 2015, http://www.e-ir.info/2015/02/09/romanian-democracy-at-the-crossroads/.
29. Lavinia Stan, “Romanian Politics in 2012: Intra-Cabinet Coexistence and Political Instability,” South- East European Journal of Political Science, 1:3 (2013): 12-26.
28. Lavinia Stan, “Denying Justice by Delaying It? The ECHR and Property Restitution in Romania,” Newsreel for Journal of Property Rights in Transition (4 May 2013), available at: http://propertyrightsintransition.com/denying-justice-by-delaying-it.
27. Lucian Turcescu and Lavinia Stan, “Orthodoxy and EU Integration: Opportunity or Stumbling Block,” Sfera Politicii, no. 146 (2010): 9-17.
26. Lavinia Stan, “Problema lustraţiei: cand justiţia decide în locul politicului,” Ziarul de Iaşi, 22 July 2010.
25. Lavinia Stan, “The Failed Revolution: The Impact of 1989 on the Former Soviet Republics,” Sfera politicii, no. 142 (2009): 45-60.
24. Lavinia Stan, “Romanian Recount Shows Limited Mandate for President Basescu's Second Term,” JURIST. Legal News and Research (University of Pittsburgh School of Law), 14 December 2009, available at: http://jurist.org/hotline/2009/12/romanian-recount-shows-limited-mandate.php.
23. Lavinia Stan, “Anul de după...,” Scânteia (Bucharest, Romania, supplement of the Jurnalul naţional daily), 15 September 2009, available at: http://1989.jurnalul.ro/stire-special/anul-de-dupa-520825.html.
22. Lavinia Stan, “Spying on the Spies: Notes on Fieldtrips in Comparative Politics,” in Retours sur terrains: Hommage a Prof. Bogumil Koss, ed. M. Gomez-Perez (Quebec: Universite Laval, 2009)
21. Lavinia Stan, “OSCE a decis: communism = nazism,” Revista 22 (Bucharest: Group for Social Dialogue), 11 August 2009, available at: http://www.revista22.ro/osce-a-decis-comunism—nazism- 6436.html. Reprinted in Euro-topics as “Lavinia Stan on Russia's Historical Responsibility,” 17 August 2009, available at: http://www.eurotopics.net/en/presseschau/autorenindex/autor-stan-lavinia/.
17 20. Lavinia Stan, “Semn de întrebare: Interviu cu Lavinia Stan,” Sfera politicii, 17:133 (2009): 73-75.
19. Lucian Turcescu and Lavinia Stan, “Înainte de alegerile patriarhale – O analiză,” Adevărul Literar şi Artistic (12 Sep. 2007).
18. Lavinia Stan, “Goulash Justice for Goulash Communism? Explaining Transitional Justice in Hungary,” Studia politică, 7:2 (2007): 269-292.
17. Lavinia Stan, “Comisia Tismăneanu-Repere international,” Sfera politicii, 15:126-127 (2007): 7-13, available at: http://www.sferapoliticii.ro/sfera/126-127/art02-stan.html.
16. Lavinia Stan, “Comisia Tismăneanu între adevăr şi reconciliere,” Revista 22, no. 886 (2-8 March 2007), available at: http://www.revista22.ro/comisia-tismaneanu-intre-adevar-si-reconciliere-3515.html.
15. Lavinia Stan, “Modele de lustraţie,” Revista 22 (8-14 September 2006), available at: http://www.revista22.ro/modele-de-lustratie-3036.html.
Reprinted in Săptămîna (Chisinau, Republic of Moldova), 15:1 (5 January 2007): 3, and 15:2 (12 January 2007): 3.
14. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Religion, Parties and Elections in Post-Communist Romania,” Sfera politicii, 14:123-124 (2006): 15-22, available at: http://www.sferapoliticii.ro/sfera/123-124/art4- stan.html.
13. Lavinia Stan, “Transition, Justice and Transitional Justice in Poland,” Studia Politica, 6:2 (July 2006): 257-284.
12. Lavinia Stan, “Lustration in Romania: The Story of a Failure,” Studia Politica, 6:1 (2006): 135-156.
11. Lavinia Stan, “Lungul drum al lustraţiei în Europa de Est,” Sfera politicii, 14:120-122 (June 2006), available at: http://www.sferapoliticii.ro/sfera/120-121-122/art20-laviniastan.html. Reprinted in Sfera politicii, 20:173 (January-February 2013): 44-54.
10. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Gîlceava înţelepţilor cu standardele universitare,” Revista 22 (26 May – 1 June 2006).
9. Lavinia Stan, “Definiţii, dicţionare,” Sfera politicii, 13:116-117 (June 2005): 31-34.
8. Lavinia Stan, “Inside the Securitate Archives,” Cold War International History Project (March 2005) (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC), available at: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/inside-the-securitate-archives. The text was translated into Romanian and reprinted as a 12-part serial of short articles titled Lavinia Stan, “Securitatea asa cum a fost” [The Securitate, the Way It Was], RomaniaPress, 10 January – 4 February 2011.
18 7. Lavinia Stan, “Notes on Corrupt Post-Communist Privatization,” Sfera politicii, 12:112 (2004): 39-45.
6. Lavinia Stan, “Cine reprezintă România?” [Who Represents Romania?], România Liberă, 2 March 2003.
5. Lavinia Stan, "Living la Vida Loca in the Era of Globalization: Telenovelas and Post-Communist Transition," Sfera politicii, 11:105 (2003): 50-54.
4. Lavinia Stan, "Societate civilă: dificultăţile unui concept," Arena Politicii (Chisinau, Moldova), 2:3 (1997): 6-7.
3. Lavinia Stan, "Law under Totalitarianism: Sotsialisticheskoe Pravovoe Gosudarsto," Arhivele totalitarismului (Bucharest: National Institute for the Study of Totalitarianism), 4:1 (1996): 35-45.
2. Lavinia Stan, “The American Debate over Totalitarianism – Terror,” Arhivele totalitarismului 3:1 (1995): 57-63.
1. Lavinia Stan, "The American Debate over Totalitarianism," Arhivele totalitarismului 2:4 (1994): 39-46
Review Articles
2. Lavinia Stan, “Paradoxes of Post-Communist Lustration,” review of Monika Nalepa, Skeletons in the Closet: Transitional Justice in Post-Communist Europe (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009), in International Studies Review, 13:1 (2011): 183-185.
1. Lavinia Stan, "The Unbearable Lightness of Being an East European Intellectual," Government and Opposition, 35:2 (Spring 2000): 265-271.
Book Reviews in European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms
34. “National Perspectives on Russia: European Foreign Policy in the Making?,” 23:1-2 (2018): 216–217, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10848770.2017.1349976. 33. Richard Youngs, The Puzzle of Non-Western Democracy (Washington, DC: The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2015), in press. 32. E. Wayne Merry, Elizabeth A. Wood, Maxim Trudolyubov, and William E. Pomeranz, Roots of Russia’s War in Ukraine (New York: Columbia University Press, 2015), online since 17 March 2017. 31. Sue Wheatcroft, Worth Saving. Disabled Children during the Second World War (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2013), online since 24 August 2015. 30. Maria Todorova and Zsuzsu Gille, eds., Post-Communist Nostalgia (New York: Berghahn Books, 2012), in 20:5 (2015): 572-573. 29. Ruth Glynn, Giancarlo Lombardi and Alan O’Leary, eds., Terrorism, Italian Style Representations of Political Violence in Contemporary Italian Cinema (London: IGRS Books, 2012) in 19:5 (2014): 670-1. 28. Ahmet T. Kuru and Alfed Stepan, eds., Democracy, Islam, and Secularism in Turkey (New York: Columbia University Press, 2012), in 19:4 (2014): 529-530.
19 27. Michael Laffan, The Makings of Indonesian Islam: Orientalism and the Narration of a Sufi Past (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011), published online on 28 July 2014. 26. Gail Kligman and Katherine Verdery, Peasants under Siege: The Collectivization of Romanian Agriculture, 1949–1962 (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011) in 18:6 (2013): 802-3. 25. Howard Adelman and Elazar Barkan, No Return, No Refuge: Rites and Rights in Minority Repatriation (New York: Columbia University Press, 2011), in 18:6 (2013): 803-804. 24. Robert Tignor, Egypt: A Short History (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010), in 18:1 (2013): 120. 23. E. Thomas Ewing, Separate Schools: Gender, Policy, and Practice in Postwar Soviet Education (DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 2010), in 18:1 (2013): 121-122. 22. Mark Traugott, The Insurgent Barricade (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2010), in 17:7 (2012): 961-962. 21. Lorenzo Vidino, The New Muslim Brotherhood in the West (New York: Columbia University Press, 2010), in 17:6 (2012): 852-853. 20. Ilan Stavans, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The Early Years (London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2010), in 17:4 (2012): 563. 19. Walter Ullmann, Principles of Government and Politics in the Middle Ages (London: Routledge, 2010), in 17:4 (2012): 563-564. 18. Norman M. Naimark, Stalin’s Genocides (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010), in 17:3 (2012): 432. 17. Christopher Andrew, Richard Aldrich and Wesley Wark, Secret Intelligence. A Reader (London: Routledge, 2009), in 16:6 (2011): 841-842. 16. Ian Buruma, Taming the Gods. Religion and Democracy on Three Continents (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010), in 16:2 (2011): 707-708. 15. Maria Bucur, Heroes and Victims. Remembering War in Twentieth-Century Romania (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2009), in 16:2 (2011): 285-286. 14. Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer, Ghosts of Home. The Afterlife of Czernowitz in Jewish Memory (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010), in 16:5 (2011): 1001-1002. 13. Carlo Secchi and Antonio Villafranca, eds., Liberalism in Crisis? European Economic Governance in the Age of Turbulence (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2009), in 16:3 (2011): 572-573. 12. Daniel Philpott, ed., The Politics of Past Evil: Religion, Reconciliation, and the Dilemmas of Transitional Justice (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2006), in 13:4 (2008): 536-7. 11. Bernard Fingleton, Ayda Eraydin and Raffaele Paci, eds., Regional Economic Growth, SMEs and the Wider Europe (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003) in 11:2 (2006): 232. 10. Adriana Georgescu, In the Beginning Was the End (Bucharest: Memoria Foundation, 2003) in 10:4 (2005): 16-17. 9. Adrian Velicu, Versions of Exile Morality: Refugees in Britain, 1790-1845 (Goteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, 2001), in 9:1 (2004): 130. 8. Aloysius Balawyder, In the Clutches of the Kremlin: Canadian-East European Relations (1945-1962) (New York: East European Monographs, 2000) in 8:2 (2003): 257-258. 7. K. Stoner-Weiss, Local Heroes: Russian Regional Governance (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998) in 7:1 (2002): 146. 6. Jutta Sperling, Convents and the Body Politic in Late Renaissance Venice (Chicago: Chicago University Press, 2000) in 7:4 (2002): 528-529.
20 5. Valerie Bunce, Subversive Institutions. The Design and the Destruction of Socialism and the State (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999), 6:3 (2001): 692-3. 4. Adam Seligman, The Problem of Trust (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997) in 5:1 (2000): 140-1. 3. Joseph Love, Crafting the Third World (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1996) in 3:5 (2000): 155-156. 2. Amy Knight, Spies Without Cloaks: The KGB's Successors (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996) in 3:2 (2000): 135-6. 1. Adam Ferguson, An Essay on the History of Civil Society (ed. Fania Oz-Salzberger) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995) in 3:3 (1998): 129-131.
Book Reviews in Other Journals
21. Florin Abraham, Romania since the Second World War. A Political, Social and Economic History (London: Bloomsbury, 2017), in Canadian Slavonic Papers, in press. 20. Igor Casu, Duşmanul de clasă: Represiuni politice, violenţă şi rezistenţă în R(A)SS Moldovenească, 1924-1956 (Chisinau: Cartier: 2014), H-Romania, 29 September 2014, available online at: https://www.h- net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=41909. 19. Johannes Wheeldon, After the Spring: Probation, Justice Reform and Democratization from the Baltics to Beirut (The Hague: Eleven, 2012), in Journal of Baltic Studies (2014): 1-3. 18. Monika Nalepa, Skeletons in the Closet: Transitional Justice in Post-Communist Europe (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009), in Memory Studies, 5:3 (2012): 341-343. 17. Suzanne Bardgett, David Cesarani and Jessica Reinisch, eds., Justice, Politics and Memory in Europe after the Second World War, Landscapes after Battle, Volume 2 (Mitchell Vallentine & Co., 2011), in Journal of Cold War Studies (Harvard Univ.), 15:1 (2013): 172-174. 16. Dareg Zabarah, Nation and Statehood in Moldova. Ideological and Political Dynamics since the 1980s (Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag, 2011) in Slavic Review, 71:2 (2012): 450-451. 15. Randall Balmer, God in the White House: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush (New York: HarperOne, 2008), in Decantarile (3 February 2010), www.oglindanet.ro. 14. Lucian Leustean, Orthodoxy and the Cold War: Religion and Political Power in Romania, 1947-65 (London: Palgrave, 2009), in Politics and Religion, 3:2 (2010): 15-18. 13. Matthew Ciscel, The Language of the Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and Identity in an Ex- Soviet Republic (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007), in Slavic Review, 67:4 (2008): 1015-6. 12. Peter Siani-Davies, The Romanian Revolution of December 1989 (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2005), in Canadian Slavonic Papers, 50:1-2 (2008): 284-285. 11. Thomas J. Kiel, Romania’s Tortured Road toward Modernity (Boulder: Columbia University Press, 2006), in Canadian-American Slavic Studies, 32:4 (2008): 449-450. 10. Pamela A. Jordan, Defending Rights in Russia: Lawyers, the State and Legal Reform in the Post- Soviet Era (Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia, 2005) in Canadian Journal of Political Research, 40:4 (2007): 1078-1079. 9. Kristen Ghodsee, The Red Riviera. Gender, Tourism and Post-Socialism on the Black Sea (Durham: Duke University Press, 2005) in Women’s Studies International Forum, 29:2 (2006): 225. 8. Marius Oprea and Stejarel Olaru, The Day We Won’t Forget. 15 November 1987, Brasov (Bucharest: Polirom, 2003) in Canadian Slavonic Papers, 48:3-4 (2006).
21 7. Marin Calin and Magdalena Dumitrana, eds., Values and Education in Romania Today (Washington, DC: The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, 2001) in Etudes Maritainiennes vol. 18 (2002): 141. 6. Saul Estrin, ed., Privatization in Central and Eastern Europe (London: Longman, 1994) in Journal of East-West Business, 4:1-2 (1998). 5. Tom Gallagher, Romania after Ceausescu (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1995) in Canadian Review for the Study of Nationalism, vol. 25 (1998): 140-142. 4. Adrian Karatnycky, A. Motyl and Boris Shor, eds. Nations in Transit 1997. Civil Society, Democracy and Markets in East Central Europe and the Newly Independent States (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, 1997) in Europe-Asia Studies, 50:5 (1998): 913-914. 3. Dennis Deletant, Ceausescu and the Securitate: Coercion and Dissent in Romania 1965-1989 (Armonk: Sharpe, 1995) in Canadian-American Slavic Studies, 31:3 (1997). 2. Michael Wyzan, First Steps toward Economic Independence. New States of the Post- Communist World (Westport: Praeger, 1995) in Canadian Slavonic Papers 38:3-4 (1996): 521-522. 1. Sidney Tormey, Making Sense of Tyranny: Interpretations of Totalitarianism (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1995) in Arhivele totalitarismului 4:4 (1996).
Plus 51 short book notes published in Choice.
Invited Presentations
39. “Missing the Target? - Commissionism in Brazil and South Korea,” part of the Jules Leger conference, StFX, 22 November 2019.
38. “The Justice in Transitional Justice: Some Lessons from Post-Communist Settings,” part of the Justice workshop organized by Dr. Cristian Tileaga, St. Francis Xavier University, 28 October 2019.
37. “Transitional Justice in Post-Communism: Lessons Learned and Future Avenues,” keynote address delivered at the Centre for East European and Baltic Studies, Södertörn University, Sweden, 7-8 November 2019.
36. “Justiția de tranziție în lumea post-sovietică,” lecture delivered at Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania, 15 May 2019.
35. “Boom or Bust: The Future of the European Union,” keynote address delivered at The Future of Europe international conference, Academia de Studii Economice, Bucharest, Romania, 22-23 November 2018.
34. “Determinants of Transitional Justice – A Scorecard,” public lecture presented at “Remembering and Commemorating Traumatic History” research cluster at the University of British Columbia Okanagan, 3 November 2017.
33. “Rummaging through Secret Files: Truth, Half-Truth, and Non-Truth,” part of the Faculty of Arts Lecture Series, 19 October 2017. Presented again as part of the Learning Lecture Series for Adults 55+, Antigonish Public Library, 30 January 2019.
22 32. “Vigilante Justice in Post-Communist Europe,” public lecture presented at University College Cork, Ireland, 7 September 2017.
31. Lavinia Stan, participation in the Strategy Meeting on Accountability in North Korea, organized by the Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights and the UN Commission of Inquiry into North Korean Human Rights, Seoul, South Korea, 18-19 November 2016.
30. Lavinia Stan, “Justitia in tranzitie,” “Religie si politica,” “Scriere academica,” and “Post- communism” (Transitional Justice, Religion and Politics, Academic Writing, and Post-Communism), four lectures delivered at Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania, on 16, 17, 18 and 19 May 2016.
29. Lavinia Stan, “The Good and the Bad: Civil Society Input in Transitional Justice in Romania,” delivered at keynote speech at the 9th annual international conference of the Romanian Studies Organization at Indiana University at Bloomington, 25-26 March 2016.
28. Lavinia Stan, “Determinants of Post-Communist Transitional Justice: An Overview,” delivered as part of "Justice and Imagination: Building Peace in Post-Conflict Societies" conference by Mount Holyoke College, the United States, 28 February-1 March 2014.
27. Lavinia Stan, “Civil Society and Post-Communist Transitional Justice: The Romanian Case,” delivered as part of “Legal Frames of Memory. Transitional Justice in Central and Eastern Europe” conference, organized by the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity, based in Warsaw, the University of Warsaw, the Institute of Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (USD), the Nation’s Memory Institute (UPN, Slovakia), and the Open Society Archives (Hungary), Warsaw, Poland, 27-29 November 2013.
26. Lavinia Stan, “New Research Directions in Transitional Justice,” part of the Historical Memory and Transitional Justice in Post-Communist Eastern Europe roundtable/seminar, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University, 19 November 2013.
25. Lavinia Stan, “outside” discussant for Yakov Rabkin (History, Universite de Montreal), “International and Strategic Aspects of De-modernization,” delivered as part of Montreal Eurasianists speaker series, McGill University, 14 November 2013.
24. Lavinia Stan, “Taming the Securitate Shrew: Women as Victims and Collaborators,” presented at the Centre canadien d’études allemandes et européennes, Universite de Montreal, 12 Nov. 2013.
23. Lavinia Stan, “Transitional Justice in Unified Korea: Some Possible Markers,” delivered as part of “Transitional Justice in a Reunified Korea: Peace-Building and Reconciliation” conference, organized by the ASAN Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, D.C., 23-24 May 2013.
22. Lavinia Stan, “Romania: In the Shadow of the Past,” delivered as part of the annual meeting of Faith in Europe, London, England, 14 July 2011.
23 21. Lavinia Stan, “Competing Models of Church-State Relations in Romania,” delivered at the Center for German and European Studies, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, 2 May 2011.
20. Lavinia Stan, “The Urge to Purge: A Scorecard of Lustration,” Arts Faculty Lecture, St. Francis Xavier University, 8 February 2011.
19. Lavinia Stan, “Religion and Politics in Post-Communist Romania,” part of the Year of Romania conference series, Kennessaw State University, Georgia, 17 February 2011.
18. Lavinia Stan, “Transitional Justice in Eastern Europe,” presented at the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile, Bucharest, Romania, 21 June 2010.
17. Lavinia Stan, “Access to Secret Archives in East European Countries,” part of the European Identity and the Politics towards the Repressive Past international seminar, organized by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and the Spanish High Council for Scientific Investigations, Madrid, 26-28 May 2010.
16. Lavinia Stan, “The Wiesel and Tismaneanu Commissions: Lessons for a Turkish-Armenian Historical Commission,” part of Historical Commissions: Comparative Perspectives workshop, Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, New York, 12-13 March 2010.
15. Lavinia Stan, “Transitional Justice in Eastern Europe,” part of Memoire et Trauma chez les Ecrivaines et les Cineastes de l'Europe de l'Est (Post)communiste, Eurofest 09, Group of Studies and Research on International and Intercultural Communication, UQAM, Montreal, 5 Dec. 2009.
14. Lavinia Stan, “The Return of History,” part of the “The End and the Beginning: The Revolution of 1989 and the Resurgence of History” conference, organized by the Center for Post-Communist Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Romanian Cultural Institute, and the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Washington, DC, 9-10 November 2009.
13. Lavinia Stan, “Memory, Justice, Forgetting: A Scorecard of Romanian Transitional Justice” (Memorie, Dreptate, Uitare: Radiografia decomunizarii romanesti) part of ‘Romania 20 Years After the Collapse of the Communist Regime’ workshop organized by the Political Analysis Center (Centrul de Analiza Politica) at the University Babes-Bolyai of Cluj-Napoca and the Ratiu Center for Democracy, Cluj, Romania, 30-31 October 2009.
12. Lavinia Stan, “Romania, the European Union and Canada – Building Bridges, Forging Ties,” paper presented at the Romania and Canada: From Past to Future panel organized by the Embassy of Romania to Ottawa and Carleton University to mark 90 years Canadian-Romanian diplomatic relations, Ottawa, 27 May 2009.
11. Lavinia Stan, “Options and Limits: Transitional Justice in Different East European Societies,” paper presented as part of the “Twenty Years Later – Dealing with the Heritage of Communism” conference, organized by the DAAD Joint Initiative and Munk Center, the University of Toronto, 19-20 March 2009.
24 10. Lavinia Stan, “Church-State Relations in the Expanded Europe: Between Religious Pluralism and Church Establishment,” paper presented as part of the South East and Eastern European Countries' EU Accession Quandary conference, University of Victoria, 22-23 January 2009.
9. Lavinia Stan, “Judging the Effectiveness of Accountability Mechanisms,” paper presented at “Transitional Justice and Democratic Consolidation: Comparing the Effectiveness of the Accountability Mechanisms in Eastern Europe and Latin America” workshop, organized by the United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan, Oxford University, and El Colegio de Mexico, 16-17 October 2008.
8. Lavinia Stan, “Romania - The Politics of History and How Central Europe Deals with Its Past,” paper presented as part of the Dealing with the Past in East-Central Europe conference, Columbia University, New York, 2-3 December 2007.
7. Lavinia Stan, “Romania’s EU Accession between Political Capacity and Political Will,” paper presented as part of the South East Europe and the EU Enlargement conference, Center for European Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, 13-16 September 2006.
6. Lavinia Stan, “Secularization or Twin Toleration? Redefining Church-State Relations in Post- Communism,” paper presented at the Regent’s Park College, Oxford University, 2 March 2006.
5. Lavinia Stan, “The Securitate and the Romanian Orthodox Church: Patterns of Collaboration and Resistance among Clergy,” paper presented at The Communist Security Apparatus in East Central Europe 1944-5/1989 conference organized by the Polish Institute of National Remembrance, the Slovak Nation’s Memory Institute, the Czech Office for Documentation and Investigation of the Crimes of Communism, and the Federal Commissioner for the Records of the National Security Services of East Germany, Warsaw, Poland, 16-18 June 2005.
4. Lavinia Stan, “Spies with Files: The Opening of the Securitate Archive,” paper presented as part of the Intelligence in Waging the Cold War: NATO, Warsaw Pact and Neutrals, 1949-90 conference organized by the Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies, the Parallel History Project on NATO and the Warsaw Pact, and the Intelligence Liaison and Alliances Research, Oslo, Norway, 29 April–1 May 2005.
3. Lavinia Stan, "Fighting the Demons of the Recent Past: Evaluating Post-Communist Romanian Reconstruction and Development," presented at the “Southeastern Europe: Moving Forward” conference, Institute of European and Russian Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Jan. 2003.
2. Lavinia Stan, "Lustration and Transitional Justice in Eastern Europe," delivered at the Department of Political Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, 9 November 2001.
1. Lavinia Stan, "Hate Thy Neighbour: Chauvinistic Discourse in the Post-Communist Press," paper presented as part of Le role des mass media et des nouvelles technologies de I'information et de la communication dans la democratisation des societes de I 'Europe Centrale et Orientale conference, University of Oradea, Romania, October 2001.
25 Conference Presentations, Lectures and Workshops
60. Lavinia Stan, “Churches, Memory and Justice in Post-Communism,” paper to be presented at the 10th World Congress of the International Council for Central and East European Studies, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada, 4-9 August 2020.
59. Lavinia Stan and Cynthia M. Horne, “Transitional Justice and the Former Soviet Union: Reviewing the Past, Looking toward the Future,” paper presented at Institutul de Cercetari al Universitatii Bucuresti (ICUB), Romania, 21 June 2018.
58. Lavinia Stan, “Reckoning Measures in Moldova: A Preliminary Overview,” paper presented at the 8th international conference of the Society for Romanian Studies, Bucharest, 26-30 June 2018.
57. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Conservative Orthodoxy in Romania,” paper presented at the annual Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies meeting, Chicago, November 11, 2017.
56. Lavinia Stan, “Transitional Justice and the Politics of Memory: A Theoretical Overview,” paper presented at the international congress of the Society for Romanian Studies, University of Bucharest, 20 June 2015.
55. Lavinia Stan, “Thinking about Resistance Through Culture, Eating, Writing,” presentation part of Resistance and Collaboration of Religious Groups under Communism workshop, Le Centre canadien d'études allemandes et européennes, Universite de Montreal, 27 February 2015.
54. Lavinia Stan, “Perceptions of Women as Securitate Agents and Victims,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, San Antonio, 22 November 2014.
53. Lavinia Stan, “The Good and the Bad: The Differential Input of Civil Society Actors,” paper presented at the International Political Science Association congress, Montreal, July 2014.
52. Lavinia Stan, “The Future of Transitional Justice: Five New Research Directions,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, Boston, 22 November 2013.
51. Lavinia Stan, “Unofficial Truth Projects – Competing or Complementary Solutions?,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, Boston, 22 November 2013.
50. Lavinia Stan, “Vigilante Justice in Post-Communist Settings: The Value of Wild Truth-Telling Initiatives,” paper presented at the International Congress of the Society for Romanian Studies, Sibiu, 2-4 July 2012.
49. Lucian Turcescu and Lavinia Stan, “Two Models of Relations between the Romanian Orthodox
26 Church and the State,” paper presented at the Symposium on Family, Philanthropy, and Social Ethics: The State-Church Partnership on Social Assistance, Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Alba Iulia, Romania, 6-8 May 2011. Published as Lucian Turcescu and Lavinia Stan, “Two Models of Relations between the Romanian Orthodox Church and the State,” Altarul Intregirii (Facultatea de Teologie Orthodoxa Alba Iulia) (Supplement/2011), pp. 214-250.
48. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Romanian Positions on Orthodoxy and the European Union,” paper presented at the Postcolonialism / Postcommunism: Intersections and Overlaps conference, Canadian Studies Center, University of Bucharest, Romania, 23-24 April 2010.
47. Lavinia Stan, “Civil Society vs. State?: Comparing Official and Unofficial Truth-Telling Initiatives,” paper presented at the Council for European Studies conference, Montreal, 15-17 April 2010.
46. Lavinia Stan, “If I Could Turn Back Time: Justice and Memory in Post-Communism,” paper presented at the IARCEES annual conference on 1989 – Twenty Years After, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, 8-9 May 2009.
45. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Religion and Politics in Romania – Between Restrained Pluralism and Orthodox Establishment?,” paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies annual conference, Philadelphia, 20-23 November 2008.
44. Lavinia Stan, “Religious Freedom in Post-Communist Eastern Europe,” paper presented at the American Political Science Association annual meeting, Boston, 28-31 August 2008.
43. Lavinia Stan, Razvan Zaharia and Rodica Zaharia, “Students’ Perception of De-Communization: The Case of Romania,” paper presented at the 11th international conference of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas, University of Helsinki, Finland, 28 July-2 August 2008.
42. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Religion and Party Politics: The Romanian Case,” paper presented at the Canadian Association of Slavists annual meeting, Vancouver, BC, 31 May-2 June 2008.
41. Lavinia Stan, “Truth Commissions in Central and Eastern Europe,” paper presented as part of the “La controverse dans l’apres communisme: re-construction du lien social et production politique du vivre- ensample” colloquium, Laval University, Quebec City, 8-9 February 2008.
40. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “The Orthodox Church and the EU Eastern Enlargement Process,” presented at the International Congress of the Society for Romanian Studies, Constanta, Romania, 25-28 June 2007.
39. Lavinia Stan, Rodica Zaharia and Razvan Zaharia, “Youth Perceptions of De-communization,” paper presented at the International Congress of the Society for Romanian Studies, Constanta, Romania, 25-28 June 2007.
38. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Religious Euro-skeptics: The Orthodox Church and European
27 Union Integration,” paper presented at European Union Studies Association annual conference, Montreal, 17-19 May 2007.
37. Lavinia Stan and Rodica Zaharia, “Chasing a Moving Target: Rhetoric, the Politics of the Past and European Integration,” paper presented at the Rhetoric in Society conference, Aalborg University, Denmark, 21-24 November 2006.
36. Lavinia Stan, “Ten Myths of Transitional Justice,” paper delivered at the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies annual conference, Washington, DC, 16-19 Nov. 2006.
35. Lavinia Stan and Rodica Zaharia, “The Future of the Common and Security Policy in the Context of EU Enlargement,” paper presented as part of the Economy and Business 2006 conference, Sunny Beach, Bulgaria, 11-15 September 2006.
34. Lavinia Stan, “The Politics of Memory in Post-Communist Europe: A Comparative Analysis,” paper presented at the Experiences et memoire: partager en francais la diversite du monde colloquium, Bucharest, Romania, 12-16 September 2006.
33. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Church-State Relations in Romania: In Search for a Paradigm,” paper presented at the American Political Science Association annual meeting, Philadelphia, 30 August 2006.
32. Lavinia Stan and Rodica Zaharia, “Agreeing to Disagree: The New European Union Members and the Security Challenge,” paper delivered at the International Society for the Study of European Ideas bi- annual conference, Malta, 24-29 July 2006.
31. Lavinia Stan, “Lustration in Romania: The Revolution’s Stillborn?,” paper delivered at the International Political Science Association meeting, Fukuoka, Japan, 9-13 July 2006.
30. Lavinia Stan, “The Romanian Information Service: Between Securitate and Democratic Intelligence Services,” paper delivered at the Post-Communist World: 25 Years of Changes conference, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, 5-6 July 2006.
29. Lavinia Stan, “The Vanishing Truth? Politics and Memory in Eastern Europe,” paper presented at the European Consortium of Political Research Joint Workshops, Nicosia, Cyprus, 25-30 April 2006.
28. Lavinia Stan and Rodica Zaharia, “The Common Foreign and Security Policy: A Scorecard,” paper presented at the Security Challenges at the Beginning of the 21st Century conference, National Institute for Defense, Bucharest, Romania, 14-15 April 2006.
27. Lavinia Stan, “Spies, Files and Lies - Poland,” paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies annual conference, St. Lake City, Utah, 3-6 November 2005.
26. Lavinia Stan, “Politics and Salvation in Post-Communism,” paper presented at the Church-State
28 Relations under Communism conference, Iasi, Romania, October 2005.
25. Lucian Turcescu and Lavinia Stan, “Religious Education in Romania,” paper presented at the Eastern Christianities in Anthropological Perspective conference, Max Planck Institute, Halle, Germany, 22-25 September 2005.
24. Lavinia Stan, “Transitional Justice in Eastern Europe,” paper presented at the VII World Congress of the International Council for Central and East European Studies, Berlin, Germany, 25-30 July 2005.
23. Lavinia Stan, “European Justice for Victims of Communism?,” paper presented at the VII World Congress of the International Council for Central and East European Studies, Berlin, Germany, 25-30 July 2005.
22. Lavinia Stan, “The 2004 Romanian Elections: A Velvet Revolution?,” paper presented at the Canadian Association of Slavists annual meeting, London, ON, 31 May 2005.
21. Lavinia Stan, “Transitional Justice in Romania,” paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies annual conference, Boston, 4-7 December 2004.
20. Lavinia Stan, “Securitate Spies and Informers: A Post-Communist Interest Group?,” paper presented at the Interest Groups in Central and Eastern Europe conference, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 26-27 November 2004.
19. Lavinia Stan, “Our Spies’ Keeper: The Romanian Information Service,” paper presented at the Canadian Association of Slavists annual conference, Winnipeg, 1 June 2004.
18. Lavinia Stan, “Between Moscow and Bucharest: The Bessarabian Metropolitanate,” paper presented at the Canadian Political Science Association annual meeting, Winnipeg, 4 June 2004.
17. Lavinia Stan, "Access to Securitate Files: A Scorecard," paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies meeting, Toronto, 21-24 Nov. 2003.
16. Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, "Romanian Orthodox Church in Post-Communist Affairs," paper presented at the American-Romanian Association meeting, Universitatea Constantin Brancusi, Tirgu Jiu, Romania, June 2003.
15. Lavinia Stan, "From Plan to Clan: Reassessing Explanatory Models for Corrupt Post-Communist Privatization," paper presented at the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research Conference on Corruption, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 12-13 December 2002.
14. Lavinia Stan, "Thinking about European Unity: Eastern European Media Perspectives," paper presented as part of the Contribution of Mass Media to the Extension of the European Union conference, University of Oradea, Romania, 10-13 October 2002.
29 13. Lavinia Stan, "Living la Vida Loca in the Era of Globalization: Telenovelas and Post-Communist Transition," paper presented as part of the Studies of Development in the Era of Globalization workshop, Dalhousie University, 9-10 August 2002.
12. Lavinia Stan, "Who, Where, When and How: Unsolved Issues Regarding Securitate Files," paper presented at the Canadian Political Science Association annual meeting, Toronto, 31 May 2002.
11. Lavinia Stan, "Community and Social Capital: Some Methodological Problems," paper presented at the Globalization, the Atlantic Region and Area Studies: Research and Methodology in an Era of Global Change conference, Dalhousie University, Halifax, 26-27 October 2001.
10. Lavinia Stan, "Comparing Regime Performance: A Case Study," paper presented at the American Political Science Association annual conference, San Francisco, September 2001.
9. Lavinia Stan, "Iliescu vs. Constantinescu: A Quantitative Comparison of Post-Communist Governance," paper presented at the Globalization and Governance: From Conflict to Development in the New Century conference, Dalhousie University, Halifax, 9-11 August 2001.
8. Lavinia Stan, "Social Capital and Ethnic Conflict," paper presented at the Canadian Political Science Association annual conference, Quebec, 27-29 May 2001.
7. Lavinia Stan, "Romanian Political Science University Programs," paper presented at the British Association of Slavonic, Central and Eastern European Studies annual conference, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University, England, 31 March - 2 April 2001.
6. Lavinia Stan, "Theory and Practice in Post-Communist Economic Transition," paper presented at the American Political Science Association annual conference, Washington DC, September 2000.
5. Lavinia Stan, "Change and Continuity in the Eastern European Social Science Education," paper presented at the International Society for the Study of European Ideas bi-annual conference, Bergen, Norway, August 2000.
4. Lavinia Stan, "The Politics of Privatization in Eastern Europe," paper presented at the Canadian Political Science Association conference, Memorial University, St. John's, NF, 8-10 June 1997.
3. Lavinia Stan, "Managing Ethnic Diversity of Independent Moldova," paper presented at the Canadian Political Science Association annual conference, Brock University, 4 June 1996.
2. Lavinia Stan, "Friends and Foes in Post-Communist Times," paper presented at the New York State Association of European Historians annual conference, St. John Fisher College, US, September 1995.
1. Lavinia Stan, “Moldovaness Reconsidered," paper presented at the American Historical Association annual conference, Maui, Hawaii, 4 August 1995.
30 Lectures (part of other courses) and Other Interventions:
Commentary on Stephen Marmura, The Wikileaks Paradigm: Paradoxes and Revelations, StFX, 25 January, 2019.
Intervention during the launch of the volume Sub aripa neagra a razboiului, by Herman Victorov (Toronto: Maple Red Publishing House, 2017), Montreal, 17 June 2017.
“Europe,” mini-lecture, Community Meeting Room at the Antigonish library, April 2017.
Intervention in the Transitional Justice course (Prof. Nadya Nedelsky), International Studies Department, Macalester College, US, 4 March 2014; 2 March 2017; 1 March 2018; 20 March 2019; 5 March 2020.
Intervention on “The Arab Spring and the Impact of New Technologies,” for CSCI 215 Social Issues in the Information Age course (Prof. Wendy MacCaull), StFX, 25 January 2017.
Chair and/or discussant for:
Discussant, Virtual Workshop on Authoritarian Regimes (http://authoritarianregimes.org/), 15 January 2019. Chair, panel on "Divided in History, United in Memory: How Czechs and Romanians Remember Their Pasts" part of the 50th Annual ASEEES Convention, Boston, 6-9 December 2018. Chair, panel on “Plagiarism - Determinants and Responses,” part of the 8th international conference of the Society for Romanian Studies, Bucharest, 26-30 June 2018. Discussant, “Retributive Justice: Dealing with Perpetrators” panel, part of the Legal Frames of Memory: Transitional Justice in Central and Eastern Europe conference, Warsaw University, 28 Nov. 2013. Discussant, “Changes in Church-State Relations: The Political Power of the Catholic Church in Post- Communist Europe” panel, ASEEES conference, Boston, 22 Nov. 2013. Chair, Transitional Justice panel, “Warsaw Dialogue for Democracy” conference, Institute for National Remembrance, Warsaw, 14-15 Dec. 2012. Discussant and Chair, Society for Romanian Studies International Congress, Sibiu, July 2012. Chair, “Fethullah Gulen; modernity and inherited religious identity,” Concordia University, 17 May 2012. Chair, various panels, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, 2004-2009. Chair and Discussant, Society for Romanian Studies Congress, Constanta, July 2007. Chair and Discussant, European Consortium of Political Research Joint Workshop “Truth and Representation in Politics,” 2006. Discussant, International Political Science Association, 2006. Chair, "Transnational Dimensions of Democratization in the Americas" workshop, 2005, Mount Allison University. Chair, Canadian Political Science Association, 1998 and 2002. Chair, New York State Association of Political Science meetings, 1998.
31 Roundtable participant:
Roundtable participant, “Roundtable on the Journal of Romanian Studies,” part of the 8th international conference of the Society for Romanian Studies, Bucharest, 26-30 June 2018. Roundtable participant, “Security in post-communist Romania: progress and challenges,” part of the 8th international conference of the Society for Romanian Studies, Bucharest, 26-30 June 2018. Roundtable participant, “The SRS-Polirom Book Series,” part of the 8th international conference of the Society for Romanian Studies, Bucharest, 26-30 June 2018. Book Discussion participant, "Transnational Justice in the Former Soviet Union," part of the 50th Annual ASEEES Convention, Boston, 6-9 December 2018. Roundtable participant, "Post-Communist Transitional Justice - Lessons from 25 Years of Experience," ASEEES, Philadelphia, November 19-22, 2015. Participant, roundtable on “Egypt 2011 and Regime Transition: A Panel Discussion,” StFX, 10 Feb. 2011. Moderator, roundtable on “Debating the Role of Public Intellectuals,” Society for Romanian Studies, Constanta, June 2007.
Scientific committee member: International Academic Conference on Law and Politics (IACLP 2014), Istanbul, Turkey.
Translations into Romanian
2. Etienne de la Boetie, De la Servitude Volontaire, translated by Lavinia Stan and Sabina Elena Stan, Bucharest: Universal Dalsi Press, 1994. Translation reviewed in: Romania Literara (2002).
1. Carl Schmidt, Political Theology, translated by Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, Bucharest: Universal Dalsi Press, 1995. Reviewed in Analele Stiintifice ale Universitatii Alexandru Ioan Cuza – Iasi. Seria Stiinte Juridice (2001).
Professional Testimonies
7. Expert Consultant for an asylum case, Gherson Law Firm, London, the United Kingdom, June- November 2019. 6. Expert Consultant for the damage for loss of property case of Sukyas vs. Romania, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Law Firm, Los Angeles, January 2016. 5. Consultant for Lee Altschuler, Attorney at Law, Woodside, California, US, January 2016. 4. Expert Consultant for the asylum and deportation case of a Moldovan citizen, Trefonas Law Firm, Jackson, Wyoming, 30 January-1 February 2012. 3. Expert Consultant, Technopolis Forschungs- und Beratungsgesellschaft m.b.H., Vienna, advising the Romanian government on its Research, Development and Innovations system, 15-18 June 2011. 2. Expert Consultant for the asylum and deportation case of Dr. Iulia Funieru, Louis A. Gordon Law Firm, Los Angeles, US, 20-25 May 2009. 1. Expert Consultant for the asylum and deportation case of Mr. Dumitru Pintilie, Gibbs Houston Pauw Law Firm, Seattle, US, 14-17 March 2008.
32 ADMINISTRATIVE WORK
StFX University Committees
Co-chair, Mila Mulroney Women, Policy and Governance Research Chair Search Committee, 2020. Coordinator, Public Policy and Governance Program (PGOV), August 2019-present. Member, Internal Advisory Committee, Brian Mulroney Institute of Government, March 2019- present. Chair, Program Evaluation Committee, Public Policy and Governance Program (PGOV), 2019-2020. Member, Department Evaluation Committee, Department of Political Science, 2019-2020. Library Representative, Department of Political Science, 2019-present. Member, Department Evaluation Committee, Department of Political Science, 2018-2019. Chair, MacEachen Lectureship Committee, 2016-2017. Chair, Department of Political Science, May 2015-2017. Chair, Department Evaluation Committee, Department of Political Science, 2016-2017. Member, Research Advisory Board, September 2016. Member, Irving Shipbuilding Inc. Chair in Arctic, Marine and Security Policy Search Committee, September 2016. Member, University Council of Research, September 2015-2017. Member, Students' Union Senior Awards Committee, March 2015. Member, Departmental Evaluation Committee, Department of Political Science, 2014-2015. Member, Departmental Evaluation Committee, Department of Political Science, 2012-2013 Member, Departmental Evaluation Committee, Department of Political Science, 2011-2012. Faculty Advisor, Political Science Society, 2011-2012. Member, Committee for Academic Review, 2011-2013. Member, Quality of Life Committee, 2010-2012. Member, Senate, 2009-2012 and 2004-2006. Member, SSHRCC-Sponsored Master's Scholarship Evaluation Committee, January 2010. Member, Committee on Nominations, 2008-2010. Member, Women’s Studies Advising Faculty, 2005-2006. Chair and Secretary, Senate Committee on Academic Discipline and Integrity, 2005-2006. Member, Service Learning Committee, 2004-2006. Member, Library Committee, 2004-2006. Member, Kontak Prize adjudicating committee, Department of Political Science, 2004, 2006. Member, Larry Collins Prize adjudicating committee, Department of Political Science, 2006. Library representative, Department of Political Science, 2004–2006.
National Committees
Member, Doctoral Awards National Committee 5, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2011-2012. Member, Standard Research Grants Adjudicating Committee, Interdisciplinary Studies, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2010-2011. Member, Canadian Association for the Club of Rome (CACOR), 2009-present.
33 Member at Large, Executive Committee, Canadian Association of Slavists, 2005-2006. Evaluator, Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association student essay competition, 2005. Member, Doctoral Scholarship Selection Committee, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC), 2003-2006. Application evaluator, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC), standard research grant competition, 2003-2004 and 2006-2007.
International Committees and Work
Editorial work Co-editor with Margaret Beissinger, Journal of Romanian Studies, a peer-reviewed review published by Ibidem Press (Germany) in collaboration with the Society for Romanian Studies, January 2017 – December 2019. Co-editor with Irina Livezeanu, Studii Romanesti/Romanian Studies book series, published by the Romanian press Polirom and the Society for Romanian Studies, May 2013-present. Associate Editor, Women's Studies International Forum, peer-reviewed scholarly review published by Elsevier, December 2011 – December 2019. Member, Committee on Data Transparency, Politics & Religion peer-reviewed journal published by Cambridge University Press, September 2016. Regional Editor for Europe, Women's Studies International Forum, October 2009 – December 2011. Co-editor for Europe, Women’s Studies International Forum, January-September 2009.
International Scholarly Associations Chair, Nominating Committee, Society for Romanian Studies, February-March 2020. Member, Steering Committee on Orthodoxy, Politics and International Relations, International Orthodox Theological Association (IOTA), April 2017-present. President, Society for Romanian Studies (scholarly association based in North America, with membership also in Europe and Romania), 2014-2015, and January 2016-December 2018. Chair, PR & Membership Committee, Society for Romanian Studies, April 2013-2015. Member, H-Romania Advisory Board, April 2013-present. Member, Organizing Committee of the 2012 International Congress in Sibiu, Society for Romanian Studies, 2011-2012. Acting President, Society for Romanian Studies, October 2010-January 2011. Vice-president, Society for Romanian Studies, August 2010-December 2013. Member, Book Prize Committee, Society for Romanian Studies, 2010-2011. Member, Graduate Student Essay Committee, Society for Romanian Studies, 2009-2010. Member, Committee on Nominations, Society of Romanian Studies (US-based), 2009-2012. Alternate member, the 3-person Canadian delegation, International Political Science Association Council, 2009. Member, Aaron Wildavsky Best Dissertation Award Committee, Religion and Politics section, American Political Science Association, 2007-2008. Member of the 3-person Canadian delegation to the International Political Science Association Council, 2006-2009. Chair, Aaron Wildavsky Best Dissertation Award Committee, Religion and Politics section,
34 American Political Science Association, 2006-2007. Board member, Society for Romanian Studies (North America), 2004-2007.
Transitional Justice State Agency (pro bono activity) Member, Scientific Council, Institutul pentru Investigarea Crimelor Comunismului si Memoria Exilului Romanesc (Institute for Investigating Communist Crimes and the Memory of Romanian Exile), Bucharest, March 2010-2012.
Romanian Committees and Panels (pro-bono activity) Member, Special Commission, National Commission for Attestation of University Titles and Diplomas (Consiliul National de Atestare a Titlurilor si Diplomelor Universitare, CNATDCU), Ministry of Education, Romania, for evaluating plagiarism in the PhD thesis authored by Adrian Iacob, former president of the Bucharest-based Police Academy, July-October 2019. Member, Commission on Sociology, Political and Administrative Sciences (Commission # 25), National Commission for Attestation of University Titles and Diplomas (Consiliul National de Atestare a Titlurilor si Diplomelor Universitare, CNATDCU), Ministry of Education, Romania, May 2017-present. Member in the selection committee of the members of Commission for Sociology and Political and Administrative Sciences of Consiliul Naţional de Atestare a Titlurilor, Diplomelor si Certificatelor Universitare (CNATCDU) for 2016-2020, Romanian Ministry of Education, appointed by Order of the Minister on 4 May 2016. Member, Commission on Social Sciences (Commission #4), National Commission for Attestation of University Titles and Diplomas (Consiliul National de Atestare a Titlurilor si Diplomelor Universitare, CNATDCU), Ministry of Education, Romania, March 2011-September 2012.
Grant Evaluator Evaluator, eight applications part of the Research Projects to Stimulate Young Independent Teams competition, The Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI), Romanian Ministry of Education, February-March 2020. Evaluator, five applications part of the Postdoctoral Research Projects competition, The Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI), Romanian Ministry of Education, February-March 2020. Evaluator, three applications for Research Student Fellowship for Doctoral Students 2019-2020, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, January 2020. Evaluator, one application for Shastri Publication Grant, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, January 2020. Evaluator, five applications part of the Proiecte Experimental Demonstrative competition, The Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI), Romanian Ministry of Education, Fall 2019-Spring 2020. Member, Preliminary Committee, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, reviewer of one doctoral application for funding, 2019. Reviewer, one application submitted to the Trinity Long Room Hub Marie Sklodowska-Curie COFUND, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, January 2018. Evaluator, one fellowship application submitted to Imre Kertész Kolleg, Friedrich-Schiller-
35 Universität Jena, Germany, November 2018. Evaluator, one fellowship application for young scholars, submitted to Institutul de Cercetari al Universitatii Bucuresti, January 2018. Evaluator, three grant applications submitted to the National Science Center (Narodowe Centrum Nauki) of Poland as part of the OPUS and PRELUDIUM funding schemes, September 2017. Evaluator, grant application submitted to the Czech Science Foundation under Ministry of Education of Czech Republic, June 2017. Evaluator, 14 individual applications submitted as part of PNCD III, Programme 2, PED (Experimental-Demonstration Projects) 2016 competition, The Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI), Romanian Ministry of Education, July-October 2016. Evaluator, one individual research funding application, Estonian Research Council, July-August 2015. Evaluator, Reviewer and/or Rapporteur for five applications, PN-II-RU-TE-2014 competition for young researchers, The Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI), Romanian Ministry of Education, June 2015. Reviewer, one application submitted to the British Academy BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants, April 2014. Evaluator, seven applications submitted to Internal Grant Competition for Young Researchers, University Babes-Bolyai, Cluj, Romania, September 2013. Reporter, Romanian National Council for Scientific Research (Agentia Nationala de Cercetare Stiintifica), Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport, for a total of eight Post-Doctoral Research Projects, four Young Research Teams, and one Exploratory Research Projects, September-October 2012. Evaluator, Romanian National Council for Scientific Research (Agentia Nationala de Cercetare Stiintifica), Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport, for a total of four Exploratory Research Projects (PCE), eight Joint Applied Research Projects (PCCA), and five Post-Doctoral Research Projects (PD), September 2011-September 2012. Member, Selection Committee for adjudicating International Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) Fellowships, International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), Washington, DC, 2006-2007.
Promotion Files External evaluator for promotion to Senior Lecturer of Dr. Roland Clark, University of Liverpool, December 2018. External evaluator for the tenure and promotion to Associate Professor of Dr. Moyra Lynch, Department of Political Science, Loyola University Maryland, September 2018. External examiner for the promotion to Associate Professor of Dr. Radu Cinpoes, Kingston University, London, United Kingdom, February 2017. External examiner for the promotion to Full Professor of Dr. Nadya Nedelsky, Macalester College, US, December 2016. External examiner for the promotion to Full Professor of Dr. Brian Grodsky, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, October 2016. Opinion on Dr. Alison Hoffman’s reappointment as Assistant Professor, Oakland University, October
36 2013. External Reviewer for 3-year progress report, Dr. Ayse Gül Altınay, Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey, April 2013.
Other professional activity Ethics advisor, project on “Creative Agency and Religious Minorities: 'Hidden Galleries' in the Secret Police Archives in 20th Century Central and Eastern Europe,” European Research Council, 2015- present. Proposal evaluator, Scientific Research and Education in the Air Force (AFASES) conference, Brasov, Romania, 26-28 May 2011. Founding Member, SEARCHES (Southeastern Europe and America Research Collaborative for the Humanities, Education, and the Social Sciences – established by the US Department of Education, CFDA no. 84.274A), the University of Nevada at Reno and the University of Babes- Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2007. Board member, Centrul International de Cercetari Euroregionale din Oradea (International Center of Euro-Regional Studies), University of Oradea, Romania, August 2001-Present.
APPOINTMENTS TO EDITORIAL AND ADVISORY BOARDS
Member, Editorial Board, Key Issues in Social Justice: Voices from the Frontline, a book series published with Polity Press, October 2019 – present.
Member, Advisory Board, Ideo. Revista romana de studii filosofice si sociale – Stiinte politice (http://ideo.acadiasi.ro), Institutul de Cercetari Economice si Sociale Gheorghe Zane, Romanian Academy – Iasi Branch, May 2018 – present.
Member, Editorial Board, Cultures of History Forum (http://www.cultures-of-history.uni-jena.de/home/), Imre Kertesz Kolleg, University of Jena, Germany, January 2017 - December 2019.
Member, Editorial Committee, Politics and Religion, published by the Religion and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association, January 2017-present.
Member, Editorial Committee, East European Politics & Societies and Cultures, published by American Council of Learned Societies and The Association for Slavic, East European & Eurasian Studies, October 2016 – present.
Member, Scientific Committee, Analele Universitatii Ovidius din Constanta, seria Stiinte Politice, published by Ovidius University, Romania, May 2016-present.
Member, Editorial Board, Beyond Parallel: Bringing Transparency and Understanding to Korean Unification program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, April 2016-present.
Member, Scientific Board, Finnish Journal for Romanian Studies, published by University of Turku,
37 August 2015-present.
Member, Editorial Board, East European Quarterly, published by Central European University Press, November 2014-present.
Member, Advisory Board, Symposion: Theoretical and Applied Inquiries in Philosophy and Social Sciences, published by the Romanian Academy – Iasi Branch and available at http://symposion.acadiasi.ro/, August 2014-present.
Member, Scientific Committee, “Development, Governance and International Cooperation” conference, organized by the Research Institute of Development, University Constantin Brancusi, Targu-Jiu, Romania, May 29-31, 2014.
Member, Editorial Board, Human Rights Review, published by Springer, http://www.springer.com/law/international/journal/12142, December 2013-present.
Member, Editorial Board, Ecoforum, published by Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania, http://ecoforumjournal.ro/index.php/eco, August 2013-present.
Member, International Editorial Board, Research Papers, Human Rights Conflict Prevention Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, March 2013-present.
Member, Editorial Board, volume Trends in European Higher Education Convergence, ed. by Alina Mihaela Dima (IGI Global, 2013).
Member, Editorial Board, Management & Marketing Journal, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, 2013 – 2015, 2018-present.
Member, Editorial Board, MASAUM Journal of Political Science, United Kingdom and United States, June 2012-present.
Member, International Advisory Board, peer-reviewed Arhivele Totalitarismului (The Archives of Totalitarianism) of the National Institute for the Study of Totalitarianism, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, April 2012-August 2013.
Member, Editorial Board, Dystopia: Journal of Totalitarian Ideologies and Regimes (Center for the Study of Totalitarianism, the State University of Moldova), 2012-present. ISSN 1857-0909.
Member, Advisory Board, Represiune și control social în România comunistă, Anuarul (Annual Publication, in Romanian) of the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of Romanian Exile, Bucharest, 2011-present.
Member, Advisory Board, “Studies in Political Transition,” Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt, Germany, December 2010-present.
38 Member, Advisory Board, History of Communism in Europe, Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile, Bucharest, Romania, published by Zeta Books, peer- reviewed, interdisciplinary, 2010-2013.
Member, Advisory Board, Pontes. Review of South East European Studies, ISSN 1812-333, Moldova State University, the UNESCO Chair of South-East European Studies, December 2009 - present.
Member, Editorial Board Member, Arts and Social Sciences Journal, open access review, Ashton Journals, 2009-2015.
Member, Advisory Board, Sfera politicii, Bucharest, Foundation for Civil Society (Fundatia Societatea Civila), monthly, 2009-present.
Member, Advisory Board, East, Department of Political Science, University Babes-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2009-present.
Member, Advisory Board, European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, 2009-present.
Member, Advisory Board, Revista internationala de psihologie politica societala (Societal and Political Psychology International Review), biannual, Bucharest, Romania, 2009-present.
Member, Advisory Board, Property Rights in Transition, peer-reviewed, available at http://propertyrightsintransition.com/about-us, Miami, the United States, 2013-present.
Member, Advisory Board, Women’s Studies International Forum, peer-reviewed scholarly review, Elsevier, 2008-2010.
Member, Advisory Board, The Open Political Science Journal, peer-reviewed open access review, Benham Science Publishers, 2007-2014.
Member, Advisory Bord, EUROLIMES, edited co-jointly by Institute International de Science Administratives, Brussels, and the University of Oradea, Romania, under the Jean Monet Chair program, 2006 – present.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Reviewer for 51 books, notes published in Choice magazine (March 2007-present). Reviewer of article manuscripts for (198 in total): 2020 East European Politics & Societies; International Journal of Transitional Justice; Journal of Romanian Studies; Memory Studies (two); 2019 East European Politics & Societies (four); Europe-Asia Studies; International Relations; Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies; Paterson Review; Politics and
39 Religion; Problems of Post-Communism; Religion, State and Society; 2018 East Central Europe; East European Politics and Society and Cultures (two); Europe-Asia Studies; Governance; Human Rights Review; International Journal of Transitional Justice; Journal of Church and State; Journal of Nationalism, Memory and Language Politics; Memory Studies; Polish Political Science Yearbook; Politics and Religion (two); Politics, Religion and Ideology (two); Review of European and Russian Affairs; Slavic Review; Women’s Studies International Forum; 2017 American Journal of Political Science; Business & Society; Canadian Slavonic Papers; Democratization; East European Politics & Societies; European Politics and Society; International Political Science Review; Journal of Church and State; Memory Studies; Polish Political Science Yearbook; Politics and Religion (three); Religion, State and Society; Review of European and Russian Affairs; Slavic Review (two); World Politics; 2016 Annals of the American Association of Geographers; Comparative Political Studies; Democratization; East European Politics; East European Politics & Societies and Cultures; Europe-Asia Studies; Journal of Cold War Studies; Memory Studies (four); Polish Political Science Yearbook; Romanian Journal of Political Science; Southeastern Europe; 2015 Aspasia: The International Yearbook of Central, Eastern and Southeastern European Women’s and Gender History; Cambridge Review of International Affairs; East European Politics & Societies and Cultures; East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies; Cooperation and Conflict. Journal of the Nordic International Studies Association; European Politics & Society; Government & Opposition; International Journal of Communication; International Journal of Transitional Justice (two); Journal of Cold War Studies; 2014 Culture, Health and Sexuality; East European Politics & Societies and Cultures (two); Memory Studies (three); Nationalities Papers; Open Political Science Journal (two); Problems of Post-Communism; Review of European and Russian Affairs; Macquarie Law Journal; Southeastern Europe; Tourist Studies; Women’s Studies International Forum; 2013 Arts and Social Sciences Journal (two); Baltic Worlds; British Journal of Education, Society & Behavioural Science (two); Culture, Health and Sexuality; Czech Sociological Review; Gender and Society; East European Politics & Societies and Cultures; Europe-Asia Studies; European Legacy – Towards New Paradigms; International Journal; International Journal of Transitional Justice; Journal of Contemporary History (two); Journal of Family History; Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies; Law & Society Review; Memory Studies; Open Political Science Journal; Problems of Post-Communism; Southeastern Europe (three); Women’s Studies International Forum (five); 2012 American Political Science Review; Europe-Asia Studies (two); Global Journal of Political Science and International Relations; Government and Opposition; History and Memory; Journal of African Studies and Development; Memory Studies (two); Online Journal of Education Research; Politics and Religion; Problems of Post-Communism (two); Women Studies International Forum (four); 2011 Arts and Social Sciences Journal; Communist and Post-Communist Studies; European Journal of Political Research; European Legacy – Toward New Paradigms (two); Europe- Asia Studies; Feminist Media Studies; Memory Studies; Nationalities Papers; Open Political Science Journal; SAGE Open; Women’s Studies International Forum; 2010 American Journal of Political Science; Arts and Social Sciences Journal; Europe-Asia
40 Studies; Feminist Media Studies; International Journal of Transitional Justice; International Political Science Review; International Studies Perspectives; Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics (two); Problems of Post-Communism; Studies in Ethnicities and Nationalism 2009 Comparative Political Studies; Communist and Post-Communist Studies; European Journal of Political Research; Europe-Asia Studies (two); Political Studies; Valahian Journal of Historical Studies; Women’s Studies International Forum (two) 2008 American Political Science Review; Canadian Slavonic Papers; Communist and Post- Communist Studies; Europe-Asia Studies (three); International Political Science Review; Problems of Post-Communism; Sussex European Institute Working Paper; Women’s Studies International Forum (two) 2007 Canadian Journal of Political Science; International Political Science Review; Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics; Review of European and Russian Affairs 2006 Communist and Post-Communist Studies; Europe-Asia Studies; Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy; Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics 2005 East European Politics and Societies; Studies in Post-Communism Occasional Papers 2004 East European Politics and Societies; European Legacy – Towards New Paradigms; Studies in Post-Communism Occasional Papers 2003 International Politics; Studies in Post-Communism Occasional Papers (two) 2002 International Insights 2001 Global Governance; International Journal of Politics and Ethics 1996 European Legacy; Journal of East-West Business
Historical consultant for memoire volume: Sharon Rushton, No Paved Road to Freedom (Rushton Books, 2011), the story of Cornel Dolana, winner of Gold Medal in the 2012 Stars and Flags Book Award, and Bronze Medal in the 2012 Military Writers’ Society of America’s Annual Awards, translated into Romanian in 2016.
Reviewer of book manuscripts (38 in total), one each in: Anthem Press (2014 and 2016); Ashgate (2012); Berghahn (2015; 2018; and 2019); Cambridge University Press (2009, 2012, two in 2013, 2014, two in 2016, 2017, three in 2019); Central European University Press (2013); Freedom House – Nations in Transit (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2016); Oxford University Press (2013, 2015 and 2018); Polirom (2009); Palgrave Macmillan (2007, two in 2016; 2018); Routledge (2008); Rowman and Littlefield (2018); Springer (2016); Stanford Press (2015); Thompson Nelson (2003, 2007 and 2010); University of Notre Dame Press (2008);
41 University of Toronto Press (2015); Wilfrid Laurier University Press (2010).
Reviewer of PowerPoint Slides accompanying the textbook Mark Dickeron and Thomas Flanagan, An Introduction to Government and Politics: A Conceptual Approach, 8th edition, Nelson, 2009.
Book blurbs: ◦ James Kapalo and Tatiana Vagramenko, eds., Hidden Galleries: Material Religion in the Secret Police Archives in Central and Eastern Europe, accompanying their final exhibition, 2020. ◦ Mihaela Serban, Subverting Communism in Romania: Law and Private Property 1945-1965, Palgrave MacMillan, 2019. ◦ Cristian Tileaga, Representing Communism after the Fall. Discourse, Memory and Historical Redress, Palgrave MacMillan, 2018. ◦ Valentina Glajar, Alison Lewis and Corina Petrescu, eds., Cold War Spy Stories from Eastern Europe, Palgrave MacMillan, 2018. ◦ Catalina Florentina Florescu and Sheng-Mei Mai, Transnational Narratives in Englishes of Exile, Lexington Books, 2017. ◦ Caterina Preda, Art and Politics under Modern Dictatorships A comparison of Romania and Chile, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. ◦ Sabrina Ramet, The Catholic Church in Polish History. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. ◦ Brian Grodsky, The Democratization Disconnect: How Recent Democratic Revolutions Threaten the Future of Democracy. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. ◦ John Espindola, Transitional Justice after German Reunification: Exposing Unofficial Collaborators. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. ◦ Sorin Iliesiu, Infernul vandut ca paradis [The Hell Presented as Haven]. Bucharest: UNATC, 2007, 2nd edition. ◦ Sharon Rushton, No Easy Shore, Rushton Press, 2011. ◦ Raluca Grosescu and Raluca Ursachi, Justitia penala de tranzitie [Criminal Justice during Transition]. Bucharest: Polirom, 2009. ◦ Tom Gallagher, Romania and the European Union – How the Weak Vanquished the Strong. London: Routledge, 2009.
Interviews granted to:
Radio stations: o Interview with Corina Negrea, Emisiunea Diaspora, Radio Romania Cultural, 17 May and 27 May 2019, https://radioromaniacultural.ro/diaspora-dincolo-de-granite- 5/?fbclid=IwAR08d_YCGbZgrhLnwd-_rXVN6_wLHXSA- yS4gaDq4u8wdkMFMSa86fqAhIY; o Interview on Transitional Justice in Former Soviet Union, CJFX, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, 18 March 2019, https://www.989xfm.ca/st-fx-political-science-professors-launch- new-books-exploring-canadian-federalism-and-post-soviet-union- politics/?fbclid=IwAR0KL7Tm9X-X3ZOqGHeARPZudPt7yYrbPPwWQCUoYsR_-
42 QxCl7K1qqyaCAc; o Emisiunea Stelianei Bajdechi, “Stil de viata,” Radio Romania Constanta, 17 May 2017; o Ken Kingston, XFM, 29 November 2016, broadcast on 8 December 2016; o Emisiunea Stelianei Bajdechi, “Stil de viata,” Radio Romania Constanta, 16 May 2016; o Emisiunea Stelianei Bajdechi, “Stil de viata,” Radio Romania Constanta, 23 June 2015, http://radioconstanta.ro/2015/06/23/efectele-post-traumatice-ale-comunismului-in- romania/; o Emisiunea lui Hildegard Ignatescu, Radio Romania International, 17 June 2015; o “Cultura si civilizatie,” moderated by Mihaela Helmis, Radio Romania Actualitati, 17 June 2015; o “Zebra,” moderated by Mihaela Dedeoglu, Radio France Internationale, 16 June 2015; o “Ora de cultura,” moderated by Adela Greceanu and Mircea Martin, Radio Romania Cultural, 16 June 2015; o CJAD Rick Paterson’s show, Montreal, 19 March 2008; o Neptun Radio Station, Romania, 28 June 2007; o Ana Maria Tremonti’s The Current, CBC Radio, 8 January 2007; o BBC, 19 July 2006; o University of Manitoba Student Radio Station, 1 June 2004; o Radio Romania International, 18 May 2004; o Radio Voice of America, Washington, DC, 1999-2001; o Radio Transylvania, Oradea, March 2001
Weeklies, dailies, and internet platforms: o Interview with Joshua Neicho, The Article, London, England, 30 December 2019, https://www.thearticle.com/romania-a-country-fighting-for-its-past and https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/romania-mist-starts-clear-josh-neicho/; o Interview with Wölfl Adelheid, Correspondent South Eastern Europe, Der Standard, Vienna, Austria, 2 December 2019; o Interview with Sebastian Stryhn Kjeldtoft, Politiken, Copenhagen, Denmark, 30 July 2019, https://politiken.dk/indland/art7314640/Spiontjenester-kan-f%C3%A5-adgang-til- %C2%BBhvilken-som-helst-information%C2%AB-Danmark-lagrer-i- Rum%C3%A6nien and https://politiken.dk/indland/art7314641/Danmark-frygter- korruption-men-outsourcer-it-sikkerhed-til-Rum%C3%A6nien; o Interview with Ioana Alexandra Ionita, InfoSud-Est, 17 May 2019, https://www.info-sud- est.ro/lavinia-stan-la-ovidius-democratia-este-un-test-zilnic-nu-exista-nimic-mai-politic- decat-legea/; o Interview with Daniel Citiriga, Radio Free Europe, 16 May 2019, https://romania.europalibera.org/a/interviu-cu-prof-lavinia-stan-mi-se-pare-normal-ca- bor-și-toate-celelalte-biserici-să-facă-lobby- /29965725.html?fbclid=IwAR3zNYhHq67o78gih4A6YHrxcRNAFe- 01vWHAseHocLwYd6iwT8XvEUh12w; o Interview with Anca Sincan, LaPunkt, January 2018, http://www.lapunkt.ro/2018/01/45- pentru-45-anca-sincan-interviu-cu-lavinia-stan/; o Interview with Ada Codau, Jurnalism UOC, 18 May 2017,
43 https://jurnalismovidius.wordpress.com/2017/05/17/interviu-lavinia-stan-doctor-honoris- causa-al-universitatii-ovidius-un-nivel-ridicat-de-coruptie-erodeaza-democratia-o-reduce- la-ceva-formal-si-pur-electoral/; o Interview with Mirela Stanga, “Romania postcomunista: trecut, present, viitor vazuta din tara si de peste hotare, la Constanta,” Ziua de Constanta, 17 May 2017, http://www.ziuaconstanta.ro/stiri/cultura/un-proiect-al-society-for-romanian-studies- romania-postcomunista-trecut-prezent-viitor-vazuta-din-tara-si-de-peste-hotare-la- constanta-galerie- 631084.html#.WRv5LFU5m9E.facebook?imagini=1&open?imagini=1&open?imagini=1 &open?imagini=1&open?imagini=1&open; o Interview with Mirela Serbanescu, “Lavinia Stan, despre România postcomunistă: Cum au epuizat elitele, prin corupţie, resursele statului,” Cuget Liber, 17 May 2017, http://www.cugetliber.ro/stiri-cultura-educatie-cum-au-epuizat-elitele-prin-coruptie- resursele-statului-320120; o Interview with Mirabela Serbanescu, “Lavinia Stan şi-a lansat cartea la Universitatea "Ovidius",” Cuget Liber, 16 May 2017, http://www.cugetliber.ro/stiri-cultura-educatie- lavinia-stan-si-a-lansat-cartea-la-universitatea-ovidius-320106; o News item by Mirabela Serbanescu, “Lavinia Stan, prezentă la Universitatea „Ovidius”,” Cuget Liber, 12 May 2017, http://m.cugetliber.ro/stiri-cultura-educatie-lavinia-stan- prezenta-la-universitatea-ovidius-si-8221-319802; o Interview with Maria Rodríguez Sahuquillo, El Pais, Spain, 10 April 2017; o Interview with Denis Grigorescu, Adevarul, 28 April 2017, http://adevarul.ro/locale/pitesti/lavinia-stan-doctor-Stiinte-politice-universitatea-toronto- Inromania-plagiatul-reevaluat-devineacceptabil- 1_5901e34f5ab6550cb898e510/index.html; o Interview with Corrina Degen, The Xaverian, 12 January 2017; o Interview with Isabelle Wesselingh, Agence France-Presse correspondent in Nicosia, Cyprus, January 2, 2017; o Interview with The Casket, Antigonish, 29 November 2016; o Interview with Daniela Marin for Ovidianum, no. 3 (June 2016), a publication of the University Ovidius, Constanta, Romania, available athttp://www.univ-ovidius.ro/images/- docs/stiri/ovidianum-nr3-2016%20iunie.pdf; o Interview with Ada Codau for newspaper Constanta Noastra, 17 May 2016, http://constantanoastra.ro/lavinia-stan-directorul-centrului-de-studii-postcomuniste-de-la- st-francis-xavier-university-coruptia-politica-din-romania-ameninta-statul-de-drept/, also republished as http://www.justitiecurata.ro/lavinia-stan-directorul-centrului-de-studii- postcomuniste-de-la-st-francis-xavier-university-coruptia-politica-din-romania-ameninta- statul-de-drept/; o Chris Winters, reporter with The Daily Herald, Everett, Washington, February 12, 2016, http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20160219/NEWS01/160219093/1172/Persecuted-he- sued-Romania; o Cristian Patrasconiu, “Interviu Lavinia STAN: Despre România aproape-departe şi despre SRS,” LaPunkt.ro, February 9, 2016, http://www.lapunkt.ro/2016/02/09/interviu- lavinia-stan-despre-romania-aproape-departe-si-despre-srs/; o Sewell Chan, The New York Times, International News Editor, London, November 4,
44 2015; o Razvan Chiruta, Suplimentul Cultural, Polirom, October 2015, available at: http://www.suplimentuldecultura.ro/index.php/continutArticolNrIdent/Interviu/10769; o John Brannen, The News in New Glasgow, 11 December 2013, available at: http://www.ngnews.ca/section/2013-12-13/article-3543146/Russia,-EU-watch-as- Eastern-European-country-sees-protests-erupt-in-Kiev/1; o Andrzej Stankiewicz, Tygodnik Powszechny, Warsaw, 29 November 2013; o Isabelle Wesselingh, Romania’s Bureau Chief, Agence France-Presse, 17 April 2012, available at: http://dawn.com/2012/04/24/kafkaesque-wait-for-romania-compensation- takes-another-twist/; o Dumitru Puiu Popescu, Observator, Toronto, 21 August 2011, available at: http://www.observatorul.com/articles_main.asp?action=articleviewdetail&ID=10516; o Michael J. Jordan, Foreign Policy, Bratislava correspondent, 7 March 2011, cited in his “Purging the Bad Guys: A How-To Guide for Egypt, Tunisia,” available at: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/03/29/purging_the_bad_guys_a_how_to_gui de, and reprinted in April 2011 as “Eastern Europe’s Lessons for Egypt and Tunisia”; o Becky Bratu, Columbia University, 23 February 2011; o Dan Stancu, Evenimentul Zilei, Bucharest, 30 April 2010, available at: http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/lustratie-la-picior-de-lemn-nimeni-nu-se-simte-in-pericol- 893637/pagina-articol/1/pagina-comentarii/1.html; o Colin Woodard, Global Post, 24 November 2009; o Michael J. Jordan, Christian Science Monitor, Slovakia desk, 27 July 2009; o Simon Jennings, Institute for War and Peace Reporting, London, UK, 18 March 2009; o (with Lucian Turcescu) Iulia Salagor, Terra Nova Magazine, 22 April 2008; o Jorge Liotti, La Nacion, 28 October 2007, available at http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=956979; o Ewa Zuzsia Danielsky, The Concordian, 25 Oct. 2007; o Lavinia Betea, Jurnalul national, Bucharest, Romania, 28 June & 6 July 2007; o Gabriel Gherasim, Meridianul Romanesc, New York, 10 Nov. 2006; (republished in Memoria 2007, Altermedia 2007, Buletin de Informatii al Asociatiei Romanilor din Australia, 2007, Revista Noi Nu, 2007) o Lilosette Militz-Stoica, Romania libera, Bucharest, 22 October and 8 December 2006, available at: http://www.romanialibera.ro/special/documentare/cum-poate-fi-importata- revolutia-romana-in-coreea-de-nord--73379; o Erik Burgos, L’organe, Concordia University, 2 Oct. 2006 and 31 Jan. 2007; o Michael Petrou, MacLean’s, Ottawa, 21 Sep. 2006; o Embassy newspaper, Ottawa, 21 Sep. 2006; o Andres Aguayo Mazzucato, El Pais daily, Madrid, Spain, 18 August & 14 September 2006; o Reuters, 14 August 2006; o Andres Aguayo Mazzucato, El Pais daily, Madrid, Spain, and Haaretz daily, Jerusalem, Israel, 25 July 2006; o National Journal, Washington, DC, May 2003
45 Television: o Nadia Charbit, France24, 22 December 2019; o Lucas Corrales, GLOBO TV, Brazil, 11 October 2019; o DIGI24 Constanta, interview with Diane Vancea and Mircea Crisan, 21 June 2015; o Razvan Petrisor, TVR, 17 June 2015; o France 24, the French International News Television Channel, 12 September 2012; o France 24, the French International News Television Channel, 25 July 2012 and 21 August 2012; o MSNBC New York, Becky Bratu, 18 January 2012; o TV2 Denmark, Lesly Nilsen, 7 March 2010; o France 24, the French International News Television Channel, 21 December 2009; o Polish Public Television, 16 June 2005; o TVS station, Oradea, February 2001; o EastLink television station, Nova Scotia, April 2001
Varia: intervention during rally of Chinese immigrants in Toronto (quoted in Toronto Sun, 24 May 2007)
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