Dr. Victor Rizescu Born in 7969 at

Professional experience: Associate professor at the , Department of Political Science Teaching since 1998

Member in the Senate of the University and in the Commission for Programmes of Study of the Senate since 2015

Member in the Council of the Department in 2008-2015

Associate teaching at the University ol Bucharest, Department of History in 2009-2010

Member in the Society for Romanian Studies

Member rn the advisory board of tlte Romanian Reuieu-.t of Young Scholars

Deputy chief-editor at the cultural journal Cuudntul in 2008-2009

Member in selection committees of the Romanian Cultural Institute December 13, 2013, "" fellowships for Romanian researchers living abroad June 12, 2009, "Seton-Watson" fellowships for foreign researchers

Studies: 2003: PhD graduation from the Central European University, Department of History Dissertation: Debating Modernization as a Debate on the Moderniz,ing Elite: an Approach to the Historg of Social and Political Thought in , 1 868- 1947

1997 : MA graduation from the Central European University, Department of History

1997: gradtation without BA thesis defense from the University of Bucharest, Department of Philosophy

1996: BA graduation from the University of Bucharest, Department of Hlstory

1989-1991: unfinished BA studies at the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Department of Mechanics

Fellowships: POSDRU, New Europe College/, 2Ol7-2O12

Central European University, 2006-2007

Curriculum Resource Center, 2O06

Higher Education Support Programme, 2005-2006, 2OO7 -2009

Hospitality Scheme/OSI, Oxford University, 2004

New Europe Co11ege, 2OO2-2OO3

Civic Education Project, 7998-7999

Chevening/OSI, Oxford University, 1997 -1998 Projects underway: Three Faces of Liberalism: a Romanian Story (book)

Munca. O dezbatere romaneascd (book\

Deuelopment, Left and Right: Ideological Entanglements of Reformist Projects in Pre-communist Romania (book; proposed for Ed. Universitalii din Bucureqti)

Riualii lui Manoilescu. Ideea corporatista tn Romania (book)

Books: Canonul gi uocile uitate. Secuenle dintr-o tipologie a gandirii politice romdnegti, Bucureqti, Ed. Universitalii din Bucuresti, 2015

Id.eotogg, Nc.tion and. Modernization: Romanian Deuelopments in Theoretical Frameworks, Bucureqti, Ed. Universitdlii din Bucureqti, 2013 Review tn Anuarul Institutului de Istorie "A. D. Xenopol" 51, 2OL4

Tranzitii discursiue. Despre agende culturale, istorie intelectuala 9i onorabilitate ideologica dupa comunism, Bucure$ti, Cortnt, 20 72 Review in Reui.sta istoricd- 24: 5-6, 2013 Review in Sfera politicii 21: 4 , 2013

Ideologii romdnegti gi est-europene, Bucureqti, Ed. Cuv6.ntul, 2008 (editor) Review in Studii gi materiale de istorie modetnd" 29, 20Oq

Articles: ,,Social Policy and the Corporatist Design: a Romanian Experience of Reluctant Intermingling", in Sfer a p oliticii (submitted)

"Liberal Socralism in Romania: an Interpretation of Social Justice", in Victor Neumann, Armin Heinen, eds., Modentitg in Central and South-Eastern Europe: Ideas, Concepts, Dlscourses (in print)

,,Developmental Ideologz or Regenerative Nationalism? Competing Strands of the Romanian Right before World War II", part II: "Fascist Modernism across the Lags of Development", in Reuista istorica 26: 1-2, 20 I 5 (in print)

,,Developmental Ideologr or Regenerative Nationalism? Competing Strands of the Romanian Right before World War II", part I: "Corporatism between Liberalism and the Right", in Reuista istoica25: 5-6,2014, PP. 557-592

"The Nation of the Westernizers: Mainstream and Minority Varieties of Romanian Liberalism", in Reuista istoica 24: 5-6, 20 13, pp. 405-426 ,,Historical Canons and Eccentric Voices: a Typological Approach to Romanian Ideological Development", synthesis report presented to New Europe College and the Romanian Academy for the 2O1l-2O72 POSDRU programme "ldeologies and Trends of Thought in the XXth Century and Their Historical Roots"

,,ldeologii Si istorii conflictuale: tradilii romdneqti qi est-europene", in Victor Rizescu, coord , Ideologii romanegti $i est-europene, Bucureqti, Ed. CuvAntul, 2OO8, pp 5-26

,.A Divide over the : in the Romanian Setting", in Pontes. Reuieu of South-East European Studies (Kishinev) 3-4, 2006-2007, pp 155-169 ..De la preistoria teoriei modernizArii la istoria ideologiilor perlferice", in Reuisla istorica 17: 1.-4, 2006,pp. 1,5-27. Also aversion in Sorin Antohi, coord, Modernism gi antimodernism. Noi perspectiue interdisciplinare, Bucuregti, Ed. Cuvdrntul, 2008, pp lBT-206 "Populismul qi cele1a1te marxisme romdneqti", in , Scrleri poLitice qifilozofice, ed. de Victor Rizescu, Bucuregti, Dominor, 2005, pp. 5-57

"Protectionismul qi liber-ul schimb, dincolo de granile1e economiei", in Eugen Demetrescu, Influen(a qcoalei economice liberale tn Romdnio tn ueacul al XIX-lea, ed. de Victor Rizescu, BucureEti, Dominor, 2005, pp. 5-1O

"$tefan Antim gi cele doud feluri de liberalism romdnesc", in $tefan Antim, Scneri poLitice, ed. de Victor Rizescu, BucureEti, Dominor, 2O05, pp. 5-12 "Marxism qi oligarhie, sau sociologia inapoierii inainte de comunism", in Lotar RadAceanu/$erban Voinea, Oligarhia romdndf Marxism oligarhic, ed. de Victor Rizescu, Bucuregti, Dominor, 20O5, pp. 5-23

"Cum poate fi citit Kogalniceanu? Radu Dragnea qi gAndirismul democratic", in Radu Dragnea, Mihail Kogalniceanu, BucureEti, ed. de Victor Rizescu, BucureEti, Dominor, 2005, pp. 5- 33. Also a version in Victor Rizescu, coord., Ideologii romd-negti gi est-europene, Bucureqti, Ed. CuvAntul, 2008, pp.257-296 "subverting the Canon: Oligarchic Politics and Modernizing Optimism in Pre-communist Romania", in Netu Europe College Yearbook 2OO2-2OO3 , pp . 2 B 1 -32 B

"intelepciunea nebunului sau gAndirea politica a 1ui Henric Sanielevici", in Studia PoLitica. Romanian Political Science Reuiew 2: 3, 2OO2, pp. 725-760

"Postfat5", in Daniel Chirot, Schimbarea socialaintr-o societate peiferica, trad. de Victor Rizescu, Bucureqti, Corint, 2OO2, pp. 287-3O8.

"Some Distinctions within a Classical Dlstinction: on the Civlc and Ethnic Conceptrons of the Nation", inStudiaPolitica.RomanianPoliticolScienceReuieul:4,2OO7, pp. 1091-1102

"Un critic al Partidului Liberal: primul $tefan Zeletin", in Studla Politica. Romanian Political Science ReuieLu 1: 3, 2001, PP.841-872 "Romania as ?eriphery': Social Change and Intellectual Evolution", in Bogdan Murgescu, ed., Romania and Europe: Modernization as Temptation, Moderniz.ation as Threat, Bucharest, ALLFA & trdition Korber Stiftung, 2OOO, pp. 29-40

"Modernitatea nationalismului: o dezbatere istoriograficd.", in Polis. Reuista de gtiinle politice 4:2, 1997,pp.118-136

Conference papers and participations: at international events abroad "Overlapping Perspectives on Bureaucratization: a Romanian Theory in Various Contexts of Scholarship" The annual conference of the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES), organized at Cambridge University, Fitzr,villiam College and Churchill Coilege March 28-30,2015, Cambridge (United Kingdom)

"The Radical Right across the Lags of Development: a Romanian Perspective on the Modernist, Modernizer and Anti-modern Strands of Fascist Ideolory" The conference "Global Inequalities: Hegemonic Shifts and Regional Differentiations", organized by the Political Economy of the World System section of the American Sociological Association and the Instrtute of Latin American Studies of the Free University in Berlin, followed by the roundtable "Romania in the World System", organized by the Free University in Berlin and the Romanian Cultural Institute March 19-21, 2OI5, Berlin (GermanY) ,,Gentry politics and Revolutionary Liberalism: Two Departures of Romanian Ideological Development" The conference "Balkan Worlds II: Balkan Perceptions of War and Revolution {1789- 1918)", organized by the Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies of the University of Macedonia and the Association Internationale d'Etudes du Sud-Est Europeen November 27-3O, 2014, Thessaloniki (Greece)

,,Neoliberalism and the welfare state Vision: Intertwined Romanian Pedigrees" The conference "Crises and Resistance in Central and Eastern Europe", organized by Debatte. Journal of Contemporary CentraL and Eastern Europe (London), the "Rosa Luxemburg" foundation and the University of Warsaw November 22-23, 2014, Warsaw (Poland)

"Marxism and the Left in Pre-communist Romania: a Study on Ideological Syncretism and Cultural Diffusiveness" The conference "Living after the Fa11 (?): Past-Present in South-Eastern Europe", orgamzed by the American Research Center in Sofia June 12-13, 2014, Sofia (Bulgaria)

,,Critical Cultures and Sociologies of the tr1ites: Two Romanian Departures" The conference "Peri1 from the Periphery? The Politics of International Inequality. A Symposium in Honor of Andrew C. Janos", organized by the Institute of Slavic. East Euro-pean and Eurasian Studies and the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley and the Center for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Unive rsitY of Toronto Aprll 22-23, 2010, Berkeley, California (USA)

,, and the Historical Evolution of trast-Central trurope" The cross-regional conference for AFP (Higher Education Support Programme) fellows in Anthropologr, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, History, Sociolopy May 7-11, 2008, Alushta (Ukraine)

"How Many Types of Liberalism Existed in Pre-communist Romania?" public lecture at the History Department of the Central European University May 1O, 2OO7, BudaPest {Hungary)

,,Cu Marx, despre forme qi fond: marxismul gi sociologia modernizdrii in Romania precomunisti" The conference "istoria comparativd: teorie qi practicd", organized by the State University of Moldova and the History Department of the Centrai European University June 1, 2007, Kishinev (Moldova)

,,,oiigarchy, as a Heretic Notion: the Uses of Marxism in Pre-communist Romania" The conference "The Hour of Romania", organrzed by the Russian and East European Institute at the Indiana University and the Romanian Cultural Institute March 22-26,2007, Bloomington, Indiana (USA)

,,Tl^rc Zeletin Moment: Westernism, Liberalism and Liberal Party Apologetics in Romania, 1919- 1927" The 32"d national convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavtc Studies (AAASS). Participation in the panel "Liberal Ideas, Liberalism and Liberals in XIXth and XXth Century Romania" November 9-72,2OOO, Denver, Colorado (USA) at international events in Romania Discussant in the panel "The Peasantry, Nation-Building and the Social Sciences, 1890-1940" The conference "Linking Past, Present and Future: the 2Sth Anniversary of Regime Change in Romania and Moldova (1g8g11991)", organized, by the Society for Romanian Str-rdies, the Department of Political Science of the University of Bucharest and the National School of Political Science and Administration, Bucharest June 17-19, 2015, Bucharest "Liberal in Romania: an Interpretation of Social Justice" The conference "Conceptualizrng Modernity in the Central and South-East European Cultures: Notions, Discourses and Languages", organized by the Center lor Advanced Studies in History of the West University of Timiqoara and the Historical Institute of the Aachen Technical University October 9-lO, 2014, Timieoara

Co-chair of the section "Theories of Transition and Processes of Democratizalion" The 2"d edition of the conference "Challenges of Transition: the Post-communist Experience(s)", organized by the Doctoral School of Political Science of the University of Bucharest May 30-3 1, 2014, Bucharest

"'Noul iiberalism' ca dlscurs minoritar 1a inceputul secolului XX: exemplul romAnesc gi conexiunea rLseascd" The 3'a edition of the "Romanian-Ukrainian Historiographical Interferences", organized by the "Dundrea de Jos" University of Galali and the Center for European Documentation "Dundrea de Jos" in Galali November 7-10, 20 13, Galati

"Developmental Ideologr or Regenerative Nationalism? Competing Strands ol the Romanian Right before World War II" The conference "Modernism and Antimodernism. Theories, Visions, Ideologies, Politics", organized by The National Museum of , the "Amfiteatru" Foundation and the cultural journal Cuud.ntul September 79-21 , 2OOB, Bucharest

"Civic Bonds, trthnic Cleavages: Reassessing the East European Predicament against the 1918 Drvide" The conference of the Romanian-Bulgarian Historical Commission, organized by the Institute of South-East European Studies of the Romanian Academy September lO, 2OO7, Bucharest

"Anti-1ibera1 Multiculturalism: a Romanian Ancestry" The cross-regional conference for AFP (Higher Education Support Programme) fellows in Political Science, International Relations and History February 23-27, 20O6, Sinaia

"Some Distinctions within a Classical Distinction: on the Civic and Ethnic Conceptions of the Nation" The conference "Citizenshlp and Civic Culture: Confronting Experiences", organized by de Department of Political Science of the University of Bucharest and the Mississippi Consortium for International Development May 24-25, 200 1, Bucharest

"On the Nature of Peripherai Politics: Romanian and Western Perspectives" The German-Romanian Summer academy "Romania and Europe: Modernization as Temptation, Modernization as Threat", organized by the "Korber" foundation September 15-24, 1999, Sibiu

at national events Chair of the section "Istorie" The 2nd edition of the conference "Sesiunea nalionale de comunicAri Etlinlifice 1n domeniul qtiin{elor sociale. Tineri cercetdtori: abordiri multidisciplinare", organized by the Doctoral School of Political Science of the University of Bucharest December 73,2014, Rrrcharest

"Cetitenia multiculturald in diverse tradifii ideologice: repere romanesti $i est-europene" The conference "Impactul relaliilor rnteretnice asupra modelelor culturale qi asupra vretir politice", organized by the "" University in Sibiu and the Department for Inter-ethnic Relations of the Romanian Government November l8-2O,20L 1, Sibiu

"Multiculturalismui antiliberal: tradilia romAneascd" Public lecture at the "Nicolae Iorga" Institute of History of the Romanian Academy June 17, 2009, Bucharest

"Anatomia pseudocapitalismului qi sociologia modurilor de produclie: de la Qerban Voinea Ia Henrl H. Stahl" The conference "Teme gi concepte in antropologia socialS din RomAnia. Serlinar in memoria lui Paul H. Stah1", organized by the Institute of South-East European Studies of the Romanian Academy and the New Europe College February 4, 2OO9, Br-rcharest

"Liberalism, marxism, , corporatism: varietdti gi confluente romAnegti" The conference "RomAnia Mare: integrare Ei dinamici culturale", organized by The National Museum of Romanian Literature, the "Amfiteatru" foundation and the cultural journal Cuuantul November 2A-29,2008, Sinaia (a1so as a co-organizer)

"Pagoptismul qi celelaite liberalisme romAneqti" The conference "1848-2008: 160 de ani de 1a Proclamalia de la Islaz", organized by the Department of Political Science of the University of Bucharest June B, 2008, Bucharest

"Ortodoxie deviationistS: leninismul 1ui Lucreliu Pdtrdqcanu" The conference "Revolulia rusi din l9l7: 90 de ani dupd", organized by the "Nicolae Iorga" Institute of History of the Romanian Academy November 7 -8, 2OO7, Bucharest

"Cdte forme de liberalism au existat in Rom6-nia precomunistd?" The conference "Modernizarea in RomAnia in secolele XIX-XX", organized by the Center for Transylvanian Studies of the Romanian Academy and the University of Cluj-Napoca May 21-24, 2007, Cluj-Napoca

"Posteritatea 'culturii critice': intre materialismul istoric $i teoria sistemului mondial" The conference "Perspective in istoriografie", organized by the "Nicolae Iorga" Institute of Hrstory of the Romanian AcademY December 7 -8, 2OO5, Bucharest

"Despre clase qi ideoiogii, dupA totalitarism: violenla revolulionard, intre interpretarea marxistd 9i cea conservatoare" The conference "Teorii asupra revoluliilor", organized by the "Nicolae Iorga" Institute of History of the Romanian AcademY November 76, 2OO5, Bucharest

"Cine a fost paqoptist in secolul XX? Despre Lovinescu, Drd.ghicescu Ei doud. feluri de optimism modernizator" Public lecture at the Department of Political Science of the University of Bucharest February t9, 2OO3, Bucharest

Courses taught: Political History of Europe/ Politics and Societg in Modern Europe (mandatory, BA level, first year of studies)

Gandire politica romdneascd (optional, BA 1eve1, 3rd year of studies)

Reuolution and Social ConJlict in History/ Reuolulie gi conflict social in lsfone (optional, BA leve1, 3'd year of studies) Nationalism and Citizenship. Theoretical and Comparatiue Perspectiues (mandatory, MA 1eve1, first year of studies)

Modern Political rhought in Eastern Europe (mandatory, MA leve1, first year of studies)

Traiectorii ale modernizorii. Modele teoretice gi perspectiue est-europene (mandatory, MA 1eve1, first year of studies)

Moderni-zare, critica sociald. 9i modele de dezuoltare in Europa de Est (mandatory, MA leve1, first year of studies)

Istoria poLiticd a Romd"niei/ Political History of Romania (mandatory, BA 1evei, first year of studies)

Reviewing in Cartea (1995-1996), Viata romdneasca {1996), Reu'sta istorica (1999), East-Centrol Europe (2001), Studia Politica. Romanion Political Science Reuieul (2OO1-2OO2, 2OO4l, European Reuieu of Historg (2OO3) Idei in dialog (2006-2007\, Reuista 22 (2006-2007), Obseruator cuLtural (2OO7 -2O 1 l, 20 I 3\, Cuu antul (2 O0 8-2 0O9)

Translated, edited and prefaced works: Noam ChomsLT, I/oi cred,muiitotul, Bucureqti, Corint, 2012 (revision of the translation)

Constantin Stere, Scnen politice gifilozofice, Bucureqti, Dominor,2005 (edited)

Eugen Demetrescu, Influenla $coalei economice liberale tn Romd-nia tn ueacuL oL XIX-lea, BucureEti, Dominor, 2005 (edited)

Stefan Antim, Scriei politice, BucureEti, Dominor, 2OO5 (edited)

Lotar RddS.ceanu/$erban Voinea, Oligarhia romand.f Marxi-sm oligarhic, Bucureqti, Dominor, 2005 (edited)

Radu Dragne a, Mihail Ko g d,lnice anu, Bucure gti, Dominor, 2 O0 5 (edited)

Albert O. Hirschman, Pasiunile qi interesele, Bucuregti, Humanitas, 2OO4 (translated in collaboration)

Daniel Chirot, coord-, Originile tnapoierii [n Europa de Est, Bucureqti, Corint, 2O04 (translated)

Alain Joxe, Impeiulhaosului, Bucuregti, Corint, 2003 (prefaced)

Keith Hitchins, subchapters added in M. Bdrbulescu et al., Istoia Romdnie| rev. ed., Bucuregti, Corint, 2003, pp. 328-333, 363-371. Reissued subsequently (translated)

Paul Faure, Renaqterea, Bucuregti, Corint, 2002 (prefaced)

Maurice Konopnicki, Ierusalimul, Bucurepti, Corint, 2002 (prefaced)

Pierre Hazan, Razboiul de $ase Zile, Bucrtreqti, Corint, 2002 (prefaced)

Daniel Chirot, Schimbarea sociaLa intr-o societate periferica, Bucuresti, Corrnt, 2002 (translated)