Lavinia Stan
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Lavinia Stan is a professor of political science at St. Francis Xavier University
in Canada. She emigrated to Canada shortly after 1989 and is currently living in Montreal
.
in Halifax, while from 2006-2008 she taught at Concordia University
in Montreal. Most of her publications deal with democracy and democratization, especially the relationship between religion and politics, and transitional justice. She has been a member of the Club of Rome
since 2009.
Since 2009, Stan has served as co-editor and then editor for Europe of the Women's Studies International Forum, a journal published by Elsevier. She is currently the Vice-President of the Society for Romanian Studies. From 2006-2008 Lavinia Stan was the President of the Wildawsky Prize Committee of the American Political Science Association, while from 2003-2006 she was a member of the doctoral grants committee of the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
She is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS), American Political Science Association (APSA), Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA), Council for European Studies, International Political Science Association (IPSA), International Society for the Study of European Ideas (ISSEI) and Society for Romanian Studies (SRS).
She has served as an expert witness in a number of deportation and asylum cases in American courts. She has been interviewed by newspapers such as El Pais (Spain), Haaretz (Israel), Embassy (Canada), MacLean's (Canada), The Concordian (Canada), L'Organe (Canada), National Journal (USA), România Liberă (Romania), Meridianul românesc, Terra Nova Magazine, as well as news agencies such as Reuters
, Voice of America
, radio stations such as Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
and television stations such as Eastlink and the Polish Public TV. In December 2009, on the occasion of 20 years since the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, she gave interviews to many Western European and North American media outlets, including a participation by satellite in a debate organized by the TV channel France 24.
From 1997-2003 she published the quarterly report on the Republic of Moldova in the East European Constitutional Review, while since 2006 she has been invited to contribute the annual report regarding political developments in Romania in the European Journal of Political Research. In 2008, she participated in an international project comparing the efficacy of transitional justice processes in Latin America and Eastern Europe. In 2009, she wrote the country report on Romania for a major project developed by the European Commission through its General Directorate for Justice, Liberty and Security.
Lavinia Stan authored, co-authored or edited the following volumes:
She translated into Romanian:
She serves as reviewer of manuscripts for the following publishers: Cambridge University Press, University of Notre Dame Press, Thompson-Nelson, Palgrave, and Routledge; and journals American Political Science Review, Canadian Journal of Political Science, Canadian Slavonic Papers, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, East European Politics and Societies, Europe-Asia Studies, European Journal of Political Research, European Legacy, Global Governance, Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, International Insights, International Journal of Politics and Ethics, International Political Science Review, International Politics, Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Journal of East-West Business, Political Studies, Problems of Post-Communism, Review of European and Russian Affairs, Studies in Post-Communism Occasional Papers, Sussex European Institute Working Papers and Women’s Studies International Forum.
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St. Francis Xavier University
St. Francis Xavier University is a post-secondary institution located in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. The school was founded in 1853, but did not offer degrees until 1868. The university has approximately 5000 students.-History:...
in Canada. She emigrated to Canada shortly after 1989 and is currently living in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
.
Academic career
From 2001-2003 she taught at Dalhousie UniversityDalhousie University
Dalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...
in Halifax, while from 2006-2008 she taught at Concordia University
Concordia University
Concordia University is a comprehensive Canadian public university located in Montreal, Quebec, one of the two universities in the city where English is the primary language of instruction...
in Montreal. Most of her publications deal with democracy and democratization, especially the relationship between religion and politics, and transitional justice. She has been a member of the Club of Rome
Club of Rome
The Club of Rome is a global think tank that deals with a variety of international political issues. Founded in 1968 at Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, Italy, the CoR describes itself as "a group of world citizens, sharing a common concern for the future of humanity." It consists of current and...
since 2009.
Since 2009, Stan has served as co-editor and then editor for Europe of the Women's Studies International Forum, a journal published by Elsevier. She is currently the Vice-President of the Society for Romanian Studies. From 2006-2008 Lavinia Stan was the President of the Wildawsky Prize Committee of the American Political Science Association, while from 2003-2006 she was a member of the doctoral grants committee of the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
She is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS), American Political Science Association (APSA), Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA), Council for European Studies, International Political Science Association (IPSA), International Society for the Study of European Ideas (ISSEI) and Society for Romanian Studies (SRS).
She has served as an expert witness in a number of deportation and asylum cases in American courts. She has been interviewed by newspapers such as El Pais (Spain), Haaretz (Israel), Embassy (Canada), MacLean's (Canada), The Concordian (Canada), L'Organe (Canada), National Journal (USA), România Liberă (Romania), Meridianul românesc, Terra Nova Magazine, as well as news agencies such as Reuters
Reuters
Reuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...
, Voice of America
Voice of America
Voice of America is the official external broadcast institution of the United States federal government. It is one of five civilian U.S. international broadcasters working under the umbrella of the Broadcasting Board of Governors . VOA provides a wide range of programming for broadcast on radio...
, radio stations such as Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
and television stations such as Eastlink and the Polish Public TV. In December 2009, on the occasion of 20 years since the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, she gave interviews to many Western European and North American media outlets, including a participation by satellite in a debate organized by the TV channel France 24.
Publications
So far she authored, co-authored or edited 7 books (two in progress) and some 150 articles published in refereed journals such as Communist and Post-Communist Studies, East European Politics and Societies, East European Quarterly, Est-Ovest, Europe-Asia Studies, Government and Opposition, Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Problems of Post-Communism, Religion, State and Society. Some of them were translated in French, Romanian, Hebrew, Spanish, Croatian, Czech, Polish, Italian and even Dutch.From 1997-2003 she published the quarterly report on the Republic of Moldova in the East European Constitutional Review, while since 2006 she has been invited to contribute the annual report regarding political developments in Romania in the European Journal of Political Research. In 2008, she participated in an international project comparing the efficacy of transitional justice processes in Latin America and Eastern Europe. In 2009, she wrote the country report on Romania for a major project developed by the European Commission through its General Directorate for Justice, Liberty and Security.
Lavinia Stan authored, co-authored or edited the following volumes:
- Romania in Transition. Dartmouth Press, 1997. ISBN 978-1855218864.
- Leaders and Laggards: Governance, Civicness and Ethnicity in Post-Communist Romania. Columbia University Press, 2003. ISBN 978-0880335133
- Religion and Politics in Post-communist Romania. Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 0-19-530853-0. Romanian translation: Religie si politica in Romania postcomunista. Bucharest: Curtea Veche, 2010. ISBN 978-973-669-966-5.
- Transitional Justice in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: Reckoning with the Communist Past. Routledge, 2009. ISBN 978-0-415-59041-9. Romanian translation: Prezentul trecutului recent: Lustraţie şi decomunizare în postcomunism. Bucharest: Curtea Veche, 2010. ISBN 978-973-669-956-6.
- 1989-2009: Incredibila aventura a democratiei dupa comunism (interviews with Western and Romanian specialists on Eastern Europe on the occasion of 20 years since the collapse of communism). Iasi, Romania: Editura Institutul European, 2010. ISBN 978-973-611-657-5.
- Church, State and Democracy in Expanding Europe. Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN13: 9780195337105.
She translated into Romanian:
- Etienne de la Boetie, De la Servitude Volontaire, trans. with Sabina Elena Stan. Bucharest: Universal Dalsi Press, 1994.
- Carl Schmidt, Political Theology, trans. with Lucian TurcescuLucian TurcescuLucian Turcescu , is a Romanian-born Canadian professor of theology at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.He emigrated to Canada in 1992, and obtained his Ph.D. in theology from the University of Toronto in 1999. Turcescu taught for six years at St...
, Bucharest: Universal Dalsi Press, 1995.
She serves as reviewer of manuscripts for the following publishers: Cambridge University Press, University of Notre Dame Press, Thompson-Nelson, Palgrave, and Routledge; and journals American Political Science Review, Canadian Journal of Political Science, Canadian Slavonic Papers, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, East European Politics and Societies, Europe-Asia Studies, European Journal of Political Research, European Legacy, Global Governance, Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, International Insights, International Journal of Politics and Ethics, International Political Science Review, International Politics, Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Journal of East-West Business, Political Studies, Problems of Post-Communism, Review of European and Russian Affairs, Studies in Post-Communism Occasional Papers, Sussex European Institute Working Papers and Women’s Studies International Forum.
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