Lavinia Stan's Page

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise

Europe, Eastern Europe, former Soviet Union

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?

Canada

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?

Associate Professor, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada

How many years professional experience do you have ?

6-10

What is your personal or organizational website?

http://people.stfx.ca/lstan/Lala/Welcome.html

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?

Civil Society, Democratization, Human Rights, Rule of Law, Security

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?

Training

If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications

Books

Lavinia Stan and Nadya Nedelsky, eds., The Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice, two volumes, in progress, Cambridge University Press, to be published in 2011.

Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, Church, State and Democracy in the Expanding Europe, in progress, Oxford University Press, to be published in 2010.

Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, eds., 1989-2009: Incredibila aventura a democratiei dupa comunism, Iasi: European Institute Publishing House, in press, 290 pages.

Lavinia Stan, ed., Transitional Justice in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: Reckoning with the Communist Past, London: Routledge, 2009, 328 pages.

Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, Religion and Politics in Post-Communist Romania, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2007, 250 pages.

Lavinia Stan, Leaders and Laggards: Governance, Civicness and Ethnicity in Post-Communist Romania. Boulder: East European Monographs, 2003, 320 pages.

Lavinia Stan, ed., Romania in Transition, Aldershot, UK: Dartmouth Press, 1997, 218 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, vol. 33, no. 1 (2010), 70 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, 160 pages.

Book Chapters

Lavinia Stan, “Romania: In the Shadow of the Past,” in Central and Southeastern European Politics since 1989, ed. by Sabrina P. Ramet (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2010), 25 pages.

Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Orthodoxy and EU Integration: Opportunity or Stumbling Block,” in Romania in the European Union: Challenges, Pathways and Prospects, ed. by F. Peter Wagner (Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, in press), 24 pages.

Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Church and State under Real Socialism,” in International Law under Real Socialism, ed. by Iulia A. Motoc and Emmanuele Jouannet (Paris: Sorbonne University Press, in press), 20 pages.

Lavinia Stan, “Neither Forgiving, Nor Punishing?: Transitional Justice in Romania,” in Transitional Justice and Democratic Consolidation: Lessons from Eastern Europe and Latin America, ed. by Vesselin Popovski (Tokyo: United Nations University Press, in press), 35 pages.

Lavinia Stan, “Memorie, Dreptate, Uitare: Radiografia decomunizarii romanesti” (Memory, Justice, Forgetting: A Scorecard of Romanian Transitional Justice), in Romania 20 Years after the Collapse of the Communist Regime, ed. by Vasile Boari (Cluj-Napoca: University Babes-Bolyai, in press), 25 pages.

Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Religion and Politics in Post-Communist Romania,” 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), pp. 221-235.

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), pp. 89-106.

Lucian Turcescu and Lavinia Stan, “The Romanian Greek Catholic Church after 1989,” in Churches In-Between: Greek Catholic Churches in Post-Socialist Europe, ed. by Stephanie Mahieu and Vlad Naumescu (Berlin: LIT Verlag, 2008), pp. 99-109, ISBN 978-3-8258-9910-3.

Lavinia Stan, “Romanian Privatization Program: Catching Up with the East,” in Romania in Transition, ed. by Lavinia Stan (Aldershot, UK: Dartmouth Press, 1997), pp. 127-161.

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Journals

Lavinia Stan, “Eastern Christian Orthodox Views on the Body and Sexuality,” Women’s Studies International Forum, vol. 33, no. 1 (2010), 25 pages.

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, vol. 33, no. 1 (2010), 5 pages.

Lavinia Stan and Razvan Zaharia, “Political Data in 2008: Romania,” European Journal of Political Research, vol. 48, no. 7 (December 2009), pp. 1096-1109.

Lavinia Stan and Diane Paula Corina Vancea, “Old Wine in New Bottles? The Romanian Parliamentary Elections of 2008,” Problems of Post-Communism, vol. 56, no. 5 (Sep./Oct. 2009), pp. 3-15. Translated as Lavinia Stan and Diane Paula Corina Vancea, “Alegerile Parlamentare din 2008: Vin Vechi in Sticle Noi,” Sfera politicii, vol. 17, nos. 131-132 (2009), pp. 3-13.

Lavinia Stan, “Truth Commissions in Post-Communism: The Overlooked Solution?,” Open Political Science Journal, vol. 2 (2009), pp. 1-13, http://www.bentham.org/open/topolisj/openaccess2.htm.

Lavinia Stan and Razvan Zaharia, “Political Data in 2007: Romania,” European Journal of Political Research, vol. 47, no. 7 (December 2008), pp. 1087-1098.

Lavinia Stan and Razvan Zaharia, “Political Data in 2006: Romania,” European Journal of Political Research, vol. 46, no. 7 (December 2007), pp. 1082-1095.

Lavinia Stan and Rodica Milena Zaharia, “Romania’s Intelligence Services. Bridge between the East and the West?,” Problems of Post-Communism, vol. 54, no. 1 (Jan. 2007), pp. 3-18.

Lavinia Stan, “The Vanishing Truth: Politics and Memory in Post-Communist Europe,” East European Quarterly, vol. 40, no. 4 (December 2006), pp. 383-408. Translated into Romanian as “Zece mituri ale decomunizarii,” Revista 22 (23-29 June and 30 June - 5 July 2006), available online at http://www.revista22.ro/zece-mituri-ale-decomunizarii-i-2821.html and http://www.revista22.ro/zece-mituri-ale-decomunizarii-ii-2846.html.

Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Politics, National Symbols and the Romanian Orthodox Cathedral,” Europe-Asia Studies, vol. 58, no. 7 (November 2006), pp. 1119-1139.

Lavinia Stan, “The Roof over Our Head: Property Restitution in Romania,” Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, vol. 22, no. 2 (June 2006), pp. 180-205.

Lavinia Stan, “The Politics of Memory in Poland: Lustration, File Access and Court Proceedings,” Studies in Post-Communism Occasional Paper no. 10 (April 2006).

Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Pulpits, Ballots and Party Cards: Religion and Elections in Romania,” Religion, State and Society, vol. 33, no 4 (December 2005), pp. 347-366.

Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “The Devil’s Confessors: Priests, Communists, Spies and Informers,” East European Politics and Societies, vol. 19, no. 4 (November 2005), pp. 655-685.

Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Religious Education in Romania,” Communist and Post-Communist Studies, vol. 38, no. 3 (September 2005), pp. 381-401. Translated in Romanian as “Educatia religioasa in Romania,” Altera (Tg. Mures: Liga Pro-Europa), vol. 13, no. 32 (2007), pp. 39-61.

Lavinia Stan, “From Riches to Rags: The Romanian National Christian Democrat Peasant Party,” East European Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 2 (Summer 2005), pp. 179-227.

Lavinia Stan, “The Opposition Takes Charge: The Romanian General Elections of 2004,” Problems of Post-Communism, vol. 52, no. 3 (May/June 2005), pp. 3-15.

Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Religion, Politics and Sexuality in Romania,” Europe-Asia Studies, vol. 57, no. 2 (March 2005), pp. 291-310.

Lavinia Stan, “Spies, Files and Lies: Explaining the Failure of Access to Securitate Files,” Communist and Post-Communist Studies, vol. 37, no. 3 (September 2004), pp. 341-359. Translated into Romanian as “CNSAS – privire retrospectiva,” Sfera politicii, vol. 12, no. 108 (April 2004), pp. 14-21, available online at http://www.sferapoliticii.ro/sfera/pdf/Sfera_108.pdf.

Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, “Politicians, Intellectuals and Academic Integrity in Romania,” Problems of Post-Communism, vol. 51, no. 4 (July/August 2004), pp. 12-24.

Lavinia Stan, “The Romanian Anticorruption Bill,” Studies in Post-Communism Occasional Paper no. 6 (January 2004), 66 pages.

Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, "Church-State Conflict in the Republic of Moldova: The Bessarabian Metropolitanate," Communist and Post-Communist Studies, vol. 36, no. 4 (2003), pp. 443-465.

Lavinia Stan, “Democratic Delusions: Ten Myths Accepted by the Romanian Democratic Opposition,” Problems of Post-Communism, vol. 50, no. 6 (Nov/Dec. 2003), pp. 51-60. Translated into Romanian as “Zece mituri ale opozitiei democrate,” Sfera politicii, no. 101 (June 2003), pp. 6-14, available online at http://www.sferapoliticii.ro/sfera/pdf/Sfera_101.pdf.

Lavinia Stan, "Comparing Post-Communist Governance: A Case Study," Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, vol. 18, no. 3 (2002), pp. 77-109. Translated into Romanian as “Iliescu vs. Constantinescu: Comparind regimurile 1992-1996 si 1996-2000,” Sfera politicii, vol. 10, no. 100 (2002), pp. 5-17, available online at http://www.sferapoliticii.ro/sfera/pdf/Sfera_100.pdf.

Lavinia Stan, “Moral Cleansing Romanian Style," Problems of Post-Communism, vol. 49, no. 4 (2002), pp. 52-62.

Lavinia Stan, "Access to Securitate Files: The Trials and Tribulations of a Romanian Law," East European Politics and Society, vol. 16, no. 1 (December 2002), pp. 55-90.

Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu, "The Romanian Orthodox Church and Post-Communist Democratization," Europe-Asia Studies, vol. 52, no. 8 (December 2000), pp. 1467-1488, republished in East European Perspectives, vol. 3, no. 4 (22 February 2001), available online at http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1342524.html, and vol. 3, no. 5 (7 March 2001), available online at http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1342525.html.

Lavinia Stan, "Romanian Political Science since 1989," European Journal of Political Science, vol. 35, no. 4 (June 1999), pp. 507-532.