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About Lavinia Stan
A graduate in Political Science at the University of Toronto, I was born in Romania but emigrated to Canada shortly after the December 1989 revolution that helped Romania move away from communist dictatorship. Most of my work has dealt with broad issues of post-communist democratization, transitional justice, as well as religion and politics. I have taught at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, Canada for more than twenty years, also serving as vice-president and president of the Society for Romanian Studies, Associate Editor of East European Politics & Societies and Women's Studies International Forum, and editorial board member of more than twenty scholarly journals in North America and Europe. Most of my work in transitional justice has been published with Cambridge University Press, including the 3-volume Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice (first published in 2013, and now in production again). My books on religion and politics have appeared with Oxford University Press, and focus a lot on Orthodoxy and democratization. I am living in Montreal, but have a summer residence in Puglia, Italy, with olive and fig trees, close to the Torre Guacetto beach.Lavinia Stan is a professor of political science at St. Francis Xavier University in Canada.
NBN Episodes hosted by Lavinia:
March 31, 2025
Unsilencing
Not many people know that Bulgaria's forced prison camp was in operation throughout the communist regime from 1945 to 1989. In Unsilencing: The Histor…
March 4, 2025
Royal Fraud
Listen to this engaging podcast with historian Robert Austin, the author of Royal Fraud: The Story of Albania's First and Last King (Central European …
February 12, 2025
Before and After Democracy
Recognized for his work on philosophy, religion and politics, Dr. Sweet talks at length about Before and After Democracy: Philosophy, Religion, and Po…
February 1, 2025
Canada First, Not Canada Alone
The definitive history of Canadian foreign policy since the 1930s, Canada First, Not Canada Alone: A History of Canadian Foreign Policy (Oxford UP, 20…
February 1, 2025
Royal Histories
In this engaging interview, young scholar Dr, Joel Z. Garrod explains his book's main argument, with a personal touch. In Royal Histories: The Transfo…
January 28, 2025
Politicising Commodification
Year 2008 marked the introduction of a new economic governance regime in the European Union (EU) in response to the global financial crisis. Politicis…
February 14, 2024
Booze, Cigarettes, and Constitutional Dust-Ups
Today I talked to Ryan Manucha about his new book Booze, Cigarettes, and Constitutional Dust-Ups: Canada's Quest for Interprovincial Free Trade (McGil…
February 9, 2024
Policy Matters
Never have policy initiatives been so important than in today’s society. Neoliberal manifestations, climate change, civil rights movements, and govern…
November 5, 2023
Romani Liberation
Well-known for his work in Critical Romani Studies, Jan Selling talks with Lavinia Stan about his latest book. Centered on Scandinavia, Romani Liberat…
October 31, 2023
Research Handbook on Transitional Justice
Listen to this engaging interview with Cheryl Lawther, who talks about why the Research Handbook on Transitional Justice (Edward Elgar, 2023) is one o…
October 27, 2023
Reparations and War
For thousands of years, reparations have been used to secure the end of war and to alleviate its deleterious consequences. While human rights law esta…
October 16, 2023
Europe's Leadership Famine
Today I talked to Tom Gallagher about his new book Europe's Leadership Famine: Portraits of Defiance and Decay 1950-2022 (Scotview, 2023). Representa…
February 19, 2023
Faces of Moderation
By examining the writings of twentieth-century thinkers such as Raymond Aron, Isaiah Berlin, Norberto Bobbio, Michael Oakeshott, and Adam Michnik, Pro…
January 21, 2023
Lock, Stock, and Icebergs
In April 1988, after years of failed negotiations over the status of the Northwest Passage, Brian Mulroney gave Ronald Reagan a globe, pointed to the …
December 4, 2022
Transitional Justice
Societies that are throwing off the yoke of authoritarian rule and beginning to build democracies face a daunting question: should they punish the rep…
November 14, 2022
Revisiting Marx’s Critique of Liberalism
Is Marx relevant today, after the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe? Is Marx’s political theory compatible with individual rights? You will be s…
August 24, 2022
Building Trust and Democracy
It has become both a normative expectation as well as a practical policy recommendation that context-specific transitional justice measures are needed…