Gender and Ergopolitics: Romani Women in Securitate Archives This presentation examines how late socialist Romania's Securitate apparatus produced Romani women as a gendered object of governance through what I term ergopolitics: the configuration of work as simultaneously an economic standard, a civic test, and a racial proxy. Drawing on files from the National Council for […]

Romanian Churches and Christian Movements in Italy This talk presents a recent volume on the religious dimension of Romanian migration in Italy, home to the largest Romanian diaspora worldwide. It examines the transformations and innovations experienced by Romanian Churches and Christian movements in the context of migration, with particular attention to Eastern Orthodoxy alongside Catholic […]

How Women Faced Justice for Nazi-Era Crimes Hundreds of thousands of women participated in the crimes of the Nazi era. Few were ever prosecuted. This lecture examines the extent of women’s participation in Nazi-era atrocity crimes in Germany and Nazi-occupied territories in Europe. It details important variations in community and legal accountability after the war, […]

Orthodoxy and Sexuality – Reading the Church Fathers Orthodox Churches have been repeatedly criticized for holding restrictive views about sexuality. But what did Church Fathers say on such matters as abortion or homosexuality? This presentation overviews some old texts, and old views, to show the nuanced positions held within the Church during the past two […]

Diversitate confesională, religiozitate și rolurile sociale ale bisericilor în context minoritar: cazul maghiarilor din Transilvania Prezentarea mea oferă o imagine de ansamblu asupra situației religioase a minorității maghiare din Transilvania. Analiza examinează distribuția confesională a populației maghiare, evidențiind specificitățile denominaționale, tiparele teritoriale și transformările recente din interiorul comunităților religioase și dintre acestea. O atenție specială […]