FERBOPO ERA ChairAs part of FERBOPO, a significant academic contribution was authored by ERA Chair Holder, Lavinia Stan, and published in Women’s Studies International Forum:
Article Details
Article title: Transitional justice, decolonization and the Romani women: A perspective
Authors: Delia Popescu, Lavinia Stan
Year: 2025
Journal: Women’s Studies International Forum
Link: Article
Full Citation: Popescu, D., & Stan, L. (2025, July). Transitional justice, decolonization and the Romani women: A perspective. In Women’s Studies International Forum (Vol. 111, p. 103125). Pergamon. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103125
Article Abstract
In post-communist Central and Eastern Europe, the decolonization framework helps us to understand not only what has been done to overcome the injustices of the past, but also why some Western norms and narratives were rejected by a region whose memory frames are a significantly different. Western transitional justice actors faulted Eastern programs for focusing on the communist past while neglecting the abuses perpetrated during World War II when some Central and Eastern European countries collaborated with the Nazi regime. In response, the Central and Eastern European decolonization project emphasized the importance and urgency of reckoning with communist crimes but overlooked the crimes they inflicted on the Roma.
