Who we are?
The Center for Anti-Communist Resistance and History aims to contribute to the in-depth, comparative and interdisciplinary research of the recent history of Făgăraș County and of the anti-communist resistance in Romania. One of the aims of CRAI is to support local communities in knowing and understanding their past. This process - awkward but necessary - needs time and dialogue partners. The journey to the recent past is part of a broader process of memory restoration and identity definition. By understanding the legacy of the communist period, we better understand today's society. Discovering the traumas of that period, we can talk about their acceptance, integration and healing.
The Center for Anti-Communist History and Resistance aims to become a relevant actor at local, national and international level in academic debates related to the wider history of communism, generating content and creating models for studying recent history and presenting it to a specialized audience, but also for the general public, including in tourism projects.
CRAI will develop programs, projects and events targeting different historical and interdisciplinary themes, both correlated with the phenomenon of anti-communist resistance, and with other historical themes relevant for the Făgăraș Research Institute. We also consider educational, public policy and awareness-raising activities to bring the results of our research closer to various actors in the community, such as young people, civil society organizations, public institutions and companies.
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Team

Andreea Maierean Ph.D.
Claudia Șerbănuță, Ph.D.

Cristian Daniel, Ph.D.

Georgi Georgiev Ph.D. Candidate

Ioana Hașu-Georgiev M.A.

Laura Vișan, Ph.D.

Maria Chirilă

Monica Popescu, Ph.D.

Octavian Gabor, Ph.D.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters:
“Re-Creation of Normality in the Absurd Space of Deportations to the Siberian Gulag.” Vergentis, 9.2019. https://vergentis.ucam.edu/index.php/vergentis/article/view/162 “Taming the Beast: Constantin Noica and Doing Philosophy in Critical Political Contexts.” Dialogos, 2019. https://revistas.upr.edu/index.php/dialogos/article/view/16610 “Justice between Mercy and Revenge in Sophocles’ Antigone and Plato’s Crito.” Lexicon Philosophicaum: International Journal for the History of Texts and Ideas. 6.2019. http://lexicon.cnr.it/index.php/LP/article/view/599/439 “Communism: ‘the attempt at deification without God. Reflections on Andrei Scrima’s thought.” The Faith Almanac, 2019, p. 170-177. “Nationalismul intre sisteme solare si constelatii.” The Faith Almanac, 2019, p. 220-227. “Two Kinds of Responsibility in Crime and Punishment.” Mundo Eslavo, vol. 16, 2017. http://mundoeslavo.com/index.php/meslav/article/view/237/209 “Constantin Noica’s Becoming Within Being and Meno’s Paradox.” Companion to Classical Reception in Eastern and Central Europe. Eds. Zara Torlone & Dana Munteanu. Blackwell (April 2017). “The Use and Intended Outcomes of Presence: A Focus Group Study.” (second author) International Journal of Nursing Knowledge. (2016). “The Sultan and His Janissaries. Gheorghe Hagi and the Golden Era of Galatasaray Istanbul.” Cultures of Communication/Cultures de la Communication. 1 (2016): 45-56. “Despre născători de frumos în închisorile comuniste.” Identități sociale, culturale, etnice și religioase în comunism. Ed. Cosmin Budeancă. Polirom, 2016. “Birth-Givers of Beauty: An Excursion into Finding One’s Given Place within a Constellation.” Introduction to Aspazia Otel Petrescu. With Christ in Prison. Reflection Publishing House, 2014, p. 5-18. “Dialogical Writing in Philosophy and Literature – A Study on Plato’s Gorgias and Thomas Love Peacock’s Nightmare Abbey.” Kinesis 29.2 (2002): 67-84. “Adevar si credibilitate in mesajul publicistic de televiziune” (Truth and Credibility in the TV message). Comunicariile “Hyperion” 1. Bucuresti: Editura Hyperion, 1998, p. 72-4.Reviews:
Review of Brian A. Butcher, Liturgical Theology after Schmemann: An Orthodox Reading of Paul Ricoeur. Fordham University Press, 2018. Phenomenological Reviews, January 2019. https://reviews.ophen.org/2019/02/21/brian-a-butcher-liturgical-theology-after-schmemann-an-orthodox-reading-of-paul-ricoeur/ Review of Constantin Noica, Pray for Brother Alexander. Punctum Books, 2018. Romanian Studies Association of America Journal. September 2018. Review of Martha Nussbaum, Anger and Forgiveness: Resentment, Generosity, Justice. Oxford University Press, 2016. Metaphsycology Online Reviews, November 2016. https://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=7775&cn=394 Review of Michael Davis, The Soul of the Greeks: and Inquiry. Chicago, London: University of Chicago Press, 2011. Bryn Mawr Classical Review, May 2012. https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2012/2012.05.25 Review of Terence Irwin, “Stoicism: Action , Passion, and Reason” and “Stoicism: Virtue and Happiness.” The Development of Ethics: A historical and Critical Study. Vol. I-III. Oxford: Oxford University Press. The Philosophical Forum: A Quarterly. 42.3 (2011): 279-80. Review of Brooke Holmes. The Symptom and the Subject: The Emergence of the Physical Body in Ancient Greece. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2010. Bryn Mawr Classical Review, March 2011. Review of Ronald Polansky, Aristotle’s De Anima. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Bryn Mawr Classical Review, September 2009. Review of Julie K. Ward, Aristotle on Homonymy: Dialectic and Science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Bryn Mawr Classical Review, October 2008.Translation:
Noica, Constantin. Pray for Brother Alexander. Translated from Romania to English. Punctum books, 2018. https://punctumbooks.com/titles/pray-for-brother-alexander/ Monk Moise, ed. Do Not Avenge Us: Testimonies of Romanians Deported to Siberia. Translated from Romanian to English. Reflection Publishing, 2016. Scrima. André. Apophatic Anthropology. Translated from Romanian to English. Gorgias, 2016. Fr. Arsenie Boca. Living Words. Translated from Romanian to English. Deva: Charisma Publishing House, 2014. Jean Servier. Istoria Utopiei. Translated from French to Romanian by Octavian Gabor and Elena Gabor. Bucharest: Meridiane, 2000. Original title: L’Histoire de l’utopie.