Lavinia Stan, St. Francis Xavier University

Research

transitional justice politics of memory competing pasts lustration property restitution memorialization post-communist democratization Central and Eastern Europe

Latest funding

Official responses to competing pasts: reckoning with human rights abuses in post-dictatorial settings
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$36,928
Official responses to competing pasts: reckoning with human rights abuses in post-dictatorial settings
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$72,380
Between devil's confessors and god's martyrs: collaboration and resistance of religious groups in communist Romania
SSHRC · 2014 · Co-investigator
$203,832

All 5 grants and awards

Official responses to competing pasts: reckoning with human rights abuses in post-dictatorial settings

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Stan, Lavinia M.

Keywords: transitional justice; politics of memory; competing pasts; lustration; property restitution; memorialization; post-communist democratization; Central and Eastern Europe; de-communization

$36,928

Official responses to competing pasts: reckoning with human rights abuses in post-dictatorial settings

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Stan, Lavinia M.

Keywords: transitional justice; politics of memory; competing pasts; lustration; property restitution; memorialization; post-communist democratization; Central and Eastern Europe; de-communization

$72,380

Between devil's confessors and god's martyrs: collaboration and resistance of religious groups in communist Romania

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Turcescu, Lucian

Keywords: collaboration and resistance; church-state relations; religion and politics; transitional justice

$203,832

From repression to cooperation: religion and politics in the enlarged Europe

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Stan, Lavinia M.

Keywords: religion and politics; church-state relations; public policy affecting religious affairs; twin tolerations; EU accession; post-communist democratization

$98,035

Post-communist transitional justice: determinants and outcomes

Principal investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Stan, Lavinia M.

Keywords: transitional justice; de-communization; lustration; access to communist-era secret police files; dealing with the past; truth and reconciliation

$124,410

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: transitional justice Dear Professor Stan, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on transitional justice connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Official responses to competing pasts: reckoning with human rights abuses in post-dictatorial settings" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]