Orcid-ID:

0000-0002-7386-2969

Research Areas:

Profile:

CV/Website

Publications:

Website

Selected Memberships:

• Society for Romanian Studies
• Society of Historical Sciences from Romania
• School of Advanced Studies of the Romanian Academy
• History and Translation Network

Selected Prizes:

• “Nicolae Bălcescu” Award of the Romanian Academy, 2013
• “C. Ionitoiu" Award of the Memoria Cultural Foundation for the best book on the history of communism (with L. Barcan and C. Nasui), 2024
• "Nicolae Iorga” Award of the Romanian Society of Historical Sciences, 2025

Selected Publications:

• Vasile, Cristian (2025)„Art and Ethnographic Museums and Art Collections in Postwar Romania: Between Historical Writing and Memory”, Journal of Romanian Studies, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2025, pp. 51-75.
• Vasile, Cristian (2023), „Romanian Greek Catholic Church and the State: an Underground Existence during the Communist Regime”, in Rainer Bendel, Robert Pech (eds), Christen und Totalitäre Herrschaft in den Ländern Ostmittel- und Südosteuropas von 1945 die 1960er Jahre, Wien-Köln, Böhlau Verlag, 2023, pp. 311-321.
• Vasile, Cristian (2022) „The Patriarchate, the Presidency and the secret police archives: Studying religions in postcommunist Romania”, in James Kapaló, Kinga Povedák (eds), The Secret Police and the Religious Underground in Communist and Post-Communist Eastern Europe, Routledge, London-New York, 2022, pp. 275-288.
• Vasile, Cristian (2021) „The Orthodox Factor in the Foreign Policy of Post-communist Romania”, in Maria Toropova (ed.), Rethinking the Religious Factor in Foreign Policy, Wiesbaden, Springer Verlag, 2021, pp. 105-127.
• Vasile, Cristian (2019) „Verkappte Staatskirche. Die Rumänische Orthodoxe Kirche und die Politik”, Osteuropa, Nos. 6-8, 2019, pp. 231-243.