Stiintele socio-umaniste in contextul evolutiei globalizate
- dezvoltarea si implementarea programului de studii si cercetare postdoctorala

Profil

Office address: "Alexandru I. Cuza" University, B-dul Carol I, no. 11, 700506 Iaşi, Romania, Tel. 004 – 0232-201274.

Academic Degrees

• 2009 onward Associate Professor at the Faculty of History, “Alexandru I. Cuza” University.
• 2006 – 2009 Lecturer at the Faculty of History, “Alexandru I. Cuza” University.
• 2003 – 2006 Assistant at the Faculty of History, “Alexandru. I. Cuza” University.
• 2000 – 2003 Instructor at the Faculty of History, “Alexandru I. Cuza“ University.

Education

• July 2006 - Ph. D. Dissertation: Orthodox Secular Clergymen in Mediaeval Moldavia (14th-16th centuries). Advisor: Ion Toderaşcu, Professor of History, “Alexandru I. Cuza” University of Iaşi.
• 1999 - Master of History, regarding “The Sources of Ancient and Medieval History”.
• 1998 - Graduated the Faculty of History, at “Alexandru I. Cuza” University.

Field Research

• Institutional dimension and the social statute of secular clergy in Orthodox world (particularly in the Byzantine Empire and the Balkan countries, including Walachia and Moldavia).
• Ideology, symbols and rituals of power in the post-Byzantine area (particularly the rituals of war and violence as attribute of princes).
• The image of the other – regarding the way Catholic missionaries perceived the Orthodox confession in medieval Moldavia.
• History of higher education, particularly regarding the University of Iaşi.
• 2003 – I took part in the foundation of the Society of Historical Studies in Romania (SSIR); president of the SSIR (December 2007 – December 2009), vice-president (December 2009 onward).
• 2008 onward – member of the editorial board of section I „Between Worlds” in the journal Mélanges d’Histoire Générale. Nouvelle Série (Cluj-Napoca). 2009 onward – member of the editorial board of “Analele Ştiinţifice ale Universităţii "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" Iaşi (serie nouă). Istorie”.
• 2009 onward – member of the International Advisory Board of the journal “Arhiva Moldaviae”, published by the Romanian National Archives, Iaşi branch. 2009 onward – member of the editorial staff of the journal “Medieval and Early Modern Studies for Central and Eastern Europe” and co-editor of vol. II in 2010.

Classes Held

• 2005 onward – History of Byzantium, “Alexandru I. Cuza“ University, Iaşi, Faculty of History, 3rd year.
• 2009 onward – International cultural relations and institutions, in Master of History “International relations, institutions and organisations”; Culture and society in Byzantium, in Master of History ”Patrimony and cultural tourism”, 1st year of study.

Grants Gained

• Post-doctoral research Thanatos’ Metamorphoses. Cultural Expressions of Funeral Spaces in Moldavia during the 16th – 20th centuries. Funded by the project: Socio-humanities sciences in the context of globalization - development and implementation of the program of studies and postdoctoral research, contract code: POSDRU/89/1.5/S/61104, project co-financed by European Social Fund through Operational Program Human Resources Development, 2007-2013, beneficiary: Romanian Academy (in progress since 2010).
• Director of post-doctoral research grant The Activity Of Congregation of Propaganda Fide in Moldavia during the 17th century as Reflected by Sources in Polish Archives and Collections, financed by the National Council of Scientific Research in Higher Education (CNCSIS), within the programme “Human Resources” (Code: PD 343/2010), in progress since 2010.
• Member of the grant Moldavia’s Relations with Holy See and the Great Church (14th – 17th centuries), led by Prof. Univ. Dr. Ştefan S. Gorovei. The grant is funded by CNCSIS and is in progress since 2008.
• Member of the grant The Country of Moldavia between Byzantine Commonwealth and Respublica Christiana: metaphors, rituals, symbols and concepts of power between 14th and 15th centuries. A study of the Politic Imaginary, led by Prof. Univ. Dr. Alexandru - Florin Platon. The grant has been given by the National Council of Scientific Research in Higher Education.
• Member of the grant Medieval City between West and East, led by Dr. Laurenţiu Rădvan. The grant was given by the National Council of Scientific Research in Higher Education and ended in December, 31, 2007, by the publishing of a volume of studies.
• Member of the grant The Staff from Al. I. Cuza University. Birth of e meritorious elite, led by Dr. Florea Ioncioaia. The grant was given by the National Council of Scientific Research in Higher Education and ended in December, 31, 2006, through publishing a volume of studies.
• Member of the grant Majorities and Minorities in Medieval Moldavia. An Ethnic and Confessional Perspective, led by Prof. Univ. Dr. Ion Toderaşcu. The grant was given by the National Council of Scientific Research in Higher Education and ended in December, 31, 2004, through publishing a volume of studies.

Awards Received

• The most valuable Ph. D. dissertation in 2006 on History, awarded by the Al. I. Cuza University – Iaşi.
• Iustin Frăţiman for essential contribution in ecclesiastic history” (Clerul de mir din Moldova secolelor XIV-XVI, Iaşi, Editura Universităţii "Al. I. Cuza" 2007, 551 p.), awarded by the "Paul Gore" Society of Genealogy, Heraldic and Archives in Chisinau, on December, 5th, 2008.
• Alexandru D. Xenopol for the year 2007, awarded by the Romanian Academy on December, 17th, 2009.

Lectures Given

• Byzantine Studies at the University in Iaşi, within the Symposium History at “Al. I. Cuza” University of Iaşi, organized by the Faculty of History, “Al. I. Cuza” University, Iaşi, October, 27, 2000.
• The Statute of Rural Clergymen in Occident and Orient. A Comparative Analysis, within the Symposium of The Days of “Al. I. Cuza” University, Iaşi, organized by the Faculty of History, “Al. I. Cuza” University, Iaşi, October, 25, 2003.
• The Rituals of Power and Interceding function of secular clergy. Stephen the Great’s “prayers”, within the Symposium Stephen the Great and his Epoque, organized by the Institute of History „A. D. Xenopol” Iaşi and the Faculty of History, “Al. I. Cuza” University, Iaşi, June, 18-19, 2004.
• Secular Clergy between Secular Power and Ecclesiastic Authority. Juridical Expressions and Practices in Moldavia, during the 15th Century, within the Session of Scientific Communications of The Days of “Al. I. Cuza” University in Iaşi, organized by the Faculty of History, “Al. I. Cuza” University, Iaşi, October, 29, 2004.
• A Change of Reign in the Middle of the 16th Century and the Role of the Moldavian Church Elite, within the Scientific Session of the Ph. D. Candidates of the Faculty of History, “Al. I. Cuza” University, Iaşi, October, 27, 2005.
• The Monastery of Probota, between 15th-16th Centuries. Significances of some Juridical Privileges, within the symposium organized of The Days of “Al. I. Cuza” University in Iaşi, organized by the Faculty of History, “Al. I. Cuza” University, Iaşi, October, 28, 2005.
• Secular Clergymen and their Families in Moldavia, during the 15th-16th Centuries, within the session of communications organized by the “Commission of heraldic, genealogy and sigillography. Iaşi branch”, Iaşi, March, 14, 2006.
• Interconfessional Realities and Perceptions in Medieval Moldavia, within the symposium Healing of Memories. Interkonfessionelle Konferenz, May, 3-5, 2006.
• Secular Clergy from the villages of Putna Monastery, within the Colloquiums of Putna, III (540 years since the founding of Putna Monastery), Putna, July, 9-11, 2006.
• Moldavian Families with Clergy Ascendance at the cross of 16th – 17th Centuries – between Social Ascension and Fall, within the symposium Social Structures and Evolutions within the Romanian area (17th – 19th Centuries), organized by “A. D. Xenopol” Institute of History, Iaşi, and the Faculty of History, „Al. I. Cuza” University, Iaşi, November, 30th, 2006.
• Ecclesiastic Incomes in Moldavia of Stephen the Great, within the Colloquium Stephen the Great. Sources and Interpretations. 550 years from his Coronation in Moldavia, organized by “The Program of researches regarding the Medieval Ideology of Power” and “Centre "Stephen the Great" of Holy Monastery Putna”, Iaşi, 15th of March 2007.
• Violence within Dispossessing of Power. Notes regarding a medieval ritual, within the International Colloquium Political Ideologies and Representations of Power in Europe, organized by the staff of the CNCSIS (1210/2007) grant Moldavia Land between Byzantine Commonwealth and Respublica Christiana. Metaphors, Rituals, Symbols and Conceptions of Power during the 14th-15th Centuries, Iaşi, 30. 11. 2007- 01. 12. 2007.
• Mutilation in Byzantine Fight for Power, at „Work-in-Progress Seminar. A Forum about Research Conducted at the Gennadius Library”, Athens, March, 2008.
• Forms and Expressions of Urban solidarity among Secular Clergy in Iaşi during the 16th – 17th Centuries, in the Academic – Spiritual Symposium Iaşi, the city of churches, organized by the ""Trinitas Missionary" – Cultural Institute", Iaşi June, 16-17, 2008.
• Relations between the Political Ruling and Ecclesiastic Authority in Moldavia during Stephen the Great’s Reign. Between Orthodox Tradition and Local Specificity, in Putna’s Colloquiums, VI (540 years since the foundation of Putna Monastery), Putna, July, 9-13 2008.
• To the “world beyond”. Urban hierarchies reflected in the funeral ritual in Iaşi during the 16th – 18th centuries, in the national symposium”600 years of documentary attestation of Iaşi city”, organized in the Iaşi Academic days by “A. D. Xenopol” Institute of History, Iaşi, Iaşi Town-hall, “Moldova” National Museum Complex Iaşi and the Faculty of History, “Al. I. Cuza” University, Iaşi, September, 23, 2008.
• The Body as an Expression of Difference in Iaşi during the 16th – 18th centuries, in the Symposium Iaşi city – 600 years of documentary attesting, organized by the Faculty of History, in the Days of “Al. I. Cuza” University of Iaşi, October, 25, 2008.
• A Diachronic Perspective on Social and Cultural Expressions of Urban Funeral Spaces in Moldavia. The case of Iaşi city, in the International Symposium Us and the others. Identity Constructions in the Romanian History, 14th – 21st centuries, April, 6-7, 2011, the Library of “A. D. Xenopol” Institute of History, Iaşi. (http://iit.iit.tuIaşi.ro/adxenopol/images/simpoz_1apr11.pdf)
• Magnaura – The Imperial University of Constantinople, in the Coimbra Group 25th Anniversary. Birthday Seminar on 25 October, “The Forgotten Origins of Universities in Europe”, Brussels, 25 October, 2010 (http://www.coimbra-group.eu/uploads/2010-2011/Birthday%20Seminar%20Programme.pdf).
• Byzantine Political Succession between Traditional Model and External Factors, in the international symposium Between Worlds: The Age of the Jagiellonians, organized by the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Romanian Academy of Sciences, Cluj-Napoca, 22nd-24th of October 2010.
• Thanatos’ Metamorphoses. Cultural Expressions of Funeral Spaces in Moldavia during the 16th – 20th centuries, in the workshop Recent Studies on Past and Present: Archaeology, History, Religion and Culture in Comparative Perspective, Cluj-Napoca, 21st- 22nd of October 2010.
• Political non-Capital Punishments in the Byzantine Custom. The Case of the Romanian Medieval Principalities, Südosteuropa Gesellschaft & Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, 29 June, 2010 (http://www.uni-mainz.de/FB/Geschichte/Osteuropa/848.php).
• Byzantine History at Iaşi University, Convegno Internationale (VII Romeno-Italiano) Le scienze dell’Antichità nelle Università europee: passato, presente, futuro. 150 anni di ricerca nell’Università di Iaşi, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi. Centre of Classical and Christian Studies, Università degli Studi di Bari. Dipartimento di Studi Classici e Cristiani, Iaşi, May, 10-13, 2010 (http://cscc.uaic.ro/?p=1).
• Political Exile in the Byzantine Empire (5th-10th centuries), International Conference Ovid, Myth and (Literary) Exile, Ovidius University Constanţa, Romania, Faculty of Letters, English Department, Centre for Cross-Cultural Studies; The National History and Archaeology Museum, Constanţa, Romania, September 10-12, 2009 (http://www.univ-ovidius.ro/litere/dOCUMENTE/Ovid_Sessions_.pdf).
• Le rôle de la mutilation dans la lutte politique à Byzance, Colloque international Le corps et ses hypostases en Europe et dans la société roumaine du Moyen Âge à l’époque contemporaine (Programme NEC-LINK) New Europe Collège-Institut d’Études Avancées, Bucarest, 1 Novembre 2008.

Fellowships

• Research Fellowship at the University of Konstanz (Germany) in August, 2007, on Violence during Political Disturbances in Middle Ages.
• Mellon Research Fellowship at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens between January 15th – April 15th 2008, on Mutilation as Practice in Fight for Power in Byzantium.
• Erasmus Teaching Mobility at the Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, June, 2010.
• Research stage at the “Historisches Seminar Byzantinistik”, Mainz, June-July, 2010.

Thanatos’ Metamorphoses. Cultural Expressions of Funeral Spaces in Moldavia during the 16th – 20th centuries

The research of funeral spaces requires for a comprehensive approach involving both a quantitative reconstruction, designed to explore the cemeteries in terms of their territorial dynamics and the interpretation of funeral topography or constructions. The documentary occurrences prove the indissoluble link between the community and the burial place, and this aspect can be emphasized by corroborating evidence which might reveal some concern for repatriation of corpses when death occurred suddenly. The research is to use the comparative method, as the reference is the brutal death of the convicts, who have been denied the burial in the family mortuary area, except for some elite’s representatives. The project used a multidisciplinary approach, through appeal to ethnology and anthropology, which can establish the relationship between eschatological stakes and those related to social representation. At the same time, a comparative research is to be used, aiming to highlight the differences of urban development. Also is to be undertaken a statistical analysis on the number of parish churches holding cemeteries in the Moldavia. At the same time the field research is to determine the way peripheral necropolis were substituted to cemeteries during the 19th century. The funeral hermeneutics is to follow the elements specific to the Moldavian funeral monument and the manner in which they were adopted from the western art. The project aims at emphasizing the social dimension of the cemetery as a place of cohabitation and main identity reference point. After this preliminary stage, a special attention is to be paid to identifying the burial places of the poor and the areas of those who died in wars. After establishing the places for the dead in relation to the perimeter of housing, there is to be made a typological classification of burial spaces. In order to achieve these objectives the case studies are to be constantly used, as such approaches can highlight the manner in which the funerary monuments was designed to indicate the location of the corpse, which was its social affiliation and what the late one was noted for during his life.

Publications

Coordinated volumes and books

• Confesiune şi cultură în Evul Mediu (Confession and Culture in Medieval Age). Studies reunited by Alexandru - Florin Platon and Bogdan - Petru Maleon, Iaşi, Editura Universităţii "Al. I. Cuza" 2004, 356 p.
• Warren Treadgold, O istorie a statului şi societăţii bizantine (A History of the Byzantine State and Society). Translated by Mihai - Eugen Avădanei. Edition by Victor Spinei and Bogdan - Petru Maleon. Preface by Victor Spinei, Iaşi, Institutul European, 2004, vol. I: 683 p., vol. II: 356 p.
• Clerul de mir din Moldova secolelor XIV-XVI (Orthodox Secular Clergymen in Moldavia of the 14th-16th centuries), Iaşi, Editura Universităţii "Al. I. Cuza" 2007, 551 p.
• O istorie a Europei de Apus în Evul Mediu. De la Imperiul Roman târziu la marile descoperiri geografice (A History of Western Europe in Middle Ages. From the Late Roman Empire to the Great Geographical Discoveries) (in collaboration with Alexandru-Florin Platon and Laurenţiu Rădvan), Iaşi, Editura Polirom, 2010, 548 p.

Studies and articles

• Evul Mediu în comemorările naţional-communiste (The Medieval Age in National Communist Commemorations), in „Xenopoliana”. Buletinul Fundaţiei Academice “A. D. Xenopol” Iaşi, IX, 1-4, 2001, p. 122-128.
• Istoria Bizanţului – Profesionalizarea unei discipline universitare la Iaşi (1834-1940) (The History of Byzantium - Making a profession out of a university discipline in Iaşi (1834-1940)), in Istoria – O meditaţie asupra trecutului. Profesorului Vasile Cristian la a 65-a aniversare (History – A Meditation over the Past. To Professor Vasile Cristian on his 65th anniversary). Coordinators Gabriel Bădărău, Gheorghe Cliveti, Mihai Cojocariu, Iaşi, Editura Tipo Moldova, 2001, p. 147-154.
• Ortodocşii români în faţa „clericului viator” (sfârşitul sec. XVI – prima jumătate a sec. XVII) (The Romanian Orthodoxy as Seen by the ”Itinerant Clergy” (the end of the 16th - first half of the 17th centuries)), in Anuarul Institutului de Istorie “A. D. Xenopol”, XXXVIII, 2001, p. 49-66.
• Clerul şi societatea în Evul mediu românesc. Repere istoriografice şi abordări metodologice (Clergy and Society in Romanian Medieval Age. Reference of Historiography and methodological aspects), in Noi perspective asupra istoriei sociale în România şi Franţa (secolele XVII-XX) (New Perspectives over the Social History in Romania and France (17th-20th centuries)). Studies reunited by Alexandru – Florin Platon, Cristiana Oghină Pavie and Jacques – Guy Petit, Iaşi, Editura Universităţii "Al. I. Cuza" 2003, p. 216 – 225.
• Comemorări medievale în deceniul nouă (Medieval Commemorations in the 9th Decade), in „Analele Sighet”, 10, 2003, (Anii 1973-1989: Cronica unui sfârşit de sistem) (Years 1973-1989: the Chronicle of the end of a system), p. 334-340.
• Ştefan cel Mare şi întemeierea Episcopiei Rădăuţilor (Stephen the Great and the Founding of the Episcopacy of Radauti), in Ştefan cel Mare la cinci secole de la moartea sa (Stephen the Great at Five Centuries since his Death). Volume edited by Petronel Zahariuc and Silviu Văcaru, Iaşi, Editura „Alfa”, 2003, p. 77-91.
• Statutul fiscal al clerului de mir în Moldova medievală (Fiscal Status of Secular Clergy in Medieval Moldavia), in Confesiune şi cultură în Evul Mediu (Confession and Culture in Medieval Age). Studies reunited by Bogdan - Petru Maleon and Alexandru - Florin Platon, Iaşi, Editura Universităţii "Al. I. Cuza" 2004, p. 145-160.
• Ritualurile puterii şi funcţia mediatoare a clerului de mir. „Rugătorii” lui Ştefan cel Mare (The Rituals of Power and Interceding function of secular clergy. Stephen the Great’s “prayers”), in Analele Ştiinţifice ale Universităţii “Al. I. Cuza”, Iaşi. History”, L, 2004, p. 53-68.
• O schimbare de domn la mijlocul secolului al XVI-lea şi rolul elitei clericale moldoveneşti (A Change of Reign in the Middle of the 16th Century and the Role of the Moldavian Church Elite), in Anuarul Institutului de Istorie “A. D. Xenopol”, XLII, 2005, p. 57-69.
• Ştefan cel Mare şi ritualurile războiului (Stephen the Great and the Rituals of War), in Analele Ştiinţifice ale Universităţii “Al. I. Cuza”, Iaşi. History”, LI, 2005, p. 37 – 67.
• Preliminarii la o istorie a clerului de mir orăşenesc din Moldova secolelor XV-XVI (Preliminaries to a history of the city secular clergy in Moldavia, during 15th-16th centuries), in Civilizaţia urbană din spaţiul românesc în secolele XVI-XVIII. Studii şi document (Urban Civilization in Romanian area during 16th-18th centuries), edited by Laurenţiu Rădvan, Iaşi, Editura Universităţii "Al. I. Cuza" 2006, p. 9-40.
• Clerul de mir ortodox din Moldova medievală. Între credinţa populară şi disciplina ecleziastică (Orthodox Clergy in medieval Moldavia. Between Practices of Popular Piety and Ecclesiastic Discipline), in Etnie şi confesiune în Moldova medievală (Ethnic and Confessional in Medieval Moldavia), coordinator Ion Toderaşcu, Iaşi, Editura Universităţii "Al. I. Cuza" 2006, p. 27-83.
• Mănăstirea Probota – între ierarhia ecleziastică şi domnie. Semnificaţiile unor privilegii din secolele XV-XVI (The Monastery of Probota - between the Ecclesiastic Hierarchy and the Reign. The Significances of Some Privileges during the 15th and 16th centuries), in „Studii şi materiale de istorie medie”, XXIV, 2006, p. 131-150.
• Preoţii de mir şi marile aşezăminte monahale moldoveneşti. Mănăstirea Putna în secolul al XV-lea (Secular Clergy and the Great Moldavian Monastic Places. The Monastery of Putna in the 15th century), in “Analele Putnei”, III, 1, 2007, p. 11-38.
• Între slavonismul cultural şi scrisul în limba română: clerul de mir ortodox din Moldova medievală (Between cultural Slavonic and Romanian writing: orthodox secular clergy in Medieval Moldavia), in In medias res. Studii de istorie culturală (In medias res. Studies of Cultural History), editors A. Mihalache and Adrian Cioflanca, Iaşi, Editura Universităţii "Al. I. Cuza", 2007, p. 331-349.
• Destine ale documentelor dispărute – mărturii de viaţă cotidiană din Moldova medievală (The Destines of Vanished Documents – Testimonies of Daily Life in Medieval Moldavia), in In honorem Ioan Ciupercă. Studii de Istorie a românilor şi a relaţiilor internaţionale (In honorem Ioan Ciupercă. Studies of Romanian History and International Relations), editors Lucian Leuştean, Petronel Zahariuc, Dan Constantin Mâţă, Iaşi, Editura Universităţii "Al. I. Cuza", 2007, p. 193-210.
• Mutilarea politică în Imperiul Bizantin. Geneză şi tipologie (The Political Mutilation in the Byzantine Empire. Genesis and typology), in Ideologii şi reprezentări ale puterii în Europa (Ideologies and representations of power in Europe), coordinated by Alexandru-Florin Platon, Bogdan-Petru Maleon and Liviu Pilat, Iaşi, Editura Universităţii "Al. I. Cuza", 2009, p. 180-222.
• Practicile punitive ale Domniei în viziunea lui Dimitrie Cantemir (The Punitive Practices of the Reign in Dimitrie Cantemir’s Perspective), in „Moldova între tradiţie şi actualitate”. Conferinţă ştiinţifică dedicată jubileului de 300 de ani de la înscăunarea lui Dimitrie Cantemir (“Moldavia between Tradition and Present”. Scientific conference on the 300 years from Dimitrie Cantemir’s enthroning), Chişinău, 2010.
• Geografiile excluderii: o tipologie a exilului în Imperiul Bizantin (Spaces of Exclusion: a Typology of Exile in the Byzantine Empire), in De la fictiv la real. Imaginea, imaginarul, imagologia (From Fiction to Reality. Image, Imaginary, Imagology), Andi Mihalache, Silvia Marin-Barutcieff (coordinators), Iaşi, Editura Universităţii „Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, 2010, p. 413-425.
• Le rôle de la mutilation dans la lutte politique à Byzance. Genèse et évolution jusqu’au XIe siècle. Travaux cu colloque Le corps et ses hypostases en Europe et dans la société roumaine du Moyen Âge à l’époque contemporaine, 1 novembre 2008, Bucarest, coordinateurs: Constanţa Vintilă-Ghiţulescu et Alexandru-Florin Platon, Bucureşti, New Europe College, 2010, p. 125-146.
• Byzantine History at University of Iaşi, in „Classica et Christiana”, nr. 6/1, 2010.
• A New Approach to the Context of the Great Schism, in „Transylvanian Review”, vol. XIX, Supplement No. 3, 2010, Aspects of Confessional Diversity within the Romanian Space. Edited by Ioana Mihaela Bonda, Cecilia Cârja, Ana Victoria Sima, p. 87-100.
• An Introduction to Byzantine Political Exile, in „Analele Ştiinţifice ale Universităţii Ovidius Constanţa. Seria Filologie” (“Scientific Annals of Ovidius University of Constanţa”), t. XXI, 2010, p. 173-187.
• Preliminary Notes on Public Exposure of Convicts’ Corpses in Medieval Moldavia, in „Istros”, t. XVII, 2011, p. 285-304.
• Byzantine Political Ideology and the Impact with the Latin West, in „Transylvanian Review”, vol. XIX, Supplement No. 2, 2010, p. 19-39
• Violenţa politică exprimată ca discurs al puterii între tradiţie şi modernitate în principatele române (Political Violence as Discourse of Power Betwenn Tradition and Modernity in the Romanian Principalities) (in collaboration with Cristian Ploscaru), in „Studia Universitatis Petru Maior. Historia”, vol. 10, 2010.
• Imperial Death in Byzantium. A Preliminary View Regarding the Negative Funerals, in „Transylvanian Review”, vol. XIX, Supplement No. 1, 2010, p. 19-42.
• Some notes on the clerical exile in the Byzantine Empire. Since the end of antique world to the Macedonian ascension, in „Classica et Christiana”, 5/2, 2010, p. 351-367.