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Miruna Runcan is a distinguished professor at the Faculty of Theater and Television of Babeş-Bolyai University, where she has made significant contributions to theater scholarship and criticism. She is an active member of both the International Association of Theater Critics and the International Federation of Theater Researchers, participating in global conversations about theater practice and criticism. Her research focuses on the complex dynamics of theater criticism during Romania's communist period, examining how critics navigated the tension between political demands and artistic integrity. Runcan's work reveals the sophisticated strategies critics employed to maintain aesthetic discourse while operating under ideological constraints, often using modernist frameworks to subtly address broader cultural issues. Runcan's scholarly output demonstrates consistent engagement with theater history, performance theory, and critical methodology. Her publications span from historical analyses of Romanian theater from 1920-1960 to contemporary examinations of digital media's impact on theater criticism. She has particularly focused on the relationship between text and performance, documenting historical debates between 'textocentrists' and proponents of directorial innovation. Her extensive publication record includes numerous books, critical essays, and theater reviews that have shaped Romanian theater discourse. Key works include her trilogy 'Theater in Dioramas,' which systematically examines theater criticism during different communist periods, and 'For a Semiotics of the Theatrical Performance,' which contributes to performance theory methodology. Runcan's work as a theater critic demonstrates both scholarly rigor and literary elegance, combining detailed performance analysis with broader cultural context. Her reviews of productions like Radu Nica's 'Hamlet' and Purcărete's 'Lulu' reveal her ability to connect specific directorial choices to larger theatrical traditions and historical frameworks.

• Theater Criticism
• Romanian Theater History
• Semiotics of Theatrical Performance
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Adrian Cioroianu serves as a Professor at the Faculty of History, University of Bucharest. His academic work focuses on Romanian historical studies, particularly examining cultural phenomena during the communist period in Romania. Professor Cioroianu's research interests center on historical resistance through cultural expression, with particular attention to how artistic communities navigated political constraints during Romania's communist regime. His expertise encompasses the interplay between theater, censorship, and subtle forms of opposition in totalitarian contexts. Based on available information, Professor Cioroianu has demonstrated scholarly interest in the ways Romanian intellectuals and artists maintained forms of cultural resistance despite the oppressive political environment of the communist era. His commentary suggests engagement with historical archives, particularly those related to cultural institutions and their relationship with state security apparatuses.

• History
• Romanian History
• Communist Era Studies
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Dr. Katarzyna Królikowska serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Law at Kozminski University's Faculty of Law in Warsaw, Poland. She maintains a dual academic role as a Post-Doc researcher at the University of Warsaw Faculty of Law and Administration where she leads the 'European Property Law' project. Her professional affiliations extend to legal practice as counsel at the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Poland (2017-2018, 2020-present), representing state interests before courts including the Constitutional Tribunal. Dr. Królikowska's research focuses on civil law with particular expertise in property law, European harmonization of property regulations, commercial and consumer contracts, state liability for wrongful legislation, and cooperative/housing law. Her work examines constitutional dimensions of property restitution, housing cooperative member rights as consumers, and post-communist property transitions in Central and Eastern Europe. Her publications reveal strong engagement with European legal integration and transitional justice issues. Her scholarly output includes over 30 publications with notable contributions appearing in international journals such as Loyola of L.A. International & Comparative Law Review and 'Housing Studies' (Taylor&Francis). Her research demonstrates consistent focus on constitutional review mechanisms, state liability frameworks, and housing law developments across European jurisdictions, with particular attention to Polish legal transformations following the fall of communism. Member of European Law Institute in Vienna (since 2019) Member of European Network for Housing Research in Delft (since 2013) Member of International Law Association - Polish Group (since 2003) Member of UNIDROIT Alumni Association (since 2020) Reviewer for 'Housing Studies' (Taylor&Francis) Dr. Królikowska combines academic work with significant legal practice, having served as judge's assistant at Poland's Constitutional Tribunal (2007-2017) and as legal counsel at the Financial Ombudsman's Office (2020). She co-supervises doctoral candidates at the University of Warsaw and trains legal apprentices in Warsaw. Her practical experience deeply informs her academic research on state liability and constitutional review mechanisms. She also serves as Secretary of the Disciplinary Commission for Students at Kozminski University and collaborates with the ALK Student Legal Clinic on national competitions.

• Property Law
• Civil Law
• European Union Law Harmonization
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Melek Halifeoglu is an Associate Professor at Bingöl University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Political Science and Public Administration. She has been working at Bingöl University since 2018, after completing her integrated doctoral program at Hacettepe University between 2011-2018. She has held visiting researcher positions at the University of Strasbourg, France (2024) and Universidade de Évora, Portugal (2023). Her academic journey began with an undergraduate degree in Political Science and Public Administration from Hacettepe University in 2009. She then pursued her integrated doctoral studies at the same institution from 2011-2018, with a period of Erasmus student mobility at Helena Chodkowska University of Management and Law in Warsaw, Poland in 2013. Melek Halifeoglu's research interests span political economy, state theory, political theory, regulation school, regime of accumulation, labor regime, hegemony, hegemonic project, and gender studies with a particular focus on Turkey. Her work often examines the intersection of these areas, especially in the context of Turkish politics and society. She has published extensively on topics related to AKP politics, women's representation, and Marxist state theory, demonstrating consistent scholarly productivity from 2012 to 2025. Her publications reveal a strong focus on applying theoretical frameworks like Bob Jessop's two-nations hegemonic project to analyze Turkish political developments. She has conducted significant research on gender issues in academia and Turkish politics, as well as on the political economy of welfare regimes and women's employment in Turkey, with particular attention to rural settings like Bingöl Province. Associate Professor at Bingöl University (2024-present) Doctoral Faculty Member at Bingöl University (2018-2024) Research Assistant at Hacettepe University (2011-2018) Director of Women and Family Problems Research and Application Center (2018-2019) As a supervisor, she has guided several master's students to completion, including Oğuzhan Gerzeli (2025), Dilan Süslü (2022), and Gazel Uluer (2022). Her advising focuses on topics related to political theory, gender studies, and Turkish politics. She has been actively engaged in research, with projects including 'Çalışkan Arı Üretken Kadın Kaliteli Bal' (2019), which examined women's participation in beekeeping and honey production.

• Political economy
• State theory
• Political theory
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Violeta Davoliūtė serves as Senior Researcher at the Lithuanian Culture Research Institute in Vilnius, specializing in 20th century historical trauma, cultural memory, and Baltic identity formation. Her internationally recognized scholarship bridges Lithuanian case studies with transnational memory debates, examining Soviet deportations, Holocaust representation, and cinematic narratives of trauma. Her academic foundation includes: PhD, University of Toronto (2004) - Dissertation: Testimony: from the Poetics of Place to the Politics of Memory Virtual Summer Research Laboratory Fellow, University of Illinois (2021) Associate Research Fellow, MacMillan Center, Yale University (2015-2016) Visiting Professor, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (2016) Research Fellow, Uppsala Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies (2015) Davoliūtė's research investigates how cultural memory processes historical trauma through literature, film, and public discourse. She examines the entanglement of Soviet and Holocaust memories in Lithuania, analyzes cinematic representations of trauma during the Thaw era, and documents evolving commemorative practices in post-Soviet societies. Her work reveals how personal testimonies intersect with national identity construction and state-sponsored memory policies, particularly regarding deportation narratives and rural resistance under Soviet rule. Recent publications demonstrate consistent scholarly productivity across high-impact venues, with increasing focus on cinematic memory (2020-2022) and Baltic-specific memory models. Her monograph Everyday Representations of War in Late Modernity (2022) extends analysis of Soviet-era cultural production, while articles in Canadian Slavonic Papers and Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema establish new frameworks for understanding trauma representation. Davoliūtė actively shapes academic discourse through peer review for American Historical Review and Slavic Review , advisory roles including Tallinn University's Translating Memories project, and evaluation panels for the European Commission CERV program (2021) and multiple national science councils. Her research is sustained through competitive international fellowships and collaborative grants across Nordic-Baltic networks. At the Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, she contributes to Lithuania's premier humanities hub for cultural analysis, where her work informs national memory policy debates while maintaining rigorous international scholarly engagement. The institute provides essential infrastructure for her archival research and interdisciplinary collaborations examining Lithuania's complex historical legacies.

• Cultural Memory
• Historical Trauma
• Commemoration
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