As part of a Research Scholarship Programme, organised by the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes in Romania (IICCMER), I have conducted a study entitled Psychiatry and Political Repression in Communist Romania (1965-1989), whose aim was to analyse the key concepts of the psychiatric discourse of the period and to study the psychiatric practices performed in the Romanian psychiatric hospitals in order to repress political opposition.
Biography
Iuliana Cindrea has an MA from The Department of History, Patrimony and Protestant Theology within “Lucian Blaga” University, Sibiu, Romania, with a dissertation entitled Psychiatry and Political Repression in Communist Romania(1965-1989). Her main research interests include the Neo-protestant communities and the manner in which they were perceived by the totalitarian regimes in the 20th century Romania, as well as the repressive mechanisms used towards these communities. She is a PhD Candidate within the European Research Council Project Creative Agency and Religious Minorities: Hidden Galleries in the Secret Police Archives in Central and Eastern Europe (Hidden Galleries).
Research Interests
My main research interests include the Neo-protestant communities and the manner in which they were perceived by the totalitarian regimes in the 20th century Romania and the repressive mechanisms used by these regimes against those who opposed them. To this effect, I have conducted research in the archives of the secret police in Romania (CNSAS), in order to analyse the manner through which Antonescu’s dictatorship and the communist regime perceived the Baptist community and the methods used by the Siguranță/Securitate in order to assert control over it.As part of a Research Scholarship Programme, organised by the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes in Romania (IICCMER), I have conducted a study entitled Psychiatry and Political Repression in Communist Romania (1965-1989), whose aim was to analyse the key concepts of the psychiatric discourse of the period and to study the psychiatric practices performed in the Romanian psychiatric hospitals in order to repress political opposition.
Publications
Other
| Year | Publication | |
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| (2017) | Abandoning the Medical Ethics: Psychiatry and Political Repression in Romania during Ceaușescu's rule in IICCMER Annuary, vol. XI (forthcoming). Iuliana Cindrea (2017) Abandoning the Medical Ethics: Psychiatry and Political Repression in Romania during Ceaușescu's rule in IICCMER Annuary, vol. XI (forthcoming). Other [Details] | |
| (2016) | Marius Silveşan, The Baptist Churches in Romania. Between Persecution, Resistance and Adaptation ( 1948- 1965)- Review in Studia Universitatis Cibiniensis. Series Historica, nr. 13, 2016. Iuliana Cindrea (2016) Marius Silveşan, The Baptist Churches in Romania. Between Persecution, Resistance and Adaptation ( 1948- 1965)- Review in Studia Universitatis Cibiniensis. Series Historica, nr. 13, 2016. Other [Details] |
Professional Activities
Conference Contributions
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2016) | Youth in Communism, Iuliana Cindrea (2016) presentation Psychiatric Repression in Communist Romania. Honours. [Oral Presentation], Youth in Communism, Sibiu, Romania . [Details] | |
| (2016) | The Roma Holocaust in Southeastern Europe and the Politics of Memory, Iuliana Cindrea (2016) The Roma Holocaust in Southeastern Europe and the Politics of Memory within the project Memoir. Remembering the Forgotten Holocaust of Roma, Homosexuals and Disabled People. [Other], The Roma Holocaust in Southeastern Europe and the Politics of Memory, Sibiu, Romania . [Details] | |
| (2015) | ASID National Scientific Communication Session, 10th Edition, Iuliana Cindrea (2015) presentation Antonescu's political regime towards the Neo Protestant Communities. [Oral Presentation], ASID National Scientific Communication Session, 10th Edition, Bucharest, Romania . [Details] | |
| (2014) | Anniversary International Students' Conference, Iuliana Cindrea (2014) organised by the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu. [Oral Presentation], Anniversary International Students' Conference, Sibiu, Romania . [Details] |
Languages
| Language | Reading | Writing | Speaking | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent | |
| French | Functional | Basic | Basic |