Vladimir Tismăneanu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Vladimir Tismăneanu

Romanian-American academic

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1951

Place of Birth: Brașov, Brașov County, Romania

Profession: historian, biographer, political scientist, university teacher, journalist, sociologist

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Vladimir Tismăneanu

  • Vladimir Tismaneanu (Romanian pronunciation: [vladi'mir tism?'ne?anu]; born July 4, 1951) is a Romanian American political scientist, political analyst, sociologist, and professor at the University of Maryland, College Park.
  • A specialist in political systems and comparative politics, he is director of the University of Maryland's Center for the Study of Post-Communist Societies, having served as chairman of the editorial committee (2004–2008) and editor (1998–2004) of the East European Politics and Societies academic review.
  • Over the years, Tismaneanu has been a contributor to several periodicals, including Studia Politica, Journal of Democracy, Sfera Politicii, Revista 22, Evenimentul Zilei, Idei în Dialog and Cotidianul.
  • He has also worked with the international radio stations Radio Free Europe and Deutsche Welle, and authored programs for the Romanian Television Company.
  • As of 2009, he is Academic Council Chairman of the Institute for People's Studies, a think tank of the Romanian Democratic Liberal Party.
  • Between February 2010 and May 2012, he was also President of the Scientific Council of the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes in Romania. Acclaimed for his scholarly works on Stalinism in general and the Romanian communist regime in particular, as well as for exploring the impact of nationalism, national communism and neo-Stalinism in the Soviet Union and countries of the Eastern Bloc, Tismaneanu writes from the critical perspective of a civil society supporter.
  • His other influential texts deal with diverse topics such as Cold War history, Kremlinology and the Holocaust.
  • Having moved from a loose Marxist vision, shaped under the influence of neo-Marxist and Western Marxist scholarship, he became a noted proponent of classical liberalism and liberal democracy.
  • This perspective is outlined in both his scientific contributions and volumes dealing with Romania's post-1989 history, the latter of which include collections of essays and several published interviews with literary critic Mircea Mihaie?.
  • Vladimir Tismaneanu completed his award-winning synthesis on Romanian communism, titled Stalinism for All Seasons, in 2003. Tismaneanu's background and work came under scrutiny after his 2006 appointment by Romanian President Traian Basescu as head of the Presidential Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Romania, which presented its report to the Romanian Parliament on December 18, 2006.
  • There has been much controversy about the choice of Tismaneanu as commission president, about Tismaneanu's choices for commission members, and about the conclusions of the report.

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