Radu Harald Dinu
Assistant Professor of History
Department of Natural and Social Sciences
, School of Education and Communication
Head of Subject History
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Radu Harald Dinu is an Assistant Professor of History and Head of Subject Area (History). He also serves as co-leader for the research environment Communication, Culture, and Diversity (CCD).
His research explores disability history and the modern and contemporary history of Eastern Europe. He currently leads EduComics, a research project within the EduCom research profile, examining how comics and graphic novels can enhance learning and promote social change in and beyond educational settings, including history education.
Additionally, Radu is currently serving as guest editor for three special issues: one on disability history for Cultural and Social History (Routledge, in preparation), together with Jens Gründler (Münster) and Jonathan Schlunck (Uppsala); one on Critical Disability Studies for the Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, in collaboration with Richard Gäddman Johansson (Stockholm), and Josefine Wälivaara (Umeå); and one on disability history in Romania for the journal Transilvania, together with Maria Bucur (Bloomington) and Leyla Safta-Zecheria (Timișoara). His previous work has been published by leading academic presses, including Routledge, Bloomsbury, and Palgrave. In addition to his research, Dinu actively participates in several national and international networks and serves on the Editorial Board of Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Springer Nature).
His previous research has focused on the history of fascism. In his dissertation "Faschismus, Religion und Gewalt in Südosteuropa" (Fascism, Religion and Violence in South-Eastern Europe), he explores the fascist movements in interwar Romania and Yugoslavia/Croatia.
Radu Harald Dinu received his Ph.D. in history from The Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, Erfurt University, and a M.A. degree in East European History from Leipzig University (Germany). Previously, he has been working at Karolinska Institutet, the Hugo Valentin Center (Uppsala University), and the University of Skövde.
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Dinu, R.
(2025).
Fyra sorters skuld som Tyskland måste bära Svenska Dagbladet, 19 mars.
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Dinu, R.
(2024).
Från Auschwitz till Gaza Jönköpings-Posten, 27 januari, 2-3 Jönköping: Hall Media .
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Dinu, R.
(2023).
Speglingar av det förgångna: Putins envälde och Sovjet Jönköpings-Posten, 15 augusti, 12-13 Jönköping: Hall Media .
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Dinu, R.
(2023).
Till den onyttiga forskningens försvar Curie.
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Dinu, R.
(2022).
Recent Historiographical Trends in Scholarship on Disability and Socialism in Eastern Europe Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 24(1), 42-53.
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Dinu, R.
(2022).
Microhistories of the Holocaust: between factual and fictional narrative Prose Studies, 43(2), 158-177.
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Dinu, R.
(2021).
Historiska betraktelser av en pandemi Curie.
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Dinu, R.
(2021).
Miasma, munskydd och mikrober: Epidemiologiskt tänkande genom århundradena Kulturella perspektiv - Svensk etnologisk tidskrift, 30(2-3).
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Dinu, R.
(2020).
Visa hur vetenskap fungerar bakom kulisserna Curie.
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Dinu, R.
(2020).
2020 var också året för bildstormen Jönköpings-Posten, 19 december Jönköping: Hall Media .
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Dinu, R.
(2019).
Klanen – vad vi vet och vad vi inte vet , 18 januari Jönköping: Hall Media .
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Dinu, R.
(2019).
1989 - Mirakelårets efterdyningar Jönköping: Hall Media .
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Dinu, R.
(2018).
Hårresande teser om religion och mångkultur [Recension av Eli Göndör, ”Religionskollision: majoritet, minoritet och toleransens gränser"] .
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Dinu, R.
(2017).
Det handlar om Europa, mer eller mindre Respons : recensionstidskrift för humaniora & samhällsvetenskap Stockholm: Tidskriften Respons .
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Dinu, R.
(2017).
Evig vaksamhet är frihetens pris [Recension av Timothy Snyder, ”Om tyranni: tjugo lärdomar från tjugonde århundradet"] .
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Dinu, R.
(2015).
Flyktingdebattens blinda fläck är rättigheterna Stockholm: Dagens samhälle .
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Dinu, R.
(2014).
Faschismus und Gewalt in Südosteuropa: Rumänien und Kroatien im historischen Vergleich (1918–1945) , 17(2), 15-17 Berlin: Deutsch-Rumänische Gesellschaft .
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Dinu, R., Kajewski, M.
(2010).
From Political Religion to Collective Effervescence: Voegelin and Durkheim Reconsidered , 177-199 Bucharest: Editura Institutului Biblic şi de Misiune Ortodoxă .
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Dinu, R.
(2010).
Sacrifice – Death – Salvation: Some Remarks on Mircea Eliade’s Early Religious Thought , 14, 57-68 Bucharest: Romanian Academy .
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Dinu, R.
(2008).
The Legionary Movement between 'Political Religion' and 'Collective Effervescence' , 16-25 Bucharest: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului .
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Dinu, R.
(2007).
Die Legion 'Erzengel Michael': Gewalt und Gemeinschaft im rumänischen Faschismus , 105-126 München: Slavica Verlag .
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Doctoral thesis
Dinu, R.
(2014).
Faschismus, Religion und Gewalt in Südosteuropa: Die Legion Erzengel Michael und die Ustasa im historischen Vergleich
(Doctoral thesis, Wiesbaden:
Harrassowitz Verlag).
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Book chapter
Dinu, R., Zdrodowska, M.
(2025).
Disability in state socialist Eastern Europe.
In:
Gabriel Bennett & Emma Goodall
(Ed.),
The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Disability
Cham: Springer
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Dinu, R.
(2025).
Disability history.
In:
Gabriel Bennett & Emma Goodall
(Ed.),
The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Disability
Cham: Springer
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Dinu, R.
(2024).
Gehörlosengeschichte als transnationale Geschichte: Deutsche Einflüsse auf die schwedische Gehörlosenbewegung und Gehörlosenpädagogik.
In:
A. Werner & M. Schmidt
(Ed.),
Unsichtbare Geschichte(n) sichtbar machen:
Gehörlose und schwerhörige Menschen im deutschsprachigen Raum vom 19. Jahrhundert bis in die Gegenwart
(pp. 85 -120).
Frankfurt: Campus Verlag
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Dinu, R.
(2024).
Fascism: Historiography and theoretical paradigms.
In:
Bloomsbury history:
Theory and method
London: Bloomsbury Publishing
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Dinu, R.
(2023).
Becoming a productive citizen: Labour and the blind community in socialist Romania.
In:
R. H. Dinu & S. Bengtsson
(Ed.),
Disability and labour in the twentieth century:
Historical and comparative perspectives
(pp. 175 -194).
London: Routledge
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Dinu, R., Bengtsson, S.
(2023).
Introduction: Disability and labour in modern societies.
In:
R. H. Dinu & S. Bengtsson
(Ed.),
Disability and labour in the twentieth century:
Historical and comparative perspectives
(pp. 1 -14).
London: Routledge
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Dinu, R., Karlsson, J.
(2023).
Totalitarismens bildkonst.
In:
J. Öberg, Y. Lindberg & L. Baccstig
(Ed.),
Undervisningens konst
(pp. 305 -334).
Lund: Studentlitteratur AB
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Dinu, R.
(2023).
Funktionshinder som bild och idé genom tiderna.
In:
J. Öberg, Y. Lindberg & L. Baccstig
(Ed.),
Undervisningens konst
(pp. 225 -252).
Lund: Studentlitteratur AB
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Dinu, R.
(2022).
Medical discourses on dis/ability in state socialist Romania: A critical genealogy.
In:
Micky Lee, Frank Rudy Cooper & Patricia Reeve
(Ed.),
Dis/ability in media, law and history:
Intersectional, embodied and socially constructed?
(pp. 76 -89).
London: Routledge
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Dinu, R.
(2015).
Honor, Shame and Warrior Values: The Anthropology of Ustasha Violence.
In:
Rory Yeomans
(Ed.),
The Utopia of terror:
Life and death in wartime Croatia
(pp. 119 -144).
New York: University of Rochester Press
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Dinu, R.
(2013).
Antisemitismus als soziale Praxis: Gewalt gegen Juden in der rumänischen Zwischenkriegszeit.
In:
Armin Heinen, Oliver Jens Schmitt
(Ed.),
Inszenierte Gegenmacht von rechts:
Die "Legion Erzengel Michael" in Rumänien 1918-1938
(pp. 113 -129).
München: Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag GmbH
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Dinu, R.
(2012).
Faschistische Gewalt von unten: Rumänien 1940-1941.
In:
Grigore, Mihai-D, Dinu, Radu Harald, Živojinović, Marko
(Ed.),
Herrschaft in Südosteuropa:
Kultur- und sozialwissenschaftliche Perspektiven
(pp. 177 -193).
Göttingen: V&R Unipress
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Grigore, M., Dinu, R., Živojinović, M.
(2011).
Herrschaft (nicht) beherrschen: Zentrale Begriffe und area studies. Eine Einleitung..
In:
Mihai-D. Grigore, Radu Harald Dinu, Marc Zivojinovic
(Ed.),
Herrschaft in Südosteuropa:
Kultur- und sozialwissenschaftliche Perspektiven
(pp. 7 -20).
Göttingen: V&R Unipress
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Review
Dinu, R.
(2025).
Karismatiska auktoriteter formade Europa.
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Dinu, R.
(2024).
Review of Hanna Bjorg Sigurjonsdottir, James G. Rice, eds. Understanding Disability throughout History: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Iceland from Settlement to 1936..
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Dinu, R.
(2023).
Rezension von: Cristian Manolachi, Revolverul Arhanghelului. Mişcarea Legionară şi mistica asasinatului politic. Bucharest: Humanitas, 2023.
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Dinu, R.
(2022).
Review of Schmidt, Marion; Werner, Anja, eds., Zwischen Fremdbestimmung und Autonomie: Neue Impulse zur Gehörlosengeschichte in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz.
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Dinu, R.
(2022).
Re/imaginations of Disability in State Socialism: Visions, Promises, Frustrations. Ed. Katerina Kolárová and Martina Winkler. Disability History Series, Vol. 5. Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag, 2021. 319 pp. Notes. Bibliography..
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Dinu, R.
(2020).
Intellectuals and Fascism in Interwar Romania: The Criterion Association. By Cristina A. Bejan. Basingstoke, Eng.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
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Dinu, R.
(2019).
Anekdotiskt om mångfald i arbetslivet.
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Dinu, R.
(2017).
Oliver Jens Schmitt: Căpitan Codreanu – Aufstieg und Fall des rumänischen Faschistenführers.
Budapest:
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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Dinu, R.
(2015).
Anna Maria Grünfelder: Von der Shoa eingeholt: Ausländische jüdische Flüchtlinge im ehemaligen Jugoslawien 1933-1945.
Urbana:
Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Dinu, R.
(2013).
Biondich, Mark: The Balkans : Revolution, War, And Political Violence Since 1878.
Berlin:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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Dinu, R.
(2012).
Solonari, Vladimir: Purifying the Nation : Population Exchange and Ethnic Cleansing in Nazi-allied Romania.
Berlin:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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Dinu, R.
(2012).
Haynes, Rebecca (ed.): In the shadow of Hitler : Personalities of the right in Central and Eastern Europe.
Berlin:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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Dinu, R.
(2011).
Bernhard Chiari / Gerhard P. Groß (Hrsg.): Am Rande Europas? Der Balkan – Raum und Bevölkerung als Wirkungsfelder militärischer Gewalt.
München:
Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft
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Dinu, R.
(2010).
Boia, Lucian: L'Occident : Une interprétation historique, Paris 2007, in: The Unbearable Charm of Frailty : Philosophizing in/on Eastern Europe.
London:
Taylor & Francis
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Dinu, R.
(2010).
Iordachi, Constantin (ed.): Comparative Fascist Studies : New Perspectives.
Berlin:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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Dinu, R.
(2009).
Heinen, Armin: Rumänien, der Holocaust und die Logik der Gewalt.
München:
Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft
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Dinu, R.
(2008).
Zach, Krista / Zach, Cornelius R.: Modernisierung auf Raten in Rumänien : Anspruch, Umsetzung, Wirkung.
München:
Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft
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Dinu, R.
(2008).
Iordachi, Constantin: Charisma, Politics and Violence ; The Legion of the "Archangel Michael" in Inter-war Romania.
Leipzig:
Leipziger Universitätsverlag
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Dinu, R.
(2007).
Fischer, Bernd (ed.): Balkan Strongmen : Dictators and Authoritarian Rulers of Southeast Europe.
Berlin:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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Conference paper
Dinu, R., Öberg, J.
(2025).
Tecknade serier i historieundervisningen: Didaktiska möjligheter och multimodala perspektiv.
18:e årliga nationella konferensen för historiedidaktisk forskning, "Historiedidaktikens teori och praktik i nya moderna tider", Karlstads Universitet, 28–29 april 2025.
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Dinu, R.
(2024).
Unveiling deaf narratives Romania’s authoritarian era through the prism of 'Our Dawn' (1932-1945).
Disability Studies in Eastern Europe: Reconfigurations, 16-18 May 2024, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland.
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Dinu, R.
(2024).
Defectologie și utopie: viziuni biopolitice asupra persoanelor cu dizabilități în România comunistă.
Organizare sanitară și practici medicale în timpul comunismului. Încercări de istorie socială, Institutul Pentru Studiul Totalitarismului – Academia Română, Bukarest, România, 18-19 iunie 2024.
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Dinu, R., Lindberg, Y.
(2024).
Crip histories and imaginaries: Disability comics as agents of social justice.
Nordic Symposium on Comics and Norm-critical Perspectives, 18-19 June, Norrköping, Sweden.
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Dinu, R.
(2024).
Deaf history as transnational history: German influences on the Swedish deaf movement and deaf education from the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century.
Education for Whom? Historical Perspectives on Inclusion/Exclusion in Schooling, 20–21 November 2024, Umeå University, Sweden.
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Dinu, R.
(2023).
Deaf in postwar Romania: Between socialist utopia and marginality (1948-1989).
NNDR 16th Research Conference, Nordic Network on Disability Research, 10 - 12 May 2023, Reykjavik, Iceland.
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Dinu, R.
(2023).
Deafness, labour, and the socialist imaginary in postwar Romania.
Towards a History of Disabilities in Eastern Europe, 2023, Berlin, Germany, June 30 – July 2, 2023.
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Dinu, R.
(2023).
Disability history: From marginalisation to recognition.
NFH XXV Nordic Meeting (Nordic Association for Disability and Oral Health), Oslo, Norway, August 31st – September 1st, 2023.
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Dinu, R.
(2022).
Experiences of Deafness in State Socialist Romania.
11th Deaf History International Conference, Ljubljana & Zagreb, August 7-13, 2022.
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Dinu, R., Bengtsson, S.
(2022).
Funktionshinder och arbete – internationella utblickar i ett historiskt perspektiv.
Arbetarhistorikermötet 2022, Det nionde svenska arbetarhistorikermötet, 27–28 oktober 2022, Helsingborg.
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Dinu, R.
(2021).
Att bota dem som är oförmögna: Vetenskapliga diskurser om funktionsnedsättning under statssocialismen i Östeuropa.
Idéhistoria på gång 2020, 6-7 maj 2021.
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Dinu, R.
(2021).
Medical discourses on dis/ability in state socialist Romania: A critical genealogy.
Embodied and socially constructed?: Dis/ability in media, law, and history, Suffolk University, Boston, USA, 3-4 June 2021.
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Dinu, R.
(2019).
Disability under Communism in Eastern Europe. What we know and what we don’t know.
Experiences of Dis/ability from the Late Middle Ages to the Mid-Twentieth Century 22 – 23 August 2019, Tampere University, Finland.
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Dinu, R.
(2018).
Microhistories of the Holocaust. Historiographical Genres Between Fictional Narrative and Scientific Prose.
Genres and media landscapes in virtual-physical learning spaces. Moving frontlines? International conference of the CCD network, School of Education and Communication, Jönköping University, 12-14 September 2018.
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Dinu, R.
(2011).
Fascism in Inter-War Romania. The Legion of the Archangel Michael.
Fascisms on the Periphery: A conference on fascism in northern, east-central and south-eastern Europe, Uppsala, 17 – 18 november 2011.
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Dinu, R.
(2011).
Antisemitismus als soziale Praxis: Gewalt gegen Juden in der rumänischen Zwischenkriegszeit.
"Vergessene Gewalt?" Die "Legion Erzengel Michael" im Rumänien der Jahre 1918/27 – 1938. Institut für Osteuropäische Geschichte der Universität Wien, 23-25 Februar, 2011.
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Dinu, R.
(2010).
Faschistische Gewalt von unten: Rumänien 1940-1941.
Herrschaft in Südosteuropa : Kultur- und sozialwissenschaftliche Perspektiven, Max-Weber-Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, Erfurt, 16-18 februari 2010.
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Dinu, R.
(2010).
The logic of violence in Southeast European fascism.
VIII World Congress of the International Council for Central and East European Studies, Stockholm, Sweden, 26-31 July 2010.
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Dinu, R.
(2009).
Behemoth in Southeastern Europe or the Logic of Violence in Croatian fascism.
The Fifth Ernst Cassirer Summer School: Dictatorship: Ancient and Modern. Swedish Collegium (SCAS) & Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Helsinki, 20-22 augusti 2009.
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Dinu, R.
(2008).
The sacralisation of politics in Romanian fascism.
“State-building in Southeastern Europe: Past and Present” German-Italian Conference on History and Politics in South-Eastern-Europe, Leipzig, 5-7 juni 2008.
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Dinu, R.
(2007).
Religion und Gewalt. Ein Vergleich der "Eisernen Garde" und der Ustascha.
ZWEITES DR. FRITZ EXNER-KOLLOQUIUM für Nachwuchswissenschaftler im Bereich der Südosteuropa-Forschung, Südosteuropa Gesellschaft, Wolfenbüttel, 12-14 juli 2007.
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Dinu, R.
(2007).
Religion and Violence in Romanian Fascism.
Romanian Annual Conference, Marstrand, 18-20 maj 2007.
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Dinu, R.
(2006).
A few remarks on the relation between M Eliades religious concepts and the Legionary myth of self-sacrifice.
Special Conference Religious History of Europe and Asia. IAHR (International Association for the History of Religions), Bukarest, 20-23 September 2006.
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Blog Post
Dinu, R.
(2023).
Varför ska forskning egentligen komma samhället till nytta? .
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Dinu, R.
(2020).
Vad är egentligen normalt? .
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Dinu, R.
(2019).
Europadagen 9 maj. Grattis på ”födelsedagen” EU! – trots osäker framtid och en brokig historia .
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Dinu, R.
(2019).
När klanen möter staten .
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Other publications
Dinu, R.
(2024).
Deaf in socialist Romania.
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Collections
(2023).
Disability and labour in the twentieth century: Historical and comparative perspectives.
London:
Routledge
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(2012).
Herrschaft in Südosteuropa: Kultur- und sozialwissenschaftliche Perspektiven.
Göttingen:
V&R Unipress
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