{"id":70,"date":"2021-09-17T10:07:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T10:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonapreda.com\/eng\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2023-12-17T15:36:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T12:36:21","slug":"despre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.simonapreda.com\/eng\/despre\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT ME"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Simona PREDA<\/strong><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bucharest, Romania<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:simona.preda@yahoo.com\">simona.preda@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonapreda.com\">www.simonapreda.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>CURRENT POSITIONS:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lecturer, Faculty of History, Department of Romanian and Southeast European History, University of Bucharest.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brand Manager, Corinth Publishing House, Bucharest.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member of the Romanian Writers&#8217; Union.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>EDUCATION:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PhD, History, Faculty of History &#8211; University of Bucharest (2011).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MA, History of Ideas and Mentalities &#8211; University of Bucharest, (2006).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bachelor of Arts, Faculty of History &#8211; University of Bucharest, (2007).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bachelor of Arts, Faculty of Philosophy &#8211; University of Bucharest, (2002).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>PUBLICATIONS:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Books:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Institutionalization of Indoctrination: An Exploratory Investigation Based on the Romanian Case Study <\/em>(co-author, with Dragos Paul Aligica), Lexington Books- Rowman &amp;Littlefield, 2022.<em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Everlasting Romania. Simona Preda in Dialogue with Acad. Georgeta Filitti, <\/em>[<em>Romania de totdeauna. Simona Preda \u00een dialog cu Acad. Georgeta Filitti<\/em>], CorinthPublishing House, Bucharest, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Blue Cabinet, <\/em>[<em>Cabinetul albastru<\/em>],Litera Publishing House, Bucharest, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cBook of the Year 2021 Award for Prose\u201d &#8211; <\/em><em>Romanian Writers&#8217; Union, Bucharest. <\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Queen Mother Elena,<\/em> [<em>Regina-Mam\u0103 Elena<\/em>],Corinth Publishing, Bucharest, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Images, Dreams, Follies, <\/em>[<em>Imagini, vise, bazaconii<\/em>], (co-author, with Cristian Pepino), UNATC PRESS, Bucharest, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Romanian Homeland, Country of Heroes, <\/em>[<em>Patrie rom\u00e2n\u0103, \u021bar\u0103 de eroi<\/em>], Curtea Veche Publishing, Bucharest, 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Edited Volumes:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Isolation through their Eyes. Parents and Children in Pandemic<\/em>, [<em>Izolarea prin ochii lor P\u0103rin\u021bi \u0219i copii \u00een pandemie<\/em>], Vremea Publishing House, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>All the Way Forward!<\/em> [<em>Tot \u00eenainte!<\/em>],(co-author, with Valeriu Antonovici), Curtea Veche Publishing, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Book Chapters in:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201d When does a Woman get Old?\u201d [\u201d C\u00e2nd \u00eemb\u0103tr\u00e2ne\u0219te o femeie?\u201d]in<em> Feminine Literature,<\/em> [<em>Literatura la feminine<\/em>]<em>, <\/em>(coord. Adina Dinitoiu, Anastasia Staicu), Seneca Publishing House, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201d The Dragon-fly\u201d[\u201dLibelula\u201d]in<em> The Most Beautiful Miracles,<\/em> [<em>Cele mai frumoase miracole<\/em>], (coord. Alice Nastase Buciuta), Tango Books Publishing House, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201d Normalcy of the Uncommon\u201d [\u201dFirescul nefirescului]in<em>Pan- Demon \u2013 2020 and Covid \u2013 19, <\/em>[<em>Pan \u2013 Demon 2020 \u0219i Covid \u2013 19<\/em>]<em>, <\/em>&nbsp;Sedcom Libris Publishing House, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201c<\/em>The Great Union. The First Hundred Years\u201d, [<em>Marea Unire. Prima sut\u0103 de ani<\/em>], (coord. Cristian P\u0103tr\u0103\u015fconiu), Western University Publishing House, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c30 Years After\u201d,[<em>Dup\u0103 30 de ani<\/em>], (coord. Cristian P\u0103tr\u0103\u015fconiu), Western University Publishing House, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI Discovered a Whole World \u2013 Close up to Queen Mother Hellen\u201d [\u201cAm descoperit o lume intreaga cu ea \u2013 aproape de Regina Mama Elena\u201d] in<em> His Majesty&#8217;s World. The Jubilee of the Custodian of the Romanian Crown, <\/em>[<em>Lumea Majest\u0103\u021bii Sale. Jubileul Custodelui Coroanei Rom\u00e2ne<\/em>], (coord. Alexandru Muraru, Daniel \u015eandru), Corinth Publishing House, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201dThe Pen of the Bovaric\u201d [\u201dCondeiul nucleelor bovarice\u201d] in <em>&nbsp;How Men Read Women\u2019s Books, <\/em>[<em>Cum citesc b\u0103rba\u021bii c\u0103r\u021bile femeilor<\/em>], &nbsp;(coord. \u0218erban Axinte, Lia Faur), Polirom Publishing House, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201d Sitta \u2013 The Queen Mother Hellen of Romania\u201d [\u201cSitta \u2013 Regina Mam\u0103 a Rom\u00e2niei\u201d] in<em> The Royal Year. The Journal of Jubilee of the 150th anniversary of the Founding of the Royal House of Romania, <\/em>[<em>Anul regal. Jurnalul Jubileului la 150 de ani de la fondarea Casei Regale a Rom\u00e2niei<\/em>], (coord. Daniel \u015eandru, Alexandru Muraru), Adenium Publishing House, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201d Alternatives. Highlights from the Dissident Art of the Last Two Communist Decades\u201d [\u201cAlternative. Repere din arta disident\u0103 a ultimelor dou\u0103 decenii comuniste\u201d] in<em> Marginalities, Peripheries, and Symbolic Frontiers<\/em>, [<em>Marginalitati, perfierii si frontier simbolice<\/em>], (coord. Stefan Bosomitu, Luciana M. Jinga), IICCMER, vol. IX, Polirom Publishing House, 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Academic Articles:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Ideological Commisar in the Education System\u201d [\u201cIdeologul din \u00eenv\u0103\u021b\u0103m\u00e2ntul preuniversitar\u201d], in <em>The Journal of the Romanian Academy<\/em>, Year 5, No.1, January \u2013 June 2020.<strong><u><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cQueen Mother Elena&#8221;, [\u201cRegina-Mam\u0103 Elena\u201d], in <em>Astra<\/em> <em>Review<\/em>, Bra\u0219ov, No. 1-4\/2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201eSchool Textbooks during Communism&#8221;, [<em>\u201c<\/em>Manualele \u0219colare din timpul comunismului<em>\u201d<\/em>],in <em>D\u00e2mbovi\u0163a County Museum<\/em> Magazine, No. 4, October 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Red Tie Magazine\u201d, [\u201cRevista Cravata Rosie\u201d], in <em>The Journal of the Romanian Academy<\/em>, Year 2, No.1, January \u2013 June 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Leader&#8217;s Model. Stalin in the Children&#8217;s Press&#8221;,[<em>\u201c<\/em>Modelul liderului. Stalin \u00een presa pentru copii\u201d], in<em> Dacia Literar\u0103<\/em> <em>Review<\/em>, Year XXVI, No.4 (139), winter 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDo You Remember Vanea, the Great Russian?&#8230; Romanian-Russian Friendship in Children&#8217;s Literature&#8221;, [<em>\u201c<\/em>\u021ai-l aminte\u0219ti pe Vanea, pe rusu-acela mare?&#8230; Prietenia rom\u00e2no-rus\u0103 \u00een literatura pentru copii\u201d], in <em>Dacia Literar\u0103<\/em> <em>Review<\/em>, Year XXVI, No.2 (137), Summer 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>Keep Going<\/em>! Slogans in the Communist Press for Children -1948-1989&#8243; [<em>\u201cTot \u00eenainte! <\/em>Sloganuri \u0219i lozinci \u00een presa presa comunist\u0103 pentru copii -1948-1989\u201d], in <em>The Journal of National Archives,<\/em> July 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThrough the Literature of the 50s. The Model of the Hero Child&#8221;,[<em>\u201c<\/em>Prin literatura anilor 50. Modelul copilului erou<em>\u201d<\/em>], in <em>Dacia Literar\u0103<\/em> <em>Review<\/em>, Year XXVI, No.3 (138), autumn 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPavel Morozov. Pioneer 001&#8243;, [<em>\u201c<\/em>Pavel Morozov. Pionierul 001<em>\u201d<\/em>],in <em>Argesis, Studies and Communications<\/em>, Arge\u015f County Museum, History series, XIX\/2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSurvivals of Communist-Type Nationalist Discourse in Postdecembrist Romanian Historiography &#8211; 1990-2005&#8243;,[<em>\u201c<\/em>Remanen\u021be ale discursului na\u021bionalist de tip comunist \u00een istoriografia rom\u00e2neasc\u0103 postdecembrist\u0103 &#8211; 1990-2005\u201d], in <em>Argesis, Studies and Communications<\/em>, Arge\u015f County Museum, History series, XVI\/2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Prefaces (selection):<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preface to Jean Des Cars, <em>In the Heart of Royalty<\/em>, [<em>\u00cen inima regalit\u0103\u021bii<\/em>], Corinth Publishing&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;House, 2023.<strong><u><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preface to Jean Des Cars, <em>Charles, Camilla, and Diana,<\/em> [<em>Charles, Camilla \u0219i Diana<\/em>], Corinth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publishing House, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preface to Christopher Hibbert, <em>The Borgias<\/em>, [<em>Borgia<\/em>], Corinth Publishing House, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preface to Paul Gabor, <em>The Inner Mediterranean,<\/em> [<em>Mediterana din mine<\/em>], Ratio et Revelatio<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publishing House, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preface to Lauren\u021biu-Ciprian Tudor, <em>Book with Writers<\/em>, [<em>Carte cu scriitori<\/em>], Creator Publishing House, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preface to Ciprian Apetrei, <em>The One at the Window<\/em>, [<em>Cel de la fereastr\u0103<\/em>], Eikon Publishing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>House, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preface to Michael Farquhar, <em>Royal Scandals. Shocking Stories about Kings, Queens,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tsars, Popes, and Emperors<\/em>, [<em>Scandaluri regale. Pove\u0219ti socante despre regi, regine, \u021bari, papi \u0219i \u00eemp\u0103ra\u021bi<\/em>], Corinth Publishing House, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Preface to Alina Gherasim, <em>Quiet, the Sunset Begins<\/em>, [<em>Lini\u0219te, \u00eencepe asfin\u021bitul<\/em>], Oscar Print<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Publishing House, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Preface to Corina Ozon<em>, Beyond the Storm,<\/em> [<em>Dincolo de furtun\u0103<\/em>], Herg Benet Publishing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;House, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Exhibition Catalogues:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cristian Gache, <em>Nameless Stories<\/em>, [<em>Pove\u0219ti f\u0103r\u0103 nume<\/em>], Catalog Text, Photography Exhibition, 12-30 January 2019, Brancovenesc Palace in Mogo\u015foaia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cristian Pepino, <em>The Man Who Pulls the Strings<\/em>, [<em>Omul care trage sforile<\/em>], Catalog Text, Drawing Exhibition, 18-27 0ctombrie 2019, Rotenberg-Uzunov Art Gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Screenwriter, History Documentaries:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cQueen Mother Elena&#8221; [\u201cRegina-Mam\u0103 Elena\u201d]\u2013 documentary film about the queen&#8217;s personality, in collaboration with producer Razvan Butaru, Romanian National Television, TVR1 and the National Archives of Romania, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll the Way&#8221; \u2013 Communist Propaganda for Children\u201d [\u201dTot \u00eenainte \u2013 Propaganda comunist\u0103 pentru copii\u201d] \u2013 Documentary film in collaboration with Valeriu Antonovici (Center for Memorial Studies and Identity), 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>&nbsp;Journalism and Non-Academic Writings Published in:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Romania literar\u0103, Orizont, Ramuri, Dilema, Timpul, Dacia literar\u0103,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>LaPunkt, Marginalia, Cronica Veche, Literatura de azi,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Accente, SemndinCarte,<\/em><em> Lettres Capitales, PressHub.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>SELECTED CONFERENCES AND PUBLIC LECTURES:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cQueen Marie of Romania\u201d \u2013 Conference at Calea Victoriei Foundation, July 18, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cQueen Marie\u2019s Jewelry\u201d \u2013 Conference at Artmark Auction House, February 21, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201d The Political-Ideological Commissar in Communist Higher Education Systems\u201d \u2013The Sighet National Memorial, July 22-25, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201d Children\u2019s Propaganda\u201d \u2013 The Sighet National Memorial, August 4, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPrison Diaries \u2013 Testimonies of Women in Detention&#8221; \u2013 Women Conference, Rights and Society, organized by Fatma Yilmaz, March 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cQueen Mother Elena \u2013 the Story of a Queen&#8221; \u2013 Conference at the Youth Theatre in Piatra-Neam\u0163, February 9, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cQueen Mother Elena&#8221; \u2013 Athenaeum in Iasi, November 28, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTreasures from the National Archives&#8221; \u2013 History collection with coat of arms, amphitheatre Georgeta Filitti, November 21, 2018, National Archives of Romania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cElena \u2013 Marriage and Separation from Charles II&#8221; \u2013 at the Lemet Conferences, Geo Bogza House of Culture in C\u00e2mpina, November 2, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSitta, the Story of a Royal Divorce&#8221; \u2013 Debate within the Stories of Bucharest, The Little Paris Museum, April 23, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRomanian Communism in the Press&#8221;- Debate at the Faculty of Political Sciences, Bucharest, May 21, 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cChildren&#8217;s Propaganda and the Generation with the House Key Hanged to Necks\u201d &#8211; Conference at the National Archives of Romania under the \u201eInterference&#8221; program, Bucharest, June 25, 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cChildren&#8217;s Propaganda. Case Study of The Cutez\u0103torii Magazine&#8221; &#8211; <em>Debate<\/em> at SNSPA within the Student Circle Memorie and History, Bucharest, November 18, 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAuthors of the ACTUAL Curtea Veche Publishing Collection at FJSC Evenings \u2013 Debate at the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences, Bucharest, April 1, 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGolden Age Propaganda Literature&#8221; &#8211; Debate in <em>Meetings with writers from Tudor Vladimirescu High School,<\/em> Bucharest, November 26, 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOld Romanian Capitals Between the East and the West&#8221; &#8211; Annual Scientific Communications Session, Curtea Domneasc\u0103 National Museum Complex, T\u00e2rgovi\u015fte, 23-24 May 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBr\u00e2ncoveanu 300. The Image of Constantin Br\u00e2ncoveanu on the Romanian Modernity Horizon\u201d \u2013 Conference at University of Bucharest, Faculty of History, September 18-19, 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>LANGUAGES: <\/u><\/strong>English, French.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nSimona PREDA Bucharest, Romania E-mail: simona.preda@yahoo.com www.simonapreda.com CURRENT POSITIONS: EDUCATION: PUBLICATIONS: Books: The Institutionalization of Indoctrination: An Exploratory Investigation Based on the Romanian Case Study (co-author, with Dragos Paul Aligica), Lexington Books- Rowman &amp;Littlefield, 2022. Everlasting Romania. Simona Preda in Dialogue with Acad. Georgeta Filitti, [Romania de totdeauna. 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