University of Pittsburgh: Department of History

Roland Clark

Fields:

Europe
Gender, Ethnicity, Race & Religion;
Comparative Fascism and the Holocaust

MA or PhD research topic:

I am writing a social history of the Romanian fascist movement known as the Iron Guard, or the Legion of the Archangel Michael. I am particularly interested in the ways that religion, gender, and violence were experienced and understood by ordinary members of the Guard in their homes, schools, workplaces and churches.

Teaching experience:

East European Civilization, Fall 2006
Western Civilization 1, Spring 2007
Western Civilization 2, Fall 2008
Introduction to Islamic Civilization, Fall 2007
Soviet Russia , Spring 2008

Conference Presentations:

‘The Dark Side in Milton and Njegoš,' Australian and International Religion, Literature and the Arts Conference, Sydney , 2002.

‘Violence as Communication: Terrorism and the Economy of Violence in Interwar Poland ,' Graduate Organization for the Study of Europe and Central Asia Conference, Pittsburgh , 2006

‘Orthodoxism and Modernization: The Intellectual Agenda of Gândirea during the 1930s,' Sixth European Association for the Study of Religions Conference, Bucharest , 2006.

‘Orthodoxy and the National Soul: Crainic, Staniloae and the Politics of Theological Rhetoric,' American Historical Association Conference, Atlanta , 2007.

‘Intellectuals and Interest Groups: The Paradoxes andPolitics of Interwar Romanian Theology,' Presentation at the Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Pittsburgh , 2007.

‘Race and Religion in Interwar Romania ,' Graduate Organization for the Study of Europe and Central Asia/Center for Russian and East European Studies Conference, Pittsburgh , 2007.

‘Religion as an Ethnic Marker: Orthodoxist Attitudes to Race and Religion,' Hour of Romania Conference, Indiana , 2007.Love Thy Neighbor: A Xenophobe's Guide to International Cooperation,' Boundaries and Alliances Graduate Student Conference, Pittsburgh , 2007.

‘Printing a Pogrom: Violence and Print Communities in the Case of Captain Keller,' Violence and the Contexts of Hostilities Conference, Budapest , 2008.

Publications:

‘Did Baptism Change the Rus'?' Phronema , 18, (2003): 91-108.

‘The Dark Side in Milton and Njegoš,' in The Dark Side: Proceedings of the Seventh Australian and International Religion, Literature and the Arts Conference 2002 , ed. Christopher Hartney and Andrew McGarrity, 102-119 ( Sydney : RLA Press , 2004).

‘Lev Shestov and the Crisis of Modernity,' (Upcoming, Arhaeus , 2007)

Jürgen Henkel, Îndumnezeire si etica a iubirii în opera parintelui Dumitru Staniloae, trans. Ioan I. Ica jr. 2 nd edition. Sibiu : Editura Deisis, 2006. (Upcoming, Arhaeus , 2007)

Kevin P. Spicer, C.S.C., ed. Antisemitism, Christian Ambivalence, and the Holocaust . Bloomington and Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2007. (Upcoming, Archaeus , 2007)

Fellowships, Awards:

G. S. Caird Scholarship in Religious Studies, University of Sydney (2001)

Ernest Bramstead Prize in History, University of Sydney (2002)

Rachel McKibbin Prize in Religious Studies, University of Sydney (2002)

Arts and Sciences Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh (2005)

C. Y. Hsu Summer Research Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh (2006)

Institutul Cultural Român Research Scholarship (2006)

Arts and Sciences Summer Research Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh (2007)

Arts and Sciences Summer Research Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh (2008)


Roland Clark CV (doc) Email: rdc17@pitt.edu Fields: Europe Gender, Ethnicity, Race & Religion; Comparative Fascism and the Holocaust MA or PhD research topic: I am writing a social history of the Romanian fascist movement known as the Iron Guard, or the Legion of the Archangel Michael. I am particularly interested in the ways that religion, gender, and violence were experienced and understood by ordinary members of the Guard in their homes, schools, workplaces and churches. Teaching experience: East European Civilization, Fall 2006 Western Civilization 1, Spring 2007 Western Civilization 2, Fall 2008 Introduction to Islamic Civilization, Fall 2007 Soviet Russia , Spring 2008 Conference Presentations: ‘The Dark Side in Milton and Njegoš,' Australian and International Religion, Literature and the Arts Conference, Sydney , 2002. ‘Violence as Communication: Terrorism and the Economy of Violence in Interwar Poland ,' Graduate Organization for the Study of Europe and Central Asia Conference, Pittsburgh , 2006 ‘Orthodoxism and Modernization: The Intellectual Agenda of Gândirea during the 1930s,' Sixth European Association for the Study of Religions Conference, Bucharest , 2006. ‘Orthodoxy and the National Soul: Crainic, Staniloae and the Politics of Theological Rhetoric,' American Historical Association Conference, Atlanta , 2007. ‘Intellectuals and Interest Groups: The Paradoxes andPolitics of Interwar Romanian Theology,' Presentation at the Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Pittsburgh , 2007. ‘Race and Religion in Interwar Romania ,' Graduate Organization for the Study of Europe and Central Asia/Center for Russian and East European Studies Conference, Pittsburgh , 2007. ‘Religion as an Ethnic Marker: Orthodoxist Attitudes to Race and Religion,' Hour of Romania Conference, Indiana , 2007.Love Thy Neighbor: A Xenophobe's Guide to International Cooperation,' Boundaries and Alliances Graduate Student Conference, Pittsburgh , 2007. ‘Printing a Pogrom: Violence and Print Communities in the Case of Captain Keller,' Violence and the Contexts of Hostilities Conference, Budapest , 2008. Publications: ‘Did Baptism Change the Rus'?' Phronema , 18, (2003): 91-108. ‘The Dark Side in Milton and Njegoš,' in The Dark Side: Proceedings of the Seventh Australian and International Religion, Literature and the Arts Conference 2002 , ed. Christopher Hartney and Andrew McGarrity, 102-119 ( Sydney : RLA Press , 2004). ‘Lev Shestov and the Crisis of Modernity,' (Upcoming, Arhaeus , 2007) Jürgen Henkel, Îndumnezeire si etica a iubirii în opera parintelui Dumitru Staniloae, trans. Ioan I. Ica jr. 2 nd edition. Sibiu : Editura Deisis, 2006. (Upcoming, Arhaeus , 2007) Kevin P. Spicer, C.S.C., ed. Antisemitism, Christian Ambivalence, and the Holocaust . Bloomington and Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2007. (Upcoming, Archaeus , 2007) Fellowships, Awards: G. S. Caird Scholarship in Religious Studies, University of Sydney (2001) Ernest Bramstead Prize in History, University of Sydney (2002) Rachel McKibbin Prize in Religious Studies, University of Sydney (2002) Arts and Sciences Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh (2005) C. Y. Hsu Summer Research Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh (2006) Institutul Cultural Român Research Scholarship (2006) Arts and Sciences Summer Research Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh (2007) Arts and Sciences Summer Research Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh (2008)