{"id":34468,"date":"2025-11-12T00:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T21:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-tineret.md\/?p=34468"},"modified":"2025-11-12T00:04:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T21:04:00","slug":"dennis-deletant-comes-to-chisinau-meeting-with-readers-and-signing-autographs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-tineret.md\/en\/dennis-deletant-comes-to-chisinau-meeting-with-readers-and-signing-autographs\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Deletant comes to Chisinau: meeting with readers and signing autographs"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, November 14, at 18:00, history lovers are invited to a special meeting with Dennis Deletant<\/strong>, one of the most important British historians specializing in Romanian history. The event will take place at C\u0103rture\u0219ti Chi\u0219in\u0103u<\/strong> (121A, 31 August 1989 str., 121A) and will include an engaging discussion followed by a book signing session.<\/p>\n

Virgil P\u00e2slariuc<\/strong>, Igor Ca\u0219u<\/strong> and Iulian Frunta\u0219u<\/strong> will take part in the dialog, which will deal with topics related to historical memory, totalitarian regimes and Romania’s geopolitical developments in the 20th century. The discussion will be held in Romanian.<\/p>\n

About the author<\/h3>\n

Dennis Deletant was born in Norfolk, England, in 1946. He is Visiting Professor at the Ion Ra\u021biu Chair of Romanian Studies at Georgetown University (Washington D.C.) and Professor Emeritus at University College London.<\/p>\n

His first contact with Romania was in 1965, at the Sinaia Summer School, and in 1969 he returned with a British Council scholarship. In 1988, the Ceausescu regime declared him persona non grata<\/strong>, but in December 1989 he returned to Bucharest as a BBC consultant<\/strong> during the Romanian Revolution.
In 1990, he was invited to the advisory committee of the British Government’s Know-How Fund<\/strong> and was actively involved in projects dedicated to Romania. For his contributions he was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE)<\/strong> in 1995.<\/p>\n

Representative works<\/h3>\n

Dennis Deletant’s books include:<\/p>\n

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  • Ceausescu and the Securitate: Coercion and Dissent in Romania, 1965-1989<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Romania under the Communist Regime<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Communist Terror in Romania: Gheorghiu-Dej and the Police State, 1948-1965<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Hitler’s Forgotten Ally: Ion Antonescu and His Regime, Romania 1940-1944<\/em><\/li>\n
  • British Clandestine Activities in Romania during the Second World War<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Romania under Communism: Paradox and Degeneration<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Romania, 1916-1941: A Political History<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    About the event<\/h3>\n

    The meeting in Chisinau offers the public a rare opportunity to engage directly with a British historian who has devoted much of his work to Romania and Eastern Europe. Participants will be able to purchase the author’s books at the Humanitas<\/strong> stand and will have the opportunity to get autographs.<\/p>\n

    Participation is free of charge.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Organizers<\/h3>\n

    The event is organized by C\u0103rture\u0219ti Chisinau<\/strong>, with the support of Humanitas Publishing House<\/strong>, in collaboration with the National Centre for Digital Innovations in Education “Class of the Future”<\/strong> and the State Pedagogical University “Ion Creang\u0103” in Chisinau<\/strong>, within the Innovate Moldova<\/strong> program, supported by the Embassy of Sweden<\/strong> and the Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain<\/strong> in the Republic of Moldova.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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