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• 17 September 1964, village of Chetrosu, Drochia district, Moldova
• Educational background:
- Faculty of History and Pedagogy, "Ion Creangă" State Pedagogic University in
Chişinău, specializing in History and Law, graduated with honors (1982/84-1986/90)
- Ph.D. undergraduate with the History Institute of the Academy of Sciences in Moldova (1991-1994).
- Ph.D. in Historical Sciences (1995) with the paper "Ţara Moldovei în context politic internaţional din Europa de Est. Relaţii politice cu Republica Nobiliară Polonă şi Rusia Moscovită în timpul domniei lui Vasile Lupu (1634-1653)" (“Moldova within the international political environment of Eastern Europe. Political ties with the Polish Noble Republic and Muscovite Russia during the reign of Vasile Lupu (1634-1653)”)
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• State distinctions:
- Laureate of the Premiul pentru Tineret în domeniul Ştiinţei şi Tehnicii Republican Contest, Chişinău (1998)
• Teaching, academic, administrative positions:
- Professor, History Department, Queen’s College, Mississauga, ON, Canada (2006-present)
- Lecturer, senior lecturer, university reader – Universal History Department, "Ion Creangă" State Pedagogic University in Chişinău (1990-2006)
- Visiting Professor, History Department, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA, United States (2003-2004)
- Researcher, senior researcher, coordinator – Department of History of the Middle Ages, History Institute of the Academy of Sciences in Moldova (1995-2004)
- Dean of the Distance Education Department, Law School, Senior Vice-Rector [for studies] of the University of Criminology in Moldova (1999-2003)
• Research topics:
- the political and military history and diplomatic relations of Central and Eastern European states; existing ties between the Romanian provinces and Poland, Russia, the Habsburg and Ottoman Empires (16th – 18th centuries)
- curricular transformations occurring after 1991 in the courses on The History of the Romanians, Universal History and The Universal History of the State and Law
- Bessarabia and Trans-Dniester amid the policy pursued by the Great Powers: 19th – 21st centuries
• Research and documentation traineeships in:
- Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, United States, Canada
• More than 50 conference attendances:
- Moldova, Ukraine, Poland, Turkey, Romania, Russia, United States
• Over 70 publications:
Books:
➢ Istoria Evului Mediu şi Modernă Timpurie (“History of the Middle Ages and Early Modern History”), the Publishing House of the "Ion Creangă" State Pedagogic University, Chişinău, 2006, pp. 102
➢ Istoria Universală a Statului şi Dreptului (“The Universal History of the State and Law”), the Publishing House of the University of Criminology in Moldova, Chişinău, 2003, pp. 152
➢ Politica şi diplomaţia Moldovei în timpul domniei lui Vasile Lupu (1634-1653) (“Moldovan Policy and Diplomacy during the Reign of Vasile Lupu (1634-1653)”), Civitas Publishing House, Chişinău, 1998, pp. 132
Articles:
➢ Interferenţe şi conexiuni curriculare: istoria de la est de Prut (de la modelul sovietic la cel post-sovietic) (“Curricular interferences and connections: History east of the Prut River (from the soviet to the post-soviet model)”), in Magazin Istoric, Special issue on Bessarabia, Bucharest, 2007, pp. 87-90
➢ Uwagi dotyczące genezy kampanii 1620 r. - wyprawa Stanisława Żółkiewskiego w Księstwie Mołdawskiem, in “Studia Historyczno-Wojskowe”, tom I, Siedlce 2006, pp.72-85
➢ Permanenţe istorice bizantine, sau câteva considerente privind predicile lui Kekaumenos (“Landmarks of Byzantine history or a few considerations on the preachings of Kekaumenos”), in Tyragetia, National History Museum Yearbook. Vol. XIV, Chişinău 2005, pp. 121-124
➢ Les rélations moldo-polonaises dans le contexte de la crise politique dans l'Europe de l'Est (au milieu du XVII-ème siecle), in “Romanian and Polish peoples in East-Central Europe (17th-20th centuries)”, Iassy, 2003, pp. 27-39
➢ Balcanii în geopolitica europeană a Marilor Puteri: Statul român şi românii într-o interpretare a panslavismului velikorus (sfârşitul secolului al XIX – lea) (“The Balkans in the European geopolitics of the Great Powers: The Romanian State and the Romanians in an interpretation of veliko-Russian Pan-Slavism”), in "Republica Moldova şi România - un deceniu de relaţii complexe", Chişinău, 2002, pp. 28-36
Reviews:
• Vl. Tcaci, Moldova în politica externă a marilor puteri (1764-1774) (“Moldova amid the foreign policy pursued by the Great Powers”), Chişinău, Civitas, 2000, pp. 132, in “Destin Românesc”. Year VII, issue 4 (28), Chişinău-Bucharest, 2000, pp. 88-91
• Il. Czamanska, Miron Costin. Latopis Ziem Moldawskiej i inny utwory historiczne. Poznan, 1998, pp. 357, in “Cugetul. Revistă de Istorie şi Cultură”, Issue 4, Chişinău, 2000, pp. 70-71
• Problema basarabeană – noi repere istoriografice (“The Bessarabian issue – new historiography landmarks”), in “Literatura şi Arta”, Chişinău, 22 April 1999, p. 3.
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