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Mircea Vasilescu
is associate professor at the faculty of letters, University of Bucharest, editor-in-chief of Dilema veche (a cultural weekly magazine), and senior editor of Dilemateca (the unique monthly dedicated to books and reading in Romania).
He has published several books on literature and communication, on mass media, and on culture. He has also translated works by Michel Foucault, François Furet, and Sergio Romano into Romanian. Since November 2008, he is a member of the Eurozine Editorial Board.Eurozine Articles
European histories, Romanian fairytales
The Securitate archives and the public debate that never was
In Romania, the National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives has been rendered toothless, while former communist functionaries, in new democratic guise, still purport to be protecting "national interest". [more]
Romania: The quality of the press and the quality press
The more that the Romanian press professionalizes, the more it is discovering the conflict between editorial content and market demands, writes "Dilema Veche" editor Mircea Vasilescu. [more]
Fragile new Europe
Despite talk of a "unified European plan" to combat recession, the motto among EU member states seems to be "each to his own". The financial crisis is reimposing the divide between eastern and western Europe, writes Mircea Vasilescu. [more]
Normality or normalities?
From one transition to the next
For eastern Europeans, the myth of a free and prosperous West, of western normality, has been replaced by the observation of normalities, writes Mircea Vasilescu. Having joined the EU, Romanians are discovering that the West has problems by no means as exotic as they once believed. [more]
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