*Update: The positions have been filled in the meantime. We welcome Stefano Bottoni, Maria Bucur, Irina Livezeanu and Svetlana Suveica to the Board.
The SRS seeks nominations for the four positions on the Executive Board.
In order to qualify to be nominated for election to the Executive Board nominees must be
- a current member of SRS
- actively engaged in the field of Romanian Studies understood in the broadest sense
Please send nominations or self-nominations by July 11, 2025 to Roland Clark, Past President and Chair of the Nominating Committee, via e-mail clarkr@liverpool.ac.uk
The nomination should include a current email address and institutional affiliation, a 200-word bio, as well as a brief personal statement about your motivations and goals for the position you wish to stand for (up to 300 words). Please consult the SRS by-laws for details about SRS governance, available at https://society4romanianstudies.org/srs-bylaws/
Note: The Nominating Committee strives to promote balanced representation in regard to age, gender, professional background, country of residence, and geographical and disciplinary areas of specialization, but is not bound by anyparticular formula.
OPEN POSITIONS
Member x 4
Members of the Board have the duty to participate in Board meetings in person or online and exercise their right to vote on all aspects of the operation of the Society. Members will be called on to contribute to a range of activities of the Society including but not restricted to Prize Committees, Working Group activities, conference organisation, reviewing for the Journal of Romanian Studies.
SELECTION PROCESS
SRS elects Board members through an electronic ballot of all members in good standing. Open balloting will take place from July 16, 2025 and the results will be announced no later than August 1, 2025.
The nominating committee consists of:
Roland Clark, University of Liverpool, UK, clarkr@liverpool.ac.uk
Monica Ciobanu, State University of New York – Plattsburgh, USA, monica.ciobanu@plattsburgh.edu
László Fosztó, Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities, Romania, laszlo.foszto@gmail.com