Dr Rebecca Haynes

Research summary

My research focus is on the history of the Romanians and the Romanian state.  In the last few years I have published a number of articles on the Romanian Legionary Movement. Most recently, I co-edited a book entitled  In the Shadow of Hitler: Personalities of the Right in Central and Eastern Europe published by IB Tauris. I am continuing to work on various aspect of the history of the Romanian Legionary Movement and on the histories of Romania and the Republic of Moldova.

Recent MPhil/PhD supervision topics include: 'The impact of Christian Orthodoxy on the doctrine of the Iron Guard' and 'The Role of Anti-semitism in the Ideology of the Legion of the Archangel Michael’.

Teaching summary

I teach the postgraduate course:

      'Little Hitlers? Right Radicalism in Central and Eastern Europe, 1900-1945'

and the following undergraduate courses:

'History of the Habsburg Monarchy, 1700-1918'

'Successors to the Habsburgs: East-Central Europe, 1914-1945'

'From Dacians to Democrats: Themes in Romanian History'

'Fascism and Authoritarianism in Eastern Europe, 1918-1945'.

Publications

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