Igor Cașu (born 8 October 1973) is a historian from the
Republic of Moldova.
Biography
Igor Cașu was born on October 8, 1973, in
Borogani, district Comrat, now in Leova. He studied history for 3 years at State University of Moldova and then transferred to
University of Iași where he graduated with an MA in history in 1995 and subsequently defended his PhD at the same university –
University of Iași - in 2000. The subject of his Ph.D. was Soviet Nationalities Politicy in Moldavia, 1944–1989.
In 2000 fall semester he was Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, North Carolina, teaching a course on Balkan History and Politics in the 20th Century.
Since October 2010 he is (founding) Director of the Center for the Study of Totalitarianism at the Faculty of History and Philosophy, State University of Moldova in Chişinău. He contributed for Radio Free Europe (2010–2011), Romanian language section (
http://www.europalibera.org/author/20709.html) as well as to Romanian daily Adevărul (2010-2014), Chişinău edition (
http://adevarul.ro/blogs/igor.casu).
Works
The following is a list of works that were published:
Большой Террор в Молдавской АССР, 1937-1938 гг. ("кулацкая" и "румынская" операции, репрессии против номенклатуры и доказательства использования насилия)(
https://usm-md.academia.edu/IgorCasu)
Conflicte între Ministerul de Interne (MVD) şi Securitatea Statului (MGB) în ajunul şi în timpul deportării în masă din iulie 1949 din RSS Moldovenească(
https://usm-md.academia.edu/IgorCasu)
У истоков советизации Бессарабии. Выявление "классового врага", конфискация имущества и трудовая мобилизация, 1940-1941. Сборник документов [At the Origins of Sovietization of Bessarabia. Identification of "class enemy", confiscation of property and work mobilization, 1940–1941. Collections of documents from party, government and NKVD/KGB archives], Chişinău, Cartier, 2014, 458 p. List of documents in Russian, Romanian and English, introduction in Russian and Romanian as well as short summary in English available at:
https://www.academia.edu/7393697/_._1940-1941._
"World History and History of Romanians". History textbook for the 12th grade, recommended by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Moldova, Chişinău, Cartier, 2013, 144 pages (co-author with Igor Şarov, Virgil Pâslariuc, Flavius Solomon and Pavel Cerbuşcă).
Fără termen de prescripţie. Aspecte ale crimelor comunismului în Europa [No Statute of Limitations. Aspects of the Communist Crimes in Europe], Chişinău, Cartier, 2011 (co-editor with Sergiu Musteaţă), 780 p.
Al Doilea Război Mondial în Estul şi Vestul Europei. Istorie şi memorie [Second World War in Eastern and Western Europe. History and Memory], Chişinău, Cartier, 2013, 332 p. (co-editor with
Diana Dumitru, Andrei Cuşco and Petru Negură).
"Stalinist Terror in Soviet Moldavia, 1940-1953", in Kevin McDermott, Matthew Stibbe, eds., Stalinist Terror in Eastern Europe. Elite purges and mass repression, Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2010, p. 39-56.
Istoria Universală Contemporană, clasa a 9-a, Chişinău, Civitas, 2005.
"Zur Binnendeportation von sowjetischen Deutschen und Juden im und nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg", in Krista Zach et al.(eds.), Migration im sudostlichen Mitteleuropa. Auswanderung, Flucht, Deportation, Exil im 20. Jahrhundert, IKGS Verlag, Munchen, 2005
Politică, societate şi cultură în sud-estul şi vestul Europei (mastercourse), Chişinau, TACIS, 2001.
"Nation Building in the Era of Integration: The case of Moldova", in Konrad Jarausch and Thomas Lindenberger (eds.), Conflicting Memories: Europeanizing Contemporary History, Oxford, Berghan Books, 2007, p. 237-253
^165/14.01.2010 Decret privind constituirea Comisiei pentru studierea si aprecierea regimului comunist totalitar din Republica Moldova, Monitorul Oficial 5-7/3, 19.01.2010