Felicia Rosu
Assistant professor
- Name
- Dr. F. Rosu
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 4116
- f.rosu@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-1628-7021
Early modern political thought and practice: elective monarchy, constitutionalism, republicanism. East Central European history; frontier zones and interactions between Europe and the Ottoman world; slavery.
More information about Felicia Rosu
PhD candidtates
Fields of interest
- Early modern political thought and practice: elective monarchy, constitutionalism, republicanism.
- East Central European history; frontier zones and interactions between Europe and the Ottoman world; slavery.
Research
My research interests are divided between two major themes: the politics of freedom in East Central Europe, and forms of unfreedom in Europe’s frontier zones.
Related to the first theme, I have written on the development of the right of resistance in early modern East Central Europe, and I have recently published a monograph on royal and princely elections in Transylvania and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Elective Monarchy in Transylvania and Poland-Lithuania, 1569-1587 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017). My current book project, co-authored with Andrzej S. Kamiński, is a survey of East Central European history in the late medieval and early modern period.
In connection to the second theme, I have recently co-edited a four-volume edition of classical texts on global slavery (Critical Readings on Global Slavery. 4 vols. Leiden: Brill, 2017, with Damian A. Pargas) and I am currently editing Slavery in the Black Sea Region, ca. 900-1900: Forms of Unfreedom at the Intersection between Christianity and Islam (forthcoming with Brill). My next research project will explore the connections between early modern political thought and forms of slavery and captivity practiced (or imagined) at the frontier between Europe and the Ottoman world.
I also coordinate a digital edition of sources collected from the Vatican archives, related to the activities of Vincentian missionaries in Europe, North Africa, and Madagascar (https://earlymoderndocs.omeka.net).
Teaching activities
- Courses on early modern Europe and historiography (BA History, MA History, Research MA History, and MA History Europaeum).
- Coordination of the History Research MA biannual symposium.
Curriculum vitae
Education
- Ph.D., History, 2009 – Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
- M.A., Russian and East European Studies, 2000 – Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service
- B.A., Political Science, 1998 – University of Bucharest, Faculty of Political and Administrative Sciences, Romania
Academic Positions
- Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2012-present
University Lecturer, Institute for History - National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. 2009-2012
Visiting Lecturer, Department of History
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies - Łazarski University, Institute for Civic Space and Public Policy, Warsaw, Poland. 2008-2009
Visiting Lecturer and Doctoral Research Fellow - Georgetown University, Department of History, Washington, DC, USA. 2002-2009
Visiting Lecturer, Teaching Fellow, and Teaching Assistant
PhD supervision
Co-supervisor (with Judith Pollmann) of Thérèse Peeters, Leiden University (‘Trust in the Counter-Reformation’).
Assistant professor
- Faculty of Humanities
- Institute for History
- Algemene Geschiedenis
- Rosu F. (2022), Review of: Flóra Á. (2019), The matter of honour: the leading urban elite in sixteenth century Transylvania. Turnhout: Brepols. The English Historical Review 137(586): 918-920.
- Rosu F. (2021), Electing kings with all manner of freedom: the Polish-Lithuanian elective monarchy in context. In: Chwalba A. & Zamorski K. (Eds.), The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: History, Memory, Legacy. Routledge Research in Early Modern History. New York: Routledge. 179-194.
- Rosu F. (2021), Review of: Kálnoky N. (2020), The Szekler Nation and Medieval Hungary: Politics, Law and Identity on the Frontier. London, New York: Bloomsbury Academic. Central European History 54(3): 530-531.
- Rosu F. (Ed.) (2021), Slavery in the Black Sea Region, c.900-1900: Forms of Unfreedom at the Intersection between Christianity and Islam no. 11. Leiden, NL: Brill.
- Rosu F. (2020), The new Indies, the desired Indies: Antonio Possevino and the Jesuits between diplomacy and missionarism in northeastern Europe, 1577-1587. In: Ebben M. & Sicking L. (Eds.), Beyond ambassadors: consuls, missionaries and spies in premodern diplomacy. Rulers & Elites no. 19. Leiden: Brill. 137-156.
- Rosu F. (2020), Our Hungarian Neighbors: The Transylvanian Connection under Stephen Báthory, 1576-1586. In: Uruszczak W., Noga Z., Zwierzykowski M. & Fokt K. (Eds.), Unie międzypaństwowe, parlamentaryzm, samorządność: studia z dziejów ustroju Rzeczypospolitej Obojga Narodów. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Sejmowe. 166-177.
- Rosu F. (2019) Curtis G. Murphy, From Citizens to Subjects: City, State and the Enlightenment in Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus. Review of: Murphy Curtis G. (2018), From Citizens to Subjects: City, State and the Enlightenment in Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. European History Quarterly 49(1): 152-153.
- Rosu F. (2019), Review of: Gömöri George (2013), The Polish Swan Triumphant: Essays on Polish and Comparative Literature from Kochanowski to Norwid. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. European History Quarterly 49(2): 317-319.
- Rosu F. (2019) George Gömöri, The Polish Swan Triumphant: Essays on Polish and Comparative Literature from Kochanowski to Norwid. Review of: Nowakowska Natalia (2018), King Sigismund of Poland and Martin Luther: The Reformation before Confessionalization. New York: Oxford University Press. The American Historical Review 124(5): 1984-1985.
- Roșu F. (2017), Free from Obedience: Constitutional Expressions of the Right of Resistance in Early Modern Transylvania and Poland-Lithuania, European History Quarterly 47(1): 6-31.
- Roșu F. (2017), Full Dublin-Core Jacket: The Constraints and Rewards of Managing a Growing Collection of Sources on Omeka.net. In: Boot P., Cappellotto A., Dillen W., Fischer F., Kelly A., Mertgens A., Sichani A.-M., Spadini E. & Hulle D. van (Eds.), Advances in Digital Scholarly Editing Papers presented at the DiXiT conferences in The Hague, Cologne, and Antwerp. Leiden: Sidestone Press. 333-339.
- Roșu F. (2017), Elective Monarchy in Transylvania and Poland-Lithuania, 1569-1587. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Pargas D.A. & Rosu F. (2017), Critical Readings on Global Slavery. Leiden: Brill.
- Pargas D.A. & Rosu F. (2017), Introduction: Global Perspectives on Slavery. In: Pargas D.A. & Rosu F. (Eds.), Critical Readings on Global Slavery. Leiden & Boston: Brill. 1-9.
- Rosu F. (2017), Friend or Foe of the Turk? The Fear Factor in Polish-Lithuanian Elections, 1572-1587. In: Topaktas Hacer & Królikowska Natalia (Eds.), Türkiye-Polonya Ilişkilerinde “Temas Alanları” (1414-2014) Uluslararası Konferansı Bildiler Kitabı. Ankara 427-446.
- Rosu F. (2017), The Politics of “This and That”: Republican Practices before the Birth of the State in East Central Europe, 14th-17th Centuries. .
- Rosu F. (2017), The State and the Law in Early Modern Europe (roundtable) (Georgetown University). [other].
- Rosu F. (2017), Polish-Lithuanian Elections in European Context. .
- Rosu F. (2017), Our Neighbors, the Hungarians: The Polish-Transylvanian Connection under Stephen Báthory, 1576-1586. .
- Rosu F. (2017), Slavery in the Black Sea Region, ca. 900-1900: Forms of Unfreedom at the Intersection between Christianity and Islam (conference organization) (Leiden University). [other].
- Fynn-Paul J., Pargas D.A. & Rosu F. (2017), Slavery and Forced Labor in Asia, c. 1250-1900 (conference organization) (Leiden University). [other].
- Stolte C.M. & Rosu F. (Eds.) (2017), Global Connections, Leiden University Press: Leiden University Press.
- Roșu F. (2016), Pluralismo religioso y tolerancia legal en las monarquías electivas del s. XVI: el caso de Transilvania. In: Herrero Sánchez M. (Ed.), Repúblicas y republicanismo en la edad moderna (siglos XVI-XVIII). Madrid: Fondo de Cultura Económica. 433-457.
- Rosu F. (16 June 2016), Muslim Slaves in Early Modern Europe: A Forgotten History of Slavery. Leiden Islam Blog. Leiden, Netherlands: Leiden University. [blog entry].
- Roșu F. (2014) Daniela Prögler, English Students at Leiden University, 1575-1650: ‘Advancing your Abilities in Learning and Bettering your Understanding of the World and State Affairs’ (Farnham: Ashgate, 2013, 317 pp., ISBN 978 1 4094 3712 3). Review of: Prögler Daniela (2013), English Students at Leiden University, 1575-1650: ‘Advancing your Abilities in Learning and Bettering your Understanding of the World and State Affairs’. Farnham: Ashgate. BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review 129(4): 88-91.
- Felicia Roșu (2013), 'Respect, Fear, and Loathing in Early Modern Eastern Europe: Images of Poles and Hungarians in Romanian Chronicles', Leidschrift 28(1): 85-107.
- Felicia Roșu & Forrestal A., Early Modern Documents: Sources and Resources for Historical Research: Omeka (Leiden University (Leiden), DePaul University (Chicago), National University of Ireland (Galway)). [web article].
- Forrestal A. & Felicia Roșu (2012), 'Slavery on the Frontier: The Report of a French Missionary on Mid-Seventeenth-Century Tunis', Reformation & Renaissance Review 14(2): 170-211.
- Felicia Roșu (2008), 'Monarch, Citizens, and the Law under Stefan Batory: The Legal Reform of 1578'. In: Friedrich K. & Pendzich B.M (Eds.), Citizenship and Identity in a Multinational Commonwealth: Poland-Lithuania in Context, 1550-1772. Brill - Studies in Central European Histories no. 46. Leiden, Boston: Brill. 19-48.