Mircea-Lucian SCROB C URRICULUM V ITAE

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C URRICULUM V ITAE Mircea-Lucian SCROB

Areas of Interest

Food Studies

Economic Development of Socialist Romania

Romanian Peasantry in the 20th Century and Beyond (Major in Peasant Studies)

History of Medical Theories of Pellagra

Education

PhD Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary

Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative History of Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe (2009 - 2015)

Thesis title: ‘From Mămăligă to Bread as the “Core” Food of Romanian Villagers: A consumer-centered interpretation of a dietary change (1900-1980)’

Graduation date: May 2015

Qualification: Summa cum Laude

Master of Arts Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

History Department (2008-2009)

Thesis title: ‘Diet Changes and Society: The shift from mămăligă to wheaten bread in the case of the 19th century Romanian peasantry’

Bachelor of Arts Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Faculty of History (2004-2008)

Specialization in Modern History

Thesis title: ‘Sugar Trade in the British Colonial Empire, 1730-1800’

Honors and Awards

2014 - 2015 Write-Up Grant from CEU

2012 - 2013 Doctoral Research Support Grant from CEU 2011 PhD Short Research Grant from CEU

Mircea-Lucian SCROB | 2015

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2009 - present Full Scholarship for PhD studies from CEU

2009 Recipient of Péter Hanák Prize for best MA thesis of the year, CEU

2008 - 2009 Partial Scholarship for MA studies at CEU

Professional Experience

Jul 2013 – Nov 2013 Field Work, Arges, County, Romania Interviewer

Conducted interviews with 90 rural residents from 14 villages on past and present dietary practices and on current preferences for bread and mămăligă with six commonly served side dishes

Dec 2012 - Apr 2013 Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium Visiting Researcher

Jan – Apr 2012 Central European University, Budapest, Hungary Teaching Assistant for the Course ‘Issues in the

Modern Social and Cultural History of Eastern Europe’

Aug 2011 - Sep 2011 Local archives, Iaşi, Constanţa, Romania Researcher

Gathered information on dietary changes from the records of Public Health Institutions

May 2011 - Aug 2011 Field work in rural areas, Romania Interviewer

Gathered data on present and past patterns of consumption by conducting interviews with villagers

Nov 2010 - May 2011 National Archives of Romania, Bucharest, Romania

Researcher

Gathered information on changes in dietary patterns from the archives of the National Institute of Public Health Gathered data on bread production and commercialization and on economic developments in the rural areas between

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1900 and 1980 from the archives housed in the National Archives of Romania

Activities and Publications

Conferences:

Bucharest, 2015: ‘Reevaluating Consumers’ Experiences during Socialism:

Proposal for an anthropological approach based on a case-study analysis of a dietary change,’ Fourth Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Totalitarianism for PhD Students

Tours, 2015: ‘Debating the Transition from Non-Bread to Bread ‘‘Core’’

Foods in Europe: The Contribution of the Romanian case-study,’ First International Conference on Food History and Food Studies

Budapest, 2014: ‘From Mămăligă to Bread as the ‘‘Core’’ Food of Romanian Peasants: A consumer-centered interpretation of the dietary change from a standard of living perspective,’ Fifth History Department Research Seminar Prato, 2014: ‘The Influence of Early Socialization into a Food Culture on Lifelong Food Preferences: Evidence from a Romanian case-study,’ The Fourth International Conference on Food Studies

Lisbon, 2014: ‘Why not a Romanian or Italian Goldberger? Centre and (Semi)Periphery in Pellagra Research’ in the Panel ‘Centres and Peripheries in the Changing Understanding of Pellagra, 1850-1915,’ 9th Meeting of the Science and Technology in the European Periphery Research Group

Bologna, 2011: “‘Give us this day our daily bread”: the role of bakeries in generalizing bread consumption among Romanian peasants: 1890-1990,’

The Twelfth Symposium of The International Commission for the Research into European Food History on the History of the European Food Industry in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Publications:

Scrob, Lucian. “The Growth of Bread Consumption among Romanian Peasants, 1950-1980.” In The Food Industries of Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Europe, edited by Derek J. Oddy and Alain Drouard, 213-229. Farnham: Ashgate, 2013.

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Scrob, Lucian. "Reevaluating Consumers’ Experiences during Socialism:

Proposal for an Anthropological Approach based on a Case-Study Analysis of a Dietary Change." In New Perspectives in Romanian Studies (working title). Budapest: Central European University, Forthcoming.

Scrob, Lucian. "Understanding the Influence of Early Socialization into a Food Culture on Lifelong Food Preferences: Can Historical Case-Studies Help?," article submitted for review to the Journal Appetite

Trainings

Nov 2011 SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences)

Training organized by the Computer and Statistics Center of Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

Oct - Dec 2011 Courses for Professional Development - Teaching in Higher Education: Scholarship, Reflection, Innovation Training organized by the Curriculum Research Center of Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

Skills

Languages Romanian - native; English - fluent, French - basic

Computer skills Microsoft Office, SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences)

Data analysis skills Descriptive and Inferential Statistics