Ștefan Cristian Ionescu is currently the Leon and Sophie Weinstein Associate Professor in Holocaust History and the Associate Director of the Rodgers Center of Holocaust Education, History Department, Chapman University. He held teaching and research positions at several academic institutions, including Northwestern University, Uppsala University, and the Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, USHMM.
He is the author of articles in such journals as Central European History; Eastern European Holocaust Studies; Holocaust and Genocide Studies; Nationalities Papers: A Journal of Ethnicity and Nationalism; Journal of Genocide Research; Holocaust Studies: A Journal of History and Culture; Yad Vashem Studies; Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, and Culture and Psychology. His academic interests cover European modern history, Holocaust and genocide studies, transitional justice, and minority studies. Ionescu’s latest book, entitled Justice and Restitution in Post-Nazi Romania: Rebuilding Jewish Lives and Communities, 1944-1950 was published by Cambridge University Press in January 2025.