Mircea Platon (n. 23 iunie 1974, Iasi) – redactor-sef la Convorbiri literare (Iasi). Doctor in Istorie (2012), The Ohio State University at Columbus, Ohio, SUA. A publicat peste 200 de eseuri, comentarii politice si recenzii in toate marile ziare si reviste culturale din tara.
A publicat studii de istorie in Russian History (Brill), Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race (Cambridge University Press), Fascism. Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies (Brill), French History (Oxford University Press), HSE. Social and Education History (Hipatia Press). History of Political Economy (Duke University Press), Intellectual History Review (Routledge).
Bibliografie selectiva Paseism polemic sau incercare de nationalism critic, eseuri (Iasi, Agora, 1996) Jocuri sub ulm, poezii (Timisoara, Marineasa, 1999) Literatura cu blazon, eseuri (Iasi, Timpul, 2000) Ortodoxie pe litere, eseuri (Bucuresti, Christiana, 2006) Cine ne scrie istoria?, studii si eseuri (Iasi, Timpul, 2007) A treia forta: Romania profunda.
Eseuri (Bucuresti, Logos, 2008; co-autor: Ovidiu Hurduzeu) Masura vremii: Indemn la normalitate, eseuri (Bucuresti, Predania, 2009; co-autor: Gheorghe Fedorovici) Constiinta nationala si statul reprezentativ, studii si eseuri (Iasi, Timpul, 2011) Cartea stradutelor subtile, poezii (Iasi, Ed. Timpul, 2015) Ce-a mai ramas de aparat (Bucuresti, Eikon, 2016)
Premii literare si distinctii universitare 2013-2015 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History, University of Toronto 2012 Premiul pentru Eseu al USR Iasi pentru volumul Constiinta nationala si statul reprezentativ (Iasi, Timpul, 2011) 2011 Trans-Atlantic Summer Institute in European Studies Fellowship, Center for German & European Studies, University of Minnesota 2011 Lynn and Harry Bradley Foundation Fellowship for Military History, The Ohio State University 2010-2011 Presidential Fellowship, The Ohio State University 2009 Premiul „Lucian Blaga†al Academiei Romane pentru cartea Cine ne scrie istoria? (Iasi, Timpul, 2007) 2005-2009 Doctoral Fellowship, Canada Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
