Born in Colorado at the height of the Cold War, Madame CRISTINA ADRIANA BEJAN, DPhil (Oxon) is an award-winning, multilingual Romanian-American historian, theatre artist and spoken word poet living and creating in Paris, France (E.U.). An Oxford DPhil, Rhodes Scholar (the only one to hold Romanian citizenship since the scholarship's founding in 1902), Fulbright Scholar and Aspen Ideas Fellow, she has been featured on A&E's The History Channel, C-SPAN and multiple Romanian TV channels as well as international print and audio media: including the Washington Post, Times Literary Supplement, Foreign Policy and ELLE Romania magazine. Her hit play DISTRICTLAND was purchased for TV development. In NYC Bejan has performed at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club and launched five published plays at The Drama Book Shop. She is the niece of Richard Riordan, Mayor of Los Angeles (1993 - 2001) and California Secretary of Education under Governor Schwarzenegger (2003 - 2005). In September 2025 Bejan was awarded the George Parkin Distinguished Service Award by the Rhodes Trust. She serves as Selection and Outreach for the Rhodes Scholarship and is a proud member of the Rhodes Society. Bejan recently had her Paris debut as author and artist at the Dissident Club. She invites you to her upcoming #Carteadevineri dialogue on May 9 and  book launch at Blackwells in Oxford, UK on June 19 at 12pm.