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2019 - 2020 Meetings Calendar


February 20th, 2020

Eugen ISTODOR
Lecturer, Faculty of Letters – University of Bucharest

Mizilul – ciuca băşcăliei în secolul al XIX-lea


January 16th, 2020

Daniel CAIN
Researcher, Institute of South-East European Studies, Bucharest

Etnie şi cetăţenie în Vechiul Regat (1900-1918). Cazuistică şi prosopografie


November 11th, 2019

Alexandra R. TIPEI
Fulbright Fellow, Faculty of Political Sciences – University of Bucharest

Universal Visions and National Ambitions: Reconfiguring the Concept of Civilization in Early Nineteenth-Century Southeastern Europe


October 24th, 2019

Un an după Centenar
Debate around the collective volume Războiul de fiecare zi. Viața cotidiană în tranșee și în spatele frontului în Primul Război Mondial (1914-1919), coordonatori Bogdan Popa & Radu Tudorancea, Târgoviște, Cetatea de Scaun, 2018.

Discussants:
Zoltán Rostás (University of Bucharest), Daniel Cain (Institute of South-East European Studies, Bucureşti), Constantin Ardeleanu (University of Galați/ New Europe College), Bogdan Popa (‘Nicolae Iorga’ Institute of History, Bucureşti), Radu Tudorancea (‘Nicolae Iorga’ Institute of History, Bucureşti)

2018 - 2019 Meetings Calendar


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May 16th , 2019

Battle for History: ,,The Peasant Question” in the Historical Writings of Mihail Kogălniceanu and Nicolae Bălcescu

Dr. Constantin BĂRBULESCU
(Facultatea de Istorie și Filozofie – Universitatea ”Babeș-Bolyai”, Cluj-Napoca)
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February 21st, 2019

Facing an invisible enemy: sanitary border policies in the Romanian Principalities at the beginning of the Organic Statute Period (1831-1848)

Dr. Sorin GRIGORUȚĂ
(Institutul de Istorie ”A.D.Xenopol” – Academia Română, Iași)
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January 17th, 2019

Elective Sociabilities, Associational Life and Civic Involvement of Romanians in Transylvania and Hungary before the First World War

Dr. Oana SORESCU-IUDEAN & Dr. Vlad POPOVICI
(Facultatea de Istorie și Filozofie – Universitatea ”Babeș-Bolyai”, Cluj-Napoca)
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December 13th, 2018

Death and Image. How Romanian church painters depict Thanatos (18th-19th centuries)

Dr. Cristina BOGDAN
(Facultatea de Litere – Universitatea din București)
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November 27th, 2018

Les entourages de l’exécutif en France et en Europe (XIXe – XXe siècles)

Eric ANCEAU
(Sorbonne University)
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November 14th, 2018

Crossing Frontiers: the Example of the Lapedatu Brothers

Dr. Andreas WILD
(Fundația Lapedatu)
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October 18th , 2018

The Anton Bacalbașa case-study. When you no longer have a sense of humour and supporters leave you

Dr. Eugen ISTODOR
(Comunicare-Litere – Universitatea din București)
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2017 - 2018 Meetings Calendar


June 7th, 2018

Oligarchic Liberalism, Clientelism and the Road to Democracy in Spain Between 1876 and 1923. The Catalan Case

Dr. Gemma RUBI CASALS
Coordinator of Grau in History, Politics & Economics, Grup d'Estudis i Recerca Política, Institucions i Corrupció a l'època contemporània (PICEC) Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
With the support of the Groupe de Recherche International (GDRI) “Politics and corruption: current comparative history and sociology” (CNRS no. 842)
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May 21st, 2018

The Evangelical Saxon military chaplain and his pastoral care in the context of the First World War

Dr. Marian ZALOAGA
Ștefan Odobleja Fellow, Researcher, “Gheorghe Șincai” Research Institute, Târgu Mureş
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April 26th, 2018

Democratic Narratives in the Nineteenth-Century Romanian Modernity: Some Considerations about Methods

Dr. Raluca ALEXANDRESCU
Lecturer, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Bucharest
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March 15th, 2018

Transfers of knowledge from Eastern to Western Europe in the eighteenth century: a case study on the continued relevance of Leibnizianism in the Berlin Academy and late Enlightenment

Dr. Maria FLORUTAU
DPhil Candidate in Early Modern History, Magdalen College, University of Oxford
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February 28th, 2018

From Iași to New York: Avram Goldfaden and the beginning of Yiddish Theatre

Dr. Camelia CRĂCIUN
Lecturer, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Bucharest, and Director of the Research and Conservation Center of Yiddish Culture, Jewish State Theatre, Bucharest
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2016 - 2017 Meetings Calendar


October 6th, 2017 - 17.00

The Digital Panopticon: How digital methodologies are transforming historical research in Britain

Prof. Robert SHOEMAKER, University of Sheffield

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June 8th, 2017 - 17.00

International seminar Histoire de la corruption politique: enjeux, methods, questions

Participants: Benjamin LANDAIS, Alexandra IANCU, Silvia MARTON, Frédéric MONIER, Constanța VINTILA-GHIȚULESCU

Le séminaire fait également partie du projet de recherche « Comparer la „corruption” politique aujourd’hui dans les nouvelles démocraties (CCPND) » financé dans le cadre de la Coopération entre l’Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) et l’Autorité Nationale pour la Recherche Scientifique et l’Innovation de Roumanie (ANCSI) à travers l’Institut roumain de Physique Atomique (IFA). Le projet est porté par l’Université de Bucarest, en partenariat avec l’Université d’Avignon et la Nouvelle Université



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May 24th, 2017 - 17.00

First World War from women's perspectives

Dr. Alin CIUPALĂ, professor, Faculty of History – University of Bucharest
The talk will be followed by the screening of Ecaterina Teodoroiu, eroina de la Jiu film (1931, Director: Ion Niculescu-Brună)
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March 9th, 2017 - 17.00

Women and trade activities in the Romanian society at the beginning of 19th century

Nicoleta ROMAN, researcher, 'Nicolae Iorga' Institute of History - Romanian Academy, ERC LuxFaSS, New Europe College

January 26th, 2017 - 17.00

The absent feudalism: conquest, colonisation and the nation’s history as a history of contracts in 19th century Romania

Andrei SORESCU, PhD student, University College London – School of Slavonic and East European Studies
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December 5th, 2016 - 14.00

Reflections on the Political and Social History of the 18th and 19th Centuries in Romania

Speakers: Mihai CHIPER, Sorin GRIGORUŢĂ, Sorin MITU, Gheorghe NEGUSTOR


November 24th, 2016 - 17.00

Servage, droit de propriété et culture juridique dans l'Empire russe au XIXe siècle

Michel Tissier, Maître de conférences - Université de Rennes 2

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November 3rd, 2016 - 17.00

Monarhie, ortodoxie şi catolicism în România modernă (1866-1886). Istorie şi raporturi

Ionuţ-Constantin Petcu, PhD candidate - St. Nicolas Ecumenical Institute

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2014 - 2015 Meetings Calendar



July 3rd, 2015
"Democrația" ca discurs: despre modernitățile românești la jumătatea secolului al XIX-lea
Raluca ALEXANDRESCU, conferentiar, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Bucharest

June 29th, 2015
Comerţul cu carte în a doua jumatate a secolului al XIX-lea: proiect naţional şi proiect economic
Bogdan POPA, researcher, Institute of History "Nicolaie Iorga"

May 25th, 2015
Literatura română a Marelui Război: între ficțiune și sursă istorică
Gheorghe NEGUSTOR, post-doctoral researcher, Faculty of History and Philosophy, UBB - Cluj

April 27th, 2015
Relevanța noțiunii de discurs în studiul reprezentărilor național-identitare
Prof. dr. Bogdan ȘTEFĂNESCU, Faculty of Letters and Foreign Languages, University of Bucharest

January 26th, 2015
Ziariștii de umor ai secolului 19. O introducere sociologică
Eugen ISTODOR, International School of Political and Administrative Studies (SNSPA)

December 18th, 2014
O istorie a socialului românesc din fin-de-siecle: de la anarhiști la igieniști
Călin COTOI, lector, Faculty of Sociology si asistenta sociala, University of Bucharest

November 12th, 2014
'Les frontières fantômes': étude empirique en Roumanie et essai d'interprétation / 'Phantomgrenzen': empirical study in Romania - an interpretation
Beatrice von HIRSCHHAUSEN, cercetator asociat, scientific leader of the project "Phantomgrenzen in Ostmitteleuropa"

November 7th - 8th, 2014
„Societatea de curte şi viaţa cotidiană în spaţiul românesc (secolele 16-19)”, Colloquium organized alongside The Seminar of Historical Anthropology, Faculty of History and Philosophy, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca

October 17th - 18th, 2014
Interantional Colloquium “L’avènement d’un nouvel imaginaire collectif ? « Corps » du peuple, «Corps de la Nation », Sexualité et Modernité”

2013 - 2014 Meetings Calendar



May 26th, 2014
Alexandra IANCU
lecturer, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Bucharest
„Elitism și contra-elitism: istoria instituționalizării elitelor politice românești”

April 14th, 2014
Bogdan Mateescu
doctorand, Institute of History "Nicolae Iorga", Romanian Academy
„Căsătoriile robilor din Țara Românească după 1830: reglementări ale statului și ale bisericii”

March 17th, 2014
Debate - Script and a historical reconstitution: AFERIM!, Script: Radu Jude & Florin Lăzărescu; director: Radu Jude; reading: Toma Cuzin; historical consultant: Constanţa Vintilă-Ghiţulescu

February 24th, 2014
William MULLIGAN
Eurias Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin; Lecturer, School of History and Archives, University College Dublin
„Peace in Modern European History”

January 23rd, 2014
Constantin ARDELEANU
lecturer, Faculty of History, University "Dunarea de Jos", Galați
"Schimb și schimbare, comerț și modernizare în Principatele Române in prima jumătate a secolului al XIX-lea"

December 19th, 2013
Alin CIUPALA
Professor, Faculty of History, University of Bucharest
„Un altfel de Pons. Despre fenomenul colecționismului în secolul al XIX-lea”

November 8th - 9th, 2013
The third debate workshop of GRiPs, Faculty of History, University "Al. I. Cuza", Iași


October 14th, 2013
Frédéric MONIER
University Professor, University of Avignon
"La corruption injustifiable: débats publics, pratiques de pouvoir, cultures politiques (XIXe-XXe siècles)"

2012 - 2013 Meetings Calendar



June 24th, 2013
Mihai-Răzvan UNGUREANU
professor, Faculty of History, University of Bucharest
Modernitatea Regulamentelor Organice. Interpretări

May 17th, 2013
Constantin BARBULESCU
lecturer, Faculty of History si filosofie, "Babeș-Bolyai" University, Cluj
"Majoritatea locuiesc în condițiuni mai rele ca Zulușii’ sau despre igiena locuinței și a gospodăriei (sec. XIX)"

April 8th, 2013
Călin COTOI
lecturer, Faculty of Sociology, University of Bucharest
Socialism, narodnicism și naționalism in Romania fin-de-siecle. Socialism fără social?

March 11th, 2013
Cécile FOLSCHWEILLER
lecturer, INALCO Paris
L'arrière-plan philosophique des débats sur la nation en Roumanie au 19e siècle. Une relecture de quelques textes junimistes

February 25th, 2013
Bogdan MATEESCU
Partner of the Max Plack Institute for Demographic Research inside the MOSAIC Project
De la strângerea birului la cunoașterea statistică: recenzarea populației la 1838 și 1859

January 18th - 19th, 2013
Revoluţii, Reforme, Modernităţi în lungul secol al XIX-lea, second GRiPs workshop
Organizers: Silvia Marton & Constanţa Vintilă-Ghiţulescu

December 11th, 2012
Steven Englund
NYU Professor, American University of Paris, EHESS, Paris
From Anti-Judaism to Anti-Semitism..., and Back Again

November 19th, 2012
Andreea Nita
doctorand, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Bucharest
Starea de asediu în România interbelică

October 18th, 2012
Mihai Chiper
researcher, "A. D. Xenopol" Institute of History, Iași
O modernitate ignorată: „Afacerile de onoare” în România (1859-1914)

2011 - 2012 Meetings Calendar



April 27th, 2012
Andi MIHALACHE
Institute of History "A. D. Xenopol", Iasi
Câteva consideraţii despre muzeistica românească în anii 1870-1900: concepţii, reprezentanţi, polemici

March 26th, 2012
Prof. Dr. Liliana Ionescu-Ruxandoiu
Faculty of Letters, University of Bucharest
"Reflectii asupra discursului parlamentar romanesc din secolul al XIX-lea"

January 13th - 14th, 2012
Anual GRiPs conference
Penser le XIXe siècle : nouveaux chantiers de recherche

December 9th, 2011
Simion CÂLȚIA
lecturer, Faculty of History, University of Bucharest
Așezări urbane sau rurale? Orașele din Țările Române de la sfârșitul secolului al XVII-lea la începutul secolului al XIX-lea

November 7th, 2011
Dr. Leonard Artur Horvath
Direcţia Judeţeană Pentru Cultură şi Patrimoniu Naţional Cluj
„Atitudini şi trăiri în faţa morţii la nobilimea calvină din Transilvania secolului al XIX-lea”
(Historical documents and sources)

October 24th, 2011
Nicolae Mihai, scientific researcher III, Socio-Human Research Institute "C. S. Nicolaescu-Plopsor", Craiova
post-doctoral researcher, Romanian Academy, Institute of History "A. D. Xenopol", Iasi
„Cine ne sunt adversarii? Contrarevoluționarul proteic sau geneza unei identităţi sensibile în Valahia paşoptistă.”

2010 - 2011 Meetings Calendar



June 27th, 2011
Ligia LIVADA-CADESCHI
conferentiar lecturer, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Bucharest
Igienismul romanesc în a doua jumătate a secolului XIX - începutul secolului XX. Pedagogia socială a unui proiect politic

May 24th, 2011
Silvia MARTON
lecturer, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Bucharest
"Chestiunea evreiasca" in dezbaterile parlamentului roman (1866-1869)

March 24th, 2011
Lidia TRAUSAN-MATU
PhD, Faculty of History, University of Bucharest
Teorii și practici medicale în opera medicului muntean Ștefan V. Episcupescu (1777-1850)

February 21st, 2011
Nicoleta ROMAN
Researcher, "Nicolae Iorga" Institute of History, of the Romanian Academy
Din copii ai nimanui, copii ai statului. Abandonul infantil și sistemul de asistență socială în Țara Românească a primei jumătăți a secolului al XIX-lea

December 16th, 2010
Ramona CARAMELEA
University Assistant, National University of Arts, Bucharest
Construind pentru viitorii cetățeni. Clădiri școlare din Romania (1864-1914)

November 15th, 2010
Raluca ALEXANDRESCU
lector, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Bucharest
Limitele modernitatii romanesti: directii de lectura in gandirea politica de la inceputul secolului XX

2009 - 2010 Meetings Calendar



June 16th, 2010
Silviu HARITON
doctorand, Central European University
Biserica Ortodoxă din Romania și paradigma statului-națiune în Vechiul Regat (anii 1860-1910)

May 27th, 2010
Ionela BĂLUȚĂ, conferentiar, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Bucharest
Rolul igieniștilor în construirea orizontului ideologic: a doua jumătate a secolului al XIX-lea românesc

April 26th, 2010
Constanța VINTILĂ-GHIȚULESCU, researcher, 'Nicolae Iorga' Institute of History
„De la slujbaș la stăpânire, la funcționar la stat”: despre profesionalizare și modernizare (1780-1860)

January 25th, 2010
Andrei SORA, NEC Odobleja Fellow, New Europe College
Instituția prefectului în România (secolele XIX-XX)

December 14th, 2009
Introductive meeting
Discussion subjects: Political History; Prioritary research grounds; The timeliness of the XIXth century; "Modernity" and "tradition"