Interwar Romania
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This text discusses several aspects of the interwar history of the Orthodox Church in Romanian Transylvania through the lens of the early life and political achievements of Father Liviu Stan (1910–1973). By using a microhistorical... more
The present article deals with the scientific and political configuration of Criminal Law in Greater Romania, by focusing on three Criminal code projects (1928, 1933, 1934), together with the theoretical explanations that come along and... more
After several failed projects to restore a conservative party in the 20s, Grigore Filipescu (son of Nicholas Filipescu) took a first step in this direction in 1929, when he established the „Vlad the Impaler” League. This group was... more
The author of this paper is examining the publicist activity of Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu during the period of 1921 – 1924 as it constitutes one of the best samples of raw wooden language in Romania. Early before and several years after... more
The paper discusses how Fascist Italy conveyed its ideological messages through the propaganda films exported to Bucharest in the interwar period and, especially, in the 1930s. Mussolini’s dictatorship was in search of consent and praise... more
This paper examines the influence of urban fashion ideas disseminated worldwide from France and how they impacted the Romanian ideas of style and beauty, as well as the nature of the communication between Paris and the so-colled ”Little... more
This paper proposes an overview of the intertwined streams of cultural, political, economic and social aspects that made up the fashion-consuming women’s interwar Bucharest, through the scope of fashion studies. For this, I will outline... more
Interwar Romanian Students' movement was well-known for its anti-Semitic beliefs. Throughout this article, we will try to present the most important aspects regarding The Second National Orthodox Students' Congress, which was held in... more
This paper explores the methodological and discursive transition in Aurel Voina’s theoretical conceptualisation of cosmetic science. The primary focus is the rewriting of personal and professional identity, assessing how Aurel Voina... more
Неизвестная рукопись по истории коммуны Башкалия Тиниского жудеца (1943 г.)
This article deals with the emergence of a new type of crime prevention in interwar Romania. Inspired by the Italian school of criminal law and by the Italian Criminal Code ”Rocco” (1930), the Romanian Criminal Code ”King Carol II”... more
Grigore N. Filipescu, engineer and lawyer, was a controversial and inconstant politician in Interwar Romania. He had passed through many political parties until 1929, when he founded his own political organization. He was also involved in... more
In this study, we intend to present, using a socio-historical approach, the political and administrative aspects of the interwar Romanian society and state, as it has been investigated, from the perspective of monographic methodology, by... more
This paper delineates the conceptual variations between the notions 'fashion', 'dress' and 'costume' in English-language texts on women's garment histories using relevant examples from interwar Romanian periodicals. The aim is to offer a... more
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Interwar Romania was a space of social-cultural contrasts which it wholeheartedly embraced. Bucharest, as the capital, was the perfect mirror of Romanian society, a liminal space, geographically and culturally. Women’s fashion and beauty... more
This article looks at the situation of civil servants in interwar Romania, as a result of global economic and financial crisis, which led, during 1929-1933, to a significant deterioration in the level of wages and living standards for all... more
INTERWAR ROMANIA: NEW ASSESSMENTS Ionuţ Butoi's book represents an exciting and innovative contribution to the social, intellectual and political history of the interwar period. The extended commentary I have written with reference to... more
In interwar Romania, the Bucharest School of Sociology, founded by academician Dimitrie Gusti, theorized and implemented the first integrated program of community development, financed from the state budget, through the “Prince Carol”... more
Studiul de față decodifică influența Hollywood-ului asupra femeilor consumatoare de modă în cazul particular al Gretei Garbo și identificarea impactului său concret după cum a fost reprezentată în presa interbelică. Aprofundarea acestor... more
"Исторические очерки" болгарских и гагаузских коммун Тигинского (Бендерского) жудеца (1943 г.)
After the collapse of the communist regime, Romanian education policy has taken a turn towards Europeanization. Drawing from fieldwork data collected in the multicultural district of Cluj, I focus on diversity as an aspect of... more
After the First World War, numerous Romanian ex-combatants came to expect various material and symbolic rewards from their state, having fought for the latter. Consequently, in the interwar era the political stability of the Romanian... more
The First World War with its immediate consequences that had enflamed Europe, led to the adoption by the Romanian state of a unitary law regarding the civil servants. The Civil Servants General Statute of the 19th June 1923 was a long... more
The article recounts major life experiences of the two Henri Stahl, father and son, in the period just prior to and during the difficult years of World War I. Seen through the sparse and sometimes vaguely outlined background of the... more
Sociologia proastei guvernări în România interbelică, Editura RAO, București, 2019 Sociologia interbelicului reprezintă un domeniu de studiu tot mai cercetat în ultimul deceniu. Mă refer în primul rând la așa-numita "Cooperativă Gusti"... more
In 1930, the Romanian State decided the privatization of the telephone services. International Telephone & Telegraph, a major american company, won the auction and took over the Romanian phone network. Thus was established “Societatea... more
The paper elucidates some little-known pages of the Romanian national and educational policy handled on the ethnic Ukrainian territories in the interwar period. After World War I Romania enlarged its territory having incorporated... more