Type of course: |
Compulsory |
Language of instruction: |
Romanian |
Erasmus Language of instruction: |
English |
Name of lecturer: |
Viorel Alin Albu |
Seminar tutor: |
Viorel Alin Albu |
Form of education |
Full-time |
Form of instruction: |
Lecture |
Number of teaching hours per semester: |
42 |
Number of teaching hours per week: |
3 |
Semester: |
Autumn |
Form of receiving a credit for a course: |
Grade |
Number of ECTS credits allocated |
6 |
Course aims:
- to define, describe, and explain the key concepts, theories, methods specific to the historical discourse and to develop in MA students some specific skills about the quantitative and qualitative historical research;
- to identify and use the specific bibliographic and archival resources;
- to develop skills of analysis and interpretation of historical data;
- to identify the most important events and personalities which have marked the historical evolution of the Romanian Orthodox Church and the Romanian culture in the inter-war period, and to notice the dynamics of events;
- to apply the principle of right interpretation of the historical phenomenon by the just reporting to its influence on the present
Course Entry Requirements:
N/A
Course contents:
1. Introduction. Technical note; 2. The Vienna Dictate - political and religious consequences; 3-4. The phenomenon of the refuge (1940s, 1943-1944s); 5-6. The drama of the refugee Orthodox clergy; 7. The Legionary Movement in Transylvania (especially the ”Rebellion” from January 1941) - the attitude of the Transylvanian clergy; 8-9. The Transylvanian Orthodox clergy and political actions; 10. The Metropolitan Nicolae Bălan - his political attitude between 1940-1945; 11-12. The attitude of the Transylvanian clergy towards the war and towards its effects; 13. The ROC and the ”Jewish issue”; 14. Retrospection.
Teaching methods:
Lecture, exemplification, conversation, debate, analysis of documents.
Learning outcomes:
- critical, selective and systematic attitude towards historical information;
- ability of applying the principles for understanding a historical document in an appropriate manner, respectively, to take into account all elements involved (linguistic, socio-cultural, political, religious, etc.), and interpret both in a synchronous and diachronic mode;
- critical reading skills on bibliographic sources and ability to initiate own research;
- interpretation and critical evaluation of the history of the Romanian Church in the inter-war period.
Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:
Written paper-interpretative essay – 20%. Frontal evaluation/ Oral exam: 80%
Recommended reading:
Alexandru Moraru,
Aspecte din activitatea ierarhului Nicolae Colan din perioada 1940–1944, în vol. „Omagiu mitropolitului Nicolae Colan (1893–1993)”, Renasterea
, Cluj-Napoca
, 1995
, p. 101-113
Mihai Fătu,
Biserica românească din nord-vestul ţării sub ocupaţia hothystă (1940–1944), EIBMBOR
, Bucuresti
, 1985
, x
Cosmin Cosmuța,
Vicariatul Ortodox Alba Iulia 1940-1945, PUC
, Cluj-Napoca
, 2013
, 422 p
George Enache,
Ortodoxie şi putere politică în România contemporană (Orthodoxy and Political Power in Contemporary Romania), Nemira
, Bucureşti
, 2005
, 592 p
Alin Albu,
State and Church in World War II. A political and ecclesiastical perspective on the national vocation of the Orthodox clergy, în vol. „Religion and Politics. The Church-State relationship: from Constantine the Great to post-Maastricht Europe”, Reîntregirea
, Alba Iulia
, 2013
, p. 489-504