Overview
Lecturer
Sorin Arhire
Seminar tutor
Sorin Arhire
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
History
Field of study
History
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Lecture
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussions.
Entry requirements
History of Modern Romania
Aims
The discovery and use of bibliographic and archival resources specific of specialization;
Learning to study twentieth century history from a critical perspective;
Creating a coherent historiographical discourse with educational or scientific purpose.
Course contents
1. Introductory lecture
2. Romanians in the first two decades of the twentieth century.
3. Political regime in Romania (1918-1938).
4. Political parties in Romania during 1918-1938.
5. Government activity in interwar Romania I.
6. Government activity in interwar Romania II.
7. Economy and Society in Romania (1918-1941).
8. Romanian culture and the trends of ideas after 1918.
9. Romanian totalitarism: Carlist regime (1938-1940).
10. Romanian totalitarism II: National Legionary State and Antonescu’s dictatorship.
11. International relations of Romania during 1918-1941.
12. Romania in World War II.
13. Romania under the communist regime.
14. Final lecture.
Learning outcomes
retrieval of written sources on the historical past;
establishing historical facts on the basis of historical sources and outside of these;
concrete production of new historical knowledge on the basis of deeper insights within the study of an epoch and/or of a medium complexity historical subject.
Assessment
Oral exam – 50%; Research paper – 25%; Seminar activities – 25%.
Recommended reading
A Short History of Romania
Bulei, Ion,
Meronia, Bucharest, 2007 · 134
Rumania 1866-1947
Hitchins, Keith
Oford University Press, New York, 1994 · 579
A History of Romania
Treptow, Kurt W.
Center for Romanian Studies, Jassy, 1996