Arhivă newsletter 2010
May 2010
14- 15 MAY, 2010 – A History of Communism – Training Courses
From March to October 2010, the IICCMER is organising training courses for the History teachers within secondary schools in order to help improve the teaching approaches of Romania’s recent history.
The first training session took place in the interval 16-17April, in Braşov, and was followed by a training session in Bucharest, in the interval 14-15 May.
From March to October 2010, the IICCMER is organising training courses for the History teachers within secondary schools in order to help improve the teaching approaches of Romania’s recent history.
The first training session took place in the interval 16-17April, in Braşov, and was followed by a training session in Bucharest, in the interval 14-15 May.
21 MAY, 2010 – Conference: The Central College of the Romanian Communist Party: Internal Class Justice (1945-1989)
Speakers: Gabriel Catalan and Mircea Stănescu, from the National Archives of Romania (ANR)
Chair: Adrian Cioflâncă, director of the Society, Economics and Institutions Department within the IICCMER
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
Speakers: Gabriel Catalan and Mircea Stănescu, from the National Archives of Romania (ANR)
Chair: Adrian Cioflâncă, director of the Society, Economics and Institutions Department within the IICCMER
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
22 MAY, 2010 – Conference: Romanian Films after 1989: the Radiograph of an Illusion
Guest speaker: Angelo Mitchievici, director of the Ideology and Culture Department within the IICCMER
Venue: The “Stefan cel Mare” University, Town of Suceava, Suceava County
Guest speaker: Angelo Mitchievici, director of the Ideology and Culture Department within the IICCMER
Venue: The “Stefan cel Mare” University, Town of Suceava, Suceava County
27 MAY, 2010 – Conference: Gender and Daily Citizenship in Communist and Post-Communist Romania
Speaker: Professor Maria Bucur, Indiana University in Bloomington
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
Speaker: Professor Maria Bucur, Indiana University in Bloomington
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
29 MAY, 2010 - Conference: Intellectual Resistance under Communist Romania. The Păltiniş School Case
Speaker: Mihail Neamţu, scientific director of the Institute
Venue: Casa Mureşenilor, Braşov
Speaker: Mihail Neamţu, scientific director of the Institute
Venue: Casa Mureşenilor, Braşov
31 MAY, 2010 - Conference: Temptation of Communism
Speaker: Professor Paul Hollander, University of Massachusetts, USA, author of Political Will and Personal Belief (1999) and Discontents: Postmodern and Post-Communist (2002)
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
Speaker: Professor Paul Hollander, University of Massachusetts, USA, author of Political Will and Personal Belief (1999) and Discontents: Postmodern and Post-Communist (2002)
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
June 2010
2 JUNE 2010 - The Monica Lovinescu Conferences: The Consequences of the Complete Ideologisation of Romanian Literature during Communist Totalitarianism
Speaker: Professor Eugen Negrici, the University of Bucharest
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
Speaker: Professor Eugen Negrici, the University of Bucharest
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
11 JUNE 2010 - The Monica Lovinescu Conferences: The Memory Tombola. Romanian Post- Communism: Secret Files Disputes, Lustration &Co
Speaker: Ms. Ruxandra Cesereanu, professor at the Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
Speaker: Ms. Ruxandra Cesereanu, professor at the Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
12 JUNE 2010 - “13-15 June 1990. Findings on-site”, a photo exhibition dedicated to the 1990
Mineriade
Organisers: The IICCMER, the KAS Foundation
Media Partner: AGERPRES, the national press agency
Interval: 12-27 June
Venue: the underground passage to the Universitate Tube Station
Photographs by: Sorin Vasilescu, Andrei Iliescu, Ilie Bumbac, Agerpres
Mineriade
Organisers: The IICCMER, the KAS Foundation
Media Partner: AGERPRES, the national press agency
Interval: 12-27 June
Venue: the underground passage to the Universitate Tube Station
Photographs by: Sorin Vasilescu, Andrei Iliescu, Ilie Bumbac, Agerpres
14 JUNE 2010 - Public Debate: “The 1990 Mineriade: Street Violence and Civic Resistance”
Organiser: the IICCMER
Participants: Professor Vladimir Tismăneanu, University of Maryland, president of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER; Mr. Ioan Stanomir, executive president of the IICCMER; Mr. Mihail Neamţu, scientific director of the IICCMER; representatives of the Romanian media
Venue: The Museum of the City of Bucharest (The Şuţu Palace)
Organiser: the IICCMER
Participants: Professor Vladimir Tismăneanu, University of Maryland, president of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER; Mr. Ioan Stanomir, executive president of the IICCMER; Mr. Mihail Neamţu, scientific director of the IICCMER; representatives of the Romanian media
Venue: The Museum of the City of Bucharest (The Şuţu Palace)
16 JUNE 2010 - The Award Ceremony for the Winners of the IICCMER’s Essay and Graphic Arts Contest entitled “My Family during the Communist Regime”
Participants: Professor Vladimir Tismăneanu, University of Maryland, president of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER; the members of the Managing Committee of the IICCMER; representatives of the European Commission in Bucharest; representatives of the Ministry of Education; art critics.
Venue: The Office of the European Commission in Romania
Participants: Professor Vladimir Tismăneanu, University of Maryland, president of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER; the members of the Managing Committee of the IICCMER; representatives of the European Commission in Bucharest; representatives of the Ministry of Education; art critics.
Venue: The Office of the European Commission in Romania
The Conclusion of the Cooperation Protocol between the Konrad Adenauer Foundation – the Bucharest branch – and the IICCMER
Participants: Dr. Holger Dix, director of the KAS Office for Romania and the
Republic of Moldova; Professor Vladimir Tismăneanu, University of Maryland, president of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER; Mr. Ioan Stanomir, executive president of the IICCMER
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
Participants: Dr. Holger Dix, director of the KAS Office for Romania and the
Republic of Moldova; Professor Vladimir Tismăneanu, University of Maryland, president of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER; Mr. Ioan Stanomir, executive president of the IICCMER
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
The Monica Lovinescu Conferences: About Communism: the Destiny of a Secular Religion
Speaker: Professor Vladimir Tismăneanu, University of Maryland, president of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER
Discussant: Mr.Vlad Mureşan, professor at the Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
Speaker: Professor Vladimir Tismăneanu, University of Maryland, president of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER
Discussant: Mr.Vlad Mureşan, professor at the Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
21 JUNE 2010 - Conference: Transitional Justice in Eastern Europe
Speaker: Ms. Lavinia Stan, professor at St. Francis Xavier University
Opening remarks: Professor Vladimir Tismăneanu, University of Maryland, president of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER
Closing remarks: Professor Tom Gallagher, University of Bradford
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
The Meeting of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER. Objective: to establish the Institute’s research agenda
Speaker: Ms. Lavinia Stan, professor at St. Francis Xavier University
Opening remarks: Professor Vladimir Tismăneanu, University of Maryland, president of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER
Closing remarks: Professor Tom Gallagher, University of Bradford
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
The Meeting of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER. Objective: to establish the Institute’s research agenda
22 JUNE 2010 - The Monica Lovinescu Conferences: Reconsidering the History of Romanian Literature: Stories of the Recent Past
Speaker: Ms. Ioana Bot, professor at Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
Speaker: Ms. Ioana Bot, professor at Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
23 JUNE 2010 - Conference: The Methodology of Studying Communism. The Social Science Perspective
Speaker: Mr. Dragoş Paul Aligică, George Mason University, USA
Discussants: Professor Vladimir Tismăneanu, University of Maryland, president of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER; Mihail Neamţu, scientific director of the IICCMER
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
Speaker: Mr. Dragoş Paul Aligică, George Mason University, USA
Discussants: Professor Vladimir Tismăneanu, University of Maryland, president of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER; Mihail Neamţu, scientific director of the IICCMER
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
24 JUNE 2010 - Conference: The Perils of Historical Forgetting and Whitewashing: The Former Soviet Bloc in Comparative Perspective
Speaker: Professor Mark Kramer, Harvard University
Opening remarks: Professor Vladimir Tismăneanu, University of Maryland, president of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER
Closing remarks: Mr. Stephen Ruken, Second Secretary, USA Embassy to Romania
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
Speaker: Professor Mark Kramer, Harvard University
Opening remarks: Professor Vladimir Tismăneanu, University of Maryland, president of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER
Closing remarks: Mr. Stephen Ruken, Second Secretary, USA Embassy to Romania
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
28 JUNE 2010 - Conference: My Profession: Torture. The Investigators of the Securitate: the Case of Gheorghe Enoiu
Discussants: Professor Vladimir Tismăneanu, University of Maryland, president of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER; Mr. Adrian Cioflâncă, director of the Society, Economics and Institutions Department; Mr. Dumitru Lăcătuşu, expert, Society, Economics and Institutions Department; Mr. Mihai Burcea, expert, Society, Economics and Institutions Department
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
Discussants: Professor Vladimir Tismăneanu, University of Maryland, president of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER; Mr. Adrian Cioflâncă, director of the Society, Economics and Institutions Department; Mr. Dumitru Lăcătuşu, expert, Society, Economics and Institutions Department; Mr. Mihai Burcea, expert, Society, Economics and Institutions Department
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
July 2010
8 JULY 2010 - Meeting between the executive management of IICCMER and the representatives of the “Corneliu Coposu” Foundation in Bucharest.
Purpose: The restoration of the former prison of Râmnicu Sărat, where numerous political leaders of the interwar period such as Ion Mihalache, Ilie Lazăr or Corneliu Coposu were detained.
The partnership between the two institutions aims at creating a framework for honouring the memory of Mr. Corneliu Coposu, one of the most important political figures of Romanian democratic anticommunism.
Purpose: The restoration of the former prison of Râmnicu Sărat, where numerous political leaders of the interwar period such as Ion Mihalache, Ilie Lazăr or Corneliu Coposu were detained.
The partnership between the two institutions aims at creating a framework for honouring the memory of Mr. Corneliu Coposu, one of the most important political figures of Romanian democratic anticommunism.
19 JULY 2010 - Conference: The Project of the “False Salvation”. The Condemnation of Communism by the Catholic Church
Speaker: Ms. Ana Petrache, Ph.D candidate, the Faculty of Political Science within the University of Bucharest
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
Speaker: Ms. Ana Petrache, Ph.D candidate, the Faculty of Political Science within the University of Bucharest
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
21 JULY 2010 - The conclusion of a five-year Collaboration Protocol between the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile (IICCMER) and the Romanian Diplomatic Institute (IDR).
Objectives for 2010: the publication of a volume comprising articles, discourses, and interviews of Grigore Gafencu, former minister of foreign affairs and a prominent personality of the Romanian democratic exile. An exhibition dedicated to Grigore Gafencu will also be organised by the end of 2010.
Objectives for 2010: the publication of a volume comprising articles, discourses, and interviews of Grigore Gafencu, former minister of foreign affairs and a prominent personality of the Romanian democratic exile. An exhibition dedicated to Grigore Gafencu will also be organised by the end of 2010.
22-25 JULY 2010 - International Symposium: Individual and Collective Destinies during the Communist Period
Participants: Mr. Mihail Neamţu, scientific director of the IICCMER, Mr. Florentin Olteanu from the Anticommunist Resistance Memorial in Făgăraş, experts of the IICCMER, Romanian and foreign researchers in the field of History and Political Science
Venue: Făgăraş-Sâmbăta de Sus, Braşov County
Participants: Mr. Mihail Neamţu, scientific director of the IICCMER, Mr. Florentin Olteanu from the Anticommunist Resistance Memorial in Făgăraş, experts of the IICCMER, Romanian and foreign researchers in the field of History and Political Science
Venue: Făgăraş-Sâmbăta de Sus, Braşov County
22-27 JULY 2010 - International Symposium: The Ordeal: Destinies and Deportations
Participants: Mr. Mihail Neamţu, scientific director of the IICCMER, Mr. Florentin Olteanu from the Anticommunist Resistance Memorial in Făgăraş, experts of the IICCMER, Romanian and foreign researchers in the field of History and Political Science
Venue: Făgăraş-Sâmbăta de Sus, Braşov County
Participants: Mr. Mihail Neamţu, scientific director of the IICCMER, Mr. Florentin Olteanu from the Anticommunist Resistance Memorial in Făgăraş, experts of the IICCMER, Romanian and foreign researchers in the field of History and Political Science
Venue: Făgăraş-Sâmbăta de Sus, Braşov County
25 JULY 2010 - Project: The German and Jewish Minority from Transylvania in the Immediate Postwar Years: (Hi)stories and Reconciling Memories
Objective: the study of ethnic minorities and their relationship with the majority in the aftermath of World War II
Venue: the town of Sântana, Arad County
The project started on 25 July and will continue in the following months.
Objective: the study of ethnic minorities and their relationship with the majority in the aftermath of World War II
Venue: the town of Sântana, Arad County
The project started on 25 July and will continue in the following months.
26 JULY 2010 - Interview: “The Remains of Communism before Public Judgement” in Evenimentul zilei daily. The interview was given by Mr. Bogdan Cristian Iacob, secretary of the IICCMER’s Scientific Council.
Subject: the project of a National Museum of the Communist Dictatorship in Romania as an essential step in the process of dealing with the communist past
Subject: the project of a National Museum of the Communist Dictatorship in Romania as an essential step in the process of dealing with the communist past
August 2010
22-28 AUGUST 2010
Event: Summer University, 4th edition
Theme: Communism between Memory and History
Venue: the town of Râmnicu Sărat, Buzău County
Guest speaker: Jean-Claude Polet, emeritus, University of Bruxeles. Professor Polet presented the paper entitled “History, Memory, and Eschatology”.
Event: Summer University, 4th edition
Theme: Communism between Memory and History
Venue: the town of Râmnicu Sărat, Buzău County
Guest speaker: Jean-Claude Polet, emeritus, University of Bruxeles. Professor Polet presented the paper entitled “History, Memory, and Eschatology”.
23 AUGUST 2010
Press release: New information on the case of Gheorghe Enoiu, former Securitate officer
Topic: The executive management of the IICCMER announced that the Institute officially requested new information on the researches related to the penal notification it had sent to the Military Prosecutor’s Office in 2007 on the name of the former officer.
On this occasion, the management also announced that the IICCMER experts also added new evidence to the existing documents within the Enoiu file.
Press release: New information on the case of Gheorghe Enoiu, former Securitate officer
Topic: The executive management of the IICCMER announced that the Institute officially requested new information on the researches related to the penal notification it had sent to the Military Prosecutor’s Office in 2007 on the name of the former officer.
On this occasion, the management also announced that the IICCMER experts also added new evidence to the existing documents within the Enoiu file.
Septembrie 2010
2 SEPTEMBER 2010
Event: Press Conference
Topic: The Indictment Report on the Events of 13-15 June 1990
Venue: the headquarters of the 21 December 1989 Association
Participants: Mr. Teodor Mărieş, president of the 21 December 1989 Association, Mr. Sorin Ilieşiu, honourable member of the Association, Mr. Bogdan Iacob, secretary of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER.
Mr. Bogdan Iacob declared, on behalf of Mr. Vladimir Tismăneanu, president of the Scientific Council, as well as on behalf of the executive management of the IICCMER, that the assuming of the communist past is one of the Institute’s priorities. Mr. Iacob underlined that the foregoing Report opens new perspectives in investigating the post-1989 violence.
Event: Press Conference
Topic: The Indictment Report on the Events of 13-15 June 1990
Venue: the headquarters of the 21 December 1989 Association
Participants: Mr. Teodor Mărieş, president of the 21 December 1989 Association, Mr. Sorin Ilieşiu, honourable member of the Association, Mr. Bogdan Iacob, secretary of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER.
Mr. Bogdan Iacob declared, on behalf of Mr. Vladimir Tismăneanu, president of the Scientific Council, as well as on behalf of the executive management of the IICCMER, that the assuming of the communist past is one of the Institute’s priorities. Mr. Iacob underlined that the foregoing Report opens new perspectives in investigating the post-1989 violence.
7 SEPTEMBER 2010
Event: Book launch: Memory Redeeming – The Pentecostal Cult during the Communist Period, by Vasilică Croitor, a Pentecostal pastor
Venue: the headquarters of the IICCMER
Participants: Mr. Ioan Stanomir, executive president of the IICCMER, Mr. Mihail
Neamţu, scientific director of the IICCMER, Mr. Dorin Dobrincu, director of the National Archives of Romania, Mr. John Tipei, rector of the Theological Pentecostal Institute in Bucharest, and the author, Mr. Vasilică Croitor
Event: Book launch: Memory Redeeming – The Pentecostal Cult during the Communist Period, by Vasilică Croitor, a Pentecostal pastor
Venue: the headquarters of the IICCMER
Participants: Mr. Ioan Stanomir, executive president of the IICCMER, Mr. Mihail
Neamţu, scientific director of the IICCMER, Mr. Dorin Dobrincu, director of the National Archives of Romania, Mr. John Tipei, rector of the Theological Pentecostal Institute in Bucharest, and the author, Mr. Vasilică Croitor
13 SEPTEMBER 2010
Event: The meeting between professor Vladimir Tismăneanu, president of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER, and Mr. Cristian Fulger, vice-president of the Corneliu Coposu Foundation.
Topic: The cooperation between the IICCMER and the Corneliu Coposu Foundation in remembering the anti-totalitarian resistance as well as in preparing the commemorative events of 2014, when the centennial of Corneliu Coposu’s birth will be celebrated.
Event: The meeting between professor Vladimir Tismăneanu, president of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER, and Mr. Cristian Fulger, vice-president of the Corneliu Coposu Foundation.
Topic: The cooperation between the IICCMER and the Corneliu Coposu Foundation in remembering the anti-totalitarian resistance as well as in preparing the commemorative events of 2014, when the centennial of Corneliu Coposu’s birth will be celebrated.
SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 2010 – The Film Caravan
Starting with September 2010, the IICCMER began a partnership with prestigious high-schools in Romania, so as to organise screenings of communism-related films. The foregoing screenings will be followed by discussions between the participating students, a History teacher, the representatives of the IICCMER, film critics, and professors.
The program of the Film Caravan in September:
- Iaşi: 16-17 and 21-22 September
- Bucharest: 27-28 September
Starting with September 2010, the IICCMER began a partnership with prestigious high-schools in Romania, so as to organise screenings of communism-related films. The foregoing screenings will be followed by discussions between the participating students, a History teacher, the representatives of the IICCMER, film critics, and professors.
The program of the Film Caravan in September:
- Iaşi: 16-17 and 21-22 September
- Bucharest: 27-28 September
SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 2010 – A History of Communism – Training Courses
From September to November 2010, the IICCMER is organising training courses for
the History teachers within secondary schools in order to help improve the teaching approaches of Romania’s recent history.
The second training session took place in Bucharest in the interval 24-25 September.
From September to November 2010, the IICCMER is organising training courses for
the History teachers within secondary schools in order to help improve the teaching approaches of Romania’s recent history.
The second training session took place in Bucharest in the interval 24-25 September.
23 SEPTEMBER 2010
Event: Press Conference
Topic: Opinion Poll: The Perception of the Romanian Population on the Communist Past
Venue: the headquarters of the IICCMER
Participants: Mr. Ioan Stanomir, executive president of the IICCMER; Mr. Bogdan Iacob, secretary of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER; Mr. Andrei Muşetescu, director of the Centre for the Studying of Market and Opinion (CSOP); Mr. Dorin Dobrincu, director of the National Archives of Romania (ANR); Mr. Claudiu Secaşiu, member of the College of the National Council for the Studying of the Securitate Archives (CNSAS)
The opinion poll indicates a rather positive than negative perception of the Romanian population on the communist past. 1, 133 people were interviewed for the above-mentioned poll.
For more details: http://waz.euobserver.com/887/30890
Event: Press Conference
Topic: Opinion Poll: The Perception of the Romanian Population on the Communist Past
Venue: the headquarters of the IICCMER
Participants: Mr. Ioan Stanomir, executive president of the IICCMER; Mr. Bogdan Iacob, secretary of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER; Mr. Andrei Muşetescu, director of the Centre for the Studying of Market and Opinion (CSOP); Mr. Dorin Dobrincu, director of the National Archives of Romania (ANR); Mr. Claudiu Secaşiu, member of the College of the National Council for the Studying of the Securitate Archives (CNSAS)
The opinion poll indicates a rather positive than negative perception of the Romanian population on the communist past. 1, 133 people were interviewed for the above-mentioned poll.
For more details: http://waz.euobserver.com/887/30890
Octombrie 2010
22 OCTOBER 2010
Event: Conference
Topic: Memory Negotiations within Post-(Communist) Museums
Lecturer: PhD Prof. Adina Ciugureanu, “Ovidius” University, Constanţa
Venue: The headquarters of the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
Event: Conference
Topic: Memory Negotiations within Post-(Communist) Museums
Lecturer: PhD Prof. Adina Ciugureanu, “Ovidius” University, Constanţa
Venue: The headquarters of the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
27 OCTOBER 2010
Event: Conference
Topic: Memory, Beauty and the Uncertainties of Global Humanism
Lecturer: PhD Prof. Virgil Nemoianu, Catholic University of America
Venue: The headquarters of the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
Event: Conference
Topic: Memory, Beauty and the Uncertainties of Global Humanism
Lecturer: PhD Prof. Virgil Nemoianu, Catholic University of America
Venue: The headquarters of the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
29-30 OCTOBER 2010
Event: International Conference
Topic: Transitional Criminal Justice in Post-Dictatorial Societies
Venue: The headquarters of the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
Event: International Conference
Topic: Transitional Criminal Justice in Post-Dictatorial Societies
Venue: The headquarters of the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2010 – The Monica Lovinescu Conferences
The Monica Lovinescu Conferences, organised by the IICCMER, are a tribute to the anti-totalitarian fight led by Monica Lovinescu and Virgil Ierunca as co-ordinating editors of well-known cultural broadcasts of Radio Free Europe, starting with the 1960s.
The Conferences began in June 2010. The new series of Conferences started on 14 October 2010.
The Monica Lovinescu Conferences, organised by the IICCMER, are a tribute to the anti-totalitarian fight led by Monica Lovinescu and Virgil Ierunca as co-ordinating editors of well-known cultural broadcasts of Radio Free Europe, starting with the 1960s.
The Conferences began in June 2010. The new series of Conferences started on 14 October 2010.
SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 2010 – The Film Caravan
Starting with September 2010, the IICCMER began a partnership with prestigious high-schools in Romania, so as to organise screenings of communism-related films. The foregoing screenings will be followed by discussions between the participating students, a History teacher, the representatives of the IICCMER, film critics, and professors.
The program of the Film Caravan in October:
- Constanţa: 4-5 October
- Sibiu: 18-19 October
Starting with September 2010, the IICCMER began a partnership with prestigious high-schools in Romania, so as to organise screenings of communism-related films. The foregoing screenings will be followed by discussions between the participating students, a History teacher, the representatives of the IICCMER, film critics, and professors.
The program of the Film Caravan in October:
- Constanţa: 4-5 October
- Sibiu: 18-19 October
Noiembrie 2010
15 NOVEMBER 2010
Event: Exhibition
Topic: “Grigore Gafencu. A Destiny”
Purpose: The exhibition presented the contribution of the diplomat Grigore Gafencu in the forming of the Romanian democratic exile, underlining the key moments of his life and career.
Venue: The Museum of the City of Bucharest
Interval: 15-30 November
Event: Exhibition
Topic: “Grigore Gafencu. A Destiny”
Purpose: The exhibition presented the contribution of the diplomat Grigore Gafencu in the forming of the Romanian democratic exile, underlining the key moments of his life and career.
Venue: The Museum of the City of Bucharest
Interval: 15-30 November
18-22 NOVEMBER 2010
Event: The „Gaudeamus” International Book Fair, Bucharest
On the occasion of the Book Fair, the IICCMER launched or supported the publication of the following volumes:
- Cristian Vasile, Literature and Arts in Communist Romania, 1948-1953
- Grigore Gafencu, The Teachings of History. Articles, Discourses and Interviews in the Press of the Exile
- Doina Jela, The Case of Nichita Dumitru. An Attempt to Reconstruct a Communist Trial: 29 August-1 September 1952
- Vladimir Tismăneanu (ed.), The Anatomy of Resentment
- Leszek Kolakowski, The Main Trends of Marxism, 3rd volume
- Monica Lovinescu, Essential Diary
- Stephen Kotkin, J.T. Gross, Uncivil Society (the Romanian edition)
Event: The „Gaudeamus” International Book Fair, Bucharest
On the occasion of the Book Fair, the IICCMER launched or supported the publication of the following volumes:
- Cristian Vasile, Literature and Arts in Communist Romania, 1948-1953
- Grigore Gafencu, The Teachings of History. Articles, Discourses and Interviews in the Press of the Exile
- Doina Jela, The Case of Nichita Dumitru. An Attempt to Reconstruct a Communist Trial: 29 August-1 September 1952
- Vladimir Tismăneanu (ed.), The Anatomy of Resentment
- Leszek Kolakowski, The Main Trends of Marxism, 3rd volume
- Monica Lovinescu, Essential Diary
- Stephen Kotkin, J.T. Gross, Uncivil Society (the Romanian edition)
25 NOVEMBER 2010
Event: Photographic Exhibition
Topic: (Hi)stories and Reconciling Memories. The German and Romanian Communities of Sântana
Purpose: The exhibition aims to explore, from an ethnographic and historical point of view, the dominant ethnic communities of Sântana, that is, the German and the Romanian one.
Venue: The Institute for Political Research
Interval: 25 November – 17 December 2010
Event: Photographic Exhibition
Topic: (Hi)stories and Reconciling Memories. The German and Romanian Communities of Sântana
Purpose: The exhibition aims to explore, from an ethnographic and historical point of view, the dominant ethnic communities of Sântana, that is, the German and the Romanian one.
Venue: The Institute for Political Research
Interval: 25 November – 17 December 2010
25 NOVEMBER 2010
Event: Conference
Topic: Cristian Rakovski, The Comintern and Romania
Speaker: PhD. Flavius Solomon, researcher within the „A.D. Xenopol” History Institute of Iaşi
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of
the Romanian Exile
Event: Conference
Topic: Cristian Rakovski, The Comintern and Romania
Speaker: PhD. Flavius Solomon, researcher within the „A.D. Xenopol” History Institute of Iaşi
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of
the Romanian Exile
26 NOVEMBER 2010
Event: International Symposium
Topic: The First Years of Post-Communism: Transitions and Legacies
Speakers: Prof. Tom Gallagher (University of Bradford), Dr. Oana-Valentina Suciu (University of Bucharest), Prof. Lazăr Vlăsceanu (University of Bucharest), Prof. Martin Ivanov (Senior Research Associate – The History Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Science), Dr. Pal Germuska (The Institute for the History of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution), Prof. Dragoş Paul Aligică (George Mason University), Vlad Tarko (The Analysis and Institutional Development Centre – CADI, Bucharest), Prof. Bogdan Murgescu (University of Bucharest)
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
Event: International Symposium
Topic: The First Years of Post-Communism: Transitions and Legacies
Speakers: Prof. Tom Gallagher (University of Bradford), Dr. Oana-Valentina Suciu (University of Bucharest), Prof. Lazăr Vlăsceanu (University of Bucharest), Prof. Martin Ivanov (Senior Research Associate – The History Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Science), Dr. Pal Germuska (The Institute for the History of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution), Prof. Dragoş Paul Aligică (George Mason University), Vlad Tarko (The Analysis and Institutional Development Centre – CADI, Bucharest), Prof. Bogdan Murgescu (University of Bucharest)
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
30 NOVEMBER 2010
Event: public lecture
Topic: The Case of Nichita Dumitru – An Attempt to Reconstruct a Communist Trial:
29 August – 1 September 1952
Speaker: Doina Jela, editor, Curtea Veche Publishing House
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
Event: public lecture
Topic: The Case of Nichita Dumitru – An Attempt to Reconstruct a Communist Trial:
29 August – 1 September 1952
Speaker: Doina Jela, editor, Curtea Veche Publishing House
Venue: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile
OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2010 – The Monica Lovinescu Conferences
The Monica Lovinescu Conferences, organised by the IICCMER, are a tribute to the anti-totalitarian fight led by Monica Lovinescu and Virgil Ierunca as co-ordinating editors of well-known cultural broadcasts of Radio Free Europe, starting with the 1960s.
The Conferences began in June 2010. The new series of Conferences started on 14 October 2010 and ended on 15 November 2010.
The Monica Lovinescu Conferences, organised by the IICCMER, are a tribute to the anti-totalitarian fight led by Monica Lovinescu and Virgil Ierunca as co-ordinating editors of well-known cultural broadcasts of Radio Free Europe, starting with the 1960s.
The Conferences began in June 2010. The new series of Conferences started on 14 October 2010 and ended on 15 November 2010.
SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 2010 – The Film Caravan
Starting with September 2010, the IICCMER began a partnership with prestigious high-schools in Romania, so as to organise screenings of communism-related films. The foregoing screenings will be followed by discussions between the participating students, a History teacher, the representatives of the IICCMER, film critics, and professors.
The program of the Film Caravan in November:
- Cluj-Napoca : 22-23 November
Starting with September 2010, the IICCMER began a partnership with prestigious high-schools in Romania, so as to organise screenings of communism-related films. The foregoing screenings will be followed by discussions between the participating students, a History teacher, the representatives of the IICCMER, film critics, and professors.
The program of the Film Caravan in November:
- Cluj-Napoca : 22-23 November
SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 2010 – A History of Communism – Training Courses
From September to November 2010, the IICCMER is organising training courses for the History teachers within secondary schools in order to help improve the teaching approaches of Romania’s recent history.
The third training session took place in Tîrgu Mureş in the interval 13-14 November 2010.
From September to November 2010, the IICCMER is organising training courses for the History teachers within secondary schools in order to help improve the teaching approaches of Romania’s recent history.
The third training session took place in Tîrgu Mureş in the interval 13-14 November 2010.
Decembrie 2010
Event: the launch of the IICCMER Yearbook 2010, History of Communism in Europe (HCE) – the first English edition
http://www.zetabooks.com/new-releases/history-of-communism-in-europe-vol.-i-2010.html
http://www.zetabooks.com/new-releases/history-of-communism-in-europe-vol.-i-2010.html
Event: the digitization of the Romanian Exile Archives
The Exile and Minorities Department announces the digitization of an important part of the IICCMER Archives comprising publications of the Romanian exile.
As a result of various projects taking place between May and November 2010, IICCMER puts at researchers’ disposal the digitized form of several Romanian Exile publications, such as The Information Bulletin for Romanians in Exile („B.I.R.E.”), The “Romania” Magazine, or The “Romanian Nation” - Information Bulletin of the Council of the Romanian Political Parties: The National Peasants’ Party – National Liberal Party – Independent Social-Democratic Party.
The Exile and Minorities Department announces the digitization of an important part of the IICCMER Archives comprising publications of the Romanian exile.
As a result of various projects taking place between May and November 2010, IICCMER puts at researchers’ disposal the digitized form of several Romanian Exile publications, such as The Information Bulletin for Romanians in Exile („B.I.R.E.”), The “Romania” Magazine, or The “Romanian Nation” - Information Bulletin of the Council of the Romanian Political Parties: The National Peasants’ Party – National Liberal Party – Independent Social-Democratic Party.
9 DECEMBER 2010
Event: Press Conference
Topic: presentation of the results of the second opinion poll on the perception of the Romanian population on the communist past
Venue: the headquarters of the IICCMER
Participants: Mr. Ioan Stanomir, executive president of the IICCMER; Mr. Bogdan Iacob, secretary of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER; Ms. Raluca Grosescu, director,
Public Policies & Partnerships Department; Mr. Dorin Dobrincu, director of the National Archives of Romania (ANR); Ms. Germina Nagâţ - the National Council for the
Studying of the Securitate Archives (CNSAS)
The results of the second opinion poll confirm, to a considerable extent, the results of the research undertaken in August 2010.
Event: Press Conference
Topic: presentation of the results of the second opinion poll on the perception of the Romanian population on the communist past
Venue: the headquarters of the IICCMER
Participants: Mr. Ioan Stanomir, executive president of the IICCMER; Mr. Bogdan Iacob, secretary of the Scientific Council of the IICCMER; Ms. Raluca Grosescu, director,
Public Policies & Partnerships Department; Mr. Dorin Dobrincu, director of the National Archives of Romania (ANR); Ms. Germina Nagâţ - the National Council for the
Studying of the Securitate Archives (CNSAS)
The results of the second opinion poll confirm, to a considerable extent, the results of the research undertaken in August 2010.
16 DECEMBER 2010
Event: Debate
Topic: 1989 Romania: Revolution or Restoration?
Venue: the headquarters of the IICCMER
Participants: Grigore Cartianu (journalist), Armand Goşu (journalist), Raluca Grosescu (IICCMER), Mihail Neamţu (IICCMER)
Event: Debate
Topic: 1989 Romania: Revolution or Restoration?
Venue: the headquarters of the IICCMER
Participants: Grigore Cartianu (journalist), Armand Goşu (journalist), Raluca Grosescu (IICCMER), Mihail Neamţu (IICCMER)