The Conference “Romanians and Jews Facing the Great War”, 22.03.2015, at 10:00
Greetings: Prof. Gur Alroey, Chair of the School of History – Haifa UniversityParticipants: Prof. Adrian Cioroianu, University of Bucharest, and Prof. Raphael Vago, Tel Aviv University Free entrance, the number of seats is limited.
The event, in English, is dedicated to marking 100 years since the beginning of the First World War, and will be attended by students and professors from the School of History, the Strochlitz Institute for Holocaust Research and The Weiss-Livnat International MA in Holocaust Studies of the Haifa University.
The lecture will explore the various situations of the Romanians and Jews during the Great War, from their identity status to their contribution and struggle in the historical background. The conference will also include references to the situation and life of the Romanian Jewry during the interwar period, as well as to the recent rise of Anti-Semitism and right wing parties in today’s Europe.
In order to mark 100 years since the beginning of the First World War, the RCI Publishing House has printed the bilingual volume The Great War. Photography from the Romanian front, 1916-1919 by Adrian-Silvan Ionescu.
Adrian Cioroianu is a Romanian professor, author, historian, journalist and essayist. He is currently a university professor and the Dean of the Faculty of History at the University of Bucharest. In 1993, he graduated from the Faculty of History at the University of Bucharest and holds both an MA degree and a Ph.D. in history from the Laval University in Quebec (Canada). His doctorate thesis was entitled “The myth, the image and the cult of the leader in communist Romania”.
Between 2007 and 2008 he was the Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs. He has hosted and produced various historical TV shows in Romania such as “Ora de istorie” (The history hour), "Chiasma. Dialoguri PAX" (Chiasma, dialogues), "Totul la vedere" (Everything in the open), “5 Minute de Istorie” (Five minutes of history) and “Ciocnirea civilizaţiilor” (The Clash of Civilizations).
He has published numerous articles and studies and is the author of books such as: Arhiva Durerii (The Pain Archive, Fundația Academia Civică Publishing House, 2000) – in collaboration with Lucian Boia and Tom Sandqvist; Focul ascuns în piatră. Despre istorie, memorie și alte vanități contemporane (The fire concealed in the stone. About history, memory and other contemporary vanities. Polirom Publishing House, 2002); Ce Ceaușescu qui hante les Roumains. Le mythe, les representations et le culte du Dirigeant dans la Roumanie communiste (Editions Curtea Veche et AUF, 2004); Pe umerii lui Marx. O introducere în istoria comunismului românesc (On Marx’s shoulders. An introduction to the history of Romanian communism. Curtea Veche Publishing House, 2005); Istorie, eroi, cultură politică (History, heroes, political culture. Scrisul Românesc Publishing House, 2008); Geopolitica Matrioșkăi, Rusia postsovietică în noua ordine mondială (The Geopolitics of the Matrioshka, postsoviet Russia in the new world order. 2009); Epoca de aur a incertitudinii (The Golden Age Of Uncertainty, Curtea Veche Publishing House, 2011)
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