Workshop „New Histories of Romania during the Cold War“

Organizers: Bogdan C. Iacob, Idrit Idrizi

The event will be an opportunity to discuss new approaches in the Romanian historiography of the communist regime. The insights about the Romanian case will be situated in the broader context of histories of state socialism and Cold War in Southeastern Europe.

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The workshop will consist of two panels:

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I. Daily Life and Memory

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Mioara Anton, Nicolae Iorga Institute of History-NIIH

The Masks of Daily Communism: Compliance and Adaptation in the times of Nicolae Ceausescu

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Claudia-Florentina Dobre, NIIH

New Approaches in Dealing with the Memory of Communist Repression in Post-Comunist Romania

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Discussant: Oliver Jens Schmitt, Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies

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II. Institutions and Biographies

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Cristian Vasile, NIIH

Romania’s Cultural Cold War

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Cosmin Popa, NIIH

Beyond the Paradigm of Romanian National-Communism

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Discussant: Constantin Iordachi, Central European University

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The workshop is organized by the Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies (Austrian Academy of Sciences) in collaboration with the „Nicolae Iorga“ Institute of History (Romanian Academy).

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Termin:

10. Dezember 2025, 17:00 Uhr

Ort:

Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

Postsparkasse, 5 Stock

Georg-Coch-Platz 2

1010 Wien

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https://www.oeaw.ac.at/detail/veranstaltung/rumaenien-im-kalten-krieg

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