Conferences
Ion Bulei: The Modern Romanian Political Elite
Sunday February 12th, at 11.00, at the National Theatre's Black Box, Ion Bulei will hold a conference on the theme: The Modern Romanian Political Elite. Ticket prices: 23 and 10 lei.
About the conference
What is political elite? Is history a succession of elites or just a succession of generations? What was the geopolitical frame of the Romanian political elite's emergence and what was the evolution of this elite from 1848 to the present day? Who are the people that form the elite? In what circumstances becomes P.P. Carp's affirmation from 1918 real, according to which ‘Romania is so lucky that it does not need authorities? And what about the nowadays protesters' affirmation from the National Theatre's square: Lost political class. I declare it void? Ion Bulei
About Ion Bulei
He was born on March 30th 1941 in Comarnic, Prahova County. In 1965 he graduated from the Bucharest University's Faculty of History and in 1968 postgraduate International Relation courses. He has a PhD in history from 1976.
He was an editor at the Encyclopedical Publishing House (1968 - 1969), a researcher at the Institute of History and Social Politics studies (1971 - 1989). He was a cultural attaché in Rome (1990 - 1993). Director at the Romanian Institute of Culture from Venice (1997 - 2003). From 1992 he is a university professor at the Bucharest University's Faculty of History. Between 1998 and 2003 he taught at the Ca' Foscari University from Venice (1998 - 2003). He was the head of the Romanian History Department (2004 - 2008). He is a supervisor for diploma and PhD papers (from 1996). He was the director of the Romanian Academy's Political Science and International Relations Institute (2003 - 2011).
He is a member in the Association Internationale d'Histoire de l'Europe Bureau, elected in 2010, at the World History Congress from Amsterdam.
He was awarded with the Romanian Academy's Nicolae Iorga prize in 1990 (for the study The Political System of Modern Romania. The Conservatory Party, published in 1987). The History Magazine's Ion Ghica Prize, for the short study A Short Romanian History, published in 1997. The Writers Union's prize, 2003, for the studies Breve storia dei romeni, published in 2000, in Italy, and 35 anni di relazioni italo-romene, 1879-1914. Documenti diplomatici italiani (together with Rudolf Dinu).
He was decorated with the Romanian Star order, the officer title (2000).
Doctor Honoris Causa of the Ovidius University from Constanţa, 2009.
Translated by: Izabella Feher
MTTLC, Bucharest University
