Publisher's Synopsis
As the twentieth century has come to a close, it is an important moment to reflect on the current status of Romanian studies and future directions that research in the various fields of Romanian studies should take at the beginning of the new millennium. This volume is a collection of studies presented by Romanian, British, and American scholars at the Fifth International Conference of the Center for Romanian Studies held in Iasi, Romania, from 28 June to 1 July 1999. Articles included: Alan Ogden, English Travellers to Romania in the Early Twentieth Century; Alice Forbess, Tradition versus Transformation: Theoretical Understandings of Post-Socialist Change in Romania and Eastern Europe; Liviu Groza, Continuitate in cultura romaneasca postbelica; Diana Fotescu, Evolutia conceptelor si principiilor constitutionale in centrul si sud-estul Europei (1919-1938); Cornelia Bodea, Memoriei profesorului George G. Ursul; Marin Marian-Balasa, Romanian Folkloristics Abroad; Sorina Bolovan, Ioan Bolovan, Cercetarile romanesti de demografie istorica la sfarsit de mileniu; Ileana Orlich, The Role of Romanian and Central East European Studies in American Universities at the Dawn of the New Millenium; Paul Quinlan, Moldova under Lucinschi: The First Two Years; Dumitru Sandru, Istoriografia problemei agrare \u00een Rom\u00e2nia (perioada comunista); Sabina Crisen, National Identity and Cultural Self-Definition: Modern and Post-Modern Romanian Artistic Expression; and many others.
