Faculty of History

The number of topics grew over time and the historical sciences were represented for over a century in the University of Bucharest by major personalities in Romanian culture. The BA and MA programmes of the faculty were diversified after 1990. Art History and International Relations and European Studies Bachelor’s Programmes were added to the traditional History programme. The Master’s Programmes underwent continuous development and, in 2008, nine MA programmes were accredited in the Bologna system. The third cycle studies are organized within the Doctoral School. Currently, the Faculty of History includes the highest number of programmes it has ever had and some of the classes are very original in the context of the Romanian university environment. The emphasis is on the interdisciplinary approach: from the Greek, Roman, Oriental and Egyptian antiquity to the history of communism; from Byzantine and archaeological studies to the history of the modern world and of the EU/NATO integration. History is approached from several perspectives: politics, anthropology, military, history of religions, history of mentalities, history of the imaginary, economic, intellectual and diplomatic history. Research is carried out in the Faculty of History within the specialized centres, through specific projects and national and international collaboration: the Centre for Turkish Studies, the Centre for Comparative History of Ancient Societies, the Centre for Church History, the Centre for History of the Imaginary, the “Dimitrie Onciul” Seminar for Methodology of History, the Centre for Research in 20th Century History, the “Vasile Pârvan” Seminar in Archaeology, the “Gheorghe Bratianu” Centre for Byzantine and South-Eastern European Studies, the Centre for Roma Studies. The Faculty of History is involved, through the members of the Ancient History, Archaeology and Art History Departments and also those of the “Vasile Pârvan” Seminar for Archaeology, in many projects of cultural valorisation of archaeological areas. The research was distributed after 1990 in several directions, systematically covering archaeological dig sites representative for Romanian archaeology (Adamclisi-Tropaeum Traiani, Capidava, Câmpulung-Jidava, Cârlomanesti-Cetatuia and Arman, Giurgiu-Malu Rosu, Histria, IsacceaNoviodunum, Vitanesti, Bistret, Popesti, Naeni, Zimnicea, Târgsor), as well as carrying out preventive and salvaging digs, archaeological supervision, periegesis, archaeological evaluations, and protection of the sites and of archaeological monuments. The Archaeology Seminar especially takes care of the promotion of the scientific activity of the students, MA students and Ph.D. candidates, both in the field, as well as in the office. These programmes (BA, MA, Ph.D.) concentrate on topics that target major and current issues of Romanian archaeology. Efforts are made to ensure the continuity of long-term archeological digs (teaching digs), in representative sites, relevant for the priority research themes.