Camil Mureșanu

Camil Mureşanu
Born (1927-04-20)20 April 1927
Turda (Transylvania, Romania)
Died 21 February 2015(2015-02-21)
Cluj-Napoca (Transylvania, Romania)
Residence Romania
Citizenship Romania
Nationality Romanian
Fields History, philosophy, politics, pedagogy
Institutions University of Cluj
Alma mater University of Cluj
Doctoral advisor yes
Doctoral students yes
Known for Historical works,
Philosophical works,
Political works
Influences Greek Catholics, Simion Bărnuţiu and latinist school,
Composers: Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann;
Writers: Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Turgenev, Gustave Flaubert, Liviu Rebreanu, Octavian Goga, Lucian Blaga, Vasile Voiculescu.
Influenced political thought in Romania

Camil Bujor Mureşanu (born 20 April 1927 in Turda – died 21 February 2015) was a Romanian historian, professor, author, and translator.[1]

Biography

Mureşanu was born and reared in Turda. He attended the King Ferdinand High School in Turda, where his father, Teodor Murăşanu, was a teacher. After 1946, he studied history at Cluj University, where he graduated in June 1950.

Mureşanu became a teaching assistant, junior teaching assistant (1950-1952), assistant professor (1952-1961), associate professor (1961-1975), and professor (after 1975) at Babeş-Bolyai University. Also, he was the dean of Faculty of History (1968-1976, 1981-1989). He obtain his Ph.D. in history in 1971 with the thesis: Times of John Hunyadi (doctoral adviser Ṣtefan Pascu). He was visiting professor at Columbia University, New York City (1978). Mureşanu is a doctoral adviser after 1976. In the summer of 1948, Camil Mureşanu was arrested for political reasons, without penal sanctions.

He is a researcher at the "George Bariţiu" History Institute (after 1975). In 1995, he became the principal of "George Bariţiu" History Institute. He was a correspondng member of the Romanian Academy (1990), then member of the Romanian Academy - the History and Archaeology Section (June 2000) and branch chairman of Cluj Romanian Academy (after 2006). Officially, his surname was "Mureşan", but he prefers in the last years "Mureşanu".

He was a participant at the International Congress of Historical Sciences (Vienna - 1965, Moscow - 1970, Bucharest - 1980, Oslo - 2000). He attended a specialisation at Sorbonne University in Paris (February - June 1966).

He is a correspondent member of the "Süd-ost Europa Gesellschaft", Munich (October 1999), and Berlin (February 26, 2000), as well as a correspondent member of the Pedagogical Academy in Belgrade. He is the co-president of the Romanian-Hungarian mixed history commission.

Camil Mureşanu is a doctor honoris causa of the University of Oradea (December 1, 1999), the West University of Timişoara (March 2002), and the 1 Decembrie 1918 University, Alba Iulia (March 2007).

He is an honorary citizen of Cluj-Napoca (February 1997), Turda (June 1997), and Blaj (September 24, 1999).

He is a member of General Association of Greek Catholic Romanians.

Family

His grand father was a priest and his father, Teodor Murăşanu, was a Romanian language teacher.

His son, Ovidiu Mureşan (born 1951), is a historian at Babeş-Bolyai University.

Awards

Works

Doctoral advisor

On-line works

References

  1. "A murit marele istoric clujean Camil Mureşanu Citeste mai mult: adev.ro/nk8fwi" (in Romanian). Adevărul. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
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