Camil Mureșanu Explained

Camil Mureșanu
Birth Date:20 April 1927
Birth Place:Turda, Kingdom of Romania
Death Place:Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Citizenship:Romania
Nationality:Romanian
Fields:History, philosophy, politics, pedagogy
Workplaces:University of Cluj
Alma Mater:University of Cluj
Awards:National Order of Merit, officer rank

Camil Bujor Mureșanu (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /kaˈmil buˈʒor mureˈʃanu/; 20 April 1927 – 21 February 2015) was a Romanian historian, professor and author.[1]

Biography

Mureșanu was born and reared in Turda. He attended the King Ferdinand High School in Turda, where his father, Teodor Murășanu, was a teacher. After 1946, he studied history at the University of Cluj, where he graduated in June 1950. In the summer of 1948, Camil Mureșanu was arrested for political reasons by the communist authorities, without penal sanctions.

He became a teaching assistant, junior teaching assistant (1950–1952), assistant professor (1952–1961), associate professor (1961–1975), and professor (after 1975) at Babeș-Bolyai University. Also, he was the dean of Faculty of History (1968–1976, 1981–1989). He obtained 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, in New York City (1978). Mureșanu was a doctoral adviser after 1976. He was a researcher at the "George Barițiu" History Institute (after 1975). In 1995, he became the principal of "George Barițiu" History Institute. He was a corresponding 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).

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 was 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 was the co-president of the Romanian-Hungarian mixed history commission.

Camil Mureșanu was a doctor honoris causa of the University of Oradea (December 1, 1999), the West University of Timișoara (March 2002), and the 1 Decembrie 1918 University, Alba Iulia (March 2007). He was an honorary citizen of Cluj-Napoca (February 1997), Turda (June 1997), and Blaj (September 24, 1999). He was a member of General Association of Greek Catholic Romanians.

Family

His grandfather was a priest and his father, Teodor Murășanu, was a Romanian language teacher. His son, Ovidiu Mureșan (born 1951), is a historian at Babeș-Bolyai University.

Awards

Works

Doctoral advisor

References

Notes and References

  1. News: A murit marele istoric clujean Camil Mureșanu. 23 February 2015. Adevărul. Romanian. 16 August 2015.