Centrul pentru Cercetarea Istoriei Relatiilor Internationale si Studii Culturale "Grigore Gafencu"

Updated:

April 25, 2012

Lecturer Dr. Iulian Oncescu

Contact: “Valahia” University in Târgoviste, Faculty of Humanities, Lt. Stancu Ion Str., no. 34-36, 130104 Târgoviste, România; Phones: (004) 0722 612184; (004) 0245 206105, e-mail: iulian1791@yahoo.com., iulian_oncescu@yahoo.fr.

Born on 7 July 1971 in Targoviste.

Graduated from „Valahia" University in Târgoviste (1997), in History and Geography. MA in the same institution in 2001. As a Phd in Modern History (2007) titled ''Romania in politica orientala a Frantei, 1866-1878'' (Romania in the eastern policy of France, 1866-1878 ).He has activated as a lecturer at the Valahia University since 2004. His main fields of interest are in the Modern Romanian and World History, the History of Romanian-French political, cultural and military, relations during the XIX Century, Romania in Modern International Relations. He has investigated in France (University of Poitiers 2004; 2006) and Italy (Ca'Foscari University, 2008).

He is the author of the volume România în politica orientala a Frantei, 1866-1878 (Romania in the French oriental politics), Editura Transversal, Târgoviste, 2007, p. 342; Bibliografie istorica a Relatiilor româno-franceze (1853-1878) / Bibliographie historique des relations franco-roumaines (1853-1878), Editura Transversal, Târgoviste, 2009, 87 p; Co-author of the lecture of Istoria Moderna a românilor {The Romanian Modern History), Vol. I, Editura Macarie, Târgoviste, 2001, 285 p.; co-author of the lecture of Istoria Moderna a românilor (The Romanian Modern History), Vol. II, Editura Macarie, Târgoviste, 2002, p. 286; co-author of the volume Politica externa a României în date (The Romanian foreign politic history in dates), (Ionel Calafeteanu), The Editura Univers Enciclopedic, Bucharest, 2003, p. 123-177; co-author of the book Românii în timpurile moderne. Reperele unei epoci (The Romanians in modern times. Reference points of an age), Editura Cetatea de Scaun, Târgoviste, 2004, p. 465; co-author of the volume Documente privind istoria moderna si contemporana a României (Documents regarding the modern and contemporary history of Romania), Editura Cetatea de Scaun, Târgoviste, 2006, p. 322; Editor, toghether with Silviu Miloiu, Istoria: contributii în cautarea unui nou mesaj. Profesorul Ion Stanciu la împlinirea vârstei de 60 de ani (The history: Contributions to searching for a new message. To professor Ion Stanciu at his 60^th anniversary) Editura Cetatea de Scaun, Târgoviste, 2005, p. 394; publisher of the volume Europe as viewed from the margins. An east-central European perspective from World War I to the cold war, Editura Cetatea de Scaun, Târgoviste, 2007, p. 145; publisher of the volume Europe as viewed from the margins. An east-central European perspective from World War I to present, Editura Valahia University Press, Targoviste, 2008, p. 309. He is one of the coordinators of the recent volume: România si Spania. Identitate nationala si edificarea statului national (Romania y Spania. La identitad nacional y la construcción de los estados nacionales), Editura Transversal, Târgoviste, 2008.

Contact Information:
E-mail: iulian_oncescu@yahoo.fr
Telephone: (004) 0722 612184

What We Do

The research center bearing Grigore Gafencu`s name is focusing on research and study of the history of the European international relations, an area of investigation covered with specialists and young researchers for the period starting with the mid-19th century and focused on the 20th century. The center has already been involved in a number of national research grants founded by the Romanian Ministry of Education and in international grants. The center is also issuing its own review, Valahian Journal of Historical Studies, which has been opened ever since its inception to the voluntary contributions of fellow researchers from all around Europe and beyond.

Additionally, the center has been engaged from the very beginning in developing connections with other European institutions of research. Thus far, the center and its members are involved in academic exchanges with such universities from Finland (University of Helsinki and University of Turku), France (Universite de Poitiers, Universite de Savoie), Greece (University Democritus of Komotini), Italy (Universite ca Foscari di Venezia) and Spain (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha). The center is aiming at maintaining and developing these fruitful contacts and to promote new ones with other prestigious institutions of research at academic level whose scopes are similar and bordering its purposes.

About Us

"Grigore Gafencu" Research Center for the the History of International Relations and Cultural Studies, although young, is in terms of staff members and young researchers one of the best represented such research center in the Valahia University of Targoviste. The purpose of the center is to pay a quality tribute to the memory and activity of the prestigious Romanian diplomat and analyst Grigore Gafencu (1892-1957). A former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania (1938-1940) and his country`s envoy to Soviet Union in the fateful years of 1940-1941, Gafencu has moved to Switzerland since 1941. In exile, Gafencu wrote one of the earliest books approaching the causes of the World War II (Preliminaires de la Guerre a l'est. De l'accord de Moscou (23 Aout 1939) aux hostilites en Russie (22 Juin 1941), Egloff, Friburg, 1944), providing an exceptional insight on those troubling European events. The conclusion Gafencu drew from the developments leading to World War II has played their part in making him an active supporter of the ideas of European unity.

News and Events

Sedinta

Membrii grantului "Utopia versus realism în politica externa a României de la Primul Razboi Mondial pâna în 1975" sunt invitati la o sedinta de proiect pe data de 26 aprilie, orele 16.

Call for papers

Valahian Journal of Historical Studies, Call for papers,

No. 18 (2012) The Balkans in a time of economic and ideological crisis Deadline: 1 August 2012

Centrul "Grigore Gafencu" va invita joi, 22 martie 2012, orele 16, la conferinta lunara intitulata Relatiile economice romano-britanice (1945-1948), sustinuta de drd. Mihaela Diaconu.

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