Constantin C. Giurescu în vizorul Comisiei de revizie a corpului didactic universitar (1940)
Constantin C. Giurescu under the Investigation of the Revision Committee for the University Teaching Staff (1940)

Summary/Abstract: The regime change after King Carol II’s abdication brought about a series of modifications. Ion Antonescu formed an alliance with the Iron Guard and Romania was proclaimed a „national-legionary state”. The main aim of the new regime was a moral change, thus managing to rally support from the young intelligentsia, generally dissatisfied with the political elite of the time. The educational system was one of the fields affected by the new decisions. In its attempt to „purify” the Romanian education system, the new regime enacted the law that established a Revision Committee whose purpose was to verify the activity of the teaching staff from universities. The aim of the article is to focus on a single inquiry, the one which revolves around the case of Constantin C. Giurescu. The analysis of these documents offers an opportunity to study the evolution of the relationship between former colleagues Petre P. Panaitescu, Chairman of the Revision Committee, and Constantin C. Giurescu. It is also relevant to observe the „cleansing” process endeavored by the new regime in one of the most prominent cases of the time.

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