Inovaţie şi schimbare în istoriografia română de azi (1990-2012)
Innovation and change in the present Romanian Historiography (1990 – 2012)

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to sketch an overall frame of the state of the art in the game of catch up game played by the post communist Romanian historiography with the Western trends and methodological innovations. Listing not only the progresses but also the shortcommings that make up today’s historical production in Romania the article signals the problems and the successes post 1989 historians had in their endeavor to re write the Romanian past. A closer relationship with the French historiography and thus a closer focus on French themes and particular methods means the German and Anglo Saxon historiographies were rather disregarded this proving detrimental since the theory of history and the methodology has long surpassed the Annales School in favour of American, British or German innovations. Finally the article closes with a bibliographical chapter listing a selection of the books I found relevant for the innovation trend of post 1989 Romanian historiography.

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