Repere ale tradiţiei şi inovaţiei istoriografice la Institutul de Istorie „George Bariţ” din Cluj în perioada 2002-2005
Tradition and Innovation in Historiography at the “George Bariţ” Institute of History from Cluj between 2002-2005

Summary/Abstract: The present paper will present the activity of the “George Bariţ” Institute of History from Cluj-Napoca at a time when the debates on the role, efficiency and future prospects of the Romanian Academy have become very topical. We will also describe the impact which these debates on the Academy’s policy have had on the activity of the historians from Cluj. If we analyse the amount of work done in recent years at the Institute of History from Cluj-Napoca we realise that the conflict between traditionalism and innovation has had a rather positive impact on the lines of research pursued here. Avoiding both stereotypical approaches and an extreme reformism, the historians from Cluj have managed to develop research projects which are fully compatible with European standards and have thus enhanced the scientific prestige of the Institute of History. Therefore, the lines of research regarded as of fundamental interest for Romania historiography have not been abandoned, but they have been complemented with new areas of investigation such as: historical demography, the history of ethnic and religious minorities, the history of Romanian emigration, the history of European integration etc. In conclusion, we can state that the Institute of History from Cluj has never failed to pursue research of the highest scientific quality, which is largely the result of the harmonious co-existence of tradition and innovation in the methodology and principles of historiographic work.

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