Stefan Ihrig. Wer sind die Moldawier? Rumänismus versus Moldowanismus in Historiographie und Schulbüchern der Republik Moldova, 1991-2006
Stefan Ihrig. Who are the Moldavians? Romanianhood versus Moldovianhood in the historiography and school manuals from Republic of Moldavia, 1991-2006

Summary/Abstract: The post-Soviet transition period of Eastern and Central European states has become an attractive and constant subject for researchers and scholars interested in the political, social and historical development in the area. This transition period has also proven to be an auspicious time for defining their collective identity. Focusing on the situation of Besserabia after 1991, Stefan Ihrig tries in his book Wer sind die Moldawier. Rumänismus versus Moldowanismus in Historiographie und Schulbüchern der Republik Moldova, 1991-2006, to define the complexity of the political and societal life of this new entity on Europe’s map. As a research fellow at the Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research, Braunschweig Germany, and taking part personally in the International Seminar "Multiperspectivitatea în predarea istoriei" held in Holercani, Republic of Moldavia, (July 2006), Stefan Ihrig had the chance to place himself in the middle of the situation, which gives him the unique advantage of being impartial in the analysis he carries out, detaching himself as a independent observer throughout the study.

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