Keith Hitchins and the Romanian Historical Canon
Keith Hitchins and the Romanian Historical Canon

Summary/Abstract: Shortly after his passing, I have written elsewhere, for a wider educated Romanian audience, a few pages on Keith Hitchins, placing him, however incompletely, in several defining contexts. I briefly return now to that framework and to those glimpses into Keith’s life and work, in order to add a few elements for a critical history of historical studies on Romania and for a future comprehensive assessment of Keith’s lifetime achieve-ment and legacy. Between my two modest contributions, and in a similar vein, the first important steps towards that assessment have been taken by Paul E. Michelson in his substantial essay, Keith Hitchins (1931-2020): Trailblazer, Ambassador, and Elder Statesman of Romanian Studies.

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