ON THE DYNAMICS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES REGARDING THE NUMBER, COMPOSITION, AND LOCALITY OF THE ROMANIANS IN HUNGARY

Gheorghe PETRUȘAN

doi:10.24193/subbphilo.2018.3.12

Authors

Gheorghe PETRUȘAN University of Szeged (Szegedi Tudományegyetem), Hungary. E-mail : petrusangh@yahoo.com

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphilo.2018.3.12

Keywords:

Romanians in Hungary, majority, minority, nation, language.

Abstract

On the dynamics of the circumstances regarding the number, composition, and locality of the Romanians in Hungary. The following pages provide the information necessary to get acquainted with a significant Romanian community left outside the Romanian borders as established in 1918. We look at the dynamics of this population relative to the historical factors which have determined its destiny. The research is based on documents less known to the wide public. The experience of the author, strenghtened by the fact that he is contemporary with the evolution of this community, his entire academic activity, is, in its turm, a bibliographical resource.

Rezumat. Dinamica circumstanţelor distribuţiei teritoriale, compoziţiei naţionale şi a numărului românilor din Ungaria. Paginile ce urmează oferă informațiile necesare pentru cunoașterea unei importante comunități românești ce a rămas în afara granițelor României, stabilite la 1918. Privim dinamica acestei populații în funcție de factorii istorici ce i-au determinat destinul. Cercetarea are la bază documente mai puțin cunoscute publicului larg. Experiența autorului, confirmată de faptul că este contemporanul evoluției acestei comunități căreia i-a dedicat întreaga activitate academică, este la rându-i sursă bibliografică.

Cuvinte cheie: Românii din Ungaria, majoritate, minoritate, națiune, limbă.

Author Biography

Gheorghe PETRUȘAN, University of Szeged (Szegedi Tudományegyetem), Hungary. E-mail : petrusangh@yahoo.com

Gheorghe Petrușan, Professor Emeritus, University of Szeged (Szegedi Tudományegyetem), Hungary. He is the author of seminal works regarding the community of the Romanians in Hungary; the most important of these works bears the symbolic title În căutarea identității noastre [In Search of Our Identity] (Gyula, 1994). Professor of Romanian history and civilisation at The University of Szeged, Hungary, he has educated most of the Romanian intellectuals who stood aut from the ranks of the Romanian community. Founder and editor of Conviețuirea [Living Together], he established contacts, with the means at his disposal, between the Romanian intellectuals on the two sides of the border. A collaborator of the Romanian weekly from Gyula, Hungary, the author is the leader whose point of view is constantly expected by the community. E-mail : petrusangh@yahoo.com

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