Andrei Oişteanu
Andrei Oişteanu (born September 18, 1948 in Bucharest ) is a Romanian religious historian , cultural scientist and journalist .
Life
The son of a Jewish family was born in Bucharest in 1948 and studied humanities with a focus on ethnology .
His first books were devoted to Romanian folklore and folk mythology . After the reunification, further study and research stays in Hungary, Israel and Germany followed.
In 2001 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the image of Jews in traditional Romanian culture. This work later evolved into a comprehensive study that was translated into several languages.
Today Andrei Oişteanu is a lecturer at the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Bucharest and a member of the Romanian Academy , where he heads the Department of History of Religions. He deals with the topic of Romanian anti-Semitism and with the prehistory of the Romanian Holocaust. In his country, Oisteanu has been one of the most important intellectuals and publicists since the 1990s.
Individual evidence
- ↑ CURRICULUM VITAE ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Romanian; PDF; 87 kB)
- ↑ Personal ( Memento of the original dated December 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Romanian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oişteanu, Andrei |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian religious historian, cultural scientist and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bucharest |