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Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bucharest”, a
little discussed matter in the romanian historiography, namely, the position
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1945, on the eve of the paris peace
Conference towards the “Aromanian issue”.
A total of four papers, those of prof. Dr. radu Baltasiu, lecturer
dr. dorin lozovanu, dr. Gabriela rusu-Păsărin, and Emil ţîrcomnicu
presents the results of field work in the interdisciplinary fields: sociology,
ethnology, demography, history, and linguistics. the researches were
done in romania but also in the south of the Danube: in Aromanian and
romanian residential areas, the area occupied by the romanians in timoc,
in Vojvodina (Serbia), the lipovan community in romania, the Aromanians
in Albania, Macedonia, Greece and Serbia.
A presentation which has generated extensive discussions was that of
dr. Viorel stănilă 1 on the problem of the neo-Aromanian spirit in the current
political context of the Balkan peninsula; the position of each country in
the Balkan peninsula concerning the presence of the Aromanians on this
territory has been presented, in turn.
A different paper, but also on Balkan issues, it was that of Mr. Apostol
patelakis from thessaloniki about the civil war in Greece in the period
1945–1948, the war which had negative consequences on the lives of the
Aromanians living in those territories.
to conclude, the presentations held in the fourth section – B of the
International Symposium “the Book. romania. europe”, September
20 th –23 rd , 2010, and published in the present volume, are the results of
field investigations, of research carried in archives and libraries assuring
thus their high academic standards. As a result, new issues were put into
circulation or older issues were revisited. A special place had the papers
based on field work, demonstrating that such information will become
increasingly important in the future and will win a greater reliability.
1 To be published latter in the library’s monthly, “Biblioteca Bucureştilor”.