Students and Teachers of the State University of Chișinău, 1946-1987: Mentalities, Daily Life and Ideology Cover Image

Studenţi şi cadre didactice ale Universității de Stat din Chişinău, 1946 1987: mentalități, viață cotidiană și ideologie
Students and Teachers of the State University of Chișinău, 1946-1987: Mentalities, Daily Life and Ideology

Author(s): Igor Cașu
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Higher Education , Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption
Published by: Editura University Press, Universitatea de Medicina, Farmacie, Stiinte si Tehnologie “George Emil Palade” din Targu Mures
Keywords: Soviet higher education; Soviet Moldavia; everyday life; ideology; New (Wo)Man, corruption;

Summary/Abstract: The article takes a longue durée perspective on the history of the State University in Chișinău. More exactly, it sheds new light on the relations between students and the teaching staff at the first Moldavian Bessarabian university created by the Soviet regime in the aftermath of World War II. Based on new archival documents, it revolves around three main subtopics. The one focused on mentalities, the second one on everyday life, and the third one on ideology. The article tackles sensitives issues such as amoral or illegal actions by both students and professors, including corruption affairs and sexual scandals, how the Communist regime dealt with them and how these phenomena are connected to the ultimate goal, and failure, of the Soviet higher education, in creating the New (Wo)Man.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 85-128
  • Page Count: 44
  • Language: Romanian