In Memoriam. Barbu Ștefănescu (5 iulie 1953–16 februarie 2013): istoric al lumii rurale
In Memoriam. Barbu Stefănescu (July 5, 1953–February 16, 2013): Historian of the Rural World

Summary/Abstract: Ten years have passed since we parted with our colleague, the late teacher and researcher from Oradea, Barbu Ștefănescu. The idea of writing this essay, this evocation of a long and beautiful human and intellectual friendship came to me immediately after his sudden death. Barbu Ștefănescu was born in a village in Țara Hațegului, near Retezat Mountains, and he always identified with the world of his childhood: the village. Over time, he became one of the most prestigious historians of the Romanian rural world. As a museographer, he dealt with restorations, and as an ethnographer, with fieldwork and the collection of objects and traditions specific to the rural world of Crișana. Barbu Ștefănescu left behind a valuable historiographic work, which always deserves to be re-read and evaluated. What is also noteworthy is his interdisciplinary interest in the analysis of data obtained from history, ethnography, museology, archives and the remarkable use of a reading grid, proposed by the new history of the rural world.

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