Nicolae Iorga as everybody’s political ally in post-communist Romania
Nicolae Iorga as everybody’s political ally in post-communist Romania

Summary/Abstract: This chapter discusses how the memory of an influential figure of modern Roma-nia’s history like Nicolae Iorga (1871–1940), a foremost historian-politician and nationalistintellectual, became instrumental in the three decades following the end of communismby politicians. As he is considered the father of Romanian nationalism and a symbol of thenationalist struggle on the eve of WWI, Iorga’s memory in contemporary Romania allowsus to examine nationalism in politics. In the research, a qualitative approach was adoptedto the subject by dealing with discourses and initiatives produced by politicians as agents ofmemory in post-communist Romania. By looking at the various strategies of remembranceused after 1989 by these memory entrepreneurs, the research investigates the politicianswho honoured Iorga, the purpose of their engagement in such politics of memory, and whatthis says about how post-communist politics, nationalism and memory mingled.

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