TIME AND IDENTITY IN YESTERDAY’S AND TODAY’S TRANSYLVANIA. THE CASE OF HUNGARIAN AND ROMANIAN STUDENTS FROM « BABEŞ-BOLYAI » UNIVERSITY Cover Image

TEMPS ET IDENTITE DANS LA TRANSYLVANIE D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI. LE CAS DES ETUDIANTS HONGROIS ET ROUMAINS DANS L’UNIVERSITE « BABES-BOLYAI »
TIME AND IDENTITY IN YESTERDAY’S AND TODAY’S TRANSYLVANIA. THE CASE OF HUNGARIAN AND ROMANIAN STUDENTS FROM « BABEŞ-BOLYAI » UNIVERSITY

Author(s): Irina Postolache
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: history; memory; language; nationalism; identity.

Summary/Abstract: This article offers a historical and anthropological analysis of how Time is experienced in Transylvania by the Hungarian and Romanian students at the University "Babes-Bolyai". Furthermore, it offers a historical and anthropological perspective on how it influences the identity of these students. When I say Time, I talk about history and memory as well, and I follow a temporal path that gave birth to two stories and two different memories, even opposite ones, of Transylvania. I focus on Time because it is a basic factor around which relationships between people are built, between Self and the Other, and thereby it participates in the construction of identity.

  • Issue Year: 56/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 103-124
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: French