HYPERION UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
Faculty of Social, Humanistic and Natural Sciences
- History and Geography -
THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ROMANIANS AND THE BALKAN PEOPLES
- HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL
CONFLUENCES -
Third Edition
13 - 14 Mai 2016
Bucharest
HYPERION UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
Partners
ROMANIAN ASSOCIATION OF
BALKANISTIC AND
SLAVISTIC STUDIES
„NEOFIT RILSKI” UNIVERSITY
OF BLAGOEVGRAD
„LYUBEN KARAVELOV”
REGIONAL LIBRARY
RUSE
ŞTEFADINA COMSERV SRL
ROMANIAN ASSOCIATION ROMANIAN ASSOCIATION
OF LIMNOLOGY OF HUMANISTIC GEOGRAPHERS
SCENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Professor PhD Ştefan Păun, Hyperion University of Bucharest,
Romania
Professor PhD Iulian Cârțână, Hyperion University of
Bucharest, Romania
Professor PhD Constantin Hlihor, Dimitrie Cantemir Christian
University, Bucharest, Romania
Professor PhD Marian Cojoc, Ovidius University, Constanța,
Romania
Academician Professor PhD Sabina Ispas, Director of the
“Constantin Brailoiu” Institute of Ethnography and Folklore of
the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
Professor PhD Mihai Ielenicz, President of Geographical
Society of Romania, Bucharest University
Professor PhD Petre Gâştescu, Hyperion University of
Bucharest, Romania
Professor PhD Alexandru Oşca, Hyperion University of
Bucharest, Romania
Assistant Professor PhD Nicoleta Ciachir, Hyperion University
of Bucharest, Romania, President of the Romanian Association
of Slavistic and Balkanistic Studies
Associate Professor PhD Renata Tatomir, Hyperion University
of Bucharest, Romania
Researcher PhD Sorin Marcel Colesniuc, Vicepresident of the
Romanian Association of Slavistic and Balkanistic Studies,
Romania
Researcher PhD Serhii Hakman, The Bukovinian Center of
Politology of Czernowitz, Ukraine
Associate Profesor PhD Tania Kazandjieva, Kliment Ohridski
University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Associate Professor PhD Blagovest Njagulov, Institute of
Historical Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Assistant Professor PhD Grigor Grigorov, Blagoevgrad
University, Bulgaria
Associate Professor PhD Elena Toma, Hyperion University of
Bucharest, Romania
Associate Professor PhD Elena Manolache, Hyperion
University of Bucharest, Romania
General Director, Nicolae Mihai, Ştefadina Comserv Srl,
Bucharest, Romania
Assistant Professor PhD Irina Lazăr, Hyperion University of
Bucharest, Romania
Assistant Professor PhD Luminiţa Ştefania Boboc, Hyperion
University of Bucharest, Romania
Assistant Professor PhD Samoilă Eduardt, Hyperion
University of Bucharest, Romania
Assistant Professor PhD Elena Bogan, Bucharest University,
Romania
Assistant Professor PhD Daniela Cotoară, Politechnic
University of Bucharest, Romania
PROGRAM
PLENARY ACTIVITIES
Hyperion University, Building A, 6th Floor, Conference Hall
Friday, May 13th 2016
Conference Opening and Keynote Speakers
10:30 – 11:30
Opening Speech: Professor PhD Sever-Irin Spânulescu,
Rector of Hyperion University of Bucharest, Romania
Opening Speech: Professor PhD Iulian Cârțână, Hyperion
University of Bucharest, Romania
Message from the “Constantin Brailoiu” Institute of
Ethnography and Folklore of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest,
Romania: Director, Academician Professor PhD Sabina Ispas
Message from The Society of Geography from Romania
presented by the Chairman Professor Phd Mihai Ielenicz
Message from The Bukovinian Center of Politology of
Czernowitz, Ukraine: Researcher PhD Serhii Hakman
Message from the Blagoevgrad University, Bulgaria:
Assistant Professor PhD Grigor Grigorov
Message from the „Lyuben Karavelov” Regional Library of
Ruse, Bulgaria: Director Teodora Evtimova
Message from the Association of Slavistic and Balkanistic
Studies: President, Assistant Professor PhD Nicoleta Ciachir
Message from the Romanian Association of the Humanistic
Geographers: Vicepresident, Associate Professor PhD Elena
Toma
Plenary speeches
12:00 - 13:00
Moderators: Professor PhD Ştefan Păun
Professor PhD Petre Gâştescu
1. Academician Professor PhD Sabina Ispas, Director of the
“Constantin Brailoiu” Institute of Ethnography and Folklore of
the Romanian Academy: Considerations about the Cultural
Traditions of the Daco-Romanians, the Romanians, and the
Balkan Slavs
2. Researcher PhD Blagovest Njagulov, Institute of Historical
Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Science: Dobrogea between two
myths
3. Professor PhD Constantin Hlihor, Dimitrie Cantemir
Christian University of Bucharest: Geopolitics of the Nation-
State in the Balkans in the Post-Cold War Era. 4. Professor PhD Petre Gâştescu, Hyperion University of
Bucharest: The Danube - Hydrographic Axis of European
Polarisation
Sessions papers
HISTORY SESSION – Part I
Hyperion University, Building A, 6th Floor, Conference Hall
Friday, 13th May 2016
13:30 – 17:30
Moderators
Professor PhD Ştefan Păun
Associate Professor PhD Renata Tatomir
Assistant Professor PhD Grigor Grigorov
1. Professor PhD Radu Vergatti, Vallachia University of
Targoviste, member of the Academy of Romanian Scientists:
The Romanians in the Written Chronicle of Henri de
Valenciennes (1208-1216)
2. Diana Cristiana Lupu, editor of the magazine “Military
Thought”, PhD Student Daniel Silviu Niculae, Carol I National
Defence University: Costache Petrescu - Figure of the Romanian
Community in the 1870’s Silistra
3. Associate Professor PhD Renata Tatomir, Hyperion
University of Bucharest: On the History of Freemasonry in the
Balkans in the Modern Era
4. Professor PhD Ion Giurcă, Hyperion University of
Bucharest: The Geopolitical and Geostrategic Situation in the
Balkans in the View of the Policy and Military Makers of
Bucharest (1914-1916)
5. Associate Professor PhD Doina Pungă, Hyperion
University of Bucharest: A inedited manuscript of Queen Mary
heritage stamps cabinet of the Romanian Academy
6. Professor PhD Ștefan Păun, Hyperion University of
Bucharest: On the Evolution of the Romanian Village in the
Interwar Period
7. Professor PhD Alexandru Oșca, Hyperion University of
Bucharest: Neutral Balkan Block. New Considerations
8. General Director, Nicolae Mihai, Ştefadina Comserv Srl,
Bucharest: Title Reserved
9. Principal Scientific Researcher Ion Constantin, The
National Institute for the Study of Totalitarianism, Bucharest:
The Nicolae Iorga's Contribution to the Founding and
Development of Southeast European Studies in Romania
10. Assistant Professor PhD Alin Spânu, University of
Bucharest: The Romanians from the South of the Danube to the
Attention of the Romanian State (1941)
11. Scientific Researcher PhD Enache Tușa, The Institute of
Political Sciences and International Relations "Ion. I.C. Bratianu"
of the Romanian Academy: The Balkan Aromanians and the
Project of Colonizations in Southern Dobrudja
12. Scientific Researcher PhD Doru Neagu, Oltenia Museum
of Slatina: Principality of the Pindus
13. Professor PhD Marian Cojoc, Ovidius University of
Constanța: On the Balkan Composition of the Anticommunist
Resistance Movement in Dobrogea
14. Scientific Researcher PhD Andreea Bădilă, The Institute
of the Romanian Revolution of December 1989: Security and
Cooperation in the Balcans. Romanian Implications
15. Assistant Professor PhD Daniela Cotoară, Politechnic
University of Bucharest: European Union citizenship and Free
movement
16. Constantin Alexandru Dumitrescu MA Student:
Destabilization of the Western Balkans in the late 90’s
Sessions papers
HISTORY SESSION – Part II
Hyperion University, Building A, 6th Floor, Conference Hall
Friday, 14th May 2016
12.00 – 16.00
Moderators
Assistant Professor PhD Nicoleta Ciachir
Scientific Researcher PhD Sorin Marcel Colesniuc
Researcher PhD Serhii Hakman
1. Associate Profesor PhD Tania Kazandjieva, Kliment
Ohridski University of Sofia, Bulgaria: Des personnages
demonologiques dans le folklore bulgare et roumaine -
parallèles
2. Associate Professor PhD Grigor Grigorov, University of
Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria: Romanian Saints of Bulgarian Origin
(XIVth-XVIIIth centuries)
3. Professor PhD Ioan Opriș, Vallachia University of
Targoviste: B.P. Hașdeu and the Albanians
4. Assistant Professor PhD Nicoleta Ciachir, Hyperion
University of Bucharest, President of the Romanian Association
of Balkanistic and Slavistic Studies: The Balkan Solidarity
during the National Renaissance Period
5. Assistant Professor PhD Rita Barbu, Dimitrie Cantemir
Christian University, Bucharest: Romania's Diplomatic Activity
for the Rights of the Aromanians in the Ottoman Empire
(1900-1912)
6. Marius Dobrescu PhD, Writer, Romanian Association of
Balkanistic and Slavistic Studies: Prince William of Wied and
the Anti-State Movements in the Summer of 1914
7. Professor PhD Marin Badea, Dimitrie Cantemir Christian
University, Bucharest: Balkans and the Great Powers on the
Eve of the Outbreak of World War I.
8. Scientific Researcher PhD Serhii Hakman, The
Bukovinian Center of Politology of Czernowitz, Ukraine:
The Legal Regulation of the Problem of Bukovina after the
World War I. Ethnic Interests vs. Geopolitical Interests
9. Professor PhD Ion Calafeteanu, Vallachia University of
Targoviste: Grigore Gafencu and the Project of the Neutral
Balkan Block
10. Scientific Researcher PhD Sorin Marcel Colesniuc,
Vicepresident of the Romanian Association of Balkanistic and
Slavistic Studies: Aspects of the History of the Romanian
Association of Balkanistic and Slavistic Studies
11. Cornel Mărculescu PhD, Targoviste, Romania: Aspects of
the 1916 Campaign Reflected in Toma Dumitrescu’s Diary
12. Răzvan Mitu PhD, Deputy Secretary of the Romanian
Association of Balkanistic and Slavistic Studies: The Situation
of Jews in Bulgaria during the World War II
13. Assistant Professor PhD Camelia Brâncoveanu, Dimitrie
Cantemir Christian University, Bucharest: The Yugoslav Wars of
the '90s
14. Anna-Maria Atanasova, Chief Protocol, Embassy of the
Republic of Bulgaria in Romania: The Bulgarian Honorary
Consulate of Ploiesti
15. Blagovest Nikolov PhD Student, Anghel Kăncev University
of Ruse, Bulgaria: Energy Diversification in Romania and
Bulgaria. A Comparative View
16. Marian Harapcea PhD Student, Vallachia University of
Targoviste : Romania and Bulgaria. Nuclear Targets in 1956.
Sessions papers
GEOGRAPHY SESSION – Part I
Hyperion University, Building B, 1st Floor, Auditorium Hall
Friday, 13th May 2016
13:30 – 17:30
Moderators
Professor PhD Petre Gâştescu
Professor PhD Gheorghe Popescu
1. Professor PhD Mihai Ielenicz, University of Bucharest:
Wetlands and the Geographer’s role in their analysis
2. Professor PhD Gheorghe C. Popescu, Ph.D. candidate Iulia
Negrea, Dr. Monica Macovei, University of Bucharest, Faculty of
Geology and Geophysics: Infraproterosoic ”Mineralized bacteria”
in Letea levee sand – Danube Delta
3. Professor PhD Mirela Mazilu, University of Craiova,
Department of Geography, Ph.D. candidate Sabina Gheorgheci,
University of Bucharest, ”Simion Mehedinţi” Doctoral School:
Transboundary cooperation: cultural dimension of the European
integration
4. Associate PhD Elena Toma, Hyperion University of Bucharest:
Ethnic continuity in the southern Dobrudja environment
5. Associate PhD Claudia Căpăţână, Hyperion University of
Bucharest: Macedo-Romanians continuity in the Balkan
environment
6. Associate PhD Elena Manolache, Hyperion University of
Bucharest: Role of historic factors in the urban development of
Alba Iulia municipium
7. Researcher PhD Dumitru-Cătălin Rogojanu, Dacian and
Roman Civilization Museum, Deva: Identity consideration of
security in the western Balkans
8. Associate PhD Mădălina Andrei, Associate PhD Cezar
Gherasim, Spiru Haret University of Bucharest: Balkan
economic convergence through SUERD policy
9. Associate PhD Luminiţa Ştefania Boboc, Hyperion
University of Bucharest: Romanian autochthonous cultural
fundament and novel cultural elements brought by the migratory
population
10. Associate PhD Eduardt Samoilă, Hyperion University of
Bucharest: Romania and the activity of the Inter-Allied Danube
Commission 1918-1920
11. Assistant PhD Irina Lazăr Hyperion University of
Bucharest: Romanian units of cultural and religious interest in
the Balkans
12. Assistant PhD Elena Bogan, University of Bucharest:
European Union citizenship rights and Free movement
13. Dr. Daniel Vârdol, Hyperion University of Bucharest:
Romania and Bulgaria – Social-economic developments after
the accession in the European Union
14. Assistant Phd Cezar Gherasim, Assistant Phd Mădălina
Andrei, Spiru Haret University of Bucharest: Geo-political
evolution of the Balkan countries as reflected in the 19th and 20th
century maps
15. Iuliana Grumăzescu, Adrian Lupeş, ”Dimitrie Gusti”
Village Museum, Bucharest: Traditions and customs at the south
Danube Romanians
16. Teacher PhD Daniel Diaconescu, ”Ilie Popescu” school of
Şotânga: SSI influence on the Romanian foreign policy
(1940-1945)
17. Master student Diana Rădoi, Hyperion University of
Bucharest, Moscopole, a centre of urban resonance in the Balkans
18. Master student Ţuţuianu Laurenţiu, University of
Bucharest: Climatic trend in the Balkan Peninsula in the last
11700 years
Sessions papers
GEOGRAPHY SESSION – Part II
Hyperion University, Building B, 1st Floor, Auditorium Hall
Saturday, 14 May 2016
12:00 – 16:00
Moderators
Associate PhD Elena Toma
Associate PhD Elena Manolache
1. Associate PhD Claudia Căpăţână, PhD Daniel Vârdol,
Hyperion University of Bucharest: Geodemographic
modifications in the Balkan environment at the beginning of the
21st century
2. Associate PhD Ştef Vasile, Hyperion University of
Bucharest: Ancient fittings for the water supply of the Dacian
fortresses in Orăştie Mountains
3. Andoria Ioniţă, National Institute of Statistics: Demographic
shifts in south-eastern Europe
4. Teacher PhD Mihaela Manolea, ”Domnul Tudor” Technical
College Drobeta Turnu Severin, Mehedinţi: Romanian
communities in Serbian Banat
5. Teacher PhD Cristian Vlad Bârligeanu, Vulcana Pandele
School: Modelling shapes of the mountain sides, defined
through the frontal concordance relationship-through
coincidence
6. PhD Iulian Ştef, Alba Iulia County Hydrological Station:
Use of Mureş river waters in time
7. PhD candidate Amalia Boutte, University of Bucharest,
”Simion Mehedinţi” Doctoral School, PhD candidate Postea
Maria University of Bucharest, ”Simion Mehedinţi” Doctoral
School: Historic patrimony of Giurgiu county between
carelessness and conservation
8. Teacher Carmen Pahonţu, Auto-transport Technological
High School in Târgovişte: Geopolitical situation in the Balkan
Peninsula
9. Teacher Beatrice Simescu, ”Mihai Viteazu” Theoretical
High School in Vişina: Political-diplomatic activity displayed by
Romania at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919-1920
10. Teacher Dorina Grecu, Odobeşti Gymnasium School:
Present-day geodemographic structures
11. Ştefan Vasile Lazăr: Romanian ethnic structures in Bitolia
Macedonian environment.
12. Senior Teacher Victor Dan Trufaş, “Sigismund Toduţă”
Arts High-School, Deva: Geopolitics and energetic security in
the Balkans
13. Teacher Andreea Monica Vasile, ”Mihai Viteazu”
Theoretical High School in Vişina: European Union and the
Balkan environment – issues and solutions
14. Teacher Nicoleta Loredana Bobeică, Şotânga, Târgovişte:
Education dimensions of teaching-learning in the sciences
system
15. Teacher Manuela Camelia Lazăr, Şotânga, Târgovişte:
Human resource - theoretical aspects of the intellectual
development of children
16. Teacher Claudia Marinescu, ”Tudor Vladimirescu” School
in Târgovişte: Romanians in the Balkans - past and present