Our member, Ioana Apostol, PhD, researcher at the “G. Oprescu” Institute of Art History in Bucharest (Romanian Academy), participated in the international conference “Voices and Silences: 50 Years of the Society for Romanian Studies“, held in Cluj-Napoca on May 29–31, 2025, in collaboration with Babeș-Bolyai University (Faculty of European Studies).
During the conference, Ioana presented the paper “A Discontinuous Career and Body of Work: The Rise of George Oprescu in Romanian Art Historiography”, in the panel entitled “Romanian Art Historiography in the 20th Century: Continuities, Fractures, and Ideological Reconfigurations”, organized under the aegis of the Balkan History Association, with the support of the “G. Oprescu” Institute of Art History.
The session, chaired by Radu Mârza, PhD, explored the impact of political and ideological changes on Romanian art historiographical discourse in the 20th century, highlighting the continuities and fractures shaped by the interwar and postwar contexts. The panel also featured presentations by Vlad Țoca, PhD (“The Shaping and Metamorphosis of the Canon of the History of Romanian Art during the 20th Century”) and Roxana Modreanu, PhD (“The Middle of the 20th Century: Turning Points in Romanian Art Historiography”).
