András Bodor and the History of Classical Studies in Transylvania in the 20th century
By (author) Csaba Szabo
Paperback (Published)
(December 2020)
ISBN: 9781789698343
6.1 x 9.25 inches
Price: $35.00
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This volume focusses on the life and academic heritage of András Bodor (1915-1999), a classicist from Transylvania. Based on a large number of unpublished documents and the major works of Bodor, the book reconstructs the life of a classicist from the periphery of Europe, a region that changed many times during the 20th century.
András Bodor and the history of classical studies in Transylvania in the 20th century is the first comprehensive work focusing on the life of a classicist from Transylvania, presenting in detail the life and academic heritage of András Bodor (1915-1999). Based on 1348 newly identified letters, 209 photographs (including 25 portraits), András Bodor’s complete bibliography and his unpublished memoir from 1915-1959, the work offers also the first publication of Bodor’s academic correspondence (107 letters) and also extracts from his unpublished journal. Based on a large number of unpublished documents and the major works of Bodor, the book tries to reconstruct the life and academic heritage of a classicist from the periphery of Europe, a region that changed so many times over the long course of the 20th century. András Bodor appears as a student torn between theology and classical studies, a Transylvanian Hungarian who ended up at Oxford, a lecturer at the Hungarian University of Cluj, a researcher who had the idea of establishing a new school of classics, marginalised and compromising, a quiet teacher of the newly established Babeș-Bolyai University and also a senior professor engaged in education policy. The personality and work of Bodor is presented through the short history of classics in Transylvania, Romania, reflecting on the European and global changes of the discipline.
Introduction ;
Research history and sourcesAcknowledgementsThe life of András BodorFrom Suatu (Magyarszovát) to Oxford: the beginnings (1915-1937)The Oxford YearsFrom Theology to ClassicsIn the Service of UniversitiesThe so-called ‘Geto-Dacian’ PeriodRoman History, Art and ReligionThe History of Ancient Napoca ;
Ancient SlaveryResearch history and sourcesAcknowledgementsThe life of András BodorFrom Suatu (Magyarszovát) to Oxford: the beginnings (1915-1937)The Oxford YearsFrom Theology to ClassicsIn the Service of UniversitiesThe so-called ‘Geto-Dacian’ PeriodRoman History, Art and ReligionThe History of Ancient Napoca ;
Ancient Slavery
Csaba Szabó (1987) is an assistant lecturer at the University of Lucian Blaga, Sibiu (Romania) and research fellow of the University of Szeged (Hungary). His current research is focusing on Roman religious communication and space sacralisation in the Danubian provinces, history of archaeology and classics in Transyslvania, and public archaeology in Romania.
- By (author) Csaba Szabo
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'Archaeopress's Archaeological Lives series is an excellent innovation. I look forward to reading more.' – James Hargrave (2023): Ancient West and East 22
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