New Reference Books on Romanian Historiography. A Review Essay – Paul Michelson
Two things have been greatly lacking since 1989 in regard to the history of history in Romania. The first is a detailed, factual synthesis of their historiographical past by the Romanians themselves. There have been a number of significant works by the leading historiographers of Romania (such as Lucian Boia, Pompiliu Teodor, and Alexandru Zub), but these have not included comprehensive surveys of that historiography. The second gap in post-1989 Romanian historiography has been the lack of a comprehensive, encyclopedic reference volume encompassing the work of all those who have labored in the complex fields of the Romanian past throughout the incredible vicissitudes of their quondam heritage.
A particular obstacle for historiographers of Romanian history is the fact that many of those who wrote about the Romanian past were also very present in the making of that past. This is further complicated by being coupled with the intertwining of history writing and Romanian national consciousness, national identity, and the Romanian state.
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