The Academy of Romanian Scientists through the Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research “Constantin Angelescu” (ICAI), together with partners: the Central University Library “Carol I”, the National Institute for Research and Development in Computer Science – ICI Bucharest, the National Museum of Romanian Literature, the County Library “George Barițiu” in Brasov, the University Foundation “Carol I” and the DigiLib Muscel Association organize the 15th edition of the “Slove Muscelene” symposium on “Transforming libraries into digital culture hubs“.
This year’s edition is a jubilee edition that marks 15 years since the initiation of a national scientific event, which has become international over time, which will be held in a hybrid way, with physical presence in Câmpulung Muscel, Villa Golescu and online participation for other guests from the country and abroad (France, Croatia, Cyprus, Sweden).
As in previous editions, academics, university professors, researchers, historians, historians, computer scientists, directors of major libraries, publishers and companies working in the field will be invited to the event to discuss the importance of digital transformation in libraries and other cultural institutions. The impressions of the participants of the various editions will be published in a volume to be launched at the event.
The event also signifies the preservation of the “Slove Muscelene” tradition, started 15 years ago, which was attended by many personalities, such as the vice-president of the Romanian Academy and rectors of universities, directors of large institutions, prestigious researchers in library science, history, computer science. This year, the organisers have set up the Slove scholarship, worth 1000 Euro, which will be awarded to a young librarian for a training period abroad.
Please note that the entire event was and is financially supported exclusively by the organizers (Information about the editions of the “Slove Muscelene” symposium can be found at http://www.digilibmuscel.ro/).
TIME SCHEDULE
Thursday, 13.07.2023
10:30 – 11:00 Registration of participants
11:00 – 12:00 Opening of the proceedings, Word from the organisers and Messages from the Officials
12:00 – 13:00 Funding libraries for digital transformation through the NRRP
Presentation by representatives of the Authority for the Digitisation of Romania
13:00 – 13:30 Coffee break
Recital – Mădălina Lupu
13:30 – 14:00 Launch of the book “Slove muscelene – jubilee edition – 15 years”
14:00 Musical moment performed by baritone Alexandru Chiriac – soloist of Brasov State Opera
14:30 – 15:00 “Slove” Scholarship Awarding
Silvan Stâncel Recital
Meeting of the National Library Commission (for commission members only)
Programme provided by the organisers
15:00 – 16:30 Lunch offered at “Vila Golescu”
16:30 – 18:30 Visiting the historical sites of the Muscel area
Presentation of folk costumes from the Muscel area
Friday, 14.07.2023
10:00 – 13:00 Round table (conducted online)
Turning libraries into digital culture hubs
Moderators: Acad. Florin Filip – Romanian Academy and Prof. dr. eng. Doina Banciu – Vice-President of the Academy of Romanian Scientists
The Academy of Romanian Scientists honors him on acad. Constantin Bălăceanu-Stolnici on his 100th birthday. University professor, PhD in Neuropsychiatry and Geriatrics, neurologist, honorary member of the Romanian Academy, founding member of the Academy of Romanian Scientists, member of the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences, he is a prominent personality of Romanian education, science and culture.
Born on July 6, 1923, in Bucharest, descendant of the old noble family of Bălăcenilor, which played a significant role in the history of the Romanian Country, he attended the high school “I. C. Brătianu” in Pitesti, graduated from the University of Medicine in Bucharest in 1947, and in 1968 he obtained a PhD in Medical Sciences. Specialising in neuropsychiatry and geriatrics, he has developed a complex career, during which he has combined the medical profession with university professorship in an exemplary manner. He was a specialist neurologist at Colentina Hospital and at Dr. Cantacuzino Hospital, primary neurologist at Gheorghe Marinescu Hospital in Bucharest, primary geriatrician, head of department and general director at the National Institute of Gerontology, head of the Methodological Service of Neurology and Neurosurgery. At the same time, he was a preparator and assistant at the Department of Anatomy and the Department of Neurology of the Medical-Pharmaceutical Institute, substitute professor at the Department of General Cybernetics of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Bucharest, professor of neuropsychology and anatomy of the nervous system, professor of history of culture and science, associate professor at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (England), Pontifical University of Porto Alegre (Brazil), Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo of Santander (Spain), Catalan Medical Academy of Barcelona (Spain), College of Medicine of Paris (France). In summary, his areas of expertise are: neuropsychology, anatomy and physiology of the nervous system, neurogeriatrics, practical geriatrics, postmodernist neuropsychology, general cybernetics, neurocybernetics, human personality, general and behavioural genetics, anthropogenesis and genesis of culture, history of culture and science. As a physician and scientist, he is a pioneer in the field of neuroscibernetics and a continuator of the school of geriatrics founded by Acad. Prof. Dr. Ana Aslan, who introduced geriatrics as a specialty in the Romanian health system.
Constantin Bălăceanu-Stolnici has a prodigious scientific and cultural work, which includes books, monographs, studies both in specialized fields and in broader areas of science, culture and civilization. Among them: Elements of anatomy and physiology of the nervous system, 1948; Elements of Neurocybernetics, 1967; Human personality – a cybernetic interpretation, 1972; Neurogeriatrics, 1984; Anatomists in search of the soul, 1981; Dialogues on the seen and unseen, 1995; Treatise on Practical Geriatrics, 1998; Postmodernist Neuropsychology, 2000; Central structures of the nervous system, 2001; The Three Arrows – a study of national history, 1995; The Saga of the Barons du Mont – 900 years of European political and military history, 1995; The Saga of the Bălăcenilor, 2001; Introduction to the Study of Jewish and Christian Kabbalah, 1996; Kabbalah, Between Gnosis and Magic, 2004;Anthropogenesis and the Genesis of Culture, 2006; An Introduction to Anthropogenesis, 2006; General and Behavioral Genetics, 2008.
For his activity and merits proved during a long career, Professor Constantin Bălăceanu-Stolnici received important awards and distinctions: the Order of the Star of Romania in the rank of Knight; decorated with the Patriarchal Cross and the Moldavian Cross; the Maltese Merit in the rank of Officer; laureate of the Grand Prize of the French Society of High Syntheses; Doctor Honoris Causa of several universities in the country.
Today, at the venerable age of 100, Professor Bălăceanu-Stolnici remains involved and active in several fields, holding a number of positions: Testamentary Ephor of the Brancovenetian Settlements (Domnița Bălașa Church), Member of the National Assembly and of the National Council of the Romanian Orthodox Church, President of the Romanian Athenaeum Society, Honorary Director of the Institute of Anthropology “Francisc Rainer” of the Romanian Academy, Honorary President of the Ecological University of Bucharest, President of the Order of Malta Families in Romania, President of the International Anti-Drug and Human Rights Centre (C.I.A.D.O.) Romania.
Professor Constantin Bălăceanu-Stolnici has covered a large part of the history of the 20th century and the first decades of the 21st century, has known important inter-war and post-war personalities, has carried out a brilliant activity in the fields of education, science, culture and civilization, making a valuable contribution to their development through spirit, creation and knowledge. Heir and representative of an old Romanian aristocratic family, his lordship is, by genealogy, merits and conduct, a “Boer of the Romanian world”, a prestigious promoter of authentic spiritual and moral values in a society that is in dire need of models and landmarks. Trained in the medical sciences, physician and professor, he has constantly expanded his curiosity and research in cutting-edge fields of science and in the vast areas of culture and civilization, demonstrating a comprehensive and fruitful spirit in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary knowledge. An encyclopedic personality of Renaissance humanist nature, at the impressive age of 100, Professor Bălăceanu-Stolnici remains the same active, curious and investigative spirit, committed to fundamental research and, at the same time, open to knowledge in the Age of Technology and Artificial Intelligence.
On the occasion of his venerable one-century birthday, the Academy of Romanian Scientists awarded Academician Constantin Bălăceanu-Stolnici, an illustrious member of the AOSR, the Diploma of Excellence for his Opera Omnia and the Jubilee Medal. The rationale for awarding the Diploma of Excellence is as follows: “for all his scientific, academic, professional, educational, cultural and social activity, carried out under the highest quality standards and under the auspices of the values of humanism, for OPERA OMNIA and his exceptional contribution to the development of the field of medical sciences, for a life dedicated to the edification through education, science and knowledge of the young generations and Romanian society, on the occasion of his 100th birthday”.
The entire academic community of the AOSR wishes the illustrious contemporary: Happy Birthday, good health and further success in the work he continues to do, tirelessly, enthusiastically and creatively!
Communication and Public Relations Office of the Academy of Romanian Scientists (Contact: comunicare.aosr@gmail.com ) 06.07.2023
The 21st International Balkan Workshop on Applied Physics and Materials Science aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Applied Physics and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted.
The workshop is organized by Ovidius University of Constanta, the Balkan Physical Union, the Romanian Physical Society, Romanian Academy and Academy of Romanian Scientists and is addressed to all scholars interested in applied physics from the Balkan countries and from all over the world. The participation of young scientists and students is greatly encouraged, one of the goals of the workshop being to offer the new generation an opportunity to present original new results and a chance to learn from the experience of distinguished researchers.
The organizers acknowledge the importance of proper dissemination of scientific knowledge and offer the attendees the possibility to publish their full papers in journals that are indexed in the Thomson-Reuters Web-of-Science database.
The Academy of Romanian Scientists commemorates General Paul Teodorescu (1888-1981), full member, on the occasion of his 135th birthday.
The “General Paul Teodorescu” Centre for Research on the Cooperation between the Orthodox Church and the Romanian Army and the magazine Mission, founded and directed by Prof. Valentin Ciorbea, full member of the Academy of Romanian Scientists, commemorates General Paul Teodorescu on July 7-8, 2023 on the occasion of his 135th birthday.
On Friday 7 July 2023, the National Symposium “The Church and the Romanian Army. Traditions of cooperation”, 10th edition, and issue X of Mission magazine will be launched.
On Saturday, July 8, 2023, the religious and military ceremony will take place during which the plaque of the Heroes of the 30th Guards Brigade “Mihai Viteazul” will be unveiled and consecrated. The Hrisov will be presented and signed by which the Holy Monastery will be reconsecrated as a place of prayer and remembrance for the Air Force, Navy and 30th Guards Brigade “Mihai Viteazul”, fulfilling the wish expressed in the will of General Paul Teodorescu. The event will be honoured by representatives of the Government, the Defence Staff, the Air Force Staff, the Naval Staff, the National Defence University “Carol I” and the Academy of Romanian Scientists.
On this occasion, Prof. Dr. Eng. Adrian Badea, President of the Academy of Romanian Scientists, sent the following tribute to the organizers:
Tribute to General Paul Teodorescu on his 135th birthday
2023 is the year in which, on a round anniversary, we pay homage to General Paul Teodorescu (28 June 1888-17 January 1981), a personality who distinguished himself in the interwar period in the command line, in diplomacy (military attaché in Paris, Brussels and Madrid), as a teacher, reformer of higher military education (commander and creator of the campus of the Superior War School), Minister of Air and Navy and scientist.
Among his achievements, which were quite remarkable for their spiritual-religious impact, the consecration in 1939 of the Wooden Monastery as the Holy Place of the Air Force and Navy remains forever, giving a new dimension to the secular links between the Army and the Church. Paul Teodorescu is considered, together with Matei Basarab and Șerban Cantacuzino, the third founder of the monastery, personally taking care of the restoration of the monastery complex and the consolidation of the association of the Air Force and Navy with the Holy Monastery.
His books, studies and articles have earned him recognition in academia for his originality and importance in Army training.
The Romanian Academy of Sciences elected him in the very year of its establishment, 1935, to Section VIII – Military Genius as a corresponding member. A year later, in December 1936, he became a full member.
In 1940, he was placed under house arrest by order of General Ion Antonescu, for which reason he resigned from the army. Like so many other leading Romanian soldiers and men of value, he was arrested and suffered the Communist hardships in Aiud prison.
In the good tradition of making known and promoting the achievements of its members, the leadership of the Academy of Romanian Scientists supports, through the “General Paul Teodorescu” Centre for Research on the Cooperation between the Orthodox Church and the Romanian Army, based at the Dintr-un Lemn Monastery, the yearbook Mission and the National Symposium “The Orthodox Church and the Romanian Army. The Traditions of Cooperation”, to bring the work and achievements of General Paul Teodorescu to the attention of the scientific community. We also supported the initiative of the Centre’s management to create and unveil, on 9 July 2022, the bust of General Paul Teodorescu at the Dintr-un Lemn Monastery as part of a religious and military ceremony, as his life, scientific work and achievements remain a guiding landmark for today’s and future generations.
Prof. dr. eng. Adrian Badea President of the Academy of Romanian Scientists
Iceland’s wonders lie in an endless diversity of landscapes and contrasts: here you find the whole spectrum, from deep calm to the wildest forces of nature, from intense solitude to sociable closeness. It is a unique world, different from others in character and appearance.
In Iceland you will find museums of Icelandic history and civilisation everywhere, in farms, small and large towns and museums, most of them established on the initiative of a family or a small community – museums that are now tourist attractions.
What else makes Iceland so special is how the land itself is so much a part of the people – just as the people are part of the country. The most important legacy is the treasure trove of medieval literature, deeply rooted in the landscape of life. It has given Icelanders a sense of identity, of belonging. This national literature, from edda’s to sagas, containing Icelandic history and folklore is read by many of today’s human beings. And the landscape speaks of history through every rock, every moor, every mountain.
Iceland’s unspoilt nature is a magnet for many tourists. It is a world outside of time, and yet actual; it is a land that is new and yet eternal; a world apart but very much belonging to the actual world.
The Ethnographic Museum Cluj Napoca in partnership with the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hațeganu”, the Romanian Academy – Cluj-Napoca Branch and the Academy of Romanian Scientists – Cluj Branch, organizes Gala 220 “Medicine, Art, Culture”on Wednesday, 28 June 2023, from 18:00-20:00, in the Reduta Hall of the Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania.
Presentations will be made by Prof. Dr. Anca Dana Buzoianu – Rector of UMF, Prof. Dr. Marius Traian Bojiță – President of “Transilvania Leaders” Foundation, Prof. Dr. Petru Adrian Mircea.
There will be the launch of the book “Roman Vlaicu – the man, the doctor, the perfect teacher“, will be presented by Vasile George Dâncu – director of “Școala Ardeleană” Publishing House and Prof. Angelo Bulboacă – coordinator and co-author. The moderator of the event is Mr. Prof. Nicolae Hâncu (m.o Romanian Academy).
The flag, a polarising factor of the nation’s energies
The Academy of Romanian Scientists celebrated the National Flag Day, 26 June, in an event entitled “The Flag – Symbol of a Nation”, which took place on 22 June, starting at 12.00 noon, at the AOSR headquarters. The event was attended by personalities of Romanian culture and science, members of academia, researchers and teachers. Special guests were: Col. dr. eng. Adrian Constantin, President of the Military Order of Romania, Prof. Dr. Adina Berciu-Drăghicescu, Prof. Dr. Ioan Cristescu, Director of the National Museum of Romanian Literature. During the event, the book The Tricolour in Romanian Historyby Adina Berciu-Drăghicescu, Corneliu M. Andonie, Luminița Iordache, published by the National Museum of Romanian Literature.
At the opening of the event, Prof. Dr. Eng. Adrian Badea, President of the Academy of Romanian Scientists, said that the National Flag Day is a day of patriotic emulation, a joyful occasion for all Romanians. Deeply attached to the values of Romanian identity, synergistically integrated in the European concert of unity in diversity, the Academy of Romanian Scientists pays homage with the national flag to the history of the building of Modern Romania through a complex process, carried out with the contribution of some of the country’s elite personalities and with the broad support of the entire nation. Prof. dr. eng. Doina Banciu, Vice President of AOSR and Director General of the Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research “Constantin Angelescu”, referred to the importance of celebrating the National Flag as a symbol of the struggle of a people with ancient roots for survival in a history full of challenges and tragic moments, for independence, development and affirmation as a European nation, alongside the other nations of Europe. The assumption of the symbolic value of the Tricolour in the consciousness of the present generations must be a priority of education, from school to university, of institutions and of society as a whole. Col. dr. eng. Adrian Constantin, President of the Military Order of Romania and initiator of the National Flag Law, spoke about the genesis of the idea of establishing a day dedicated to the Romanian Tricolour and about the legislative process finalized by Law no. 96 of 20 May 1998. At the origin of the initiative was the awareness of the symbolic importance that the Flag has had and still has in the history of Romanian development. The flag has polarized the energies of the people and synthesized their aspirations into cardinal ideals of national evolution, it has accompanied the great moments of our history, the Revolution of Tudor Vladimirescu, the Revolution of 1848, the Union of 1859, under the reign of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, the conquest of Romania’s Independence, the process of creating Modern Romania, the achievement of the Great Union and the creation of Greater Romania and the entire national evolution throughout the last century until today. Prof. Adina Berciu-Drăghicescu presented the book The Tricolour in Romanian HistoryThe second revised and added edition, an impressive work by volume and substance, a historical, scientific and cultural monograph of the Romanian flag, seen in its development and metamorphosis over time. In his presentation, he spoke about the differences of interpretation in the recording of historical data generated by the transition to the Gregorian calendar (1919), about the significance of the three colours, about the assumption of the flag at the national level and its contribution to the coagulation of the national consciousness. Prof. Ioan Cristescu, Director of the National Museum of Romanian Literature, presented the work from the point of view of the publisher and the MNLR publishing house, underlining its complexity and value for Romanian history, culture and civilization, for the self-awareness of the present and, especially, for the younger generations.
The event dedicated to the National Flag organized by the Academy of Romanian Scientists was a scientific and cultural event of high academic standing, which highlighted the fundamental role of the Tricolour in mobilizing the conscience and energies of the people throughout history to achieve their aspirations and objectives, its moral value and symbolic force in the evolution of the nation in the present and future.
Communication and Public Relations Office of the Academy of Romanian Scientists (Contact: comunicare.aosr@gmail.com ) Bucharest, 26.06.2023
Academy of Romanian Scientists – History and Archaeology Section, University of Oradea – Department of History, Department of Finance and Accounting, Romanian Association of Banking History Oradea, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies “Silviu Dragomir” Oradea – Romanian Academy Cris Country Museum Oradea – Museum Complex
organises
International Symposium WORK, MONEY, BUSINESS, CULTURE AND POLITICS SEC. XVIII-2023, focusing on banking history and the problems of banks and stock exchanges in the transition to a market economy in the European Union – XV EDITION, 16-18 JUNE 2023, ORADEA, ROMANIA –
The official opening of the Symposium will take place on Friday, 16 June 2023, at 09.30, in the Aula Magna of the University of Oradea, followed by the plenary session in the same location.
The papers by sections will be presented on the same day, 16 June, from 15.00 – 19.30, in the rooms of the Faculty of History, International Relations, Political Science and Communication Sciences, Pavilion V.
The participants are academics and researchers (historians, economists, bank officials, scientific researchers from the Romanian Academy centres and abroad, archivists, museographers, teachers from pre-university education) from the cities of Balti (Rep. of Moldova), Birjand (Iran), Budapest (Hungary), Chisinau (Rep. of Moldova), La Mancha (Spain), Ljubliana (Slovenia), Pisa (Italy), Arad, Bacau, Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Lași, Săcuieni, Sibiu, Târgu Mureș, Zalău.
Part of the papers presented in the first ten editions of the Symposium have been used in the following papers: * **, Financial Banking History. Studies on Romanian Banks in Transylvania (1867-1918), coordinator: Mihai D. Drecin, vol. I, Dacia Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 1996, 201 p. * **, Financial Banking History. Studies on Austro-Hungarian Banks (1867-1918), ), coordinator: Mihai D. Drecin, vol. II, Dacia Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2001, 143p. * **, Romanian Review of Financial and Banking History, Year I, Issue 1, July-December 2011, Oradea University Press, Editor in Chief: Mihai D. Drecin, Deputy Editor: Gabriel Moisa 168p.
In 2010, the Romanian Association of Banking History – Oradea was founded under the aegis of which international symposia on banking history have continued to be organized and new studies and volumes dedicated to Romanian and Central European banking history have appeared or are in the process of being published. Other works published or in the process of being published where banking history studies are used, supported in scientific sessions in which members or collaborators of the Banking History Association of Oradea participated: * **, Economic and financial phenomena in the Romanian space in the 19th-20th centuries. Studies of Regional Economics, Presa Universitară Clujeană Publishing House, 2016, coordinators: losif Marin Balog, Rudolf Grăf, loan Lumperdean * **, Economic Gaps and Crises in South-East Europe. Present and Past, Edited by Daniel Dăianu and George Virgil Stoenescu, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018 * **, 150 years since the establishment of the “Albina” Bank of Sibiu (1872-1948), coordinators: Mihai D. Drecin, Delia Cora, Radu Racovițan, Mega Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2023 (in preparation for printing)
The topics for the conference include, but are not limited to:
novel materials;
surface chemistry;
air and soil bioremediation;
composite materials and biomaterials;
applications of natural compounds and chemical products;
nanomaterials and bionanomaterials for the controlled release of biologically active molecules;
bionanoproducts for tissue engineering and regeneration;
advanced techniques for material processing.
Registration: Registration should be done using the link: https://nanobiomat.eu/registration/. Registration is free for all students and postdoctoral researchers (or equivalent).
Scientific Committee Acad. Maria ZAHARESCU, Romanian Academy (Romania) Dr. Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri ABDULLAH, UniMAP, WIIPA & MyRIS (Malaysia) Dr. Madalina Georgiana ALBU-KAYA, INCDTP ICPI (Romania) Prof. Ecaterina ANDRONESCU, UPB&AOSR (Romania) Dr Vladimir BAULIN, URV (Spain) Prof. Aldo R. BOCCACCINI, FAU (Germany) Dr. Octavian BUCUR, IVB & VMMI (Romania, USA) Prof. Luigi CALABRESE, UniME (Italy) Prof. Joan CERDÀ, UIB (Spain) Prof. Carmen CHIFIRIUC, UniBuc (Romania) Prof. Eduard COROPCEANU, UST (Moldova) Prof. Ioana DEMETRESCU, UPB&AOSR (Romania) Prof. Anton FICAI, UPB&AOSR (Romania) Dr. Radu Claudiu FIERASCU, INCDCP-ICECHIM (Romania) Dr. Victor FRUTH-OPRIȘAN, ICF (Romania) Prof. Maria GAVRILESCU, TU Iași & AOSR (Romania) Dr. Oguzhan GUNDUZ, Marmara Univ (Turkey) Prof. Domenico LOMBARDO, CNR-IPCF Messina (Italy) Prof. Herbert Ryan MARINI, UNIME (Italy) Prof. Carlos MARQUES, UniStra (France) Prof. Lluis MARSAL, URV (Spain) Prof. Dr. Viorel NACU, USMF (Moldova) Prof. Ion NEDA, TU Braunschweig (Germany) Prof. Faik OKTAR, Marmara Univ (Turkey) Dr. Jörg OPITZ, IKTS (Germany) Prof. Ovidiu OPREA, UPB (Romania) Dr. Radu-Robert PITICESCU, IMNR (Romania) Prof. Lenuța PROFIRE, UMF Iasi (Romania) Dr. Sami RTIMI, GIWEH (Switzerland) Prof. Serguei SAVILOV, MSU (Russia) Prof. Ze Xiang SHEN, NTU (Singapore)
Organizing Committee Prof. Ecaterina ANDRONESCU – president Prof. Maria GAVRILESCU Prof. Anton FICAI PhD Student, Eng. Cristina CHIRCOV – Conference Secretary Dr. Eng. Angela SPOIALĂ – Technical Staff PhD Student, Eng. Cornelia-Ioana ILIE – Technical Staff
