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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1348 newly identified letters, 209 photographs (including 25 portraits), András Bodor’s complete bibliography and his unpublished memoir from 1915-1959, the work offers also the first publication of Bodor’s academic correspondence (107 letters) and also extracts from his unpublished journal. Based on a large number of unpublished documents and the major works of Bodor, the book tries to reconstruct the life and academic heritage of a classicist from the periphery of Europe, a region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.

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Author:   Csaba Szabo
Publisher:   Archaeopress
Imprint:   Archaeopress
Weight:   0.495kg
ISBN:  

9781789698343

ISBN 10:   1789698340
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   17 December 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction ; Research history and sources ; Acknowledgements ; Biographies and historiographic reflections ; History of classics before András Bodor in Transylvania ; The life of András Bodor ; From Suatu (Magyarszovát) to Oxford: the beginnings (1915-1937) ; The Oxford Years ; From Theology to Classics ; In the Service of Universities ; András Bodor, the Classicist: His Work and Legacy ; The so-called ‘Geto-Dacian’ Period ; Roman History, Art and Religion ; The History of Ancient Napoca ; Ancient Slavery ; Conclusions ; Sumar (Summary in Romanian) ; Összefoglaló (Summary in Hungarian) ; Annexes: the Academic Correspondence of András Bodor ; Bibliography of András Bodor ; References ; Index

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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.

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