Adrian Papahagi (born 20 March 1976,

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) is a Romanian

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, essayist, and politician of Aromanian descent. In 2014, he was one of the founders of the

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(PMP). In March 2015, he founded, together with

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a new political party, M10. Papahagi is currently a lecturer at the

Babeș-Bolyai University The Babeș-Bolyai University ( ro, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai , hu, Babeș-Bolyai Tudományegyetem, commonly known as UBB) is a public research university located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. UBB has a long academic tradition, started by Universitas ...

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Biography

Papahagi has Aromanian ancestry, but has declared that "today, I do not feel more Aromanian than

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". He is an alumnus of philology at Babeș-Bolyai University, specialized in English studies (1999) and of the University Paris IV-Sorbonne (1998). Between 1997 and 2000, he studied at

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(Paris). He has a master's degree in medieval studies at University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (1999) and also Ph.D. ("summa cum laude") at the same university. He has taught

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at Paris Sorbonne University and at

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between 1999 and 2003. Currently, he is a Lecturer at the English department of the Faculty of Letters,

. In 2007 he founded in the university the Centre of History of Books and Texts (CODEX), which aims to valorise the

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collection from Romania. Between 1996 and 1997, he was Editor-in-chief at the Echinox magazine (Cluj) and between 1999 and 2005, he was co-director at Echinox Publishing. Papahagi is a member of the following institutions: International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England (ISSEME); Association des Médiévistes Anglicistes de l’Enseignement Supérieur (AMAES); Early English Text Society (EETS);

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(ESSE); Association Paléographique Internationale (APICES); Société des Anglicistes de l’Enseignement Supérieur (SAES);

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Controversy

Papahagi was involved in a public dispute with the Romanian philosopher

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after attacking his message following

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's death. On the occasion, Mihai Șora called Papahagi "functionally illiterate".

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Adrian Papahagi Curriculum Vitae
* * * 1976 births Living people Romanian people of Aromanian descent Politicians from Cluj-Napoca Babeș-Bolyai University alumni Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University alumni École Normale Supérieure alumni Romanian medievalists Romanian philologists Academic staff of Babeș-Bolyai University Conservatism in Romania {{Romania-politician-stub