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Camil Bujor Mureşanu (; 20 April 1927 – 21 February 2015) was a
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n historian, professor, author, and translator.


Biography

Mureşanu was born and reared in
Turda Turda (; hu, Torda, ; german: link=no, Thorenburg; la, Potaissa) is a city in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in the southeastern part of the county, from the county seat, Cluj-Napoca, to which it is connected by the Europe ...
. He attended the King Ferdinand High School in Turda, where his father, Teodor Murăşanu, was a teacher. After 1946, he studied history at
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, where he graduated in June 1950. Mureşanu became a teaching assistant, junior teaching assistant (1950–1952), assistant professor (1952–1961), associate professor (1961–1975), and professor (after 1975) at Babeş-Bolyai University. Also, he was the dean of Faculty of History (1968–1976, 1981–1989). He obtain his Ph.D. in history in 1971 with the thesis: Times of
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(doctoral adviser Ṣtefan Pascu). He was visiting professor at
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,
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(1978). Mureşanu is a doctoral adviser after 1976. In the summer of 1948, Camil Mureşanu was arrested for political reasons, without penal sanctions. He is a researcher at the "George Bariţiu" History Institute (after 1975). In 1995, he became the principal of "George Bariţiu" History Institute. He was a corresponding member of the
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(1990), then member of the Romanian Academy – the History and Archaeology Section (June 2000) and branch chairman of Cluj Romanian Academy (after 2006). Officially, his surname was "Mureşan", but he prefers in the last years "Mureşanu". He was a participant at the International Congress of Historical Sciences (
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– 1965,
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– 1970,
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– 1980,
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– 2000). He attended a specialisation at
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University in
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(February – June 1966). He is a correspondent member of the "Süd-ost Europa Gesellschaft",
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(October 1999), and
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(February 26, 2000), as well as a correspondent member of the Pedagogical Academy in
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. He is the co-president of the Romanian-Hungarian mixed history commission. Camil Mureşanu is a
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of the
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(December 1, 1999), the
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(March 2002), and the
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(March 2007). He is an honorary citizen of
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(February 1997), Turda (June 1997), and
Blaj Blaj (; archaically spelled as ''Blaș''; hu, Balázsfalva; german: Blasendorf; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Blußendref'') is a municipiu, city in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 20,630 inhabita ...
(September 24, 1999). He is a member of General Association of Greek Catholic Romanians.


Family

His grandfather was a priest and his father, Teodor Murăşanu, was a Romanian language teacher. His son, Ovidiu Mureşan (born 1951), is a historian at Babeş-Bolyai University.


Awards

* Award of the
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(1976) * The
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awarded him The National Order for Merit in the rank of officer.


Works

*''
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. Defender of Christendom''. Iaşi – Oxford – Portland, The Center for Romanian Studies, 2001, 224 p. *'' Ioan de Hunedoara şi vremea sa'', București, Editura Tineretului, 1957, 203 p. *''Revoluţia burgheză din Anglia'', București 1964, *''Erdély története'', vol. 2, București 1964, n colab. *''Monumente istorice din
Turda Turda (; hu, Torda, ; german: link=no, Thorenburg; la, Potaissa) is a city in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in the southeastern part of the county, from the county seat, Cluj-Napoca, to which it is connected by the Europe ...
'', București 1968, *''Beziehungen zwischen der rumänischen und sächsischer Forschung im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert'', în: Wege landeskundlicher Forschung, Köln-Wien 1988 Siebenbürgisches Archiv, Bd. 21 *''Naţiune, naţionalism. Evoluţia naţionalităţilor'', Centrul de Studii Transilvane, Cluj 1996, *Focul ocrotit de ape (Revoluţia burgheză din Ţările de Jos). București, Editura Ştiinţifică, 1960, 179 p. *Din istoria Transilvaniei. Vol 2. București, Editura Academiei, 1961, 462 p.; Ediţia a 2‑a în 1963, 550 p. n colab. *Lecturi din izvoarele istoriei evului mediu. București, Editura de Stat Didactică si Pedagogică, 1961, 281 p. n colab. *Istoria României. Vol. 2. București, Editura Academiei, 1962, 1259 p. n colab. *Erdély története. Vol. 2. București, Editura Academiei, 1964, 558 p. n colab. *Istoria României. Vol. 4. București, Editura Academiei, 1964, 861 p. n colab. *Revoluţia burgheză din Anglia. București, Editura Ştiinţifică, 1964, 341 p. *Imperiul Britanic. Scurtă istorie. București, Editura Ştiinţifică, 1967, 502 p. *Iancu de Hunedoara. Ed. a 2‑a revăzută şi adăugită. București, Editura Ştiinţifică, 1968, 245 p. *Monumente istorice din Turda București, Editura Meridiane, 1968, 32 p. *Atlas istoric. Coordonator Ştefan Pascu. București, Editura Didactică şi Pedagogică, 1971, 199 p. n colab. *Culegere de texte pentru istorie universală. Epoca modernă. Vol. l: 1640‑1848. București, Editura Didactică şi Pedagogică, 1973, 360 p. n colab. *Culegere de texte pentru istorie universală. Epoca modernă. Vol. 2 : 1848‑1918. București, Editura Didactică şi Pedagogică, 1974, 350 p. n colab. *Preşedinte la Casa Albă. București, Editura Politică, 1974, 699 p. n colab. *Iancu de Hunedoara. București, Editura Militară, 1976, 128 p. *Atlas pentru istoria României. București, Editura Didactică şi Pedagogică, 1983, 30 p. + 84 h. + 12 pl. + 26 p. index. n colab. *Simon Bolivar (1783‑1830). București, Editura Politică, 1983, 135 p. *Downing Street 10. Cluj‑Napoca, "Dacia", 1984, 401 p. n colab. *Istoria militară a poporului român. Vol. 2. Epoca de glorie a oastei celei mari. A doua jumătate a secolului al XlV‑lea – prima jumătate a secolului al XVI‑lea. București, Editura Militară, 1986, 638 p. n colab. *Istoria militară a poporului român. Vol. 4. Epoca revoluţiilor de eliberare naţională şi socială. De la revoluţia populară din 1784 la cucerirea independenţei depline 1877‑1878. București, Editura Militară, 1987, XII, +1105 p. n colab. *Bezichungen zwischen der rumänischen und sächsischer Forschung im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, in Wege landeakundlicher Forschung. Köln und Wien, Böhlau Verlag, 1988, p. 277‑288. (Siebenbürgischen Archiv, Bd. 21). *Documente privind revoluţia de la 1848 în Ţările Române. C. Transilvania. Vol. 4 : 14‑25 mai 1848. București, Editura Academiei, 1988, XLVIII+ 599 p. *Preşedinţii Franţei. Craiova, Universalia Dialog, 1991, 231 p. n colab. *Momente din istoria Europei. Cluj-Napoca, Universitatea "Babeş-Bolyai", 1996, 293 p. *Naţiune, naţionalism. Evoluţia naţionalităţilor. Cluj‑Napoca, Centrul de Studii Transilvane. Fundaţia Culturală Română, 1996, 308 p. *Vieţi, fapte, gânduri. Craiova, Editura OMNISCOP,
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198 p. *Europa modernă. De la Renaştere la sfârşitul de mileniu. Cluj‑Napoca, Editura Dacia, 1997, 126 p. *Transilvania între medieval şi modern. Vol. 1–2. Coordonator ..., Cluj‑Napoca, 1996, 160 p.; 1997, 48 p. *Revoluţia de la 1848–1849 în Europa Centrală. Perspectivă istorică şi istoriografică. Coordonatori: Camil Mureşanu, Nicolae Bocşan, Ioan Bolovan, Cluj‑Napoca, Editura Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2000, 472 p. *Istoria românilor. Vol. 4. De la universalitatea creştină către Europa "patriilor". Comitetul de redacţie al volumului: acad. Ştefan Ştefănescu şi acad. Camil Mureşanu, redactori responsabili, prof. univ. Tudor Teoteoi, secretary, București, Editura Enciclopedică, 2001, 878 p. + pl. + il. uthor al paginilor: 31–54; 338–348; 502–524 *Istorie şi cunoaştere. Discurs de recepţie la Academia Română, București, Editura Academiei Române, 2002, 20 p.; În: Academica, 2001, 12, nr. 1–2, p. 30-31; MI, 2002, 36, nr. 2, p. 33–38. *În templul lui Ianus. Studii şi gânduri despre trecut şi viitor. Cluj‑Napoca, Editura Cartimpex, 2002, 345 p. *Documenta Romaniae Historica. Series C. Transilvania. Vol. XIV: 1371‑1375. Editura Academiei Române, 2002, 815 p. ditor *Publilius Syrus, Maxime. Text original, traducere din limba latină şi note de ..., Cluj-Napoca, Editura Cartimpex, 2002, 104 p. *Ioan Lupaş, Scrieri istorice alese. Vol. 2. Studii privind istoria modernă şi istoria istoriografiei. Ediţie îngrijită de..., București, Editura Academiei Române, 2007, 525 p.


Doctoral advisor

* Ovidiu Achim, Rolul Tribunei şi tribunismului în mişcarea naţională şi culturală ardelenă la sfârşitul secolului al XIX-lea (1995) * Minerva Lovin, Emigraţia românească din Transilvania în Canada în 1920 (1997) * Teodora Daniela Sechel, Politica sanitară promovată de Habsburgi în Transilvania între 1740–1835. Disciplina socială impusă de authorităţi ca oconsecinţă an acestei politici de reformă (1999) * Demetra Marica Gui, Interferenţe franceze în pictura modernă românească (de la Grigorescu la Tonitza) (2002) * Daciana Marinescu, Interferenţe în evoluţia învăţământului pedagogic şi teologic Arădean (1812–1877) (2002) * Ovidiu Munteanu, Imaginea poporului român şi a Ţărilor Române în mediul cultural-politic francez 1829–1859 (2002) * Cosmin Lucian Seman, Ioan Micu Moldovan (1833–1915). Monografie istorica. (2004) * Vasile Florin Mirgheşiu, Vasile Stoica - gânditor politic şi diplomat (2004)


On-line works

* http://www.history-cluj.ro/Istorie/cercet/Muresanu/In%20templul%20lui%20Janus.pdf * http://www.history-cluj.ro/Istorie/cercet/Muresanu/maxime2r.htm


References

* Naţiune şi europenitate. Studii istorice. In honorem magisti Camilli Mureşanu, București, Editura Academiei Române, 2007, XXXV + 467 p. * Professor Camil Mureşanu at His 75th Anniversary (Cluj, 1997) * Bio-Bibliography of Prof. Dr. Camil Muresanu, member-correspondent of the Romanian Academy, on the occasion of his 70th anniversary. Introduction by Nicolae Edroiu. The bibliography of Prof. Dr. Camil Muresanu's work, (1955–1997) written by Maria Pagu and Karolyi Iolanda, Cluj-Napoca, 1997, 68 p. * Cristian Colceriu, ''Nobletea profesiei- Functia integratoare a istoricului'', in ''Elite Clujene Contemporane Cluj Contemporary Elites'', Academia Romana- Centrul de Studii Transilvane, vol.I, Ed. Clear Vison, Cluj Napoca, 2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:Muresanu, Camil Romanian political scientists Academic staff of Babeș-Bolyai University People from Turda Romanian essayists Romanian schoolteachers 1927 births 2015 deaths Romanian Greek-Catholics Romanian biographers Male biographers Romanian textbook writers 20th-century Romanian historians Romanian journalists Romanian memoirists Romanian civil servants Romanian activists Romanian anthropologists Romanian Christian pacifists Romanian literary critics Romanian magazine editors Romanian philologists Romanian political philosophers Romanian philanthropists Romanian translators Titular members of the Romanian Academy Social philosophers 20th-century translators Male essayists 20th-century essayists 20th-century Romanian male writers 20th-century philanthropists