Bogdan Murgescu#
| Membership Number: | 5492 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ROMANIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://unibuc.ro/despre-ub/organizare/conducere/prof-univ-bogdan-murgescu/?lang=en |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2019 - present Vice-rector, Budget and Human Resources, University of Bucharest
- 2016 - 2018; 2018 - present President, National Council for Higher Education Statistics and Forecast (CNSPIS)
- 2015 - 2016 Advisor for higher education of the Minister for National Education and Scientific Research
- 2013 - 2020 Director, Council for Doctoral Studies, University of Bucharest (rank of vice-rector)
- 2011 - 2019 President, Romanian Society for Historical Sciences (since 2019 - honorary president)
- 2011 - 2015 Vice-president, National Council for the Financing of Higher Education
- 2004,09 - 2004,12 Visiting professor, Central European University, Budapest
- 2002,08 - 2002,12) Visiting professor, University of Pittsburgh
- 2000 - present Professor, Faculty of History, University of Bucharest
- 1997 - 2000 Associate professor, Faculty of History, University of Bucharest
Fields of Scholarship
- Economic history, with a special interest in long-term economic development
- Historiography
- History of universities
- History of communism and of the post-communist transition
- Early modern history
- Ottoman history
Honours and Awards
- The German National Prize for 2006 awarded by the German National Foundation to EUSTORY (received in Berlin as oldest-serving member of the Executive Committee).
- 2019 Honorary president, Romanian Society for Historical Sciences
- The „Eugeniu Carada” prize for Economics, awarded by the National Grand Lodge of Romania in partnership with the Romanian Academy for the book România şi Europa. Acumularea decalajelor economice (1500 - 2010) [Romania and Europe. The accumulation of development lags (1500 - 2010)], Iaşi, Polirom, 2010.
- The „Gheorghe Brătianu” prize of the Cultural Foundation „Magazin Istoric” for the book România şi Europa. Acumularea decalajelor economice (1500 - 2010) [Romania and Europe. The accumulation of development lags (1500 - 2010)], Iaşi, Polirom, 2010.
- The „CriticAtac Prize for 2010” for the most important book on a social, political or ideological topic relevant for the current Romanian Society, awarded by the online platform CriticAtac for the book România şi Europa. Acumularea decalajelor economice (1500 - 2010) [Romania and Europe. The accumulation of development lags (1500-2010)], Iaşi, Polirom, 2010.
- The „Historia Magistra Vitae” prize of „Jurnalul Naţional” awarded for the book România şi Europa. Acumularea decalajelor economice (1500 - 2010) [Romania and Europe. The accumulation of development lags (1500 - 2010)], Iaşi, Polirom, 2010.
- The "Nicolae Iorga" Prize of the Romanian Academy for the book Circulaţia monetară în Ţările Române în secolul al XVI-lea [The Money Circulation in the Romanian Lands during the 16th Century], Bucureşti, 1996.
- The "Constantin C. Giurescu" Prize of the Cultural Foundation "Magazin Istoric" for the book Istorie românească - istorie universală (600 - 1800) [Romanian History - World History (600 - 1800)], Bucureşti, 1994, 150 p.
