Conf. dr. Andrei Florin Sora

Education

• 2004–2009 – PhD in History, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris and University of Bucharest
• 2002–2004 – MA in History and Civilization, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris
• 1998–2002 – BA in History, University of Bucharest

Research interest

history of public administration; history of political, military and administrative elites in 19th and 20th centuries; cultural history of politics; history of Transylvania

Research projects as Team member

• The Romanian-Hungarian Optants Question in European Comparison. A Transnational, Institutional, and Social History Analysis, UEFISCDI PN-III-P4-ID-PCE2020-1508, 2021-2022
• Change and continuity: the public administration and the civil servants’s corps from Transylvania before and after the First World War (1910-1925), UEFISCDI PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2016-0390, 2017-2019.
• Economic Planning, Higher Education and Accumulation of Human Capital in Romania during Communism (1948-1989), UEFISCDI PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0476, 2013-2016.
• The Social Uses of Higher Education, Elite Change and Creativity in Romania. The Formation and Transformation of Educated and Ruling Clusters (1919-1949), UEFISCDI PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-1089, 2011-2016
• The Establishment of National Legal Systems in Post-Ottoman South East Europe. Deconstruction, Formation and Transfer of Normativity, Max-Planck-Institute for European Legal History, Frankfurt am Main, 2010-2012
• Teaching Modern Southeast European History, Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe, 2002-2004

Teaching practice

• Since 2013: University of Bucharest, Faculty of History (tenured since 2014)

Membership in Editorial Boards and Scholarly Societies

• Since 2011: membership in Romanian Society for Historical Sciences
• Since 2021: membership in ICHRPI - International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions
• Since 2014: Editorial board member in The Annals of the University of Bucharest – History series

Most important publications

Books

• Sora, Andrei Florin. Servir l’État roumain. Le corps préfectoral, 1866-1940. Bucharest: Bucharest University Press, 2011, 436 p., ISBN 978-606-16-0031-1.

Book chapters

• Sora, Andrei Florin. ‛What Country doesn’t have its Traitors?’: Debating the Concepts of ‛Traitor’ and ‛Collaboration’ in Romanian Society, 1916-1922”. World War I and Beyond: Human Tragedies, Social Challenges, Scientific and Cultural Responses. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag WINTER, 2021 - (Murgescu, B.; Pintilie I.), p. 177-191. ISBN 978-3-8253-4812-0.
• Sora, Andrei Florin. A Problematic Status: the Bucharest School of Governance between 1919 and 1940. Rediscovering Eastern-European Universities. Perspectives from the Interwar Period. Bucharest: Pro Universitaria, 2020 – (Nastasă-Matei, I.; Rostas Z.), p. 45-68. ISBN 978-606-26-1240-5.
• Sora, Andrei Florin. A Challenging Endeavour? Romanian Administration in the Territory Occupied by the Central Powers (November 1916 – April 1917). ʻThe Unknown Warʼ from Eastern Europe: Romania between Allies and Enemies (1916-1918). Konstanz, Iaşi: Hartung-Gorre Verlag & ‘Alexandru Ioan Cuza’ University Press, 2016 – (Topor, C.L.; Rubel, A.), p. 191-205, ISBN 978-3-86628-579-8.
• Sora, Andrei Florin. The History of Penal Law in Romania: Codification, Models and Normative Transfer (Mid-Eighteenth Century – 1916). Konflikt und Koexistenz. Die Rechtsordnungen Südosteuropas im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, Bd. 1: Rumänien, Bulgarien, Griechenland, Studien zur europäischen Rechtsgeschichte 292. Verlag Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main, 2015 – (Stolleis, M.; Bender, G.; Kirov J.), p. 575-632. ISBN 978-3-465-04246-4.
• Sora, Andrei Florin. La politisation de la fonction de préfet dans la Roumanie moderne (1866-1916). Penser le XIXe siècle : nouveaux chantiers de recherche. Iaşi: ‘Alexandru Ioan Cuza’ University Press, 2013 – (Marton, S.; Ghiţulescu, C.V.), p. 203-222. ISBN 978-973-703-898-2
• Sora, Andrei Florin. “Les fonctionnaires publics roumains appartenant aux minorités ethniques dans la Grande Roumanie. L’État en France et en Roumanie aux XIXe et XXe siècles, Bucharest: New Europe College, 2011 – (Marton, S.; Oroveanu A., Ţurcanu F.), p. 167-195. ISBN 978-973-883-044-8.
• Sora, Andrei Florin. L’Histoire à l’Exposition/L’histoire dans l’exposition. L’Exposition nationale roumaine de 1906, in (eds), IN MEDIAS RES. Studii de istoria culturii [IN MEDIAS RES. Cultural Studies]. Iaşi, ‘Alexandru Ioan Cuza’ University Press, 2007 – (Cioflâncă A., Mihalache, A.), p. 491-503. ISBN 978-973-703-278-2.
• Sora, Andrei Florin. L’institution préfectorale roumaine (XIXe - 1916): un modèle français?. Modèle français et expériences de la modernisation. Roumanie, 19e-20e siècles/Modelul francez şi experienţele modernizării. România, secolele 19-20. Bucharest: Romanian Cultural Institute Publishing House, 2006 – (Țurcanu, F), p. 220-243. ISBN 973-577-516-6.

Editorship

• Murgescu, Bogdan – Sora, Andrei Florin (eds.). România Mare votează: alegerile parlamentare din 1919 la „firul ierbii” [Greater Romania goes to the Polls. The Parliamentary Elections of 1919 „at grassroots level”]. Iași: Polirom, 2019, 480 p. ISBN 978-973-46-7993-5.
• Sas, Florina – Sora, Andrei Florin (eds.). Lungul drum spre primul statut al funcționarilor publici din România: deziderate, (ante)proiecte, legislație, opinii și dezbateri, 1918-1923 [The Long Road to the First Romanian Civil Servants Status: Desiderata, Bills, Legislation, Opinions and Disputes], (editors) , Cluj-Napoca: Mega, 2019, 755 p. ISBN 978-606-020-127-4.
• Diaconescu, Marius – Sora, Andrei Florin Sora (eds.)., Ziarele românești despre Unirea Basarabiei, Bucovinei și Transilvaniei [Romanian Newspapers on the Union of Bessarabia, Bukovina and Transylvania], vol. VII, Unirea Bucovinei și Transilvaniei 28 Noiembrie 1918 – 17 Ianuarie 1919 [The Romanian Press on the Union of Bukovina and Transylvania, November 28th 1918 – January 17th 1919]. Bucharest: Ars Historica, 2018, 1008 p. ISBN 978-606-94594-7-8.
• Diaconescu, Marius – Sora, Andrei Florin Sora (eds.). Ziarele românești despre Unirea Basarabiei, Bucovinei și Transilvaniei, Vol. VI Presa din România despre pregătirea Unirii Transilvaniei și Bucovinei: 12 Octombrie – 27 Noiembrie 1918 [The Romanian Press on the Preparation of the Union of Transylvania and Bukovina, October 12th - November 27th 1918]. Bucharest: Ars Historica, 2018, 496 p. ISBN 978-606-94594-6-1.
• Diaconescu, Marius – Sora, Andrei Florin Sora (eds.). Ziarele românești despre Unirea Basarabiei, Bucovinei și Transilvaniei, Vol. V: Pregătirea Unirii Transilvaniei și Bucovinei, 12 Octombrie - 27 Noiembrie 1918) [The Preparation of the Union of Transylvania and Bukovina, October 12th – November 27th]. Bucharest: Ars Historica, 2018, 640 p. ISBN 978-606-94594-5-4.
• Diaconescu, Marius – Sora, Andrei Florin Sora (eds.). Ziarele românești despre Unirea Basarabiei, Bucovinei și Transilvaniei, Vol. IV: Proiectul României Mari între cenzură și provocările Unirii Basarabiei, 8 Mai – 11 Octombrie 1918) [The Project of Greater Romania between Censorship and the Challenges of Bessarabia’s Union, May 8th - October 11th 1918. Bucharest: Ars Historica, 2018, 816 p. ISBN 978-606-94594-4-7.
• Diaconescu, Marius – Sora, Andrei Florin Sora (eds.). Ziarele românești despre Unirea Basarabiei, Bucovinei și Transilvaniei, Vol. III: Entuziasmul Unirii Basarabiei, 9 aprilie – 7 mai 1918 [The Enthusiasm of the Union of Bessarabia: April 9th – May 7th 1918]. Bucharest: Ars Historica, 2018, 526 p. ISBN 978-606-94594-3-0.
• Diaconescu, Marius – Sora, Andrei Florin Sora (eds.). Ziarele românești despre Unirea Basarabiei, Bucovinei și Transilvaniei, Vol. II: Basarabia pe calea Unirii cu România: 15 Decembrie 1917 - 9 Aprilie 1918 [Bessarabia on its Way to Unification with Romania, December 15th – April 9th 1918]. Bucharest: Ars Historica, 2018, 575 p. ISBN 978-606-94594-2-3.
• Diaconescu, Marius – Sora, Andrei Florin Sora (eds.). Ziarele românești despre Unirea Basarabiei, Bucovinei și Transilvaniei, Vol. I: Promovarea idealului Unirii Basarabiei, Transilvaniei și Bucovinei: 21 Martie - 15 Decembrie 1917 [Promoting the Ideal of the Union of Bessarabia, Transylvania and Bukovina]. Bucharest: Ars Historica, 2018, 495 p. ISBN 978-606-94594-1-6.
• Sora, Andrei Florin (ed.), Construind România modernă: Şcoala Superioară de Ştiinţe de Stat (1871-1948). Documente [Building Modern Romania. The School of Governance, 1871-1948], Cluj-Napoca: Şcoala Ardeleană&Eikon Publishing House, 2016, 309 p. ISBN 978-6-6-711-55-2, ISBN 978-6-6-797-083-8.
• Murgescu Bogdan – Murgescu, Mirela – Bucur, Ion - Sora, Andrei Florin, Curtea de Conturi a României, 1864-2014. Culegere de documente [The Romanian Court of Accounts. Documents], edited by Nicolae Văcăroiu, Verginia Vedinaș, Corina-Mihaela Bălțătescu, second revised edition. Bucharest, 2014 [2004], 672 p. ISBN 978-973-0-16471-8.

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

• Sora, Andrei Florin. Funcţionarii publici ‛regăţeni’ în noile provincii ale României Mari, 1918-1925 [The Civil Servants from the Old Kingdom in the new provinces of Greater Romania, 1918–1925]. Studii şi Articole de Istorie, 2019, LXXXVI, p. 78-92. ISSN 0585-749X.
• Sora, Andrei Florin. Primii funcționari din Vechiul Regat în Basarabia (27 martie – 27 noiembrie 1918) [The First Civil Servants from the Old Kingdom in Bessarabia (27 March-27 November 1918)]. Anuarul Institutului de Istorie 'A.D. Xenopol', 2018, LV, p. 267-286. ISSN 1221-3705.
• Sora, Andrei Florin. Centralizare sau autonomie locală? Opinii, dezbateri, primi paşi spre unificarea administrativă a României Mari, 1918-1920 [Local Autonomy or State Centralization ? Opinions, Debates, First Steps to the Administrative Unification of Greater Romania, 1918-1920]. Studii şi Articole de Istorie, 2018, LXXXV, p. 125-135. ISSN 0585-749X.
• Sora, Andrei Florin. În slujba cui? Administrația și funcționarii publici în România ocupată [In whose Service? The Administration and the Civil Servants in ‛Occupied’ Romania, 1916-1918]. Anuarul Institutului de Istorie 'A.D. Xenopol', 2017, LIV, p. 63-87. ISSN 1221-3705
• Sora, Andrei Florin. A Difficult Modernization: the Prefect Institution in Greater Romania, 1918-1940. The Annals of the University of Bucharest – History series, 2014, No. 1, p. 45-63. ISSN 1220-0255.
• Sora, Andrei Florin. Viaţa politică locală în comunism şi actorii ei: prim-secretarii Comitetelor județene ale PCR, 1968-1989 [Local Political Life during the Communist Regime and its Actors: The ‘First Secretaries’ of the Regional/County Committees of the RWP/RCP]. Arhivele Totalitarismului, 2013, No. 3-4, p. 115-129. ISSN 1221-6917.
• Sora, Andrei Florin. Dosarele de cadre ale nomenclaturii comuniste: prim-secretarii Comitetelor regionale/județene ale PMR/PCR (1950-1989) [The ‘Cadre Files’ of the Communist Nomenklatura: the ‘First Secretaries’ of the Regional/County Committees of the RWP/RCP]. Anuarul Institutului ‘George Bariţiu’, Historica, 2013, LII, p. 61-79. ISSN 1584-4390.
• Sora, Andrei Florin. Comunizarea administraţiei româneşti: Sfaturile Populare (1949-1950) [The Communization of the Romanian administration: the People’s Councils (1949-1950)], Revista istorică, 2012, No. 3-4, p. 393-410. ISSN 1018-0443.
• Sora, Andrei Florin. Organizarea administrativ-teritorială a Republicii Populare Române: înființarea raioanelor și regiunilor” [Administrative Divisions of the ‘Romanian Democratic Republic’: The Establishment of Districts and Provinces]. Anuarul Institutului de Istorie ‘A.D. Xenopol’, 2012, XLIX, p. 169-187. ISSN 1221-3705.
• Sora, Andrei Florin. La sélection scolaire des membres du corps préfectoral roumain, 1918-1940. Anuarul Institutului ‘George Bariţiu’, Historica, 2012, LI, p. 287-303. ISSN 1584-4390.
• Müller, Dietmar - Sora, Andrei Florin. Notarul comunal în România: cadrul normativ al unei instituţii moderne (1864-1940) [The Communal Notary (Communal Secretary) in Romania: the Normative Framework of a Modern Institution, 1864-1940]. Arhivele Olteniei, new series, 2011, No. 25, p. 369-385. ISSN 1015-9118.
• Sora, Andrei Florin. Être fonctionnaire ‘minoritaire’ en Roumanie. Idéologie de la Nation et pratiques d’État (1918-1940). New Europe College Ştefan Odobleja Program Yearbook 2009-2010 – (Vainovski-Mihai, I.), p. 207-231. ISSN 1584-0298.
• Sora, Andrei Florin. Être préfet en Roumanie, 1866-1916. Stratégies de carrières. Arhivele Olteniei, new series, 2007, No. 21, p. 52-69. ISSN 1015-9118.
• Sora, Andrei Florin. Les fonctionnaires publics en Roumanie. Les sous-préfets (1866-1916). Revue des Études Sud-Est Européennes, 2006, XLIV, p. 233-249. ISSN 0035-2063.