AMURG. Romanian Cremation Association

Having in my mind the idea that in a very short time Amurg. Romanian Cremation Association will be a functional structure for sustaining and promoting cremation in Romania I put here a picture of the interwar application for accesion for anyone to become member of Cenusa. Romanian Cremation Society (1937). This is a very important piece of what means a history of cremation in Romania and a very strong argument for us to restore the tradition of the interwar romanian cremationists.

AMURG. Romanian Cremation Association

Last week I met my friend and partner Cosmin Bodrean. We talked a lot about our plans to develop cremation in Romania. Due to the financial crisis in Romania we believe now it's hard to open a crematorium in Transylvania and we will try to develop a stronger system to take the bodies of the transylvanian romanians who want to be cremated to the Sgezed crematorium in Hungary. This is the first practical step for promoting cremation here. On the other hand, the best ideological tool for sustaining and promoting cremation here is our association AMURG. Romanian Cremation Association. In very short time we can facilitate to you to become member of our association. At the very first sight I think we will have about 30 members at the beginning of our asociation. In my opinion this is a very good begining having on my mind the fact that in 1923 when Cenusa. Romanian Cremation Society was founded this had just 14 members!
So, if you are interested to promote and sustain cremation in Romania come with us into the fire, becoming member of AMURG. Romanian Cremation Association!

Proceedings of the Alcoholism: Historical and Social Issues, International Conference, first edition, Alba Iulia, Romania, 28-29 August 2009

Here is the first cover of the proceedings Alcoholism Conference 2009. Me and Tudor Rosu are the editors of these.

News

Vitan Barzesti Crematorium in Bucharest
My friend Alexandru Murad Mironov searching for Mihai Popovici's grave in Balaneanu cemetery in Bucharest together with me!
Mihai Popovici's obituary published in Romania Libera newspaper in 1968

1. I was gone for couple of days to Bucharest trying again to see the archive of Cenusa and Vitan Barzesti crematoria in Bucharest. Unfortunately, in spite of the Adela Frecateanu's efforts, one of the lawyers of ACCU, to help me *(many thanks for your kindness, Adela!), I didn't succed to done it. I think the reason they refused me again with it is not to hide some secrets but just the bureaucracy of the employers of ACCU. Anyway they promised will permit me to see all these archives at my next visit at ACCU . I believe that in maximum 3 weeks I will be gone again to Bucharest for it.
Also, I was to Balaneanu cemetery in Bucharest searching for the grave of Mihai Popovici, one of the most important romanian cremationists, together with my friend Alexandru Murad Mironov from University of Bucharest. Unfortunately, we didn't find this grave.
2 I'm working with professor Eric Venbrux from University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands and my friend Zdenek Nespor, from Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic for an application at a common project research with european funds. The topic of this research project is Cremations and Crematoria in 20th-21st century Europe: Between Western and Eastern European Issues of Cremation. My main problem is the fact is very hard to me to find others 5 researchers in Romania interested in cremation issues, exceepting myself!

The Proceedings of Alcoholism: Historical and Social Issues, International Conference, 2009

This is a picture of a hard drunk man from Alba Iulia taken by me 2 weeks ago. Location of this: bus station of Alba Iulia, Romania!

The Proceedings of Alcoholism: Historical and Social Issues, International Conference, 28-29 of August 2009, Alba Iulia, Romania will be published as supplement of Caietele de Antropologie Istorica (Journal of Historical Anthropology, semester journal edited by the Seminar of Historical Anthropology, "Babes-Boylai" University of Cluj Napoca, Romania, editor in chief prof. Toader Nicoara). This journal is indexed in International Database. Here is the link to this journal: http://hiphi.ubbcluj.ro/hiphi/CAI/numere.htm

The Contents Draft of the Proceedings of Alcoholism: Historical and Social Issues, International Conference, Alba Iulia, 28-29 of August 2009

CONTENTS
FACT OR FICTION? AN OUTLINE OF THE HISTORICAL
ANTHROPOLOGY OF ALCOHOLISM.... 9
Hasso SPODE
BETWEEN SUPPORT, LACK OF INTEREST AND MOCKERY. PUBLIC
PERCEPTION OF ALCOHOLISM AND ANTI-ALCOHOLISM IN SERBIA IN
THE FIRST HALF OF 20TH CENTURY........ 17
Petar ATANACKOVIĆ
THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE MINNESOTA MODEL OF ADDICTIONS
TREATMENT WITH THE ROMANIAN CULTURE.......25
Floyd FRANTZ
SOCIOCULTURAL ASPECTS: TREATMENT OF ALCOHOLISM IN A
MULTI-CULTURAL SOCIETY ...................... 31
Wilfried K. KOEHLER
INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY AND SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCE
PREVENTION...........35
Patrick Dimitris AKRIVOS
ALCOHOLISM, A SOCIAL PHENOMENON IN THE ROMANIAN
TERRITORIES IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY.............. 41
Oana Mihaela TĂMAS
“100 grams for Victory!” or the dilemmas of collective memory in the Republic
of Moldova............ 51
Ludmila COJOCARI
„DRUGS OF THE WORKING CLASSES”. THE SUBSTITUES OF LEGAL
VODKA IN INTERWAR POLAND............59
Adrian ZANDBERG
ALCOHOLISM AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIETY: INDIAN PERSPECTIVE 69
Naima KHATOON
ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM IN WOMEN EVERYDAYS IN THE
ROMANIAN SPACE (1850-1940) ........ 79
Iulia Adina POP
ALCOHOLISM AS GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE IN THE TRANSYLVANIAN
GREEK-CATHOLIC COMMUNITY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH
AND THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY..... 95
Monica MURESAN
TEMPERANCE AND ABSTINENCE IN TRANSYLVANIA AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY. THE CASE OF THE THEOLOGICAL
ASSOCIATION IN BLAJ...............107
Victor-Tudor ROSU
BACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN CHRONIC ALCOHOLIC PATIENTS......... 117
I. MARINCU, L. NEGRUŢIU, I. IACOBICIU, Ioana TODOR, A.M. NEGHINĂ,
M. CORNIANU, R. NEGHINĂ..........117
A SOCIAL STUDY OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN ALBA COUNTY ... 125
Claudiu STEFANI
VITICULTURE IN ALBA COUNTY.............. 143
Adriana ŢUŢUIANU, Daniela Elena CUCUI, Adina GOSA
THE ANTI-ALCOHOLISM ACTION IN SOVIET MOLDOVA BEETWEN 1985-1987...........155
Virgiliu BÎRLĂDEANU
SEVERAL ACCOUNTS ON THE WORSHIP OF LIBER PATER-DIONYSUS
IN APULUM...... 161
Radu OTA
ANTI-ALCOHOLISM ACTIONS IN ROMANIA DURING THE INTER-WAR
PERIOD ........... 169
Marius ROTAR
“THE EVILS OF ARDENT SPIRITS”: QUAKERS AND TEMPERANCE IN
EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY AUSTRALIA ........................................... 177
Judy STOVE
SPIRITUALITY OF THE ADDICTION. ALCOHOL: A BLESSING OR A
CURSE? ........ 187
Fr. Iulian NEGRU
THE PHENOMENON OF ALCOHOLISM IN ADOLESCENCE. ASPECTS
CONCERNING THE DOMESTIC ETIOLOGICAL FACTORS AND THE
SPECIFIC OF THE ADOLESCENT’S PERSONALITY – THEORETICAL
FACTS...... 201
Anca ROZOREA, Cătălin IONESCU
PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION IN CHRONIC
ALCOHOLIC PATIENS ......... 213
I. MARINCU, L. NEGRUŢIU, I. IACOBICIU, Ioana TODOR, A.M. NEGHINĂ,
M. CORNIANU, R. NEGHINĂ
PSYCHOLOGYCAL MODELS OF ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE.................... 221
Ioana TODOR
“The Romanian People Are Inclined to Get Drunk”. Truncated Images: The
Romanians and Alcohol in Several Foreign Accounts of the 16th Century ..... 231
Octavian Tatar