"Our soul is just an urn where we close, once and for all, the ashes of our lost passions !"

sâmbătă, 26 decembrie 2009

Romanian Death Association for Death Studies

This is a provisional list of the persons interested to become founders of Romanian Association for Death Studies:

1. Marius Rotar, historian, PhD., "1 Decembrie 1918" University of Alba Iulia
2. Tudor Victor Rosu, historian, PhD., National Museum of Unification, Alba Iulia
3. Corina Rotar, computer scientist, PhD., "1 Decembrie 1918" University of Alba Iulia
4. Cosmin Bodrean, manager, "Sf. Gheorghe" Cemetery, Hunedoara
5. Cristina Bogdan, historian, PhD., University of Bucharest
6. Silvia Marin, historian, PhD., University of Bucharest
7. Nicu Mihai, historian, PhD., "C.S. Plopsor" Romanian Academy Institute, Craiova
8. Mihai Burlacu, sociologist, PhD. student, "Transylvania" University of Brasov
9. Adriana Teodorescu, PhD. student, "Babes-Boylai" University of Cluj Napoca
10. Corneliu Simut, theologian, PhD., "Emmanuel" University of Oradea
11. Florina Codreanu, PhD. student, "Babes-Boylai" University of Cluj Napoca
12. Gabriela Boiangiu, PhD., "C.S. Plopsor" Romanian Academy Institute, Craiova
13. Andi Mihalache, historian, Ph.D, "A.D. Xenopol", Romanian Academy Institute, Jassy
14. Carmen Alexandrache, Ph.D student, University of Galati

If you want to be between founders of this unique Association please send me a mail and a short CV at mrotar2000@yahoo.com
The main aim of Romanian Association for Death Studies is to develop and to improve the quality of death studies in our country. Also, we try to keep alive the flames of Dying and Death in 18th-21srt Century Europe, International Conference! This is the only conference on death in Romania and also in this part of Europe! For all of these and other 1000 unspoken reasons I do need you by our side!

A Short Portrait of a Romanian Cremationist



It's about Radu D. Rosetti (1874-1964) - poet, one of the best authors of epigrams in Romanian literature, a famous lawyer during the interwar period and also author of some travel books. According to George Calinescu, Radu D. Rosetti used, in the last years of his life, to sleep with the urn on his night table, expressing in this manner his adhesion to cremation. With Constantin I. Istrati, Grigore Trancu-Iasi, Mihai (Max) Popovici, C. Comanescu, V.I. Zorca and few others, too RADU D. ROSETTI had been one of the most important romanian cremationists. Unfortunately surfing on net I haven't found until now any picture of Radu D. Rosetti and for this reason I posted it.