The Centre for Diplomatic and Medieval Documentary Palaeography
The history of communities also survives in fragments of medieval manuscripts scattered across libraries, archives, and museums. These fragments offer valuable insights into written culture, knowledge circulation, and the connections between communities across medieval Europe. Continue reading “International research and training workshop- “Central European Fragment Research Group. Pre-Gothic Literacies & Communities””
Centrul TRANS.SCRIPT, unitate CDI a Universității Babeș-Bolyai, organizează în perioada 9-12 iunie 2026 Cursul Deschis Cercetarea și valorificarea patrimoniului scris medieval și premodern în contexte de istorie locală. Continue reading “Cercetarea și valorificarea patrimoniului scris medieval și premodern în contexte de istorie locală (9-12 iunie 2026)”
In both Eastern and Western scholarship, the stereotype of medieval Latin approaches to Greek-rite Christianity is that those who are anachronistically called “Catholics” adopted a rather uniformly negative attitude toward those who are equally anarchronistically called “Orthodox.” Continue reading “Public Lecture ”Orthodox or Heretics? Radically Differing Latin Perspectives in Greek-Rite Christians in the Late Middle Ages””
On October 24th 2025, the “George Barițiu” Institute of History, of the Romanian Academy branch in Cluj-Napoca, together with the TRANS.SCRIPT Centre, will organize the International Workshop Late Mediaeval and Early Modern Papal Documentation in Local Context. Contrasts and Nuances. The event is supported by the project GAR 2023-107: RO-VAT. Papal and Curial Letters in Romania (ca. 1250-1600).
În perioada 17.09.2025–29.11.2025, Palatul Principilor din Alba Iulia, în parteneriat cu Centrul Trans.Script și alte instituții de cultură din România, organizează expoziția Destine Paralele: Alba Iulia și Sebeșul în Evul Mediu. Continue reading “Expoziția „Destine Paralele. Alba Iulia și Sebeșul în Evul Mediu””
TRANS.SCRIPT Centre and The Faculty of History and Philosophy (Babeș-Bolyai University) are pleased to announce the organization of the YRI summer school Turning a New Leaf. Unexplored Central-European Bookscapes (1500-1800), which will take place in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), from 21 to 25 July 2025. Continue reading “YRI Summer School “Turning a New Leaf. Unexplored Central-European Bookscapes (1500-1800)” (CA23137)”
Centrul TRANS.SCRIPT, unitate CDI a Universității Babeș-Bolyai, este co-organizator al conferinței anuale, găzduite de Complexul Muzeal Bistrița-Năsăud și dedicate istoriei orașului Bistrița și împrejurimilor sale. Continue reading “Bistrița înainte de modernitate”
Between 7th and 9th October 2024, as part of the project RESTORY – Recovering Past Stories for the Future: A Synergistic Approach to Textual and Oral Heritage of Small Communities, the esteemed historian Hon.-Prof. Konrad Gündisch from Munich delivered a series of five lectures. These lectures addressed various aspects of Saxon identity and the historical development of their communities in Transylvania, spanning from their establishment in the 12th to 14th centuries to their emigration to German-speaking countries in the 20th century. Continue reading “Restory Talks II”
On the 4th of July 2024 our centre host a short scientific session of three papers, authored by our guest researchers from Belgium. The event is part of RESTORY – Recovering Past Stories for the Future: A Synergistic Approach to Textual and Oral Heritage of Small Communities, a project developed within the Horizon Europe Programme. Continue reading “Restory Talks”
During 10th – 12th of June 2024, took place in Cluj-Napoca a workshop dedicated to Historical Network analysis. The workshop was organized by Sébastien de Valeriola (Université libre de Bruxelles), Nicolas Ruffini-Ronzani (Université de Namur & Archives de l’État à Namur), Guillaume Quintin (Université libre de Bruxelles). Continue reading “Making the Ties Count. A Historical Network Analysis Workshop”