Radu Florescu (born 23 October, 1925) is a
RomanianThe Romanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian ; they are the majority inhabitants of România.In one prominent interpretation of the census results in Moldova, Moldovans are counted as Romanians, which would...
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who holds the position of
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of
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at
Boston CollegeBoston College is a private research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Its name reflects its early history as a liberal arts college and preparatory school in Boston's South End. It is a member of the 568 Group and the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities...
. He was Director of the East European Research Center at Boston College, and also a professor of history.
Florescu was born in
BucharestBucharest is the capital city, industrial and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmboviţa River....
. He received his
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and
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degrees from
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in
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, before moving to the
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, where he completed his
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at
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. Radu Florescu is now living in the south of France and travels to Boston, where he is working on a new book.
He has written many academic articles and books on
Romanian historyThis article provides only a brief outline of each period of the history of Romania; details are presented in separate articles . -Prehistory:...
.
Radu Florescu (born 23 October, 1925) is a
RomanianThe Romanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian ; they are the majority inhabitants of România.In one prominent interpretation of the census results in Moldova, Moldovans are counted as Romanians, which would...
academicAcademia, Acadème, or the Academy are collective terms for the community of students and scholars engaged in higher education and research....
who holds the position of
EmeritusEmeritus is an adjective that is used in the title of a retired professor, bishop, or other professional. Emerita is often used as the female equivalent, although avoided by purists, since phrases such as professor emerita are ungrammatical in Latin...
ProfessorThe meaning of the word professor varies. In some English-speaking countries, it refers to a senior academic who holds a departmental chair, especially as head of the department, or a personal chair awarded specifically to that individual...
of
HistoryHistory is the study of the human past, with special attention to the written record. Scholars who write about history are called historians. It is a field of research which uses a narrative to examine and analyse the sequence of events, and it often attempts to investigate objectively the patterns...
at
Boston CollegeBoston College is a private research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Its name reflects its early history as a liberal arts college and preparatory school in Boston's South End. It is a member of the 568 Group and the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities...
. He was Director of the East European Research Center at Boston College, and also a professor of history.
Florescu was born in
BucharestBucharest is the capital city, industrial and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmboviţa River....
. He received his
B.A.A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for four years, but can range from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
and
M.A.A master's degree is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
degrees from
Christ Church, OxfordThis article is about the Oxford college. For other uses, see Christ Church or Christchurch .Christ Church , is one of the largest constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England...
in
Great BritainGreat Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island. With a population of about 59.6 million people, it is the third most populated island on Earth. Great Britain is surrounded by over 1000 smaller...
, before moving to the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, where he completed his
Ph.D.Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated PhD , for the Latin , meaning "teacher of philosophy", or alternatively, DPhil, for the equivalent , is an advanced academic degree awarded by universities...
at
Indiana UniversityIndiana University is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. It is also known as Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana, or simply IU, and is located in Bloomington, Indiana....
. Radu Florescu is now living in the south of France and travels to Boston, where he is working on a new book.
He has written many academic articles and books on
Romanian historyThis article provides only a brief outline of each period of the history of Romania; details are presented in separate articles . -Prehistory:...
. He is the author (or co-author with
Raymond T. McNallyRaymond T McNally was a professor of Russian and East European History at Boston College in the USA and an author. He specialized in the history of horror and wrote many books around the subject.-Bibliography:...
) of several other books on Romanian and
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history, including
Essays on Roumanian History,
The Struggle against Russia in the Romanian Principalities,
Dracula: Prince of Many Faces,
In Search of Dracula, and
In Search of Frankenstein.
From 1996 to 2004, Florescu served as Honorary Consul for
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by the Romanian Foreign Ministry, the first person to be appointed to such a position in the United States. His first job as honorary consul was to oversee voting by Boston-area Romanian citizens in one of the first democratic Romanian elections since the
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. He is now Emeritus Honorary Consul.
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