28.05.2025 / News Făgăraș, May 28, 2025 – The Făgăraș Research Institute had the pleasure of hosting a group of students from the University of Pittsburgh, participants in the Pitt in Romania & Belgium 2025 study abroad program, led by Dr. Horia M. Dijmărescu, Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department...
26.02.2025 / Publications Authors: Ștefan Cibian At one of our FRI Media Lab workshops, students did not know what World War II was, who Hitler was, or what happened during the Holocaust. That illustrates a specific difficulty in teaching history, as well as broader challenges faced by post-totalitarian societies...
21.01.2025 / News The decisions we make today can prevent the return to power of ideologies that have left a bloody mark on our collective past for several decades. Healing these traumas is a theme we will continue to explore together. At the last performance of the documentary theatre performance...
17.09.2024 / News We are preparing for the first meeting within the School for Sustainable Development project. On Friday and Saturday, we are hosting representatives from local and foreign non-governmental organizations in Calbor for a series of debates on community development. The meeting concludes on Saturday evening with an event...
05.11.2024 / News How do we learn from the past to better understand the present? The “Țara Bunicilor” (Grandparents’ Land) workshop gave children and young people the opportunity to explore recent history through interactive experiences and role-playing games. Starting with the rigged elections of 1946 and continuing with experiments on...
15.10.2024 / News End of project: Share Location – The Făgăraș Resistance reached six counties this year. The documentary-theater show brought the powerful stories of women in the anti-communist resistance to the public, transforming each performance into a community dialogue about memory, suffering and collective healing. Between June and August...
28.10.2024 / News On October 20th 2024, the “Messages from the Future” exhibition, the last event in the Share Location: Făgăraș Resistance project, was opened in the Dungeon Tower of the Țara Făgărașului Museum. The exhibition brought to the forefront the works made by children and young people who participated...
15.06.2024 / News On Heroes’ Day (June 13), during a special event organized at the Valer Literat Museum in Țara Făgărașului, the documentary-theatre performance “Share Location: the Făgăraș Resistance” premiered. The production, dedicated to women who fought against the communist regime, offered the audience a powerful artistic and emotional experience....
12.02.2025 / Perspectives Laugh. Laugh louder than them. Laugh against oppression, against the powerful, and against politicians. Show your teeth and squint your eyes: this will be your new face. Thus, there will be tears of joy, stronger than those of pain. Author: Zoe Alice Deotto, M.A. Candidate Political satire...
12.02.2025 / Perspectives Although both Italy and Romania formally guarantee religious freedom, the practical challenges faced by religious minorities differ significantly. In Italy, limitations stem mainly from bureaucratic obstacles and the lack of official recognition for some religious communities, such as the Islamic community. […] In Romania, however, the main...