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Horia-Roman Patapievici
Writer and Essayist
Born: March 18, 1957 in Bucharest
Married in 1981,
one son (b. in 1989)
Citizenship: Romanian
Religion: orthodox
Education
- 1981 - BA: "The Mode Locking Short Pulses Regime of Lasers. A Survey"
(1981). University of Bucharest: Faculty of Physics
- 1982 - MA: "The Cutler Model for Short Pulses. An Analysis (1982).
University of Bucharest: Faculty of Physics
- Now completing a Ph.D.: "The Philosophical Imaginary of Physics. The
Case of Pierre Duhem" (2000). University of Bucharest: Faculty of
Philosophy.
Scholarships
- TEMPUS (European Community): Paris, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Ve
Section: November - December 1992.
- STIPENDIUM ZUR WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN AUS- UND FORTBILDUNG IN DEUTSCHLAND (Deutscher
Akademischer Austauschdienst): Boppard; Frankfurt am Main, Goethe Institut:
December 1994 - June 1995.
- EMINESCU TRUST: Oxford, Oriel College: September 1999.
Fellowships
- January - October 1994 - New Europe College, Bucharest
- November 9-16, 1996 - Salzburg Seminar
Domains of Specialization
- Scientific Research: Optics (Lasers), Solid State Physics (crystal growth,
semiconductors, defects, impurities)
- Teaching: General Physics, Solid State Physics, Philosophy and History of
Physics, History of Ideas
- Literary Writing
Career
- 1986-1989 - Scientific Researcher and Laboratory Principal
(09.1985-12.1989) at the Institute for Semiconductor Materials (I.C.P.M.S.–Bucharest)
- October 1, 1990-October 1, 1994 - Assistant professor in the Department of
Physics, the Polytechnic
Institute of Bucharest
- October 1, 1994
-October 1, 1996 - Principal of the German Studies Center,
Department of Philosophy, University of Bucharest
- Since 1996 - Program Deviser at the Group for Social Dialogue
- Since October 1998 - Columnist for the Review "22"
- Since Mars 2000 - Member of the College of CNSAS (National Council for the Study of the
Securitate Archives)
Invited courses:
- Introduction in the History of Scientific Ideas (1993)
- History of Physics (1993; 1994)
- The Scientific Revolution (1996)
- The Crisis of Modernity (1998)
Publishing Activity
Books
(The Sky Seen through the Lens), Bucharest,
Nemira Publishing House, 1995 (384pp.) - collected essays
Zbor in bataia sageţii (Flying against the Arrow), Bucharest,
Humanitas Publishing House, 1995 (320pp.) - novelistic essay
Flying against the Arrow, Budapest, Central European University Press,
2000
Politice (Political Matters), Bucharest, Humanitas Publishing House,
1996 (304 pp.) - political essays
Omul recent (Remarks on the Recentness in Man), Humanitas Publishing
House, Bucharest, 2001
To be published
(A summary of concrete politics).Bucharest:
Humanitas Publishing House, 2000 - political essays
Dupa Galilei si dincolo de Niceea (After Galileo and Beyond Nicaea).
Bucharest: Humanitas Publishing House, 2000 - history of ideas
Nézz vissza haraggal. Budapest, Pont/Kiadó, 2001
Viaţa la 17 ani (The Life at 17). Nemira: 2001 (picaresque novel)
Imaginarul filosofic al fizicii (The Philosophical Imaginary of
Physics). Humanitas: 2001
Galileo Galilei. Principalele opere in doua volume (The Essential
Galileo in Two Volumes). Polirom: 2002-2003
Contributions to books
- "A Short Look into the Dissemination of Newtonian Ideas in the
Romanian Provinces: 1687-1860". P R A K T I K A D I E Q N O U S E P I S
T H M O N I K O U S U M P O S I O U , A Q H N A 17-18 D E K E M B R I O U
1993, K N E /E I E A Q H N A 1996: 145-155
- "Istoria unei idei: non-separabilitatea" (The History of an
Idea: Non-Separability). In: Bohm, D. Plenitudinea lumii si ordinea ei,
Bucuresti: Humanitas, Forward, 1995: 7-25
- "Ioan Petru Culianu: o mathesis universalis" (I.P.
Couliano: A Mathesis Universalis). In: Culianu, I.P. Gnozele
dualiste ale Occidentului, Bucuresti: Nemira, Afterward, 1995: 345-378
- "A Theory of the Internal Medium. An Essay on the Reality of
Philosophical Imaginary Concept in Exact Sciences". In: New Europe
College Yearbook 1994, Bucuresti: Humanitas, 1996: 43-91
- “Metafizica naţiunii in act este o politica" (The Metaphysics
of Nationality is Politics In Actu). In: Andreescu, G. (ed.) Romania
versus Romania, Bucuresti: Clavis, 1996: 174-193
- "Anatomia unei catastrofe" (The Anatomy of a Catastrophe). In:
Chimet, I. (ed.) Momentul adevarului, Cluj: Dacia, 1996: 168-183
- "E.M. Cioran: Entre le démon fanfaron et le barbare sous
cloche". Lectures de Cioran, textes réunis par Norbert
Dodille et Gabriel Liiceanu, L’Harmattan, 1997: 61-67 (in French)
- "Dialogul generalizat al ideilor" (The Generalized Dialogue of
Ideas). In: Antohi, S. and Craiuţu, A. (Eds.) Pentru o filosofie a
dialogului. Eseuri in onoarea lui Mihai Sora (Festschrift Mihai Sora),
Bucuresti: Nemira, 1997: 206-232
- "Galileo Galilei: o carte despre destinul lui in cultura romana"
(Galileo Galilei: a book about his destiny in Romanian culture). In:
Stratan, Gh. Galileu! O, Galileu!, Bucuresti: Logos, Afterward, 1997:
186-197
- "Ludwig von Mises: un aliat impotriva bigotismului intelectual"
(to be published as a Forward to Mises, Ludwig von, Economic Policy.
Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow, Bucuresti: Nemira, 1998)
Translations
- David Bohm, Plenitudinea lumii si ordinea ei. Bucharest: Humanitas,
1995 (the original title: The Wholeness and the Implicate Order,
1980)
Articles
- 1984-1989 - Several scientific papers and communications on solid state
physics
- 1992-1998 - More than 250 articles on culture, politics, epistemology and history of
ideas, published in important Romanian cultural reviews
such as: 22, Dilema, Romania Literara, Litere, Arte,
Idei (LA&I), Secolul 20, Cuvintul, Orizont, Euphorion,
Vatra
Conferences
- "A Short Look into the Dissemination of Newtonian Ideas in the
Romanian Provinces: 1687-1860". PRAKTIKA DIEQNOUS EPISTHMONIKOU
SUMPOSIOU, AQHNA 17-18 DEKEMBRIOU 1993
- "E.M. Cioran: Entre le démon fanfaron et le barbare sous
cloche". Colloque Cioran à l’Institut Français de Bucarest,
23-25 Mai 1996
- "Conservatism and Neo-conservatism in today’s Romania",
Salzburg Seminar, Session 342: November 9-16, 1996
- "Problème politique et problème culturel dans la Roumanie
d’aujourd’hui", Institut Franco-Portugais, Lisboa, 17 juin 1997
- "Tomorrow’s Grieves are Yesterday’s Sorrows", World Futures
Studies Federation XV World Conference, Brisbane, 28 Sept.-3 Oct. 1997
- "Orthodoxie und der Rest der Welt", Leipziger Buchmesse,
Leipzig, March 27, 1998.
- "East/West: The Romanian Case", Vienna University, May 5,1998
- "Evolution through making tabula rasa: the Romanian
model", Professor Heitmann Romanistic Seminar, Heidelberg, June 22,
1998
- "Les temps modernes: the dissemination of the scientific culture in
18th Century Romanian Principalities", The International Conference
Culture and the Politics of Identity in Modern Romania, University of
Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA), Central European University (Budapest), Europäische
Kulturstiftung (Bucarest), Bucarest 27-30 May 1998
Affiliations
- Group for Social Dialogue (GDS), Romania
- New Europe College (NEC), Romania
- The Romanian Academic Society (SAR)
- The Romanian Writers Association
- PEN Club (Romanian Section)
- The Romanian Press League
- Institutul de Cercetari Interdisciplinare Romano-Germane (ICIRG: Deutsch-Rumänisches Interdisziplinäres
Forschungsinstitut)
- Fundatia Culturala Europeana (EKS: Europäische Kulturstiftung)
Prizes and Awards
- 1993 - Essay Prize of the Publishing House Nemira
- 1995 - Début Prize of the Association of Professional Writers (Uniunea
Scriitorilor)
- 1995 - Prize for Journalism of the Cultural Magazine Cuvintul
- 1995 - Man of the Year Prize of the Cultural Magazine Cuvintul
- 1995 - "Alexandra Indries" Prize of «Societatea Timisoara»
Foreign Languages
- French, English (speaking, writing)
- German, Italian (reading)
Internet References
Address
- Private: Mosilor 189, BL. 1, Sc. A,
Et. 5, Apt. 17, Sector 2,
70314 Bucharest, E-mail: patapievici@dnt.ro
- REVISTA "22":
Calea Victoriei 120, Sector 1,
70179 Bucharest, tel./fax: +40-21-311.2208
- CNSAS - Consiliul Naţional pentru Studierea Arhivelor
Securitatii: Palace of Parliament, 3-5, Izvor St., Room 4031, tel./fax.:
+40-21-314.6467, Mobile: +40-745-116.193
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