Thursday, 15 June 2023
10:00–10:30
Bogdan Murgescu, Vice-Rector of the University of Bucharest, Welcome speech
Dietmar Müller (University of Bucharest / University of Leipzig), The Hungarian Optants Question in Transnational Perspectives
10:30–12:30
1st Panel: Legal and transnational dimensions of the Optants Question
Moderator: Adrian Vițălaru (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi)
Jakob Zollmann (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung), The Politics and Law in the Decisions of the Mixed Arbitral Tribunals
Antal Berkes (University of Liverpool), The Romanian-Hungarian Optants Case and Transnational Litigation Networks
Marius Diaconescu (University of Bucharest), The Legal Value of the Paris Agreements of April 28, 1930 and the Legal liability of the Agrarian Fund
Discussant: Alexandra Iancu (University of Bucharest)
13:00–14:00
Lunch break
14:00–16:00
2nd Panel: International diplomatic interventions
Moderator: Andrei Florin Sora (University of Bucharest)
Lucian Leuştean (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi), Great Britain and the Optants Dispute in Romania
Réka Marchut (Eötvös Lóránd Research Network – Centre for Social Sciences), The Influence of Germany on the Diplomatic Debates between Hungary and Romania Referred to the Optants Case
Julia Bavouzet (University of Vienna), The Hungarian Optants Question and the League of Nation: a Nébuleuse of Actors
Discussant: Daniela Popescu (University of Bucharest)
16:00–16:30
Coffee break
16:30–18:30
3rd Panel: The Romanian diplomacy and the League of Nations
Moderator: Dietmar Müller (University of Leipzig)
Andrei Florin Sora (University of Bucharest), Nicolae Titulescu and the Decision-making Process in the Optants Question
Adrian Viţalaru (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi), Advisor, Liaison, Negotiator. Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen and the Hungarian Optants Question
Sebastian-Dragoș Bunghez (Romanian Society for Historical Sciences), The League of Nations and the Beginning of the Problem of Hungarian Optants in Romania
Discussant: Bogdan Popa (Nicolae Iorga Institute of History, Bucharest)
18:30–19:30
Dinner
Friday, 16 June 2023
09:00–11:00
4th Panel: Economic and citizenship dimensions
Moderator: Marius Diaconescu (University of Bucharest)
Gábor Egry (Institute of Political History, Budapest), Ownership of Foreign Corporate Assets, Economic Nationalism and Economic Transition in Early Interwar Romania
Cornel Micu (University of Bucharest), Estate vs Plot: Perspectives on Land during the 1921 Agrarian Reform
Ingrid Schiel (Siebenbürgen Institut, Gundelsheim), The Conflicting Interests on the Questions of Married Women`s Nationality in the Interwar Period in Romania
Discussant: Claudiu Crăciun (National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest)