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)