Adrian Papahagi

Adrian Papahagi (born 20 March 1976, Cluj) is a Romanian philologist, essayist and politician.[1] In 2014, he was one of the founders of PMP (Partidul Mișcarea Populară).[2] In March 2015, he founded, together with Monica Macovei a new political party, M10.[1] Adrian Papahagi is currently professor at the Babeș-Bolyai University, in Cluj.

Adrian Papahagi
Personal details
Born (1976-03-20) March 20, 1976
Cluj, Romania
Political partyM10
ParentsMarian Papahagi
Alma materPantheon-Sorbonne University

Biography

Adrian Papahagi is an alumnus of Philology, Faculty of Babeș-Bolyai University, specialized in English studies (1999) and of the University Paris IV-Sorbonne (1998). Between 1997 and 2000, he studied at École Normale Supérieure (Paris). He has a master's degree in medieval studies at University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (1999) and also Ph.D. („summa cum laude”) at the same university. He has taught old English at Paris Sorbonne University and at Catholic Institute of Paris between 1999 and 2003. For now he is an Lecturer at English cathedra Babeș-Bolyai University.[3] In 2007 he founded in the university the Centre of History of Books and Texts (CODEX),[4] which aims to valorise the Medieval manuscripts collection from Romania. Between 1996 and 1997, he was Editor-in-chief at the Echinox magazine (Cluj). Between 1999 and 2005, he was co-director at Echinox Publishing.

Adrian Papahagi is a member of the following institutions: International Society of Anglo-Saxonists (ISAS); Association des Médiévistes Anglicistes de l’Enseignement Supérieur (AMAES); Early English Text Society (EETS); European Society for the Study of English (ESSE); Association Paléographique Internationale (APICES); Société des Anglicistes de l’Enseignement Supérieur (SAES); Medieval Academy of America.[4]

Controversy

Adrian Papahagi was involved in a public dispute with the reputed Romanian philosopher Mihai Șora after attacking his message following Fidel Castro's death. On the occasion, Mihai Șora called Papahagi "Functionally illiterate".[5]

References
  1. "VIDEO Macovei si Papahagi au initiat un nou partid, cu atacuri la Basescu, Iohannis si Ponta. Partidul M10 nu a ajuns la putere, dar are opozitie - Politic". HotNews.ro. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  2. Post by Adrian Papahagi (2014-08-17). "Adrian Papahagi: Udrea are dreptate, a venit timpul sa votam o doamna. Pe Monica Macovei" (in Romanian). Ziare.com. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2015-08-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. by webmaster (2016-10-09). "Dr Adrian Papahagi, director of the CODEX Centre | CODEX". Codex.centre.ubbcluj.ro. Archived from the original on 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  5. https://evz.ro/scandal-urias-intre-intelectuali-mihai-sora.html


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