Research Center
“Nicolae Ursu” Ethno-Musicological Research Center and Banat Collection of Ethnomusicological Restitutions
Benefiting from the professional expertise and quality of scientific and cultural contributions of its members, the NICOLAE URSU ETHNO-MUSICOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER was established in 2022 as an integral part of the ASSOCIATION FOR BANAT CULTURE.
Our initiative was supported by Timotei Ursu – son of the distinguished university professor, folklorist, and Banat composer Nicolae Ursu, as a sign of tribute, appreciation, and also unconditional support for our present and future scientific endeavors.
The urgent need for establishment – a premiere in the field of Ethno-Musicology – was created by the impasse, stagnation, and even non-existence before and after 1990 of research concerns regarding Banat musical folklore due to multiple factors. Our efforts ensure continuity towards understanding and valorizing the contributions of Banat folklorists from the beginning of the last century and especially the contributions of current research.
Our goal thus creates the BANAT COLLECTION OF ETHNOMUSICOLOGICAL RESTITUTIONS aimed at restoring, restituting, and providing interdisciplinary and syncretic interpretation of our cultural and scientific heritage values.
Benefiting from the professional expertise and quality of scientific and cultural contributions of its members, the NICOLAE URSU ETHNO-MUSICOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER was established in 2022 as an integral part of the ASSOCIATION FOR BANAT CULTURE.
Our initiative was supported by Timotei Ursu – son of the distinguished university professor, folklorist, and Banat composer Nicolae Ursu, as a sign of tribute, appreciation, and also unconditional support for our present and future scientific endeavors.
The urgent need for establishment – a premiere in the field of Ethno-Musicology – was created by the impasse, stagnation, and even non-existence before and after 1990 of research concerns regarding Banat musical folklore due to multiple factors. Our efforts ensure continuity towards understanding and valorizing the contributions of Banat folklorists from the beginning of the last century and especially the contributions of current research.
Our goal thus creates the BANAT COLLECTION OF ETHNOMUSICOLOGICAL RESTITUTIONS aimed at restoring, restituting, and providing interdisciplinary and syncretic interpretation of our cultural and scientific heritage values.
Research directions in the field of Ethno-Musicology and interdisciplinary sciences:
- Organization of scientific conferences and meetings at local, regional, national, and international levels
- Creating partnerships and research projects between specialists in the Balkan region
- Implementation of national and international initiatives
- Establishment of specialized journals
- Partnerships with all university and cultural institutions in the Balkans
- Projects within cultural communities of ethnic groups in Romania and the Balkans as an approach to highlight our common heritage
- Consultancy, scientific expertise, musical archives, artistic creation, book presentations
- Restoration and restitution of reference volumes and integration of publications in university and international bibliography
- Applicable consultancy on viable projects for master’s and doctoral students based on modern scientific research methodologies in Musicology and Ethnomusicology
Professor Dr. Lucian Emil Roșca
DIRECTOR OF THE RESEARCH CENTER AND COLLECTION
Scientific Council:
Acad. Cosma Octavian Lazăr
Prof.Dr.Habil. Mădălina Rucsanda
Prof.Dr.Habil. Lucian Emil Roșca
Assoc.Prof.Dr.Habil. Ion Alexandru Ardereanu
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Traian Penciu
Lect.Dr. Adrian Călin Boba
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Minga Mikaela
Dr. Franz Metz (Germany)
Prof.Dr. Panea Nicolae
Dr. Jelena Jovanović (Serbia)
Dr. Dejan Popov
Prof.Dr. Janevski Vladimir (North Macedonia)
Dr. Marjanović Nataša (Serbia)
Prof.Dr. Panić Kašanski Dragica (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Dr.Cand. Lavinius Nikolajević
Associate Members:
Prof.Dr.Habil. Veronica Demenescu
Dr. Constantin-Tufan Stan
Assist.Prof.Dr. Maria Enescu
Dr. Dumitru Jompan
Dr. (architect) Vlad Spatariu
Dr. Andra Barbul
Dr. Ion Traia
Doctoral Students:
PhD Cand. Adrian Balla
PhD Student Dragoș Dinescu
PhD Student Cătălin Iancu
RESEARCH AND STUDIES JOURNAL
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