The Empire. Between dispute and nostalgia

Introduction

Ubique Victor. Triumphus, Christianity and the Ritualization of ImperialContinuity

The "Clash" of Empires: The Habsburgs, the Ottomans, Safavid Persia and the Anti-Ottoman Projects in a Diplomatic Episode of 1547

Beyond the Ottoman Empire - Past's Hegemonies and Rising Powers; Venice and Habsburgs in the 16th Century

The Empire That Never Was: Ali Kemal's Fetret (Interregnum) and the Vision of a Westernised Ottoman Empire

Foreigners and Foreign Menace (as Perceived) in Romanian Society During First World War. A Few Considerations

"My Dear Cousin": The Diplomacy of the Romanian Royal House at the Imperial Courts in the Eve of World War One

Imperial Nostalgia and Contestation: N. Iorga and the Paradoxes of a Romanian Nationalist

A Book as Wedding Gift: Nicolae Iorga, the 1921 Romanian-Greek Royal Weddings, and the Paths of Knowledge Exchange

Spain after the Empire. Between Nostalgia and the Future

Erroneous Calculations on the Ruins of Empires: The Failure of the Proportional Representation Method in Central and Southern Europe in the 1920s

Borderland's Country: South Dobruja. Imperial Nostalgias on the Edge of the National Ideal (1913-1940)

From Allies to the Undesirable: The Refuge of the Crimean Tatars to Romania During World War Two

The End of a Communist Imperial Illusion. The First Visit of Pope John Paul II in Poland. 1979

The Ghost of Imperialism. The Anti-Western Propaganda in the Last Years of Ceau escu's Regime

Withdrawal of the Soviet Empire: System Crisis or International Crisis?

Communist/Post-Communist Official Remembrance of the Local Involvement in the Holocaust: A Comparison Between Poland and Romania

Emanuel Plopeanu is an associate professor, PhD, at the "Ovidius" University of Constant,a, Faculty of History and Political Science. His areas of interest include United States policy towards the South-East Europe in the 20th century and Romanian-Turkish relations in the 20th century.

Gabriel Stelian Manea is a lecturer, PhD, at the "Ovidius" University of Constant,a, Faculty of History and Political Science. His areas of interest include the relationship between the church and communist regimes, spiritual and cultural anti-communist dissent, and the history of the Romanian Orthodox Church during the communist period.

Metin Omer is a researcher at the Institute of Science, Culture and Spirituality at "Ovidius" University of Constant,a, Romania. His current areas of research include the historical evolution of Turkish and Tatar communities from Romania, especially after the fall of the Ottoman Empire, and Romanian-Turkish relations.