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florin.ardelean@ubbcluj.ro
Education
Late medieval and early modern history, social history, military history,
Romanian history, Central and East European History, history of higher education,
academic mobility and cooperation
Research Experience
Documentarist, Babeș-Bolyai University, Academic Cultural Heritage Department,
University Archive, 2013 – present
Postdoctoral Fellow of the Babeș-Bolyai University and the Romanian Academy, Cluj
branch, 2011- 2013
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Program description: EU, ESF-SOPHRD/89/1.5/S/60189: „Programe
postdoctorale pentru dezvoltare durabilă într-o societate bazată pe
cunoaştere” [Postdoctoral Programs for Sustainable Development in a
Knowledge Based Society]. Title of research project: Stat, societate şi
organizare militară în epoca modernă timpurie. Principatul autonom al
Transilvaniei în contextul răspândirii inovaţiilor specifice „revoluţiei
militare” în secolele XVI-XVII [State, society and military organization in
the early modern age. The autonomous principality of Transylvania in the
context of the spreading of “military revolution” innovations in the 16 th-
17th century]
Activities and responsibilities: archival and library research, participating
in international conferences, book and articles writing etc.
Research Assistant, Centre for Transylvanian Studies, Romanian Academy, Cluj branch,
2010 - 2013
Program description: CNCSIS, TE, 356/2010 (2010-2013): Politica
răsăriteană a Casei de Habsburg (secolele XV-XVI): Țările Române între
Imperiul otoman și cruciada târzie [The Eastern Policy of the House of
Habsburg (1400s-1500s): Walachia and Moldavia Between the Later Crusades
and the Ottoman Empire]
Activities and responsibilities: archival research, book editing, organization of
conferences and other scientific events, administration of research project,
external fund raising etc.
Teaching experience:
Research Grants
Books
Florin Nicolae Ardelean, Liviu Cîmpeanu, Gelu Fodor, Livia Magina (eds.), From
Medieval Frontiers to Early Modern Borders in Central and South-Eastern Europe
(Berlin: Peter Lang, 2022). (https://doi.org/10.3726/b19870)
Florin Nicolae Ardelean, Emilia Cismaș, Ovidiu-Emil Iudean, Józef Lukács, Clujul
universitar și lumea academică germană (Cluj-Napoca: Editura Mega, 2022)
Articles
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Ardelean, F.N. (2021). Political Boundaries and Territorial Identity in Early Modern
Central Europe: The Western Frontier of Transylvania during the Sixteenth Century.
Territorial Identity and Development, 6(1), 21-38. http://doi.org/10.23740/TID120212.
„The Siege of Timișoara from 1596 in the Works of Bernardino Beccari da Sacile”,
Zsuzsanna Kopeczny (ed.), Politics and society in Central and South-East Europe: life
under the shadow of the Ottoman Empire's expansion (15th-16th centuries), (Cluj-
Napoca: Mega, 2021), pp. 117-125.
„War and Social Conflicts in Early Modern Border Areas: Colonel Ludovicus de La
Borde and Satu Mare (Szatmár) Frotress (1673-77)”, Hiperboreea, vol. 8, no.1, 2021,
pp. 16-38. (WOS:000752294200002) (10.5325/hiperboreea.8.1.0016)
Magina, Livia, Ardelean, Florin Nicolae, „Fortuna Brevis: Destine și averi în 1674 în
comitatul Satu Mare”, în Banatica, 29, 2019, p. 121-143.
„The Romanian University of Cluj and the Academic Community from the United
States of America (1919- 1941): An Overview of Early Contacts”, in Journal of
Research in Higher Education, Vol. III, No. 2, 2019, pp. 5-17.
„Pecunia nervus belli”. The Saxon University in Transylvania and its Contribution to
the Military Campaign of the 1566-1567, in „Politics and Society in Centyral and South-
Eastern Europe (13th- 16th centuries)”, ed. Zoltan Iusztin, Cluj-Napoca, 2019.
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Evoluția funcției de căpitam general în Transilvania la sfârșitul secolului al XVI-lea și
în prima jumătate a secolului al XVII-lea, în „Banatica”, 28, 2018, pp. 561-582.
On the Foreign Mercenaries and Early Modern Military Innovations in East Central
Europe. The Army Castaldo in Transylvania and the Banat 1551-1553, in Mozgó
Frontvonalak. Háború és diplomácia a várháborúk időszakában 1552-1568, Studia
Agriensia 35., (ed.) György Bujdosné Pap, Ingrid Fejér, Ágota H. Szilasi, Eger, 2017,
pp. 117-128.
Military Leadership in the Transylvanian principality. The captain general in the second
half of the Sixteenth Century, in „Banatica”, 26 –II, 2016, 337-349.
Between Medieval Tradition and Early Modern "Military Revolution": Warfare and
Military Structures in the Hungarian Kingdom (1490-1526), in: „Between Worlds. The
Age of the Jagiellonians”, (ed.) Florin Ardelean, Christopher Nicholson, Johannes
Preiser-Kapeller, Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2013, p. 7-19.
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Frontiera apuseană a Principatului Transilvan ca zonă de conflict în anii 1570 [The
Western Border of the Transylvanian Principality as a Conflict Area in the 1570s ], în
”Anuarul Institutului de Istorie “A. D. Xenopol ”, Tom XLVIII, 2011, p. 91-101.
Rolul militar al nobilimii în Transilvania princiară [The Military Role of the Nobility in
the Principality of Transylvania], în "Studii și materiale de istorie medie", vol. XXVIII,
București, 2010, p. 137-149.
Legislaţie militară şi politică fiscală în timpul lui Ioan Sigismund Zápolya (1556-1570),
[Military Legislation and Fiscal Politics in the Time of John Sigismund Zápolya (1556-
1570)], „Acta Musei Napocensis”, 45-46/II, Cluj-Napoca, 2008-2009, p.39-53.
Conscription and Conscript Armies during the first Two Decades of Matthias’ Reign, în
„Matthias Corvinus and his Time (Cluj-Napoca/ Kolozsvár/ Klausenburg, 23rd-26th of October
2008) (Mélanges d’Histoire Générale, Nouvelle Série, Subsidia, II)”, edited by Tudor Sălăgean
and Alexandru Simon, Romanian Academy, Center for Transylvanian Studies-IDC Press, Cluj-
Napoca, 2008, pp. 124-125.
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Aspecte din viaţa cotidiană la frontiera de vest a principatului Transilvaniei în timpul
lui Sigismund Báthory [Aspects Regarding the Everyday Life on the Western Frontier
of the Transylvanian Principality in the Time of Sigismund Báthory], in “Alt-
Schassburg”, Nr. 1, Sighişoara, 2008, p. 33-39.
International conferences
Voivode Stephen Báthory and his Army: the Transylvanian Saxon University and
its Contribution to the Siege of Făgăraș (Fogaras Fogarasch) in 1573, Stephan
Báthory /Bátory István/ Stefan Batory. Shape and Effect in International
Comparison, Organizers: REFORC, University of Eötvös Loránd (Budapest),
Institute of European History (Mainz), Institute of Protestant Theology, Landau
Campus, Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities Sibiu, Asociation of
Transylvanian Studies (Sibiu), Budapest September 14─16, 2022.
Defending the borders and the court of the prince: the role of the guardsman
(drabant/darabont) in the Transylvanian military organization during the second
half of the Sixteenth century, Borders and Communities in Central and South-
Eastern Europe, West University of Timișoara, 16-17 March, 2021 (on-line).
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Institutul de Istorie „George Barițiu” din Cluj-Napoca, Academia Română, Cluj-
Napoca, 3-5 februarie, 2020.
The Siege of Timișoara from 1596, Politics and Society in Central and South-East
Europe. Life under the shadow of the Ottoman Empireʻs Expansion (15-16
centuries), organizator: Muzeul Județean al Banatului, Timișoara, 3-5 October,
2019.
The Role of Serbs in the Conflict between the Habsburgs and the Ottomans in
Banat and Transylvania (1551-1552), 12th International Congress of South –East
European Studies, Association Internationale dʼÉtudes du Sud-Est Européen,
Bucharest, 2-6 September 2019.
Matthias von Thurn, Paul Strassburg and the diplomatic and military relations
between Venice and Transylvania in 1625, X Convegno internationale di studi
«Venezia e l’Europa Orientale tra il tardo Medioevo e l’Età moderna», Instituto
Romeno di Cultura e Ricerca Umanistica di Venezia, Venezia, 12-13 aprilie 2019.
Mobility and Military Service in the First Half of the Sixteenth Century. The
Transylvanian Estates in the Conflict between Ferdinand of Habsburg and John
Szapolyai, Between Three Seas: Borders, Migrations, Connections, The Third
Biennial Conference of the Medieval Central Europe Research Network,
University of Zagreb and the Croatian Institute of History, Zagreb, 12-14 April
2018.
Pecunia nervus belli. The contribution of the Saxon University for the 1567
military campaign, Politics and Society in Central and South-Eastern Europe,
13th-16th Centuries, Timişoara, 25-27 October, 2017.
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International Symposium. In Memoriam Constantini Daicoviciu the 43 rd Edition,
Caransebeş, 21-24 February, 2017.
Deserted Villages and Runaway Serfs; The Impact of War on Rural Society and
Economy in Seventeenth Century Transylvania, „The 40th International Symposium: In
Memoriam Constantini Daicoviciu”, Caransebeș, 26 februarie -1 martie 2014.
Environment, Logistics and Campaign Planning in the 16th Century: The Army of
Castaldo in Transylvania (1551-1553), "The 12th International Postgraduate Conference
on Central and Eastern Europe Landscape and Environment in Central and Eastern
Europe: Interdisciplinary Approaches", Cluj-Napoca, 27-29 May 2013.
Society, Military Innovation, and Foreign Mercenaries in the Early Modern Period. The
Army of Castaldo in Transylvania (1551-1553), prelegere la School of Slavonic and
East European Studies, University College London, 25-26 March 2013.
Recruitment and Motivation in 15th and Early 16th Century European Armies: A
Comparative Perspective on Conscription, “Between Worlds: Historical, Cultural and
Religious Interferences in Transylvania”, Daneș - Sighișoara, October 25th - 28th, 2012.
Between the Habsburgs and the Ottoman Empire: Political and Social Crisis in the
Transylvanian Principality during the Second Half of the 16 th Century, "Crisis:
Interruptions, Reactions and Continuities in Central and Eastern Europe - The 11th
International Postgraduate Conference on Central and Eastern Europe", The School
of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, 15-17 February
2012.
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Warfare and Economy in the Transylvanian Principality (1541-1691), “Recent
Studies on Past and Present: New Sources, New Methods, or a New Public?”,
Bucharest, 25-28 September 2011.
Military Innovation and Mercenary Service in the Early Modern Period: Foreign
Soldiers in the Service of the Transylvanian Principality, 1541-1691, „Early Modern
Studies Confrence – Communication and Exchange”, Reading, 18-20 July 2011.
Between Medieval Tradition and Early Modern “Military Revolution”. Warfare and
Military Structures in the Hungarian Kingdom (1490-1526), “Between Worlds: The
Age of the Jagiellonians”, Cluj-Napoca, 22-24 octombrie 2010.
The Tactica of Leon VI and its Influence on Early Modern Warfare, „The Union
of Florence”, Cluj-Napoca, 22-24 octombrie 2009.
Conscription and Conscript Armies during the First Two Decades of Matthias’
Reign, „Matthias Corvinus and his Time”, Cluj-Napoca, 23-26 octombrie 2008.
National conferences
Război şi societate în Transilvania princiară în timpul lui Ştefan áthory (1571-
1586), „Sesiunea de comunicări ştiinţifice a doctoranzilor în Istorie”, Universitatea
Babeş–Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, 18–19 iunie 2009.
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Instituţiile principatului autonom al Transilvaniei. Surse. Metode. Perspective (masă
rotundă), Congresul Naţional al Istoricilor Români, Cluj-Napoca, 25-28 august 2016.
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