Overview

In June 2026 the MWHN hosted its fifth international conference at Babeș-Bolyai University in the city of Cluj-Napoca in Romania. Established in 1581 and located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It occupies the first position in the Romanian University Metaranking, is the largest university in Romania (with 50,000 students) and is home to several members of the MWHN and the now-concluded Romanian Officers in the Habsburg Army and their Involvement in Civil Society (late 18th century to 1918) project (PI: Vlad Popovici). This conference was organised within the framework of Dr Popovivi’s project ‘Intricate Entanglements: Associational life, Nation-building and Democracy in Transylvania. The Romanian Case (18th Century to 1920s)’ [UEFISCDI PN-IV-P1-PCE-2023-1202] and will comprise the following elements. Full details about the event can be found in the programme below.

Programme

Highlights

Outputs

Book

A selection of the conference’s papers and keynotes will be invited to contribute to an edited volume, edited by Dr Paul Huddie and Dr Vlad Popovici. Further details on this will follow in 2026/27.

Hosting and Funding

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support for this event has been provided by UEFISCDI Romania through the project Intricate Entanglements: Associational life, Nation-building and Democracy in Transylvania. The Romanian Case (18th Century to 1920s). This event is also kindly supported by: Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca; the Faculty of History and Philosophy at UBB; the History, Civilization and Culture Doctoral School, at UBB; the Divisional Command of the 4th Infantry Division “Gemina” and the National Military Museum “King Ferdinand I”.