Andrea Carteny

Andrea Carteny

Andrea Carteny is assistant professor of History of Eastern Europe at La Sapienza University, Rome. His research activity includes themes concerning History of Eastern Europe, nationalisms, and national minorities in Europe. He reveived his PhD in nationalisms and political parties in postcommunist Romania in 2004. He is the editor-in-chief of the Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences and author of Il micronazionalismo e l'Europa.

REGIONALISM AND REGIONAL AUTONOMY IN ROMANIA

Szeklerland (in Hungarian Székelyföld) is a historical region of Transylvania, a Hungarian province given to Romania by the Versailles peace treaties after the First World War. With a population consisting of an overwhelming proportion (80 percent) of Szeklers (Székelys), it constitutes an ethnic enclave within the territory of Romania. The Szeklers are