During the last decades, the history of elites gained, slowly but surely, an important place within the Romanian historiographical environment. Along the constantly rising interest for biographical writing, partially supported by the book consumers’ growing expectations, new directions also emerged. Mainly the ecclesiastical, political and intellectual elites were brought into the spotlight, less interest was shown towards the administrative, financial and economic elite, and little to no interest seem to have been spawned by militaries or liberal professions.

On the other hand, the theoretical construct needed to host the Romanian history of elites remains in the early phases of its building process. The main reason seems to be the lack of architectural perspective, partially due to the variety of elite research-related topics and the difficulty to host them all under one roof. The need to bridge the gap between various elite-related subjects was the first of the two conjoining factors that led to the creation of this website. The other was a more  pragmatic one: the mandatory requirement for every financed research project to promote its activities and achievements through a website.

Thus, the idea of a web portal dedicated to the history of elites in Romania sprung out, and since 2010, this website hosts information about elites-related scholarly research, directed by multiple Principle Investigators, mainly for the territory of Transylvania, from the 18th to mid-20th centuries. So if you landed on our web page, accidentaly or not, consider this an open invitation and do not hesitate to contact and join us. You’ll find out we are great hosts!