Over the centuries, Romanians, Hungarians and Germans have shaped the history and culture of Transylvania. Dr. Enikő Dácz at the Institute for German Culture and History in South-eastern Europe (IKGS) is researching how this interethnic coexistence was portrayed in the press in the early 20th century.
The project explores questions of ethnicity in Transylvania at the beginning of the 20th century (1900–1914) on a regional and local level and looks at Romanian-Hungarian-German relations in three centers: 
Cluj-Napoca
ron. Cluj, hun. Kolozsvár, lat. Claudiopolis, lat. Claudianopolis

Cluj-Napoca (German: Klausenburg, Hungarian: Kolozsvár) is a major city in the Transylvanian county of Cluj in northwestern Romania. It is the second largest city in Romania with about 324,000 inhabitants.

Cluj-Napoca in the Online Encyclopedia of the Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe (German)
Cluj-Napoca at Google Maps
 , 
Brașov
deu. Kronstadt, deu. Krunen, lat. Corona, deu. Cronstadt, deu. Stephanopolis, ron. Orașul Stalin, hun. Brassó

Brașov is located in the historical region of Transylvania in the center of Romania and is a large city with almost 250,000 inhabitants. Brașov was one of the settlement centers of the Transylvanian Saxons.

Brașov in the Online Encyclopedia of the Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe (German)
Brașov at Google Maps
, and 
Sibiu
deu. Hermannstadt, hun. Nagyszeben

Sibiu (rom. Sibiu, hung. Nagyszeben) is a city in central Romania. With almost 147,000 inhabitants it is the capital of the Sibiu County. It is located in the historical region of Transylvania and is an important place of the German speaking minority of the Transylvanian Saxons. Sibiu is located about 275 km northeast of Bucharest, the capital of Romania.

Sibiu in the Online Encyclopedia of the Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe (German)
Sibiu at Google Maps
. Works of fictional literature are examined through the lens of specialist scholarship, with a particular focus on how, in these texts, images of different nationalities have been created alongside each other. Against this background, the project pursues its goal in two steps: The first is to outline everyday interethnic relations in the light of the press, the second to present cooperations in the cultural sphere, with special emphasis on literary life.
Recent publications
 - Identitäts- und Alteritätskontruktionen in literarischen Zeitschriften am Beispiel der Karpathen (1907−1914). In: Alexandra Millner, Katalin Teller (Hrsg.): Transdifferenz und Transkulturalität. Migration und Alterität in den Literaturen und Kulturen ÖsterreichUngarns. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag 2018, S. 297−322.
  • Darstellung interethnischer Beziehungen im interkulturellen Bereich in siebenbürgischen Zeitungen. In: Csaba Földes (Hg.): Beiträge zur interkulturellen Germanistik Band 7. Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto 2017, S. 37−51.
To the project description (German)
Further information about the project
Institutions
Institute for German Culture and History in South-Eastern Europe

Halskestraße 15, 81379 München, Germany

Telefon
+49 89 780609-0
ikgs@ikgs.de
https://www.ikgs.de/
https://www.facebook.com/ikgseV/
https://www.instagram.com/ikgsmuenchen/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwMFrKEdi9Fkjf_6XeZ3zfg
Project manager
Dr. Enikő Dácz GND
dacz@ikgs.de
Literature
  • Dácz, Dr. Enikő: Identitäts- und Alteritätskontruktionen in literarischen Zeitschriften am Beispiel der Karpathen (1907−1914). In: Millner, PD Mag. Dr. Alexandra/Teller, Katalin (eds.): Transdifferenz und Transkulturalität. Migration und Alterität in den Literaturen und Kulturen Österreich-Ungarns. Bielefeld 2018 . p. 297-322.
  • Dácz, Dr. Enikő: Darstellung interethnischer Beziehungen im interkulturellen Bereich in siebenbürgischen Zeitungen. In: Földes, Csaba (eds.): Beiträge zur interkulturellen Germanistik. Vol. 7. Tübingen 2017 . p. 37-51.
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