Victor Spinei: Difference between revisions

| name = Victor Spinei

| image = File:Victor Spinei public December 2012.jpg

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| caption = Victor Spinei in 2013

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|10|26}}

| birth_place = [[Lozova, Strășeni|Lozova]], [[Lăpușna County (Romania)|Lăpușna County]], [[Romania]] (now [[Republic of Moldova|Rep. of Moldova]]).

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| nationality = [[Romanian people|RomanianRomania]]n

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| field = [[History]], [[Archaeology]]

| work_institutions = [[Alexandru Ioan Cuza University]]

| alma_mater = [[Alexandru Ioan Cuza University]], <br/>[[University of Bucharest]]

|doctoral_advisor doctoral_advisors = [[Ion Nestor]], <br/>[[Ștefan Ștefănescu]]

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| known_for = History of Romania in the Early Middle Ages, History of Romanian people in the Middle Ages, History of the Age of Migrations

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| prizes = Doctor ''Honoris Causa'' of the [[Moldova State University]], Professor Emeritus of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University

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'''Victor Spinei''' (born 26 October 1943, in [[Lozova, Strășeni|Lozova]], [[Lăpușna County (Romania)|Lăpușna County]], [[Romania]]<ref name="cv">[{{cite web|url=http://arheoinvest.uaic.ro/wp-content/uploads/CV_Victor-Spinei_2016.pdf|title=Curriculum Victorvitae Spineiof curriculumVictor vitae]Spinei}}</ref>) is Emeritus Professor of [[history]] and [[archaeology]] at the [[Alexandru Ioan Cuza University]], member and Vicepresidentvice president of the [[Romanian Academy]].<ref>[http://www.acad.ro/bdar/armembri.php Membrii Academiei Române din 1866 până în prezent], ''Academia Română''</ref> He is a specialist on the history of Romania and the Romanian people in the [[Early Middle Ages|Early]] and [[High Middle Ages]], the history of migratory peoples in Eastern and Southeastern Europe during this period, and the production and circulation of [[cult image|cult objects]] in Eastern and Southeastern Europe during the Middle Ages.

In 1961 Spinei graduated from the [[Costache Negruzzi National College]]. In 1966 he received a Bachelor of Science in History and Philosophy from the [[Alexandru Ioan Cuza University]], after which he specialised at the Institute for Prehistory and Historical Archaeology from [[Saarland University]] (1973-19741973–1974).<ref>[http://arheoinvest.uaic.ro/wp-content/uploads/CV_Victor-Spinei_2016.pdf Victor Spinei curriculum vitae]<name="cv"/ref> In 1977 he earned a PhD from the [[Nicolae Iorga Institute of History]] in Bucharest, under [[Ștefan Ștefănescu]] (initially under [[Ion Nestor]] at the [[University of Bucharest]]).<ref>[http://arheoinvest.uaic.ro/wp-content/uploads/CV_Victor-Spinei_2016.pdf Victor Spinei curriculum vitae]<name="cv"/ref>

Between 1966 and 1990 Victor Spinei was a researcher at the [[A.D. Xenopol Institute of History and Archaeology]] of the Romanian Academy in Iași. The archaeology section split in 1990, forming the [[Iași Institute of Archaeology]] (likewise under the aegis of the Romanian Academy), in which Spinei continued his work until 2012.<ref>[http://arheoinvest.uaic.ro/wp-content/uploads/CV_Victor-Spinei_2016.pdf Victor Spinei curriculum vitae]<name="cv"/ref> He was the director of the Iași Institute of Archaeology between 2003 and 2011, and has been an Honorary Director since 2014. Since 2015 he has been a corresponding member of the [[German Archaeological Institute]].<ref>[http://arheoinvest.uaic.ro/wp-content/uploads/CV_Victor-Spinei_2016.pdf Victor Spinei curriculum vitae]<name="cv"/ref>

Since 1990 he has been a [[Faculty (academic staff)|faculty member]] at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University ofin Iași. He has also lectured as guest professor at the [[Free University of Berlin]] (Institut für Prähistorische Archäologie), the [[University of Mainz]] (Historisches Seminar), the [[University of Konstanz]] (Fachbereich: Geschichte und Soziologie), the [[University of Freiburg|Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg]] (Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften / Fachbereich: Frühgeschichtliche Archäologie und Archäologie des Mittelalters), and the [[Moldova State University]] in [[Chișinău]].<ref>[http://arheoinvest.uaic.ro/wp-content/uploads/CV_Victor-Spinei_2016.pdf Victor Spinei curriculum vitae]<name="cv"/ref>

Between 2001 and 2015 Spinei was a corresponding member, andof hasthe been[[Romanian Academy]]; he became a titular member (sinceof the Academy on July 5, 2015), and Vicepresidentwas (sinceelected vice president on November 27, 2015) of the [[Romanian Academy]].<ref>[http://www.7est.ro/acasa0/item/55181-directorul-institutului-de-arheologie-din-iasi-noul-vicepresedinte-al-academiei-romane.html Directorul Institutului de Arheologie din Iaşi, noul vicepreşedinte al Academiei Române]. In: ''7EST'', 5 December 2015. Retrieved: 12 July 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.telegrafonline.ro/istoricul-victor-spinei-noul-vicepresedinte-al-academiei-romane Istoricul Victor Spinei, noul vicepreședinte al Academiei Române]. In: ''Telegraf'', 27 November 2015. Retrieved: 12 July 2016.</ref>

He is member of several editorial boards, including ''Arheologia Moldovei'', ''Dacia'', ''Historia Urbana'', ''Studii și Cercetări de Istorie Veche și Arheologie'', ''Res Historica'', and ''Acta Euroasiatica''; he also founded and coordinates several academic [[book series]] published by the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University and the Romanian Academy.<ref>[http://arheoinvest.uaic.ro/wp-content/uploads/CV_Victor-Spinei_2016.pdf Victor Spinei curriculum vitae]<name="cv"/ref><ref>[http://www.editura.uaic.ro/stiri.php?id=218 Istoricul ieșean Victor Spinei a devenit vicepreședinte al Academiei Române]</ref><ref>[http://www.arheo.ro/florilegium-magistrorum-historiae-archaeologiaeque-antiquitatis-et-medii-aevi/ Series ''Florilegium Magistrorum Historiae Archaeologiaeque Antiquitatis et Medii Aevi''] by the [[Iași Institute of Archaeology]]. Retrieved: 12 July 2016.</ref>

* [[Professor Emeritus]] of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași (2012);<ref>[https://www.uaic.ro/despre-uaic/scurt-istoric/titluri-onorifice/professor-emeritus/ List of Emeritus professors of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University]</ref>\

*{{roin iconlang|ro}} [http://www.acad.ro/birouPrez/birou_vice01Spinei.htm Profile on the site of the Romanian Academy]

*{{roin iconlang|ro}} [http://acadiasi.ro/spinei.htm Profile on the site of the Romanian Academy — Iași branch]

*{{enin iconlang|en}} [http://arheoinvest.uaic.ro/about/people/victor-spinei/ Profile on the site of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University — Arheoinvest Platform]

*{{enin iconlang|en}} [https://csde.academia.edu/VictorSpinei/ Profile] on [[academia.edu]]

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