Journal Analele Banatului N.S. Archaeology-History

Carmen Albert

The portrait of a sociologist advocate

Jan. 1, 2012

Abstract

Although Timişoara did not have a University to concentrate an academically elite, there has been an exceptionally intellectuality who was constantly preoccupied to form provincial individuality. One of the most remarkable representative personalities in the Banat was Cornel Grofşorean. " e study deals in the fi rst part about his personality with some biographical details. In the second part there is an analyses of a scientifi cally research manuscript. Born in the 1881 in the village Periam, he was the child of Ioan and Iulia. He graduates primary school in Debeleanca and Covăciţa and secondary in Panciova, Becicherecul Mare, Lugoj and Sibiu. In 1905 he graduated the University form Budapesta and in 1906 the Law Academy in Oradea. In 1907, graduate the Commercial Superior School from Kesmark. In 1909 got the PhD at the Cluj University. Cornel Grofşorean opened a law offi ce in Lugoj, short time after that had been to war in Italy between 1915–1918. At the age of 38, accepted the fi rst public job at Reşiţa, and then he got into the politics, became member of Partidul Poporului ruled by gen. Alexandru Averescu. " e public responsibilities did not stop here. He become mayor of Timişoara two times and then deputy in 1926. After that, he quit political aff aires and never gets back. In 1932 while was the mayor for the second time, he set up with Iosif Nemoianu and Victor Blaşian, Social Institute of Banat-Crişana. " e moment was very important, special guest coming from Bucharest was Dimitrie Gusti. He was not there by chance, but on purpose. " e activity of the new Institute follows the Romanian Social Institute ruled by Dimitrie Gusti. " e pattern of the monographic campaigns based on his concept, used as a pattern of as well. " e specifi c of Banat claims for this pattern to be adapted, Gusti’s scheme being very fl exible. Cornel Grofşorean was at the fi rst chief section, director and at the 1938 president of the Institute. From the beginning, the activity based on public conferences and later on, monographic campaigns. " ese focused on the main problems existing in the region such as lower down the birth rate, loosing identity for the Romanians peasants or the industrial infl uence on peasants. One of the most important moments in the ISBC existence was the participation at the Peace Conference. In 1943 Cornel Grofşorean was contact by Alexandru Marta and Silviu Dragomir, to represents Banat at the Peace Conference doing some reports of the signifi cance aspects. At the second part, the study deals about a scientifi c material made by Cornel Grofşorean called “" e research of Banat village” for an exceptional occasion, which was the World Sociology Congress in Bucharest 1939. " e participation of Social Institute of Banat-Crişana through Cornel Grofşorean at this event means an international recognition of importance and prestige. Unfortunately the study made for this, was never presents because the Second World War started.