Maria Bucur

Sep 26, 2024 | publicseminar.org | Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed |Kateryna Botanova |Maria Bucur |Dwight A. McBride

Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Skovoroda-300 forum in Pereiaslav, Ukraine (2022) | President of Ukraine / Public DomainIn the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the international community rallied behind Ukrainians’ determination to defend their country. Vital financial aid was accompanied by efforts to better understand a nation that did not surrender in the face of the Russian military forces that overwhelmingly surpassed the Ukrainian capacities.

Jul 11, 2024 | republica.ro | Maria Bucur

Foto: ANP / Alamy / Alamy / ProfimediaÎncă din copilărie, tatăl meu mi-a insuflat ideea de patriotism. Am fost un pic uimită când mi-a spus să fiu mândră că sunt româncă și mă gândeam cum să fac eu asta… având în minte că unii oameni își dau coate când aud de România, iar pe alții îi pufnește râsul. Crescând, am realizat ca acele semne pe care și le făceau oamenii atunci când auzeau de români au de-a face cu anumite povești reale… un istoric… și nu doar o istorie, ci una remarcabilă.

Jul 2, 2024 | publicseminar.org | Kim Nauer |Daniel Foster |Jonathan Cortez |Maria Bucur

The student piggy bank | AI-generated imageUrban Matters: Kim, it’s been a memorably bad year in the world of college financial aid. The US Department of Education had promised a “Better FAFSA,” a new and streamlined Free Application for Federal Student Aid that would be quick to fill out and boost awards for more low-income students. Then the rollout was appallingly botched. What was the effect on the high school class of 2024?

Mar 30, 2024 | vientosur.info | Maria Bucur

Rumania, actualmente el país más grande de los Balcanes, ha experimentado cambios profundos en las normas y relaciones de género desde su fundación como Estado en 1864. Hasta 1932, la mayoría de mujeres eran ciudadanas de segunda clase, y el derecho al voto de la totalidad de la población femenina no llegó hasta la toma del poder por los comunistas después de 1944.

Mar 9, 2024 | internationalviewpoint.org | Maria Bucur

The Pre-Communist PeriodWomen in what is today Romania began organizing through a variety of interest groups at least since the 19th century, initially around religious denominations and eventually into educational and political groupings. An overview of this complex and shifting landscape is beyond the scope of this brief narrative, which will focus on the attempts of groups to represent the interests and needs of various categories of women after 1864, when Romania became a state.