History

1899

In the Austro-Hungarian tradition, from an institutional point of view, university education and sociological research was conducted in Law faculties. Central figures of Austrian and Hungarian sociology taught various types of social science courses within the legal disciplines at the University of Cluj since 1899. From this university environment the professional association of sociologists was formed, and it was called The Society for Social Sciences (Társadalomtudományi Társaság). This also led to the appearance of the sociology journal 20th Century (Huszadik Század).

1921

Sociological education resumed in Cluj in 1921 with the reopening of the University of Cluj in Romanian. The interwar generation was formed mainly in German and French universities, focusing its interest mainly on the field of sociology of culture, which, in this tradition, was in dialogue with sociographic research of villages, but also of working-class environments. Numerous publications appear, both in Romanian and Hungarian, in cultural magazines in Cluj.

After 1948

After 1948, the interwar generation was gradually marginalized and excluded, however, a new postwar generation of Marxist sociologists emerged, grouped around the departments of political economy, in the Hungarian-language Bolyai University and the Romanian-language Babeș University. In 1959, the two departments merged, strengthening the tradition of studies related to labor processes, urban monographs, and rural sociology.

1967

After sociology was recognized as a discipline, a Sociology Laboratory was opened at Babeș-Bolyai University in 1967, where research and teaching were reorganized around figures specializing in this discipline. As part of Romania's economic opening, researchers and staff of this laboratory participated in internships at Western universities, which allowed them to participate in the global flow of ideas.

After 1990

After 1990, the Department of Sociology was re-established within the Faculty of Philosophy and History, but this time by it was centered not just on a specialization, but a new line of study with a complete sociological training program. A college was formed in 1990 and later in 1991 a specialization line in Social Work within the Department of Sociology. In 1994, the specialization line became an autonomous department. The two departments will form a distinct faculty of Sociology and Social Work in 2001. Also, two distinct lines of study are formed: Romanian and Hungarian.

After 2008

The faculty goes through several important reorganizations and hires new research and teaching staff, reorienting the research agendas. Since 2011, the Department of Sociology offers a specialization in Human Resources, alongside Sociology and Anthropology. The Hungarian line becomes a separate department, alongside sociology and social work, and also offers a specialization in Human Resources.

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