Princely Academy from Iaşi
- Princely Academy from Iaşi
The Princely Academy from Iaşi was an institution of higher learning, active in the 18th and 19th centuries.
History
Founded by the Prince Antioh Cantemir in 1707, the Academy symbolically continued the Vasilian College, although no direct link exists between the two similar institutions. The main reformer of the Academy was Grigore III Ghica (1776), who modernised it as to compete with the European universities. The studies were done in Greek, and for the better part of the 18th century they were basically Aristotelian. Beginning with the 1760’s a series of enlightened directors introduced into the Academy the study of mathematics, natural sciences and modern philosophy, translating and adapting European handbooks. In 1814 Gheorghe Asachi lectured for the first time in Romanian at the Academy, training a class of engineers, until 1819. In 1821 the Academy was disestablished by order of the Sultan, following the Hetairia movement. Political circumstances caused that another Academy did not exist until 1835, when Academia Mihăileană was established. The new institution had some professors from the ancient one, so that we can trace a direct lineage between the two Academies. The Princely Academy did not offer standard academic degrees, but only diplomas that certified that the possessor was worthy of “the name of learned man”. This name gave to the bearer the possibility to hold diverse administrative offices within the Ottoman Empire and Romanian Principalities.
Notable academics
*Nikiphoros Theotokis (1764-1765; 1776-1777)
*Iosippos Moisiodax (1765 – 1776)
*Nicolaos Zerzoulis (Cercel) (1766 – 1722)
*Daniil Philippidis (1784-1786; 1803 – 1806)
*Stephanos Doungas (1813 – 1816)
*Dimitrios Panayotou Govdelas (1808-1811; 1816-1821)
Notable alumni
*Alecu Beldiman
*Costachi Conachi
*George Săulescu
*Daniil Scavischi
*Scarlat Sturdza
*Vasile Vârnav
Sources
*Bârsănescu, Ştefan, "Academia Domnească din Iaşi. 1714 - 1821", Bucuresti : Editura de Stat Didactica si Pedagogica, 1962
*Camariano-Cioran, Ariadna, "Les Academies princières de Bucarest et de Jassy et leurs professeurs", Thessaloniki : Institute for Balkan Studies, 1974
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