Ioan-Aurel Pop

[1] After the appearance of the book History and myth in the Romanian consciousness by Lucian Boia, Pop published a book in reply, partially rejecting the deconstructivist thesis of the Bucharest historian.

[2][3] Pop was born in Sântioana, Cluj County, Popular Republic of Romania.

He went to school in Brașov, and then, after completing compulsory military service, he studied Medieval History between 1975 and 1979 at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca.

He gained his Ph.D. in history in 1989, with a thesis on "The Cenesial Assemblies of Transylvania in the 14th-16th centuries".

[4][better source needed] In 2010, Pop was awarded by then-President of Romania, Traian Băsescu, the Order of Cultural Merit [ro], Knight rank.

Ioan-Aurel Pop during a conference in 2019