on the Dialogue between Science and Theology DIALOGO 8:1 (2021) Multidisciplinary Open Access JOURNAL doi: 10.51917/dialogo.2021.8.1.11 I. Biographical remarks. Directions of the scientific, cultural and social activity of Grigore Nandriș in Romania and abroad Grigore Nandriș (1895-1968) was born in Mahala village in Chernivtsi, Northern Bukovina, at the time part of the Habsburg Empire. His mother, Maria, and his father, Dumitru Nandriș, were well-off peasants, Grigore being their third son. He attended first the local school, then the German high- school in Chernivtsi, being supported by his maternal grandfather to pursue the rest of his high-school, university and even doctoral studies [1]. In 1916, he crossed the frontier to fight in the Romanian army against the wrongs in Bukovina. He spent three years on the front, an experience that he felt as Grigore Nandriș. Bridging the East and the West through the History of Language, Culture, Religion Nicoleta Stanca, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. at Faculty of Leers, ‘Ovidius’ University of Constanța, ROMANIA eISSN: 2393-1744, cdISSN: 2392-9928 printISSN: 2457-9297, ISSN-L 2392-9928 DIALOGO JOURNAL 8 : 1 (2021) 119 - 128 ABSTRACT In a recent context in which Romania is confronted with the problem of emigration, this article portrays the life and works of Grigore Nandriș (1895-1968), university professor and patriot, who offers an example of devotion to his profession and country that could be set as a standard for all the following generations. He defended Romania in the war, as a soldier, and then at home in the academia, at the University of Chernivtsi and abroad, in France, at the Romanian School at Fontenay-aux-Roses, and in England, at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London. Brilliant linguist, speaking 14 foreign languages, he left a considerable amount of books, articles, reviews, conferences on linguistics, folklore, religion, and culture, being mainly interested in establishing links between language and place and culture and neighbouring nations. And above all, Grigore Nandriș’s personality remains a landmark among scholars in his field and colleagues, friends, students, and followers, who admired his devotedness to the Romanian cause abroad. ARTICLE INFO © 2014 RCDST. All rights reserved. Article history: Received 13 August 2021 Received in revised form 31 August Accepted 03 September 2021 Available online 30 November 2021 doi: 10.51917/dialogo.2021.8.1.11 Keywords: Grigore Nandriș; linguistics; folklore; religious writings; culture; society; Romania; identity; exile; Copyright © 2021 Iulian Isbășoiu, Nicoleta Stanca. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. - 119 - Session 3. Social Sciences, Culture, and Lifestyle Choices DIALOGO Multidisciplinary Open Access JOURNAL Available online at www.dialogo-conf.com/dialogo-journal/ Citation: Isbășoiu, Iulian, and Nicoleta Stanca. ”Grigore Nandriș. Bridging the East and the West through the History of Language, Culture, Religion.” DIALOGO, ISSN: 2393-1744, vol.8, issue 1 (November 2021): pp. 119-128. DOI: 10.51917/dialogo.2021.8.1.11 Dialogo by RCDST is licensed under Creative Commons Attribu- tion-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License Iulian Isbășoiu, Ph.D. Rev. Assist. Prof. at Faculty of Theology, ‘Ovidius’ University of Constanța, ROMANIA