The "AD Xenopol" Institute of History has, as main objective, the research of the history of the Romanians, in close connection with the European historical evolutions from our immediate proximity or from more distant spaces. Special attention is paid to the continuation of the editing of medieval sources, in the prestigious national collection Documenta Romaniae Historica, Series A. Moldova, which is one of the fundamental research projects of the Romanian Academy. To this are added the systematic studies carried out by the institute's researchers regarding the social structure of the Romanian society, the evolution of the institutions, the medieval Moldovan village and city, the historical demography, the establishment and evolution of the modern Romanian state, the issues of elites, nationalism and minorities. , cultural policies or the history of totalitarianism and anti-communist resistance,