The Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities Sibiu was established in 1956 in order to promote the history and culture of the Romanians and Germans from Transylvania and to continue and complete the research projects started a century ago. Among the fundamental objectives of the institute are the study of the history and specifics of the Romanian cities in the European context, the deepening of our knowledge about the history and culture of the Romanians and Germans from Transylvania, integrating the Transylvanian characteristics in the history and culture of the European and Romanian space and studying the national and regional particularities of our present-day society.