Reinstated into the Academy and made a full member, he gave his May 1911 reception speech with a philosophy of history subject ("Două concepții istorice", "Two Historical Outlooks") and was introduced on the occasion by Xenopol. In August of that year, he was again in Transylvania, at Blaj, where he paid homage to the Romanian-run ASTRA Cultural Society. He made his first contribution to Romanian drama with the play centered on, and named after, Michael the Brave ("Mihai Viteazul"), one of around twenty new titles for that year—alongside his collected aphorisms ("Cugetări", "Musings") and a memoir of his life in culture ("Oameni cari au fost", "People Who Are Gone"). In 1912, he published, among other works, "Trei drame" ("Three Dramatic Plays"), grouping "Mihai Viteazul", "Învierea lui Ștefan cel Mare" ("Stephen the Great's Resurrection") and "Un domn pribeag" ("An Outcast Prince"). Additionally, Iorga produced the first of several studies dealing with Balkan geopolitics in the charged context leading up to the Balkan Wars ("România, vecinii săi și chestia Orientală", "Romania, Her Neighbors and the Eastern Question"). He also made a noted contribution to ethnography, with "Portul popular românesc" ("Romanian Folk Dress").