"Petre Țuțea: Between Sacrifice and Suicide" by A D Popescu

I strongly recommend a great book written by Alexandru Daniel Popescu, Petre Țuțea: Between Sacrifice and Suicide; it is available as a limited preview in Google Books. Popescu's book is "a tract for our times, that should be pertinent to the whole of the 'new world order' that we inhabit but are only just beginning to understand." (The Most Revd Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury)

THE EAST / WEST CULTURAL PASSAGE STUDENT SYMPOSIUM: CULTURES IN TRANSIT

THE DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN STUDIES
and
C. PETER MAGRATH RESEARCH CENTRE FOR CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES
Are proud to announce a new edition of
THE EAST / WEST CULTURAL PASSAGE STUDENT SYMPOSIUM:
CULTURES IN TRANSIT
Sibiu, 21-22 April 2010

Papers are invited in the following fields:

• Literary Studies
• Language and Translation Studies
• Cultural Studies
• Suggested topics include:
• Literature and national identity
• Literatures in translation
• Literary translation and its vagaries
• Translating cultural background
• Film dubbing and subtitles
• From the margins to the centre: The literature of ethnic and cultural minorities in university curricula
• Romanian culture and literature abroad
• The critical reception of Anglo-American literature in Romania
• Hollywood: The global ‘think tank’

Students are encouraged to choose case studies in these fields and contact professors who might serve as supervisors of their research in view of preparing 15-minute presentations to be delivered at the symposium. All presentations will be given in English and a selection will be published in the proceedings volume.

Additionally, students may sign up for a Creative Writing workshop conducted by Dr Claudia Doroholschi of the University of the West, Timisoara.

Deadline for submission of paper proposals: 15 March 2010.

For further details and questions please use the gadgets on this blog to contact me or leave a comment to this post!