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!

The Reading Club

The Department of British and American Studies

The British Council, Bucharest

The Reading Club

This week we put Briony the adult, of Ian McEwan’s Atonement, on trial, so everyone

is invited to prosecute or defend her!

Join us in in room 54,

on Wednesday, the 6th of May 2009, at 7 p.m.

(Letters and Arts bldg, LBUS)

The American Culture Club - Sibiu

The American Culture Club of Sibiu held its inaugural meeting Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at the Faculty of Arts & Letters building of the University of Lucian Blaga in Sibiu (ULBS). The club and meeting were organized by Charles Harris, American Fulbright grantee in Romania, and Viorica Fleseru of Education USA at ULBS.

The American Culture Club, which has received a warm reception by teachers and administrators at ULBS and the 18 high schools of Sibiu, has three simple, yet important goals:

• to bring American cultural events and discussion on current social issues to Sibiu;
• to provide an English speaking environment in which to hold social and cultural gatherings for students;
• to give students experience in planning events and organizing discussions.

Events organized by the American Culture Club of Sibiu:

1. Social History and Government of the United States, course taught by Professor Harris (on Mondays from 12:00 to 14:00 and on Wednesdays from 14:00 to 16:00, the Law School bldg).
2. The American Culture Club meetings: every other Wednesday at 5:00 pm in Room#1 of the Letters and Arts bldg (NEXT meeting: 25 March.)

Readings from America

The Reading Club & the American Culture Club present:

READINGS FROM AMERICA

Jeremy Hawkins, American Fulbrighter

&

Brian Oliu, University of Alabama

will present original works of poetry and "creative" non-fiction

Monday, 16 March, 7:00pm, Room 62, Arts and Letters Building (LBUS)