The 5th International Interdisciplinary Conference in Iasi, Romania devoted to the life and work of C.S. Lewis: Of This and Other Worlds
Start date - end date: 18-20 November 2021
Registration deadline:1 November 2021
Early bird deadline: 1 October 2021
The fifth C. S. Lewis conference focuses on C. S. Lewis and his literary and academic kin as creators of worlds. His entire work testifies to his fascination with alternative universes, from his scholarly exploration of Medieval literature, with its haunting myths and arcane symbolism, through his fiction, to his apologetics, where Christianity is seen as a parallel kingdom seeking to be reinstated in “an enemy-occupied territory”. From pain to love, through faith and imagination, he opened a spectrum of realities inviting exploration and reflection. The collection of essays by Lewis alluded to in the title of this year’s conference spans both this and other worlds: “this” realm, which we inhabit, is the necessary, unavoidable starting point for any explorers, conquerors, pilgrims, even refugees into the “others”.
Vineri, 28 mai 2021, în cadrul Facultății de Litere, Universitatea “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iași, a avut loc prima ediție a Simpozionului Studențesc Online de Lingvistică Aplicată și Studii LiterarePhilologica, adresat studenților, masteranzilor și doctoranzilor interesați de studiul limbii și literaturii. Scopul principal al inițierii acestei manifestări a fost acela de a încuraja studenții să își prezinte proiectele de cercetare într-un cadru prietenos, în vederea dobândirii abilităților academice și experienței necesare în conturarea profesiilor lor viitoare. Întregul eveniment s-a desfășurat pe platforma Zoom și a fost deschis de către prof. univ. dr. Alexandru Arnold Franscisc Gafton (decanul Facultății de Litere), conf. dr. Iulia Milică (Catedra de Limbă și Literatură Engleză) și lect. univ. dr. Roxana Vieru (Catedra de Limbă Română și Lingvistică Generală).
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