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Afis lewisThe 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:19-21st November 2020
Registration deadline: 1st November 2020
Early bird deadline: 15 September 2020
 
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”.

InterCulturalia 2020Pe 8-9 mai 2020, Catedrele de Engleză și Franceză de la Facultatea de Litere, în colaborare cu Facultatea de Economie și Administrarea Afacerilor și Facultatea de Filosofie și Științe Social-Politice de la UAIC organizeaza cea de-a IV-a ediție a Simpozionului InterCulturalia pentru studenți și tineri cercetători. Evenimentul își propune să sprijine tinerii cu înclinații spre domeniul cercetării și studiului, fiind o platformă prietenoasă, care le permite să își facă ideile cunoscute, să împărtășească experiențe și să învețe lucruri noi. Lucrările prezentate pot aborda teme variate, dintr-o varietate de domenii, precum literatura, studiile culturale, lingvistica, traducerile, comunicarea în afaceri, filosofia, și multe altele. Limbile de lucru ale simpozionului sunt engleza și franceza.

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The Results of our 2025 Jane Austen Competition

Austen 5On 18 th December 2025, two days after the official 250 th anniversary of Jane Austen, we gathered in the English Department to award the winners of The Jane Austen Competition. The jury, consisting of three professors of English at the Faculty of Letters (Teodora Drișcu, assistant lecturer, Florina Năstase, lecturer and Estera Federciuc, adjunct lecturer), has selected the letters written by the following students:

  • 🥇First Place Award: Ana-Ivona Lungu (1 st year, Ro-En)
  • 🥈Second Place Award: Serena Niță (3 rd year, En-Sp)
  • 🥉Third Place Award: Bianca-Alice Tănase (2 nd year, Ro-En)

Warmest congratulations to our talented winners! We invite you to delight in their inspiring letters posted below. Many thanks to our collaborator, Corint Publishers, for all the help in organising this activity and for the beautiful works of English Literature bestowed as awards! We would also like to thank all our participants who have expressed their affectionate thoughts and gratitude for our beloved writer and are truly glad to have come together in celebration of this significant event. 

A Century of Scholarly Pursuits: Anglicists and Americanists Today - Facing Ideology and its Discontents

Iasi, May 8-9, 2025

A Hybrid Conference

IMG 9735In the hallowed halls of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi and also in a hybrid format, scholars from all over Romania, as well as abroad, gathered to mark a momentous occasion: the centennial celebration of the founding of the English Department (one of the many of the Faculty of Letters). The conference, aptly titled Facing Ideology and its Discontents, provided a fertile ground for intellectual discourse, drawing attention to the ever-evolving landscape of ideologies that shape our world through various mechanisms of our language(s).

The centenary celebration was opened by Dr. Dana Bădulescu (Head of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures) and featured speeches by Dr. Nicoleta Laura Popa (Vice-Rector of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași), Dr. Oana Cogeanu-Haraga (Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Letters), and Dr. Codrin Liviu Cuțitaru (Member of the Scientific Committee).

The Conference opened each day with a plenary session featuring keynote speakers from Romania and abroad.

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