40 years of Romanian Language at the University of Turku

International Seminar

November 18^th-20^th 2014

The Romanian Department within the School of Languages and Translation Studies at the University of Turku would like to mark the anniversary during the school year 2014-2015 of 40 years of academic presence of Romanian language and culture at the Faculty of Humanities.

List of participants:

His Excellency, Dr. Cătălin AVRAMESCU, Ambassador of Romania in Finland, Professor at the University of Bucharest, docent of the University of Helsinki.

Prof. Dr. Eija SUOMELA-SALMI, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Turku.

Prof. Dr. Jukka HAVU, Institute of Languages Studies and Translation, University of Tampere.

Corina CHERTES, Director of the Institute of Romanian Language in Bucharest, Romania.

Paul NANU, PhD, Lecturer at the School of Languages and Translation Studies, University of Turku.

Emilia IVANCU, PhD, Associate Professor at the University of Poznan, Poland.

Andra BRUCIU-COZLEAN, PhD, Lecturer at the Institute of Languages Studies and Translation, University of Tampere.

Schedule:

18.11.2014                   Listen, Sing and Speak: A Workshop of Romanian Language through Songs.

h.16⁰⁰ (Signum 101)      Conducted by Dr. Emilia Ivancu with students in Romanian Studies at UTU

19.11.2014

(Signum 215)               Lecture arranged in partnership with the English Department

1. 16⁰⁰ Dr. Emilia Ivancu: The Woman with the Body of an Island. Welsh Artist and Writer Brenda Chamberlain between Artist and Woman
2. 17⁰⁰ At home in translation. How do we know a text is a translation and not the original?’ Remarks on the translation process

 

20.11.2014

9⁴⁵ – Welcome coffee. Sininen Huone (The Blue Room), Main Building, 2nd floor.

10¹⁵ – The presence of Romanian Language and Culture in Finland and Scandinavia. From Teaching to Politics, Dr. Paul Nanu (Key-note address)

11⁰⁰  – Round table: Teaching Romanian Language and Culture in Finland. Ways toward extension and development. (Past and present trends. Future scenarios. Partnership UTU-UTA. Sustainable approaches in the teaching of Romanian). The Blue Room.

12³⁰ – Lunch break. (Hus Lindman Restaurant, Piispankatu/Biskopsgatan, 15)

14¹⁵ – Political Culture and Constitutional System in Modern Romania.

Prof. Dr. Cătălin Avramescu, Ambassador of Romania in Finland.

Hall Rosetta I, Rosetta Building. 2^nd floor.

15⁴⁵– 16⁰⁰ – Book launch: Romania in the world. Contacts and Reception. (Paul Nanu, Ed.)

Published by the Department of Romanian at UTU.

Presents: Paul Nanu, Rosetta I.

16¹⁵ – Romanian-Finnish Confluences. Historical, Political and Cultural Aspects.

Dr. Andra Bruciu-Cozlean (Signum 119)

17⁰⁰ – We Speak What We See: Workshop of Romanian Language through Pictures.

Dr. Emilia Ivancu (Signum 119)