LUCIAN BLAGA UNIVERSITY, SIBIU

FACULTY OF LETTERS AND ARTS

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

CULTURES IN TRANSIT STUDENT SYMPOSIUM

This year’s theme: Contact Zones in the Global World

Sibiu, 5 May 2011

Papers are invited in the following fields:

Literary Studies
Language and Translation Studies
Cultural Studies

Suggested topics include:

Literatures in translation
Translating cultural background
Film dubbing and subtitles
The impact of globalisation on education
Education in the age of the Internet
Globalisation and the arts
Literature and national identity
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
The critical reception of Romanian literature abroad
Hollywood: The global ‘think tank’?
Etc.

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.
Deadline for submission of paper proposals (titles): 15 March 2011.

For further details and questions please contact:

Dr Alexandra Mitrea, Associate Professor, Dean of School: alexandra.mitrea@ulbsibiu.ro

Or
Dr Teodora Creanga, Lecturer: teodora1506@yahoo.co.uk
Or
Dr Melinda Erzse, Lecturer: erzsemelinda@yahoo.com