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CENTER FOR AMERICAN STUDIES<\/strong> Research Domain<\/strong>: American Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n Research Subdomains<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Location<\/strong>: Contact Information<\/strong>: Material Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Center benefits from cooperative relations with the Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission and the Romanian Association for American Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Center provides logistical and organizational support for the BA and MA programs in American Studies offered by the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Bucharest. The interdisciplinary character of these programs is ensured by engaging specialists from various university faculties, other higher education and research institutions, and guest professors from the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Center serves as a documentation and research hub, closely collaborating with the Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission and the Romanian Association for American Studies to establish exchanges with American Studies programs in the U.S. and Europe, organize academic events, and publish research outputs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Beneficiaries include students from the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures and the Faculty of Letters; Master\u2019s and doctoral students; researchers in American Studies; and secondary school teachers involved in projects exploring American culture, society, and literature in a comparative context with Romanian society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Center offers a lending library, access to specialty journals and periodicals, and a reference collection with access to multiple databases. It provides a space for research, debate, and innovation on topics of interest to the academic community and Romanian society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Center hosts [Inter]sections<\/a><\/em>, the annual double-blind peer reviewed journal of American Studies at the University of Bucharest (ISSN 2068 \u2013 3472), and Stamped<\/em><\/a>, the American Studies Program’s creative writing magazine. It also hosts the American Studies Program’s Student Conference, currently in its 20th edition<\/a>, alongside regular workshops at AICED<\/a>, the English Department’s annual conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Members<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Prof. Emerita Rodica Mih\u0103il\u0103 (Honorary Director)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prof. Roxana Oltean<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Raluca Andreescu<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Diana Benea<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Bogdan Coman<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Maria Sabina Draga-Alexandru<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Drago\u0219 Manea<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Dana Mih\u0103ilescu<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Andrei Moran-Nae<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Mihaela Precup<\/p>\n\n\n\n TA Andreea Moise<\/p>\n\n\n\n Recent Events<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Center for American Studies organizes numerous research and documentation activities, such as those posted on our website (the archive of all events can be consulted on our Facebook page<\/a>): https:\/\/www.americanstudies.ro\/newsreel\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Recent Research Projects:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Center for American Studies at the University of Bucharest has hosted the following UEFISCDI research projects (2010-2024):<\/p>\n\n\n\n Familiar Perpetrators: On the Intimacy of Evil in Contemporary American Literature and Popular Culture<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Colonial Discourse in Video Games<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Representation of the Perpetrator and the Ethics of Empathy in American Graphic Narratives<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Transcultural Networks in Narratives about the Holocaust in Eastern Europe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Witnessing Destruction: The Memory of War and Conflict in American Auto\/biographical and Documentary Narratives<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Intergenerational Dynamics of Vulnerability in American Trauma Narratives<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Representations of Violence in Contemporary American Popular Culture<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cross-Cultural Encounters in American Trauma Narratives: A Comparative Approach to Personal and Collective Memories<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Women\u2019s Narratives of Transnational Relocation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Recent Research Reports:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Director: Dr. Drago\u0219 Manea
Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures
University of Bucharest<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
7-13 Pitar Mo\u0219 Street, Sector 1, Bucharest<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Phone: +40-(0)21-318.1579\/ ext. 28
Email: studii_americane@lls.unibuc.ro<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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