{"id":1558,"date":"2022-05-17T11:41:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T08:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.americanstudies.ro\/?p=1558"},"modified":"2022-05-17T11:46:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T08:46:13","slug":"american-studies-student-conference-2022-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.americanstudies.ro\/ro\/american-studies-student-conference-2022-program\/","title":{"rendered":"American Studies Student Conference Program (2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Transitions: Transience, Subversion, and (Im)permanence in Contemporary American Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An American Studies Online Student Conference<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, May 20, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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9:00-9:30 Opening <\/strong>(Chair: Assoc. Prof. Mihaela Precup, Conference Organizer, University of Bucharest)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drago\u0219 Manea (Assist. Prof., Director of the American Studies Center, University of Bucharest)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mihai Moroiu (Program Director, Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William O\u2019Connor (Cultural Affairs Officer, United States Embassy, Bucharest)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9:30-10:15 Opening Talk by William O\u2019Connor <\/strong>(Cultural Affairs Officer<\/strong>, United States Embassy, Bucharest) on <\/strong>Transitions: Transience, Subversion, and (Im)permanence in Contemporary American Culture <\/strong>(Chair: Assoc. Prof. Mihaela Precup)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:15-10:30 Coffee Break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:30-12:00 Panel 1. <\/strong>Chair: Prof. Roxana Oltean (American Studies Program, University of Bucharest)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mihaela Tone (American Studies MA Program, University of Bucharest). \u201cFemale Perpetration and  Gender Treachery in Bruce Miller\u2019s The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0218tefan Ionescu Ambrosie (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen). \u201cBillingsgate, Bodily Fluids, and Millennial Socialism: The Dialogic Impasse of the Dirtbag Left\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cristina Bot\u00eelc\u0103 (PhD student, The Doctoral School for Literary and Cultural Studies, University of Bucharest). \u201cTransitioning from Tradition. Human Composting and Water Cremation in Contemporary America\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andreea Moise (British Studies MA Program, University of Bucharest). \u201cDeath in the Making: Gendered Mourning in Sigrid Nunez\u2019s What Are You Going Through<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:00-12:45 Lunch Break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:45-14.15 Panel 2. <\/strong>Chair: Assoc. Prof. Mihaela Precup (American Studies Program, University of Bucharest)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ionu\u021b-Lauren\u021biu Cazan (American Studies MA Program, University of Bucharest). \u201cTheorizing Animal Exploitation in The Flintstones<\/em> as a Question of Reform\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cristina-Maria Mihai (American Studies MA Program, University of Bucharest). \u201cTransition and Adaptation in Gene Luen Yang\u2019s Graphic Novel American Born Chinese <\/em>(2006)\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raul S\u0103ran (PhD Student, Doctoral School of Humanities, West University of Timi\u0219oara). \u201dFrom Meaninglessness to Irrelevancy \u2013 Chris Fogle and the \u201cNew\u201d Heroism in David Foster Wallace\u2019s The Pale King<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andreea-Alexandra C\u0103lin (University of Bucharest (CESI), University of Leuven (Faculty of Arts). \u201cFragmentation and (Post)modern Society in Speedboat<\/em>\u201d
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14:15-14.30 Coffee Break<\/strong>
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14.30-16.10 Panel 3. <\/strong>Chair: Assist. Prof. Diana Benea (American Studies Program, University of Bucharest)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrada St\u0103nei (American Studies BA Program, \u201cOvidius\u201d University, Constan\u021ba). \u201cSubverting Dracula: The Transition from a European Myth to an American Pop Culture Icon\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Viorel Samuel Tajkuna Teleag\u0103 (Modern Languages and Literatures, Faculty of Letters, History and Theology,  University of the West, Timi\u0219oara). \u201dFrom Angel to Androgynous Vamp: Greta Garbo\u2019s Challenging and Subversion of Stereotypes about Femininity in Early American Film\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oana Condurache (American Studies MA Program, University of the West, Timi\u0219oara). \u201dChicano Literature\u2014A Subversive Approach to the American Studies Curriculum\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sefora Geant\u0103 (American Studies MA Program, University of Bucharest). \u00a0\u201cRomanian Migration to the United States: Analyzing Spaces of Transition\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Denisa Aron (American Studies MA Program, University of Bucharest). \u201cThe Movie Trial of the Chicago 7<\/em> as a Subversive Mirror of the Past\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16.10-16.40 Coffee break \/ Jury Deliberation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

16.40-17.00 \u201cDan Grigorescu\u201d prize award ceremony. Closing remarks.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jury:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Bri Ard, Director, International Education & Study Abroad,\u00a0University of South Alabama, Fulbright fellow, American Studies Program, University of Bucharest<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Ruxandra R\u0103dulescu, Educational adviser, The Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Organizers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The American Studies Program at the University of Bucharest<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The organizers would like to thank the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embassy for their support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Conference poster:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andreea Moise<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Transitions: Transience, Subversion, and (Im)permanence in Contemporary American Culture An American Studies Online Student Conference Friday, May 20, 2022 9:00-9:30 Opening (Chair: Assoc. Prof. Mihaela Precup, Conference Organizer, University of Bucharest) Drago\u0219 Manea (Assist. Prof., Director of the American Studies Center, University of Bucharest) Mihai Moroiu (Program Director, Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission) William O\u2019Connor (Cultural Affairs … <\/p>\n

Continu\u0103 lectura \u201eAmerican Studies Student Conference Program (2022)\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanstudies.ro\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanstudies.ro\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanstudies.ro\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanstudies.ro\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanstudies.ro\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1558"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanstudies.ro\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1567,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanstudies.ro\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558\/revisions\/1567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanstudies.ro\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanstudies.ro\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanstudies.ro\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}