Research Programs
> Concept 2001
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> MEC 2005
> CNCSIS 2005-2007
> CNCSIS 2007-2008
> Templeton 2007-2009
>> Project-based:
>ROMIMAG – Images, Stereotypes, and Prejudices of Europe /Les imaginaires européens
>EURIMAG - The Romanian-European Research Center for the Study of Collective Images, Stereotypes and Prejudices
Collective Programmes
>The Political Imaginary Programme
Coordinator: Professor Stefan Borbély
>The Social and Media Imaginary Programme
Coordinator: Professor Ruxandra Cesereanu
>The Religious Imaginary Programme
Coordinator: Professor Corin Braga
>The Historical Imaginary Programme
Coordinator: Professor Ovidiu Pecican
Individual Research
Stefan Borbély – The Cold War Imaginary (Imaginarul R�zboiului Rece)
Corin Braga – Anti-utopia between the 16th-18th centuries (Antiutopia în secolele XVI-XVIII)
Carmen Bujdei – Monsters in Twentieth-Century English Literature (Mon�trii în literatura engleza a secolului XX)
Ruxandra Cesereanu – The Curious Library (Biblioteca stranie)
Sanda Cordos – Post-Communism as a New World (Postcomunismul ca o lume nou�)
Oleg Garaz – Between Animism and Iconoclasm: In Search of the Origins of Music (Între animism �i iconoclasm. În c�utarea originilor muzicii)
Marius Jucan – The Imaginary of Modernity in American Culture and Literature (Imaginarul modernit��ii în cultura �i literatura american�)
Ovidiu Mircean – Astrological Symbols in Literature (Simboluri astrologice în literatur�)
Adriana Neagu – Collective Imaginary and Regional Identity in the New Europe: Scotland and Transylvania (Imaginar colectiv �i identitate regional� în Noua Europ�: Sco�ia �i Transilvania)
Ovidiu Pecican – The Fictitious Middle Ages (Evul Mediu fictiv)
Horea Poenar – The Phenomenological Aesthetics (Estetica fenomenologic�)
Doru Pop - Visual Structures in Contemporary Romanian Myths (Structuri vizuale ale miturilor contemporane române�ti)
C�lin Stegerean - Painting and Avant-garde Reviews in Interwar Romania (Pictura �i revistele de Avangard� în România interbelic�)
Nicolae Turcan - The Master-Disciple Relationship (Rela�ia Maestru-Discipol)
Mihaela Ursa – The Erotic Imagination (Imagina�ia erotic�)
Cornel Vâlcu – Postmodernity: A Three-Ended Bridge (Postmodernitatea - un pod cu trei capete)
Vasile Voia – The Principles of Modern Comparativism (Principiile comparatismului modern)
Doctoral dissertations
>> Completed:
- Constantina Buleu – The Paradigm of Power in the Nineteenth Century (Paradigma puterii în secolul al XIX-lea). Coordinator: Professor Vasile Voia
- Codru�a Cuc – The cultural imaginary of the mirror in the Far East (Imaginarul cultural al oglinzii în Extremul Orient). Coordinator: Professor Vasile Voia
- Andrada Fatu-Tutoveanu – A Poisoned Century: The Imaginary of Opioids in the British and French Literature of the Nineteenth Century (Un secol intoxicat. Imaginarul opiaceelor în literatura britanic� �i francez� a secolului al XIX-lea). Coordinator: Professor Vasile Voia
- Anca Hatiegan – Theatricality and the Novel under the Communist Regime (Teatralitate �i roman sub regimul communist). Coordinator: Professor Ion Vartic
- Mihaela Lovin – Re-readings of A. P. Chekhov’s Dramaturgy: Chekhov and the Theater of the Absurd. Producer related insights; Postmodern rewritings (Relecturi ale dramaturgiei lui A. P. Cehov. Cehov �i teatrul absurd. Viziuni regizorale. Rescrieri postmoderne). Coordinator: Professor Vasile Voia
- Ioana Macrea Toma - Political Fields – Literary Fields (Câmp politic - Câmp literar). Coordinator: Professor Ion Vartic
- Iulia Micu – The Artist and Death. (An Incursion into the Imaginary of the Early Twentieth Century) / Artistul si moartea (Incursiune în imaginarul începutului de secol XX). Coordinator: Professor Ion Vartic
- Horea Poenar – Concepts of Phenomenology: Between General Aesthetics and Applied Aesthetics (Concepte ale fenomenologiei între estetica general� �i estetica aplicat�). Coordinator: Professor Mircea Muthu
- Doru Pop – The Eye and the Body: A Cultural History of the Visual. (Ochiul �i corpul. O istorie cultural� a vizualului). Coordinator: Professor Aurel Codoban
- Vlad Roman – Representations of Identity in the Cultural Horizon of Post-impressionist and Post-existentialist Europe (Reprezent�ri ale identit��ii în orizontul cultural al Europei postimpresioniste �i postexistentialiste). Coordinator: Professor Vasile Voia
- Cristina Saracut - Ekphrasis. Artwork Representations in Literary Works (Ekphrasis. Reprezent�ri ale operei de art� în opera literar�). Coordinator: Professor Mircea Muthu
- Mara Stanca Rafan – Recurrent Structures and Their Dynamics in the Art of Image (From the Renaissance to Postmodernism) / Structuri recurente �i dinamica lor în arta imaginii (de la Rena�tere la postmodernism). Coordinator: Professor Vasile Voia
- Nicolae Turcan – The Master-Disciple Relationship (Rela�ia maestru-discipol). Coordinator: Professor Aurel Codoban
- Mihaela Ursa – Before and after Structuralism: the Auctorial Subject-Matter in the American Theory of the ‘80s (Înainte �i dup� structuralism: subiectul auctorial în teoria american� a anilor 80). Coordinator: Professor Mircea Borcila
- Alexandra Vlad – Breaches in the Hierarchic Comprehension Process in Literature and Film: A Cognitive Psychology Approach / Brüche im hierarchischen Verarbeitungsprozess von Literatur und Film. Eine kognitionspsychologische Untersuchung / Rupturile în procesul ierarhic de comprehensiune a literaturii �i filmului. O abordare din perspectiva psihologiei cognitive. Coordinator: Professor Vasile Voia
>> In progress
- Alexandra Anisie – Functions of the Image in the Mnémotechnique and Literature of Giordano Bruno (Func�ii ale imaginii în mnemotehnica �i în literatura lui Giordano Bruno). Coordinator: Professor Corin Braga
- Simona Ardelean – Elective Affinities in the Art-Literature Dialogue (Afinit��i elective în dialogul art�-literatur�). Coordinator: Professor Vasile Voia
- Elena Butusina – Postmodern Literature: Transgression and Dialogue (Literatura postmodern� - transgresiune �i dialog). Coordinator: Professor Corin Braga
- Cristian Baumgarten – Narrative Structures and Historical-Religious Foundations in The Metamorphoses of Apuleius (Structuri narative �i fundament istorico-religios în Metamorfozele lui Apuleius). Coordinator: Professor Corin Braga
- Florina Codreanu – The Historical and Political Phenomenology of Blood (Fenomenalitatea istoric� �i politic� a sângelui). Coordinator: Professor Stefan Borbély
- Monica Alina Danci – Love in the Literature of Great Global Religions (Iubirea în literatura marilor religii mondiale). Coordinator: Professor Stefan Borbély
- Olga Gradinaru – The World War II Novel in Soviet Literature (Romanul celui de-al doilea r�zboi mondial în literatura sovietic�). Coordinator: Professor Stefan Borbély
- Simona Gruianu – Postmodern Mythologies (Mitologii postmoderne). Coordinator: Professor Stefan Borbély
- Mihaela Hasu – The Reception of Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature in Romania (Receptarea literaturii japoneze moderne �i contemporane în România) (1945-2008). Coordinator: Professor Stefan Borbély
- Cristina Milos – Narration and Urban Cartographic Representation in the Twentieth Century Novel (Nara�iune �i reprezentare cartografic� urban� în romanul sec. XX). Coordinator: Professor Corin Braga
- Ovidiu Mircean – Inertias and Methodological Discontinuities in the Current Comparative Literature (Iner�ii �i discontinuit��i metodologice în literatura comparat� actual�). Coordinator: Professor VasileVoia
- Mihaela Neacsu (Opre) – The Apocryphal Evangelical Imaginary in the Twentieth Century Novel (Imaginarul evanghelic apocrif în romanul secolului XX). Coordinator: Professor Vasile Voia
- Anamaria Oros – The Fictional Universe of Umberto Eco (Universul fic�ional al lui Umberto Eco). Coordinator: Professor Stefan Borbély
- Florentina Racataianu – The Sibiu Literary Circle: between Modernities (Cercul Literar de la Sibiu - între modernit��i). Coordinator: Professor Ion Vartic
- Eugenia Sarvari - Rudolf Steiner: towards a Theater of Spiritual Forms (Rudolf Steiner - spre un teatru al formelor spirituale). Coordinator: Professor Ion Vartic
- Andrei Simut – The Apocalyptic Novel after 1945 (Romanul apocaliptic dup� 1945). Coordinator: Professor Stefan Borbély
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