Dr Aurel Jivi

Father Aurel Jivi was born in Chişoda, county of Timiş, Romania, on August 2, 1943. He took his first degree from the Sibiu Theological Institute in 1967 and then a master’s degree in Theology from McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago in 1973. He completed his doctoral studies at the Bucharest Theological Institute in 1982, with a dissertation about “Orthodoxy in America”. He became a full-time professor at the Sibiu Theological Institute, Department of Universal Church History, in 1983; he also taught at the Faculty of Theology in Oradea, and lectured for several universities in the US and Britain. He was ordained an Orthodox priest in 1993. He wrote extensively on topics related to his field of research, but he was also a proficient translator. He passed away in Sibiu, in 2002. May he rest in peace!

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Tuesday 9 February 2010

THE EAST / WEST CULTURAL PASSAGE STUDENT SYMPOSIUM: CULTURES IN TRANSIT

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
THE EAST / WEST CULTURAL PASSAGE STUDENT SYMPOSIUM:
CULTURES IN TRANSIT
Sibiu, 21-22 April 2010
Papers are invited in the following fields:
Literary Studies
Language and Translation Studies
Cultural Studies
Suggested topics include:
Literature and national identity
Literatures in translation
Literary translation and its vagaries
Translating cultural background
Film dubbing and subtitles
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
Hollywood: The global ‘think tank’
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.

Additionally, students may sign up for a Creative Writing workshop conducted by Dr Claudia Doroholschi of the University of the West, Timisoara.

Deadline for submission of paper proposals: 15 March 2010.

For further details and questions please use the gadgets on this blog to contact me or leave a comment to this post!