Programa

Identity and intercultural communication in past and present Romania

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Programa

This course aims to increase students’ awareness of the Romanian cultural and social space and, thus, to give them reliable points of reference in understanding, interpreting and possibly interacting with a space which is not very well known in Portugal. The sessions of this first edition of the course will be given by Romanian professors at various Romanian universities. They will be partially lecture-based (face-to-face and ZOOM) followed by group discussions and interaction on forum in Google Classroom. The language of instruction will be English. 1. Introduction. General guidelines. Overview: identity and intercultural communication in Romania (Roxana Ciolăneanu, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa) (2h) +1h Google Classroom 2. Language as a cultural tool. Romanian values and beliefs reflected in language (Roxana Ciolăneanu, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa) (2h) +1h Google Classroom 3. Romanian paremiology in international context (Roxana Vieru, Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Iași, Romania) (2h) +1h Google Classroom 4. Taboos and euphemisms (Roxana Vieru, Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Iași, , Romania) (2h) +1h Google Classroom 5. Literature, fantastic and otherness (Emanuela Ilie, Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Iași, Romania) (2h) +1h Google Classroom 6. Oriental representations in Romanian travel writing (Emanuela Ilie, Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Iași, Romania) (2h) +1h Google Classroom 7. Cultural values and traditions in the 19th c. Romania (Mircea Păduraru, Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Iași, Romania) (2h) +1h Google Classroom 8. Film session “Aferim” (2105, directed by Radu Jude) followed by discussion (Mircea Păduraru, Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Iași, Romania) (2h) +1h Google Classroom 9. Gender identity and intersectionality in contemporary Romania (Roxana Marinescu, Academia de Studii Economice din București, Romania) (2h) +1h Google Classroom 10. Visions of motherhood. Communist and postcommunist perspectives (Roxana Marinescu, Academia de Studii Economice din București, Romania) + film (2h) +1h Google Classroom 11. Students’ presentations (2h) 12. Students’ presentations (2h) 13. Students’ presentations (2h) 14. Estimated time for preparing the presentation: 24h