American Studies
University of Bucharest

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Everything happening in the American Studies Program — guest lectures and conferences, admissions and defense schedules, calls for papers, and books published by our faculty. Newest first.

  1. News The United States at 250 (Student Conference Program)
  2. BA Event STAM ZineWe are happy to invite you to the launch of the first issue of 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑴 𝒁𝒊𝒏𝒆, a collection of zines crafted by the American Studies undergraduate class of 2026 on the topics of their…
  3. Event The United States of America at 250 (Student Conference)The American Studies Program at the University of Bucharest
  1. News Online Workshop: Contemporary Gothic from a Comparative PerspectiveContemporary Gothic from a Comparative Perspective
  2. News Opening of the 2025-2026 academic yearYou are kindly invited to join us for the opening of the 2025-2026 academic year for the American Studies Program, to be held in Martin Luther King Lecture Hall, The Faculty of Foreign…
  3. News Interview Grades (American Studies MA, September 2025)FACULTATEA DE LIMBI ŞI LITERATURI STRĂINEIn Romanian
  4. Event Perspectives on the Media in American Culture and Society (Student Conference)The American Studies Program at the University of Bucharest
  1. News WiP guest lecture Atalie Gerhard, Friday, November 1 2024, 6 PMWe are happy to invite you to a guest lecture for our Work-in-Progress Lecture series on Friday, November 1 2024, at 6 PM Bucharest time. You can find all the details below.
  2. News Opening of the 2024-2025 academic yearYou are cordially invited to join the students, faculty, and staff of the American Studies Program for the opening of the 2024-2025 academic year, to be held in Martin Luther King Lecture…
  3. News Cultural Networks in the U.S.: Past and Present Challenges (Conference Program)
  4. Event Cultural Networks in the U.S.: Past and Present ChallengesThe American Studies Program at the University of Bucharest
  1. News Opening of the 2023-2024 Academic YearThe opening of the 2023-2024 academic year for the American Studies Program is to be held in Martin Luther King Lecture Hall, The Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, 7-13 Pitar…
  2. News Schedule for the Admissions Interview (American Studies MA, September 2023)
  3. News New Book: Thomas J. Cousineau's The Seance of Reading. Uncanny Designs in Modernist WritingThomas J. Cousineau, a former Fulbright professor with the American Studies Program at the University of Bucharest, has recently published the second edition of his book The Seance of…
  4. Event The Seance of Reading. Uncanny Designs in Modernist Writing (Event)You are kindly invited to join us in welcoming Professor Thomas J. Cousineau on April 5, from 10am, in Sala de Consiliu (1st floor of our 7-13, Pitar Mos building). Professor Cousineau will…
  5. News America in the Global World (Student Conference)The Center for American Studies at the University of Bucharest
  6. Event The Role of the Woman Writer in Global Culture and Society (Event)
  7. News In Memoriam Octavian RoskeWe are deeply saddened by the loss of our colleague and former head of the American Studies Program, Associate Professor Octavian Roske, who passed away earlier today, at the age of 67. A…
  1. Book Reframing the Perpetrator in Contemporary Comics: On the Importance of the StrangeIt is our great pleasure to announce Dr. Dragoș Manea's new book, Reframing the Perpetrator in Contemporary Comics: On the Importance of the Strange.
  2. Book Sophisticated Ladies in Life and Literature: Selective PortraitsIt is our great pleasure to announce Dr. Anca Peiu's new book, Sophisticated Ladies in Life and Literature: Selective Portraits . The press presentation is available below.
  3. News In Memoriam Irina Grigorescu Pana (1948-2022)We are deeply saddened by the loss of our colleague, Professor Emerita Irina Grigorescu Pană, who passed away yesterday. Professor Pană was born on February 25, 1948, in Bucharest, and…
  4. BA News Programare susţinere licență Studii Americane, iunie 2022*Toţi candidaţii, cu excepţia primilor doi, sunt rugaţi să fie prezenţi la facultate cu 30 de minute înainte de programare.In Romanian
  5. MA News Programare susţinere disertaţii Studii Americane, iunie 2022*Toţi candidaţii, cu excepţia primilor doi, sunt rugaţi să fie prezenţi la facultate cu 30 de minute înainte de programare.In Romanian
  6. News American Studies Student Conference Program (2022)Transitions: Transience, Subversion, and (Im)permanence in Contemporary American Culture
  7. News 2022 American Studies Student Conference [Extended Deadline]The American Studies Program at the University of Bucharest
  8. BA Event BA Defense Schedule (February 28 2022)Students will receive an e-mail inviting them to attend the Google Meet session. If you have any questions, please contact us at alexandra.bacalu@lls.unibuc.ro.
  1. News Programare admitere masterat (septembrie 2021)Toți candidații se vor conecta la începutul sesiunii. Dacă aveți vreo întrebare, vă rugăm să ne scrieți la adresa dragos.manea@lls.unibuc.ro.In Romanian
  2. News Susțineri licență și masterat, septembrie 2021Studenții și masteranzii vor primi invitația pe adresele lor de e-mail. Ambele întâlniri vor avea loc pe Zoom.In Romanian
  3. MA News Programare pentru interviul de admitereToți candidații din fiecare serie de câte 6 se vor conecta la începutul intervalului alocat seriei lor. Dacă aveți vreo întrebare, vă rugăm să ne scrieți la adresa…In Romanian
  4. News Synergies in Communication (SiC 2021) CFPCALL FOR PAPERS The 9th International Conference Synergies in Communication (SiC 2021) 28 - 29 October 2021
  5. News Susțineri disertație iunie 2021Susținerile pentru disertații la masteratul de studii americane vor avea loc online pe 30 iunie 2021, de la ora 12.00. Programarea este afișată mai jos (masteranzii vor fi invitați și de…In Romanian
  6. BA News BA Defense Schedule (June 17 2021)Please try to be online--and available--one hour before your scheduled time (with the exception of the first 4 students). You might be invited to present at a slightly earlier time.
  7. News Inaugurarea Amfiteatrului Martin Luther King, Jr.Ambasada S.U.A. și Universitatea din București, Facultatea de Limbi și Literaturi Străine anunță inaugurarea Amfiteatrului Martin Luther King, Jr. renovat și modernizat printr-un proiect…In Romanian
  8. News The Concept of Crisis in American Culture – American Studies Student Conferencehttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83419677084?pwd=Y2FCUU5yTFNCTy9iMVM4L0grSng3QT09
  9. News The Concept of Crisis in American CultureThe Center for American Studies at the University of Bucharest
  10. BA News Susținerea lucrării de licențăPROGRAMUL DE STUDII AMERICANEIn Romanian
  11. Event Guest Talk by Saviana StănescuOn January 5, 2021, the American Studies program was honored to welcome award-winning playwright Saviana Stănescu as a special guest in the Contemporary American Drama and Social Change…
  1. News Activism and Citizen Participation: U.S. Elections 2020 on Thursday, October 22, 15:00 CEST (16:00 Bucharest time)The U.S. Embassy in Italy will host an online discussion on Activism and Citizen Participation: U.S. Elections 2020 on Thursday, October 22, 15:00 CEST (16:00 Bucharest time) , featuring…
  2. News Doctoral Grants 2021 GSNAS FU BerlinThe Graduate School of North American Studies (GSNAS) at Freie Universität Berlin invites applications for
  3. Book William Faulkner for 21st Century World Readers: FAULKNERIANA: Back to (and Beyond) YoknapatawphaSpecialized in literary studies of the Old South, Dr. Anca Peiu, an Associate Professor of the Department of English, within the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures of the…
  4. MA News Programare pentru interviul de admitere16 septembrie 2020In Romanian
  5. BA News Fall 2020 SemesterPlease note that the classes for the American Studies undergraduate and graduate programs will be held online this fall 2020 semester. The official info about fall semester classes at the…
  6. BA Event BA Defense Schedule (September 4 2020)Toți candidații din fiecare serie de câte 5 se vor conecta la începutul intervalului alocat seriei lor (10:00, respectiv 11:15) .In Romanian
  7. News Programare pentru interviul de admitereToți candidații din fiecare serie de câte 4 se vor conecta la începutul intervalului alocat seriei lor (10:00, 11:00, 12:00, respectiv 13:00)In Romanian
  8. BA News BA Defense Schedule (June 25-26 2020)BA Paper Defense (American Literature)In Romanian
  9. MA News MA Defense (June 25 2020)25 June 2020
  10. Book On History and Fantasy: Anglo-American Cultural Memory and Politics of AdaptationThis book presents a broad spectrum of studies focusing on fiction, graphic narratives, photography, online forums and interviews.
  11. Book The Political Imagination of Thomas Pynchon’s Later NovelsThis book presents a broad spectrum of studies focusing on fiction, graphic narratives, photography, online forums and interviews.
  12. Book Eastern European Jewish American Narratives, 1890–1930 - Struggles for RecognitionThe compelling argument of Eastern European Jewish American Narratives, 1890–1930: Struggles for Recognition is that narratives of Eastern European Jewish Americans are important discourses…
  13. Book Literature and Cultural MemoryCultural Memory, a subtle and comprehensive process of identity formation, promotion and transmission, is considered as a set of symbolic practices and protocols, with particular emphasis…
  14. Book Between History and Personal Narrative - East European Women's Stories of Migration in the New MilleniumThis book presents a broad spectrum of studies focusing on fiction, graphic narratives, photography, online forums and interviews.
  15. Book Mapping Generations of Traumatic Memory in American NarrativesThis volume collects work by several European, North American, and Australian academics who are interested in examining the performance and transmission of post-traumatic memory in the…
  16. Book New-Old Worlds - Space Of TransitionsThe Sense of America: Histories into Text. A Collection of Essays - Rodica Mihăilă and Irina Grigorescu Pană
  17. Book Performance and Performativity in Contemporary Indian Fiction in EnglishThis book starts with a consideration of a 1997 issue of the New Yorker that celebrated fifty years of Indian independence, and goes on to explore the development of a pattern of…
  18. Book Romantic Renderings of Selfhood in Classic American LiteratureRomantic Renderings of Selfhood in Classic American Literature is the complete form of Anca Peiu’s book on eleven masters of American literature. The previous volume entitled Five Versions…
  19. Book LOCAL REPRESENTATION AND GLOBAL PERSEPECTIVE IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN LITERARY CULTUREThe four writers selected here – Frederick Douglas, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Henry James – illustrate in a particularly compelling manner the sometimes contradictory, other times…
  20. Book The Graphic Lives of Fathers - Memory, Representation, and Fatherhood in North American Autobiographical ComicsThis book explores the representation of fatherhood in contemporary North American autobiographical comics that depict paternal conduct from the post-war period up to the present. It offers…
  21. Event American Culture Week9 to 12 March 2020 will mark the American Culture Week at the University of Bucharest. Info about the events and the student conference program on 10 and 11 March can be found below. All…
  22. BA Event American Studies Student ConferenceTuesday, March 10, 2020, 9:00-19:00 Venue: The Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission, 2 Nicolae Costinescu St., Bucharest