Romanian-Moldovan Studies Day

9:30 - 10:45

Panel 1 - Stories Set in Stone: Romanian and Moldovan Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

Chair: Raul Cârstocea

Ciprian Astaloş - People, Stones and Bones: About the Palaeolithic of the Carpathian Basin

Jonathan Eagles - A Tale of Two Statues: Stephen the Great in Iaşi and Chişinău

10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:45

Panel 2 - From the Village to the City - Snapshots of Everyday Life in Contemporary Romania

Chair: Daniel Brett

Radu Umbreş - The Games Men Play. Tournaments of Prestige, Politics, and Manhood in a Romanian Village Pub

Maria Iancu - An Analysis of the Stand-Up Comedy Phenomenon in Romania

Katie Bates - Tales from the Age of the Coloured Blocks: the reabilitare termică (Thermal Rehabilitation) Policy in Practice

12:45 - 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:45

Panel 3 - Preserving the Past, Negotiating the Present - Romanian Material Culture, Collections and Museums

Chair: Gabriela Nicolescu

Alexandra Urdea & Magda Buchczyk - Memory, Identity and Material Culture: An Exploration of Perspectives on the Past through a Museum Collection of Romanian Artefacts

Laura Demeter - Negotiating the Communist Past of Cultural Institutions: The Case Study of the Communist Party Museum in Bucharest

Raluca Muşat - The 'Model Village' Dioşti: Planning Rural Modernity in Interwar Romania

15:45 - 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:45

Panel 4 - States or Individuals: Rethinking the Social in Romania and Abroad

Chair: Andreea Cârstocea

Corina Doboş - The Pronatalist Policy of Ceauşescu's Regime in Comparative Perspective

Andreea Udrea - Kin-State Responsibility and Historical Injustice: An Inquiry into the Case of the Hungarian Minority from Romania

Nadia Robb - University-Educated Romanians in London: Social and Spatial Mobility

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