Keywords: Fantastic Literature; Ghosts; Children; Evil; Innocence.
This paper deals with the treatment of ghost children in fantastic English literature. These characters are recurrent in Victorian literature. Unlike adult ghosts who are often malevolent, ghost children are harmless, generally the innocent victims of a cruel fate which they do not deserve. Their presence is only a sad reminder of what they suffered in their lifetime. This conception was shared by twentieth century writers until the 1970’s. Novels such as The Other by Thomas Tryon or Julia by Peter Straub completely shatter the myth of children’s innocence. This is clearly indicative of a post-Freudian concepttion. Freud and his disciples have demonstrated that young children, far from being the immaculate angels we like to imagine, have strong sexual drives which may lead them to criminal behaviour. As Sabine Büssing puts it, children in contemporary literature have become the “strangers in the house.”
More...Keywords: Wiener Hof; Jesuiten; siebenbürgischen Stände; rümänische Synode; Bischof Atanasie Anghel; Kardinal Leopold Kollonich; Gabriel Kapi; jesuite Theologe; Siebenbürgener Griechisch-Katolische Kirche
Der Text des Artikels, das Teil einer grösseren Nachforschung, das der Geschichte der Rumänischen Unierten Kirche im Siebenbürgen der Aufklärung gewidmet ist, verwertet aus einer historischen Perspektive das letzte Moment der Union der Rumänen aus Siebenbürgen mit der Kirche aus Rom und erfasst die Bemühung der rumänischen Eliten für ein neues Konzept über dem Begriff Union. Die Problematik die von der Nachforscherin herangegangen umfasst wurde: die Aufrufung des Synods vor der Fahrt Atanasie Anghel’s nach Wien (7. Januar 1701); die Platform mit den Forderungen in 8 Punkte; das Verhalten der jesuiten Mönchen Atanasie gegenüber; das zweite Leopold Diplom (19 März 1701) mit wichtigen Folgen für die Kirche und das rumänische Volk; die theologischen und politischen Gründe der Ernennug des jesuiten Theologen neben dem griechisch-katholishen Bischof; die Einsetzung im Bischofsamt von Alba Iulia (25 Juni 1701); die Bestrebungen der eklesiastischen rumänischen Elite in einem politisch-konfessionellen Kontext, der Förderung eines eigenen Programms betreffend die Veträglichkeit zwischen Tradition und Erneuerung des dogmatischen Plans, wobei ihr Ziel die sozial-wirtschaftliche und kulturelle Emanzipierung des Klerus bzw. der rumänischen Nation war.
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Keywords: Balkan Studies; Albanian
Review of latest
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Keywords: Nicolae Felecan;
Nicolae Felecan, Lingvistică şi filologie română , Editura Mega, Cluj-Napoca, 2020, ISBN 978-606-020-223-3, 366 p.
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Keywords: Aaron S. Rosenfeld;
Aaron S. Rosenfeld, Character and Dystopia. The Last Men, Routledge, Taylor & Francis, New York, ISBN: 978-0-367-42275-2 (hbk); ISBN: 978-0-367-82310-8 (ebk), 2021, 273 p.
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Rüthers, Monica, Unter dem Roten Stern geboren: sowjetische Kinder im Bild, Böhlau Verlag, Wien, Köln, Weimar 2021, 278 S.
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Keywords: Protected Designation of Origin; terroir; cheese; bioregional discourse; territorial embeddedness; Romania;
By analyzing the application file of Telemea de Ibãnesti cheese, registered by Romania under the Protected Designation of Origin (pdo) quality scheme of the eu, the paper seeks to capture how applicants incorporate territorial elements in the construction of geographical origin. According to the framework delineated by the pdo certifications, the product needs to document characteristics essentially or exclusively due to the geographical environment, including natural or human elements. The analysis attempts to capture how producers employ bioregional discourses, with the purpose of creating the territorial embeddedness of food products, by suggesting a symbiosis of nature, animals and human actors. It shows how the applicants’ argument privileges the product’s connection with the physical environment and insists on capturing a sense of a mineral and hydroogical territorial embeddedness that is transferred in the end product.
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Keywords: body studies; disciplinarity; interdisciplinarity; transdisciplinarity; social changes.
This paper deals with the methodological...
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Keywords: Gheorghe Nandriș;
The Bukovinian physician Gheorghe Nandriş was born on October 14, 1933, in the village of Mahala, Chernivtsi County. In the spring of 1944, he went to refuge with his family, due to the Soviet reoccupation of northern Bukovina. He pursued a career in medicine, going through all the professional steps with outstanding performances. He obtained his PhD in Medicine in 1972. He was the director of Sibiu County Hospital, president of the College of Physicians and Pharmacists, and initiated and ran numerous health programs. For his outstanding merit, he has been awarded many times. He also stood out as a writer, namely he wrote several volumes dedicated to the Nandriş family and Mahala village. Gheorghe Nandriş is the one who brought into the country and edited the manuscript of Anita Nandriş-Cudla, 20 years in Siberia. Memories of Life, published by Humanitas Publishing House in 1991 and re-edited in 2013.
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Keywords: Marilena Felicia Luţă (Ţiprigan); Monography; The verbal aspect; Retrospectives and perspectives; Slovak language;
Review of: Marilena Felicia Luţă (Ţiprigan), Aspectul verbal. Retrospective şi perspective [Slovesný vid. Retrospektívy a perspektívy], Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti 2013, 216 s. ISBN 9786061602650 (Dagmar Maria Anoca)
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Keywords: Lenka Garančovská; Slovak-Romanian; Phraseology; Dictionary;
Review of: Lenka Garančovská, Slovensko-rumunský frazeologický slovník/ Dicționar frazeologic slovacromân, Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti, 2013, 284 p. ISBN 978-606-16-0412-8 (Dagmar Maria Anoca)
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Keywords: EU: NATO; Graham Allison; Radu-Sebastian Ungureanu; Center for Security Studies; John Seaman; CSIS Technology and Intelligence Task Force; ”Security Cooperation in a Strategic Competition”;
The #foodforthought section includes a selection of bibliographic resources (official documents, books and reports), published recently, with a significant impact on the field of security and intelligence studies. EU. ”A Strategic Compass for Security and Defence: For a European Union that protects its citizens, values and interests and contributes to international peace and security”, 21.03.2022; NATO. ”The Secretary General’s Annual Report for 2021”, 21.03.2022; Graham Allison. Capcana lui Tucidide: Mai pot evita Statele Unite și China războiul?, Ed. Corint, 2022; Radu-Sebastian Ungureanu et al. Cooperare și confl ict în relațiile internaționale. O introducere, Ed. Institutului European, Iași, 2021; Center for Security Studies. ”Strategic Trends 2022: Key Developments in Global Aff airs”, ETH Zurich, 2022; ”Munich Security Report 2022: Turning the Tide. Unlearning Helplessness”, 18.02.2022; Mazarr, Michael J. et al. ”Security Cooperation in a Strategic Competition”. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2022; John Seaman et. al. (Ed.). ”Dependence in Europe’s Relations with China: Weighing Perceptions and Reality”, European Think-Tank Network on China (ETNC), April 2022; CSIS Technology and Intelligence Task Force. ”Maintaining the Intelligence Edge: Reimagining and Reinventing Intelligence through Innovation”, Center for Strategic and International Studies, January 2021.
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Keywords: slovacistics; University of Bucharest; Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures;
The author presents a brief history of the department of Slovak language and literature, founded in 1949, followed by the enumeration of the main areas of activity: the teaching and methodology area (mentoring both students and teachers of Slovak language teaching schools in Romania), the scientific and research activity in the field of Slovak and Slavic studies such as: Linguistics, Dialectology, Literature, Culturology, Romanian-Slavic cultural relations, mirrored in scientific or cultural publications in various forms of propagation of the Slovak culture and promoting intercultural dialogue between Romania and Slovakia (conferences, symposia, translations etc.), ending with portrait medallions of the professors who worked in the department: the founding generation, Prof. dr. doc. Pandele Olteanu (1908-1995), Lect. dr. Silvia Nita-Armas (1931), Prof. Cornelius Barborica (1931), Prof. Gheorghe Calin (1935), teaching assistant Anton Tanasescu (1933). The author also mentions the work of younger professors and Slovak assistant professors, as well.
More...Keywords: NATO; “NATO 2022 Strategic Concept”; UE; Henry A. Kissinger; Eric Schmidt; Daniel Huttenlocker, The Age of AI: And Our Human Future; SIPRI Yearbook 2022; Dominika Hajdu; Clint Reach; Graham Allison;
Review of: NATO și Noul concept Strategic NATO. “NATO 2022 Strategic Concept”. 29.06.2022 UE și dubla tranziție: verde și digitală Comunicare a Comisiei către Parlamentul European și Consiliu. „Raport pe 2022 de analiză prospectivă. Corelarea tranziției verzi și a celei digitale în noul context geopolitic.” Bruxelles, 29.06.2022, COM(2022)289final. Competiția strategică SUA-China și dinamica politicii internaționale Valentin Naumescu, Războiul pentru supremație SUAChina și cele cinci forțe care schimbă lumea: Consecințe pentru România, Ed. Polirom, 2021 Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt și Daniel Huttenlocker, The Age of AI: And Our Human Future. John Murray Press, 2021. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. ”SIPRI Yearbook 2022: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security”. 2022. Dominika Hajdu et al. ”Globsec Trends 2022: CEE amid the war in Ukraine”. Centre for Democracy&Resiliece, GLOBSEC, Bratislava. Clint Reach et al. ”Russian Military Forecasting and Analysis: The Political-Military Situation and Military Potential in Strategic Planning”, Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2022. Graham Allison, Alyssa Resar și Karina Barbesino, ”The Great Diplomatic Rivalry: China vs the U.S.”, Belfer Center for Science and International Aff airs, Harvard Kennedy School, Report, August 2022 Sean Monaghan, ”Deterring hybrid threats: Towards a fi fth wave of deterrence theory and practice”. The European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats. 31.03.2022 The #foodforthought section includes a selection of bibliographic resources (official documents, books and reports), published recently, with a significant impact on the field of security and intelligence studies.
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Keywords: The Decades Series; British fiction; 1940s;
Review of: GRZEGORZ MOROZ - The 1940s: A Decade of Modern British Fiction, edited by Philip Tew and Glynn White, London, Bloomsbury Academic, 2022, (PDF) x + 347 pp.
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Keywords: conference; scientific session; Alma Mater Sucevensis; dialogue; research; opinion; methodology;
The 22nd edition of the Alma Mater Sucevensis Scientific Session took place at “Ștefan cel Mare” University of Suceava on March 4–5, 2022. The purpose of the event was to bring together researchers and specialists interested in exploring the long past or recent events through the prism of history, archaeology or international relations, matching the results of their analyzes or discoveries with the challenging requirements of the field of research. Participants from Romania, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova proposed various topics that allowed the grouping of the event into sections. The papers focused on the methods and strategies of the research, the analysis and interpretation of the sources, and the capitalization of the archival documents, claiming the diversification of options in approaching regional, Romanian, and universal historiography.
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Keywords: aggression; information; disinformation; information technologies; information weapons; critical thinking; information warfare; information operations; means of information warfare; manipulation;
The article reveals the connotation of the key concepts “information war” and “critical thinking”. The study analyzes the features of information war as a manipulative technology and reveals the role of critical thinking tools (analysis, synthesis, interpretation) in counteraction to information sabotage. It has been proven that the process of information influence on public and individual consciousness is ambiguous – it can be either positive and contribute to raising the level of public awareness of urgent problems, or it can carry out information attacks with the aim of destructive influence on consciousness, cultivation of hatred and dispersal of the feeling of “treason”. It is argued that information manipulation affects the consciousness of a person through an avalanche of rumors, manipulations, and fakes, aimed at weakening and ultimately destroying the ability of self-identification and self-determination. This is an extremely dangerous situation that can lead to a state of disorientation if countermeasures are not used, one of which is the tools of critical thinking and fact-checking to evaluate information.
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