British Cultural Studies - University of Bucharest

𝐁𝐂𝐒 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 | 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐕𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞 | 𝟐𝟎 𝐌𝐚𝐲, 𝟔:𝟎𝟎𝐩𝐦

We're delighted to invite you to our next research seminar. Our invited speaker is 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐕𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞, BCS alumna and PhD student at the Doctoral School of Literary and Cultural Studies, who will be presenting her work-in-progress on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞: 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞, 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

𝐁𝐂𝐒 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 | 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐮𝐦𝐝𝐚𝐫 | 𝟏𝟒 𝐌𝐚𝐲, 𝟔:𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐦

It's our pleasure to invite you to this Thursday's research seminar. Our invited speaker is Saikat Majumdar (Transilvania University of Brașov), who will be giving a talk on the topic of "The Critic as Artist: An Autoethnography of World Literature."

All welcome!

Ready for a Squid Game on the margins of Nora Iuga's poetry? Read Daria Maxim's experimental and ludic review of Nora Iuga's 𝑆𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑖 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒 (1978) by following the link below.

https://bcsstudentsblog.wordpress.com/2026/05/05/a-squid-game-in-the-poetry-of-nora-iuga/

Visuals by Daria Maxim

𝐁𝐂𝐒 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 | 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐡𝐲 | 𝟏𝟑 𝐌𝐚𝐲, 𝟔:𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐦

It's our pleasure to invite you to Frank Leahy's talk on "Literary Monsters as Swearwords" taking place this Wednesday at the British Cultural Studies Centre.

The event takes place on Wednesday, 13 May, starting at 6:00 p.m.

All welcome!

How does Edgar Allan Poe's immensely popular—and particularly vexing—short story, The Fall of the House of Usher, stage the collapse of the human psyche and of language itself? Let's revisit Poe's construction of the abyss, along with his distinct notion of perverseness, in Alexia Voicu's article below.

https://bcsstudentsblog.wordpress.com/2026/05/03/constructing-the-abyss-within-edgar-allan-poes-the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher/

Visuals by Alexia Voicu

𝐁𝐂𝐒 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 | 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐮 & 𝐓𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐚-𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐭 | 𝟔 𝐌𝐚𝐲, 𝟔:𝟎𝟎𝐩𝐦

We're delighted to invite you to our upcoming research seminar. Our speakers are 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐮 and 𝐃𝐫. 𝐓𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐚-𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐭, who will present their work-in-progress on the subject of 𝑬𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍? 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒉-𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒚. The event takes place on Wednesday, May 6, starting at 6pm. Please find the poster below.

Looking forward to seeing you all there!☺️

𝐁𝐂𝐒 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 | 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨 | 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟐, 𝟕:𝟎𝟎𝐩𝐦

We hope you've all had a really lovely Easter break and are feeling ready to resume our Wednesday events! ☺️

Our invited speaker this Wednesday is 𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨 (University of Enna “Kore”), who will be giving a talk on the subject of 𝐓𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜. The event takes place on Wednesday, April 22, starting at 7pm.

Please send us a DM for the Zoom link.

𝐙𝐏𝐃 | 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 (𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥, 𝟕 𝐩𝐦)

Join us on Wednesday for a short presentation of our MA programme in British Cultural Studies. We'll tell you all about the courses we teach, the flexibility of our programme, the kinds of skills we develop, not to mention events, internship activities, and...admissions! 💪

Looking forward to seeing you there!

📢 Dăm startul Zilelor Porților Deschise FLLS 2026!

Vă așteptăm la webinarele organizate pentru programele de masterat din acest an în perioada 30 martie-07 aprilie! Găsiți mai jos programul și formularul de înscriere:
https://forms.gle/pMs8kmw944rS6rQZA

📅 Programul webinarelor pentru licență va apărea în curând. Până atunci, vă invităm să vă înscrieți în grupul de Facebook dedicat, unde puteți primi răspunsuri la orice nelămurire. Acest grup se va transforma ulterior în grup oficial de admitere.

Link Grup:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/939209235254657/

Link site:
https://lls.unibuc.ro/2026/zilele-portilor-deschise-2026/

𝐁𝐂𝐒 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬 | 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫? (𝐖𝐮𝐅 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬)

We kicked off this semester's series of events with last week's BCS Chat on the topic of 'The AI Challenge and the Sense of a Community', led by Prof. Sorana Corneanu and Prof. Bogdan Ștefănescu. Here are a few photos from the event.

We've got a pretty packed schedule of exciting events this semester. Stay tuned for more!

Our colleague, Dr. James Brown, will be giving a talk at New Europe College this coming Thursday! The event may be attended in person or online via Zoom. All details below.

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