CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
12 MAY 2015
SENATE HALL - 2 L. Blaga Street, 2nd floor
930-1000
Registration of participants
1000-1030
Opening speeches:
Prof. Sc.D. Ioan Bondrea - Rector, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
Mr. Bian Zhengdong – Education Office, the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Romania
Prof.ScD. Constantin Oprean – President of the University Senate and President of the Confucius Institute at LBUS: Fundamental Strategies of China’s Sustainable Development
1030-1300
Keynote speeches:
Prof. Ph.D. Ding Chao (Beijing Foreign Studies University) – Cultural Relations and Human Interaction between China and Romania: Retrospectives and Perspectives
Prof. Ph.D. Zhang Baojun (Beijing Language and Culture University) – International Education in the Context of Globalization
Prof. Ph.D. Jia Lieying (Beijing Language and Culture University) – The Development of Responsibility to Protect Within the Framework of the United Nations
Prof. Ph.D. Liu Ke (Beijing Language and Culture University) – Why the Next 10 Years is Crucial for China
Prof.Sc.D. Ioan Bondrea, Prof.Sc.D. Constantin Oprean, Prof. Song Shaofeng, Assoc.Prof. Daniela Preda, Assoc.Prof Camelia Oprean, Assoc.Prof Eva-Nicoleta Burdusel – The Confucius Institute at LBUS: Centre for Excellence and Sustainable Development
1300-1500 Lunch University Canteen
SENIOR COMMON ROOM (6 Banatului Street) – Room 11
1500-1650 Chair: Eva-Nicoleta Burdusel
Session I: Identifying a common denominator (cultural diplomacy, education, language)
Camelia Oprean, Eva-Nicoleta Burdușel (LBUS, Faculty of Economics/Faculty of Letters and Arts) - The Role of Education in Increasing the Innovation Potential of the Economies. The Case of Romania and China
Eva-Nicoleta Burdusel, Camelia Oprean (LBUS, Faculty of Letters and Arts/ Faculty of Economics) - The Role of Heritage Asset in Cultural Diplomacy - A Parallel Analysis of the Carpathians and the Great Wall
Laura Craciunean (LBUS, Faculty of Law) – Cultural Diplomacy in European-Chinese Foreign Relations
Simina Terian (LBUS, Faculty of Letters and Arts) – Changes to the Perception of China in the Romanian Public Discourse
Aurel Papari, Andra Seceleanu (Andrei Saguna University of Constanta) - Reframing Cultural Diplomacy: The case of Windows of Shanghai in Romania
Iulia Gita (Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu) – Phono-Semantic Structure of Pictophonetic Characters
1710-1900 Chair: Andrei Terian
Session II: Parallel mirrors (travelogues and representations of identity)
Romulus Bucur (Transilvania University of Brasov) – Et in Terra Serum Ego. Romanian Writers Travelling to China
Gheorghe Mihut (Director, “Sigismund Toduta” Music and Arts Highschool in Deva; Confucius Classroom) – Art as a Common Denominator of Confucius Institutes and Classes in Romania
Yang Zhaoyu (Hanban – Confucius Institute in Brasov) – The Poetry Exchange between China and Romania
Dragos Varga (LBUS, Faculty of Letters and Arts) – Images of China in Romanian Travelogues
Alexiu Tatu (Manager, Sibiu County Archives) – A Romanian Perception of China’s Image at the End of the 19th Century and the Beginning of the 20th Century
Andrei Terian (LBUS, Faculty of Letters and Arts) – Literary Representations of China in Romania before World War II
SENIOR COMMON ROOM (6 Banatului Street) – Room 12
1500-1650 Chair: Dragos Varga
Session III: Cultural connections (Literature, art and spirituality)
Andreea Chirita (LBUS, Faculty of Letters and Arts) - Going Global or Zou xiang shijie in the Context of Chinese Translation Studies
Luminita Birsan Puiulet (LBUS, Faculty of Letters and Arts) – Romanian-Chinese Cultural Interactions: Performing Arts
Ciprian Toroczkai (LBUS, Faculty of Theology) – Russian Orthodox Mission in Asia. Historical and Ideological Landmarks
Daniela Preda (ULBS, Faculty of Theology) – Pantha Rei. Cu Mo Yan, despre schimbare în China
Ovidiu Matiu (LBUS, Faculty of Letters and Arts) – (Post)Feminist Representations of Chinese Women in the Fiction of Pearl S. Buck and Maxine Hong Kingston
Radu Vancu (LBUS, Faculty of Letters and Arts) – Orientalism in Alexandru Macedonski’s Poetry
Li Caiyue (Hanban - Confucius Institute in Sibiu) – A Comparative Approach to Mao Dun and Camil Petrescu
1710-1900 Chair: Laura Craciunean
Session IV: Past, Present and Future (History, Politics and Society)
Elena Macavei (Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu) – Confucius’ Moral Code
Silviu Nate (LBUS, Faculty of Socio-Human Sciences) – Romania between EU and Eurasia: Geopolitical Challenges
Liu Qian (Hanban - Confucius Institute in Sibiu) – The Impact of Confucius Institute on China-Romania Relations
Emanuel Tavala (LBUS, Faculty of Law) - Rule of law vs. Rule of Men. The Traditional Chinese Concept of Rule of Law/Rechtsstaat and the Challenges of the 21st Century
Emilia Tomescu (LBUS, Faculty of Socio-Human Sciences) – Contemporary China and “soft power”
Iolanda Tighiliu (Ovidius University of Constanta, Director Confucius Classroom) – A Historical Perspective of Romanian-Chinese Relations
1900 Dinner – University Canteen
13 MAY 2015
STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
SENIOR COMMON ROOM (6 Banatului Street) – Room 12
930 – 1100 Chair: Liu Qian
Adelina Alexandra Popa: The Life of Confucius
Flavia Ioana Chinces: Confucian Education
Irina Plesca: Education in Ancient China
Anca Mircea: Ancient Chinese Military
1115 – 1245 Chair: Zhang Bei
Gabriela Fechete: Wu Zetien the Only Woman Emperor in Chinese History
Ioana Elena Todor: Dee Gong An
Denisa Andrea Seceta: Guan Yu, the Sacred Warrior of Loyalty and Righteousness
Sabina Andreea Savu: Cross-cultural Variations in Chinese and Western Politeness
Alexandra Zait: Chinese Myths and Legends
1300 - 1400 Lunch
1400 – 1530 Chair: Zhang Yinzhou
Alina Dan: Chinese Art and Culture
Diana Mihu: Chinese Painting
Ana-Maria Filigean: Chinese Customs and Traditions
Paula Piticas: Chinese and Romanian Traditional Clothing
Florina Bunescu: Chinese Clothing
1545 - 1715 Chair: Li Caiyue
Teodora Badea: Chinese festivals
Sasu Ana Irina: Philosophical basis of TCM
Georgiana Ioana Oancea: Chinese Herbal Therapy
Basarabă Ana-Maria: Chinese Tea
Lungu Raluca: China’s Museums
14 MAY 2015
Confucius Institute Library (Faculty of Letters and Arts - room 28)
1000 – 1130
Round table: Economic and Educational Integration in the Context of Romanian-Chinese Cooperation
1130 - 1200
Concluding Remarks