RAAS • Romanian Association for American Studies
Website: http://www.raas.ro
President: Eduard Vlad
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures,
Faculty of Letters, Ovidius University - Constanta,
Aleea Universitatii 1, Campus, Constanta;
email: eduardvlad@yahoo.co.uk
Vice President: Nicoleta Stanca
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures,
Faculty of Letters, Ovidius University - Constanta,
Aleea Universitatii 1, Campus, Constanta;
email: nicoletastanca1506@gmail.com
Secretary: Costin Oancea
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures,
Faculty of Letters, Ovidius University - Constanta,
Aleea Universitatii 1, Campus, Constanta;
email: oancea_costin@yahoo.com
Treasurer: Ileana Jitaru
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures,
Faculty of Letters, Ovidius University - Constanta,
Aleea Universitatii 1, Campus, Constanta;
e-mail: ileanajitaru@gmail.com
Activity Report
EVENTS (http://www.raas.ro/stiri/1):
Heidelberg Center for American Studies 18th Annual Spring Academy Conference Heidelberg, Germany, 22–26 March, 2021
July 16th, 2020
Heidelberg Center for American Studies 18th Annual Spring Academy Conference Heidelberg, Germany, 22–26 March, 2021 Call for papers Poster
CONFERENCES (http://www.raas.ro/conferences):
The 2020 RAAS-Fulbright Conference: "Eco Consciousness: Imperatives in American Culture"
Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania; October 8-10, 2020
PUBLICATIONS (http://www.raas.ro/publications):
RAAS Conference Volumes:
Highlights:
(Im)Migration Patterns: Displacement and Relocation in Contemporary America
Eds. Adina Ciugureanu, Ludmila Martanovschi, Nicoleta Stanca
Iasi: Institutul European, 2016
The American Tradition of Descent/Dissent: The Underground, the Countercultural, the (Anti)Utopian
Eds. Adina Ciugureanu, Ludmila Martanovschi, Nicoleta Stanca
Iasi: Institutul European, 2012
(http://www.euroinst.ro/titlu.php?id=1227)
This volume opened the American Studies field within the Academica Series at this prestigious Romanian publishing house.
The Sense of America: Histories into Text. A Collection of Essays
Eds. Rodica Mihăilă and Irina Grigorescu Pană
Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2009
The Romanian Journal of American Studies (RJAS), an inter-disciplinary academic e-journal whose objectives are to investigate the diversity and dynamics of cultural change in the US, in close connection with global and local processes and phenomena, European and otherwise:
RJAS 2014 - Space and the City in American Culture: http://www.raas.ro/e-journal-rjas
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
RAAS Graduate Student Award: The Romanian Association for American Studies rewards one best MA dissertation and one best PhD dissertation submitted by graduate students and/or junior faculty members every two years.
