British Cultural Studies University of Bucharest – British Cultural Studies

International Webinar on Environmental Humanities (10 December 2020)

9 Dec 20209 Dec 2020

Our faculty member, Maria-Sabina Alexandru, is a guest speaker at the International Webinar on Environmental Humanities: Narratives and Critical Practices where she will deliver a talk on Amitav Ghosh's eco-fiction.…

Philosophy After Dark (11 December 2020)

9 Dec 20209 Dec 2020

Sorana Corneanu has been invited, alongside Horia-Roman Patapievici, to take part in this week's 'Philosophy after Dark' debate on the relevance of the history of ideas. The event is organised…

MA Thesis Defence – September 2020

29 Aug 202029 Aug 2020

MA Thesis Defence - British Cultural Studies4 September 2020 5:00 PM Check this page regularly for updates!

Culture and Power: Online Struggles | Questions from Cultural Studies

24 Jul 202024 Jul 2020

By Adriana Mihai One of the fundamental concerns in cultural studies has been the question of power: how cultural practices are situated in networks and systems of power, how inequality…

Cities, Pandemics and the Task of the Historian | Questions from Cultural Studies

10 Jul 202010 Jul 2020

By Răzvan Voinea Before historians discuss the city after pandemics, we need to re-discuss the role of the historians.* The pressure on academics to publish relevant data about the current…

In the Public Eye | Questions from Cultural Studies

26 Jun 202026 Jun 2020

Photo by Daniela Brown By Daniela Brown Bucharest, 1980 and a bit. At the 6 March student hostel, the summer exam session started the very day and hour that blossom…

Dealing with the Past | Questions from Cultural Studies

12 Jun 202012 Jun 2020

By Andrei Nae In the wake of George Floyd’s tragic death and the ensuing protests, an older unresolved debate has once again entered the limelight: how to deal with the…

Elegy for the Embodied Scholarly Community | Questions from Cultural Studies

29 May 202012 Jun 2020

By Sorana Corneanu I was just about to start writing this text when my 6-year old son came to my desk, with a sulking face, and asked that I hug…

Self-Care on Social Media during COVID-19 | Questions from Cultural Studies

22 May 202012 Jun 2020

How can cultural studies help us approach some of the issues brought up by the current pandemic? By Alexandra Bacalu The Covid-19 pandemic that we have been facing for the…