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History And Literature In Lisbon

Lisbon, a town whose name comes from the mythical traveler Ulysses – so they say – , illustrated in the Middle Ages by so many navigators and explorers curious and eager for adventure, shows to the visitor first its drowsy side. It is true that I first visited it on

Discovering Paris

We are stepping in on a realm of legend. My reader undoubtedly knows the thrill of finding himself in places bearing a special aura. Something memorable has occurred there. Not necessarily a glorious, heroic deed, a moment of history, but an act of spirit (pardon my grandiloquence!)

10 Mar 2009

Programul PUBLISHING ROMANIA – rezultatele primei sesiuni din 2009

Institutul Cultural Român va susţine, prin programul PUBLISHING ROMANIA, publicarea unor numere pe teme culturale şi istorice româneşti ale prestigioaselor reviste Cahier de l'Herne (Franţa), Lettre Internationale (ediţia maghiară) şi Mowia Wieki (Polonia),

17 Mar 2009

"Testimonial" de Răzvan Georgescu, sau moartea înfruntată de artişti

Miercuri, 25 martie, de la ora 19. 00, la Institutul Cultural Român (Aleea Alexandru 38, Bucureşti) va fi proiectat documentarul Testimonial de Răzvan Georgescu, o coproducţie România-Germania-Finlanda, 2008. La eveniment va lua cuvântul criticul de film Mihai Fulger.

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It is an old spillover from the landscapes of the great Dutch masters, as depicted forever on canvas.  Holland by Mihail Sadoveanu (1880-1961)

Non-Chronological Travel Notes (September 1979 - March 1980)

excerpts30th September When I get on the tram, in Zurich, I cross myself. To whom? Not to the tram, of course, but to the Power that gave some people (engineers, technicians, workers) the ability to create such public means of transportation: and to others (the passengers)

Romantic Travel Narratives

excerptFor various reasons, travel became a fashionable experience at the beginning of the 19th century all over the Europe. Even Spain, originally a destination country for foreign travelers, mainly from Britain, is invaded by the mania de viajar; the Spanish playwright

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The 'Dinicu Golescu complex' and its fecund implications. Years later, in order to certify – and prove to himself – the loss of complexes by the Romanian traveler, Adrian Marino subtitles his 'anti-diary' European Notebooks (1976): Notes on My Travel

Europe For A Romanian Traveler Of 1825

(Constantin Golescu, Notes on My Travel, drawn up in 1824, 1825, 1826. Reprinted and accompanied by an introduction by Nerva Hodos, Bucharest, 1910)excerptsWhen today a Romanian travels in all European comfort, by railway; when he can, even without changing car, get to Paris

The Defiance Of Rhetoric. German Diary (1984)

excerptsWhen you arrive in Frankfurt, coming from Eastern Europe, you find too little of what you knew about Germany from the readings of its great writers. Another world, other values, another history. A civilisation of concrete and of computers. It is only when you arrive

18 Mar 2009

Teach Me Tonight: de la blues la etno-jazz cu Harry Tavitian

În 2009, Institutul Cultural Român îi invită pe iubitorii muzicii în lumea jazzului, într-o călătorie ghidată de Harry Tavitian. Intitulat Teach me tonight, programul cuprinde şase concerte cu Harry Tavitian şi invitaţii săi din ţară şi străinătate. Seria

25 Feb 2016 - 26 Feb 2016

Alina Şerban på en internationell konstkonferens på Index

Rummets pedagogik: Performativt lärande och nomadiserande utbildning 25-26 februari Index - Svenska stiftelsen för nutidskonstKungsbrostrand 19, StockholmEn tvådagars konferens som summerar Index program rörande Den öppna formens pedagogik hos Oskar Hansen. Konferensen