Cristina Chevereșan: Dreaming and Teaching the Americana
One of the innovative leaders of Romanian academic life, researcher and professor Cristina Chevereșan, the Vice Rector of the University of the West in Timișoara and an internationally accomplished reference author of American Studies, is the next protagonist of the Feraru
The Secession Lamp / The History of Romania in One Object
Our kaleidoscopic descent into Romania's past through vestiges and objects endowed with powerful evocative force brings us to the modernist tradition of Timișoara, the country's most western city. In this week’s episode of “The History of Romania in One Object”
Art Fridays: Studio Conversations with Ciprian Paleologu
Today's guest in our “Studio Conversations” series is Ciprian Paleologu (b. 1976), a “Romanian visionary artist” (as he jokingly likes to recommend himself) and the founder of Laborna Gallery, a creative space in Bucharest. He studied painting at the University
Cezar Ioan on Wine as History, Culture, and Soft Power
With the noblest elixir about to take center stage at the great celebrations of springtime, wine guru Cezar Ioan, publisher of influential vinul. ro and co-founder of Romania’s National Day of Gastronomy and Wines, comes to the Feraru Conferences for a conversation about
Stella Vinițchi Rădulescu / Romanian Women Voices in North America II
This week’s woman literary voice belongs to Romanian-American veteran poet and academic Stella Vinițchi Rădulescu. The poet's daughter, Domnica Rădulescu, herself an acclaimed author and professor, reads excerpts from Stella's forthcoming volume with Orison
Art Fridays: Studio Conversations with Lea Rasovszky
The week’s encounter in our Arts Friday’s Studio Conversations features Lea Rasovszky (b. 1986), a young yet prolific female artist, graduate of The University of the Arts in Bucharest, whose work is characterized by a fresh message: fierce, brazen, and amused. Enjoying
A Guitar Bravado for the Coming of Spring
The coming of spring is welcome at the Enescu Soirees Online with a guitar recital offered, with youthful energy, by the promising ARTissimo Guitar Duo made up of Ana Maria Bibescu and Raisa Mihai. The exciting program, a comfort for heart and soul in uncertain times, features
Transatlantic Rites of the New Beginnings / Geographies of Tradition
No matter how different we are from each other, no matter how different the cultures we come from are, our emotions and feelings spring from the same “groundwater”. And just as through a smile we all understand openness, human warmth or joy, so we associate the coming
Magda Cârneci on Her New Book in English
Distinguished author, art historian and cultural promoter Magda Cârneci discusses her new novel in English, the experimental FEM (Deep Vellum Publishing),with translator Sean Cotter and radio host Andrew Singer in a podcast to be aired on the Trafika Europe Radio online
Studio Conversations with Sculptor Cătălin Bădărău
Today'sStudio Conversationwithin our Art Fridays series brings us into the creative laboratory of sculptor Cătălin Bădărău, whose haunting creations examine contemporary forms of violence, sufferance, and alienation as unescapable features of our existence. Cătălin
Legendary Director Andrei Șerban on the Perilous Wisdom of Art and Life
We are thrilled to welcome, to the Feraru Conferences, director and educator ANDREI ȘERBAN, the wizz kid of the New York avantgarde theater of the 1970s and one of the most celebrated Romanians in contemporary arts, for a conversation about the arduous path to artistic
The Diploma of the Royal Free City of Timișoara / The History of Romania in One Object
Our exploration of Romania’s history through vestiges and objects of outstanding symbolism and beauty brings forth an artifact that symbolizes a major turning point in the history of the Banat region and its capital, Timișoara: The Royal Free City Diploma, granted in