Transcript TITLU PREZENTARE

Cultural Centres and
Institutes at UBB
CLUJ-NAPOCA
23 April 2014
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Types of partnerships
1. Cultural Centres within the UBB
- Its name must always be associated to that of the university, logo cannot
be displayed separately;
- Coordinator is a UBB employee.
2. Cultural Centres hosted by the UBB
- UBB offers the facilities for activity and events and its name must be
associated to that of the institution, but the later remains autonomous
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1.1. The Russian Cultural Centre
• Founded in 2011 by the Russian World Foundation
• Objectives: popularize the Russian language and
culture, support teaching programmes and
stimulate intercultural dialogue
• Makes almost 750 books available to public
• Organizes exhibitions, conferences, artistic and
documentary film viewings, round tables, etc.
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1.2. The Korean Cultural Centre
• Created in 2007
• Activities are meant to
foster the sharing of
Korean culture, arts and
language more effectively
and wider in the Romanian
society
• The Centre also hosts the
Korean Studies library with
a collection of
approximately 1.500
publications
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1.3. The Italian Cultural Centre
• Brought into existence based on a
cooperation protocol with the Italian
Cultural Institute in Bucharest
• Activity: cultural and scientific events
meant to mirror the Italian culture and
offer access to the realities of this country
• Organizes language exams
• Disposes of a library comprising books,
CDs, films
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1.4. Centre for Belgian Literature in French (CELBLF)
• Founded in 1990 with the aim of studying and promoting the Belgian
francophone literature in Romania
• Supported by the Belgian Royal Academy of French Language and
Literature and the Belgian French Community
• Programme includes scientific activities for undergraduates, master
and doctoral students: courses, seminars, papers, book reviews,
conferences, international colloquia, etc.
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1.5. The Centre for Canadian and Quebec Studies
• Founded in 1992
• Coordinates the research with regard
to the Francophone and Anglophone
Canada, shaping the Canadian identity,
Canadian multiculturalism, Canadian
culture, literature and film
• Plans symposia, professional reunions,
summer schools organized at national
and international level through the
Central European Association for
Canadian Studies
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1.6. The Brazilian Cultural Centre
“Casa do Brasil”
• Inaugurated in 2011 in cooperation
with higher education institutions from
São Paulo
• Develops a wide range of activities:
book releases, exhibitions,
international conferences, cultural
evenings, courses of Portuguese
language, courses of Brazilian culture
in the historical context of Latin
America
• Hosts the Library of Latin-American
Studies
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1.7. The Institute of Turkology and Central-Asian Studies
• Inaugurated in 2009
• It is the only institute in Romania where the history,
language, culture, and civilization and the current politcaleconomic systems of the Turkic world are studied
• Initiates and organizes internal and international scientific
reunions, public conferences for the general public held by
scientific, diplomatic and political personalities, debates,
roundtables, symposia, training, etc.
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1.8. The Centre for African Studies
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Created in 2013, it coordinates education, research and professional
networks, as well as institutional and scientific projects
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Objectives: to become a functional interaction platform, to coordinate
common educational programmes, to propose and implement
research programmes in partnership with African universities, etc.
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2. Cultural Centres hosted by UBB
2.1. British Council
- Romania was one of the first four countries in the world where it
set up and overseas office along with Egypt, Portugal and Poland
2.2. The French Cultural Institute
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Famous activities: The Very Short Film Festival, Francophone Book Fair, Coffee
Spring, the Sable Academy (Baroque music)
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2.3. The German Cultural Centre
- In collaboration with the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Aufstria
2.4. The Centre for Polish Language and Culture
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The Centre celebrates important holidays of Poland such as
the Indepence Day and the Day of the Constitution
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2.5. The “John F. Kennedy”
2.6. The Confucius Institute
American Studies Library
- It has a library containing 13.000 books,
- The American Studies Department was
developed with the support of the UB
Embassy, the American Cultural Centre in
Bucharest, the Fulbright Commission and
Arizona State University
3 multi-media classrooms, a self-learning
centre with 10 laptops and advanced
Chinese learning software, an exhibition
room, a sports centre and an office space.
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“The
Multiculturalism
Walk”
• Organized as part of Cluj Days, an
ample cultural and social event
hosted by the Cluj-Napoca City Hall
• The 2nd edition will take place this
year between 23 - 25 May
• Gathers all cultural centres and
university museums in front of UBB
main building
• Preparing for 2015 when Cluj-Napoca
becomes European Youth Capital
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