ARA 43rd Congress
Presentations at UCLA
Kendall Hall
Saturday, November 16, 2019
Hosted and co-sponsored by the UCLA Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures, the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies, and the Romanian Student Club at UCLA.
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Speaker s:
Virgil Adumitroiae, Amanda Andrei, Ion Anton, Vasile Badiu, Bill Bellows,
Ileana Costea, Cristian Calugarita, Cosmin Dumitrescu, Georgiana Galateanu-Farnoaga, Vlad Ghenie, Filip-Lucian Iorga, Ionela Kloes,O lga Lazin,, Laura Luca,Oana Leonte, Kate Mower, Ilona Scott, Jacob Segal, Adrian Staicu, Doina Uricariu
Romanian Personalities Presente:d:
Constantin Corduneanu, Sofia Cosma, Vlaicu Ionescu, Maria Manoliu-Manea, Nicolae-Serban Tanasoca
Fields: Art, Architecture, Book Publishing, Ecology, Education, Film, Romanian Communities, Romanian Personalities, Romanian Studies at UCLA, Science.
Event Videography Cristian Coldea, Coldea Productsions.
opening session
ILEANA COSTEA, ARA Interim President
COSMIN DUMITRESCU; Genearl Consul of Rpmania in Los Angeles
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Special panel
MODERATOR: JACOB SEGAL
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ARA PERsonalities
memento:
constantin cordunean
Introduction:Oana Leonte
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Vasile Badiu (remote):
Album of Precious Memories with Acadademician Professor Constantin Corduneanu.
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Laudatio:
Maria Manoliu-ManeA
DOINA URICARIU:
Omagiul unei foste studente
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moments
MODERATOR: ILONA SCOTT
sofia cosma
ILONA SCOTT:
Sofia Cosma, concert pianist.
Trailee of moive by Lincoln Mayorca aobut Sofia Cosma's life:
“Suite case full of chocolate” (2010)
With Moscow Phil in Moscow 1990.
For a short clip watch between 5:12 -7:14 minutes.
Nicolae-serban tanasoca
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ILEANA COSTEA:
Who was Nicolae-Serban Tamasoca
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FILIP-LUCIAN IORGA:
Nicolae-Serban Tanasoca,
What does not dissapear.
Vlaicu ionescu
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DONA URICARIU:
Vlaicu Ionescu, un neo-renascentist în pictura modernă
ALINA IONESCU-GRAFF:
Vlaicu Ionescu - slides of paintings and drawings
film, art & architecture
MODERATOR: RICK MEGHIDDO
RICK MEGHIDDO
Filmmaking Through an Architect’s Eye: Producing architectural documentaries
to educate a broader public in understanding the value of architectural design
Vera Mijojlić
Founder & Director ofSouth East European Film Festival in Los Angeles (SEEfest)
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SEEfest Champions Romanian Cinema in the U.S.
Romanian posters and banners by American artist Jerry W. McDaniel
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Slide Show in pdf format by Ileana Costea .
ECOLOGY
MODERATOR: RUTH MEGhiddo
RADU POPA:
The New World of Nutrient Recycling
RUTH MEGHIDDO
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Climate Change Is Everybody’s Business: How urban farming can make our cities resilient and prosperous
BOOK PUBLISHING
OLGA LAZIN
ROMANIAN COMMUNITIES
Round Table
MODERATOR: VLAD R. GHENCIU, Esq.
IONELA KLOES:
Viitorul Roman Society
(VRS)
and VLAD R. GHENCIU
Romanian-American Chamber if Commerce in LA
ION ANTON:
Holy Trinity Romanian Orthodox Church/Biserica Sfânta Treime
Ing. Ion Anton, Los Angeles, CA
Ben Todica (remote)
Ni cideo.
„Programul în Limba Română” al StaÅ£iei de Radio 3zzz, Melbourne, Australia
SCIENcE
MODERATOR:ADRIAN STOICA
Adrian Stoica, PhD, Founder, Telemediators Alliance, Pasadena, CA 91107, USA
Nature Therapy via Telepresence – The AVATAR Chair Project
Virgil Adumitroaie, PhD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Towards a second earth: exoplanet discovery and characterization methods.
No video.
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Only Abstract
Dinu Leonte, PhD
Poet, Mathematician, Eng. in Power Engineering, CEO BPT
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IKIGAI meaningfulness in life
Bill Bellows, PhD, President, InThinking Services
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To Infinity (and Zero) and Beyond – Life Lessons in Continual Improvement
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romanian program at ucla
Session Chair: Georgiana Gălățeanu-Fârnoagă
Kate Mower, PhD Student, University of California, Riverside
Creating European Identity in Romanian Dobruja
Amanda L. Andrei, MFA Student in Dramatic Writing, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles
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Graphite to the Bone: Writing the Generational Trauma of a Filipino Romanian Family
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Laura Margareta Luca, PhD Student in Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles; International Relations/Political Science, M.A., Graduate Institute of Geneva, 2019
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Global Security Arrangements: A Game-Theoretic Perspective
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Georgiana Gălățeanu-Fârnoagă, PhD, Lecturer, Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles
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Political statements, cultural highlights, and social values in Romanian language textbooks for foreigners