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ARA 43rd Congress
Presentations at UCLA 
Kendall Hall
Saturday, November 16, 2019
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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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    romanian personalities 1

         ARA PERsonalities

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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RUTH MEGHIDDO

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Climate Change Is Everybody’s Business: How urban farming can make our cities resilient and prosperous

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BOOK PUBLISHING

OLGA LAZIN

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  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

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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

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Virgil Adumitroaie, PhD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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Towards a second earth: exoplanet discovery and characterization methods.

 

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Dinu Leonte, PhD

Poet, Mathematician, Eng. in Power Engineering, CEO BPT

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IKIGAI meaningfulness in life

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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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 Bill Bellow's  Abastract

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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

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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

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