I presented papers in the following international conferences and symposia:
1. "Bram Stoker and the Gothic Transylvania", Bram Stoker Centenary Conference 2012: Bram Stoker and
Gothic Transformations. 12-14 April 2012, University of Hull, U. K.
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2. "British Travel Notes on Romanian Music" East-West Cultural Passage Conference: Literature and Music. Lucian Blaga University,
Sibiu, Faculty of Letters and Arts and Roehampton University London, Department of English and Creative Writing, 10 - 12 May 2012.
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3. "Real and Imaginary Walks in Timişoara: Representations of the City in British and American Literatures", International
Conference British and American Studies/22 West University of Timişoara, Department of English, 17 - 19 May, 2012.
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4. "British Perspectives on Romania's Nature", International Conference (M)other Nature? Inscriptions, Locations, Revolutions,
English Department, University of Bucharest, 31 May - 2 June 2012.
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5. "Simbolul oglinzii în Dracula de Bram Stoker şi B. Stoker şi Contele Dracula de D. R. Popescu."
Colocviul Internaţional de Comunicare
şi Culturã în România Europeanã, 15 - 16 iunie 2012, West University of Timişoara,
Faculty of Letters, History and Theology and "Politehnica" University of Timişoara
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6. "Perceptions of Romanian spirituality: Nina Elizabeth Mazuchelli, Dervla Murphy and Caroline Juler" International
Conference Routes and Roots: Identity and Cultural Exchange in Travel and Tourism. University of Aveiro, Portugal, 28 - 29 June 2012.
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7. "Representations of the Romanian Space in Dracula Sequels" International Conference Dracula and the Gothic in Literature,
Pop Culture and the Arts. 29 - 30 June 2012, Braga, Portugal.
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Other events
In April I participated in the following events in London which marked the commemoration of 100 years since the death of Bram Stoker:
1. The book launch The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker edited by Elizabeth Miller and Dacre Stoker at the offices of Biteback Publishing,
London. The event was organised by Biteback Publishing, the editors and members of the Stoker Family. Some of the main specialists in
Dracula Studies participated in the event: Elizabeth Miller, Clive Leatherdale, Clive Bloom, David Punter, William Hughes,
Robert Eighteen-Bisang, etc.
2. Bram Stoker Centenary Symposium, organised by Dr Sam George, University of Hertfordshire at John Keats's House, Hampstead, London.
3. The visit to Golders Green crematorium, where the funeral urn of Bram Stoker is deposited - an activity which was included in Stoker Centenary
Symposium. The main participants in this event were Stoker Family, literary critics (Sir Christopher Frayling, Elizabeth Miller, William Hughes,
Sam George, etc.), members of Dracula Society, and the press.
4. Bram Stoker Centenary Celebration, organised by The Dracula Society and The Lyceum Theatre in London (whose manager Bram Stoker was for twenty years).