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The III-rd WORLD DRACULA CONGRESS

May 15-18, 2003, Sighisoara

Al III-lea CONGRES MONDIAL DRACULA

15-18 mai 2003, Sighisoara

Organizer: The Transylvanian Society of Dracula

PROGRAMME

May 15, Thursday / Joi

The Town-hall of Sighisoara Municipality
Primaria Municipiului Sighisoara

10.00

Opening speech by the Mayor of Sighisoara, Mr. Dorin Danesan
Cuvant de deschidere al Primarului Sighisoarei, Dl. Dorin Danesan

10.15

The importance of the III-rd World Dracula Congress
Importanta celui de-al III-lea Congres Mondial Dracula
by Nicolae Paduraru, TSD President

10.45

“Setting the Record Straight: Bram Stoker, Dracula and Transylvania”
“Sa fim seriosi despre: Bram Stoker, Dracula si Transilvania”
by Prof.dr. Elizabeth Miller, Canada

11.45 Coffee break
11.45

Group discussion of Prof. Elizabeth Miller’s paper
Discutii pe marginea lucrarii Prof. Elizabeth Miller

13.15 Free for lunch / Liber pentru pranz
15.00 – 19.00
* Optional: trip to the fortified church of Biertan; wine-tasting. This trip is offered by the TSD
* Optional: excursie la biserica fortificata Biertan; degustare de vin. Excursia este oferita de Societatea Transilvana Dracula
19.30

Cocktail offered by the Mayor of Sighisoara (inside the Town-hall)
Cocktail oferit de Primarul Sighisoarei (in Primarie)

21.00

Optional: night sightseeing-tour of the walled-town Sighisoara
Optional: tur de noapte al Sighisoarei ‘dintre ziduri’

May 16, Friday / Vineri Moderator: Acad. Sorin Comorosan, Romania
9.00

“ONI in Japanese folklore and literature”
“ONI in folclorul si literatura japoneza”
by Prof. Mashimo Atsushi, Univ. Ritsumeikan, Japan

9.45

“Scared to death: The power of fear to injure and kill”
“Mort de frica: Puterea fricii de a rani si a ucide”
by Sir Alan Murdie, chairman of The Ghost Club, England

10.30 Coffee break
11.00

“Extensive research into Emily Gerard, author of Land Beyond the Forest”
“Cercetari aprofundate asupra lui Emily Gerard, autoare a “The Land Beyond the Forest”
by Dr. Lokke Heiss, U.S.A.

12.00

“Updating the tragic-hero epos”
“Reactualizarea eposului eroului tragic”
by Prof.dr. Sabina Ispas, director of the Institute of Ethnography and Folklore, Romania

12.45 – 15.00 Free for lunch /     Liber pentru pranz
15.00

“The Sentiment of fear with plants”
“Sentimentul de frica la plante”
by Prof.dr. Marioara Godeanu, director of the Institute of Applied Ecology, Romania

16.00

“The philosophic approach to Fear”
“Despre frica, in termeni filosofici”
by Acad. Alexandru Surdu, Romania

16.45 Coffee-break
17.15

“Unearthing Early Vampire Stories in England: Fragments from De Nugis Curialum and Historia Rerum Anglicarum”
“Dezgropand vechi povesti cu vampiri in Anglia”
by Jason Nolan, Ph.D., Canada

18.30 – 19.00

Organ concert at the “Monastery Church”
Concert de orga la Biserica Manastirii

May 17, Saturday / Sambata Moderator: Prof. dr. Silviu Angelescu, Romania
9.00

“The Sublimation of fear in literature”
“Sublimarea fricii in literatura”
by Acad. Sorin Comorosan, Romania

10.00

“The Vampire in the German press of the 18-th century”
“Vampirul in presa germana in secolul 18”
by Drd. Bogdan Popa, Romanian-German Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Romania

10.45 Coffee break
11.15

“Fear of the Crone: American Actresses of a Certain Age”
“Frica de vestejire: Actrite americane de o anumita varsta”
by Prof. Victoria Amador, England

12.00 – 14.00 Free for lunch /     Liber pentru pranz
14.00

“Shroud and Subtlety She Wears: Nakata’s Psychological vampire in The Ring”
“Subtila, sub val: Vampira psihologica a lui Nakata in ‘The Ring’ “
by Prof. Julio Angel Olivares Merino, Univ. of Jaen, Spain

15.00

“A disturbing hypothesis regarding the role of the strigoi/vampire”
“O ipoteza tulburatoare despre intelesul vampirului/strigoiului”
by Dr. Silvia Chitimia, Inst.of Ethnography and Folklore, Romania

16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
16.30

“Fear, anthropologically speaking”
“Frica – o vedere antropologica”
by Acad. Constantin Balaceanu-Stolnici, Romania

17.45

“Fear in the European Middle Age”
“Frica in Evul Mediu European”
by Prof.dr. Constantin Rezachevici, Institute of History, Romania

18.30

“Fear with Vlad Tepes”
“Frica la Vlad Tepes”
by Dr. Mark Benecke, Germany

During the dinner: guitar concert of classic music
May 18, Sunday / Duminica Moderator: Sir Alan Murdie, England
9.00

“Psychological warfare with Vlad Tepes”
“Razboiul psihologic la Vlad Tepes”
by Dr. Mircea Dogaru, military historian, Romania

10.00

“Estrangement and its dominance by aesthetics”
“Sentimentul de stranietate si dominarea prin estetic”
by Prof. dr. Gabriela Rusu-Pasarin, Univ. of Craiova, Romania

11.00 Coffee break
11.30

“Dracula, Go Home! The International Crusade Against Horror Comics, 1945-1955”
“Dracula, Go Home! Cruciada Internationala impotriva comicsurilor Horror , 1945-1955”
by Dr. Massimo Introvigne, director of the Centre for the Study of New Religions – Torino (CESNUR), Italy

12.30 Closing of the III-rd World Dracula Congress
Farewell dinner with a floor-show offered by the Sighisoara chapter of the TSD.

        

Note: The daily programme will be posted every morning in your hotel.

The TSD wishes you a fearless congress participation

              May, 2003

 

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