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Together with The Centre for the Study of the Modern Anglophone Novel, we invite you to the open lectures of Jean-Michel Rabaté and Patricia Gherovici, on the 18th and 19th of May. Jean-Michel Rabaté of the University of Pennsylvania will talk about Joyce and the making of Modernism on Monday, 18.05.2026, from 16:00, and…

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This week, we had the pleasure of hosting Jean Costa-Silva of the State University of New York at Cortland, who talked to us about how language shapes thought and culture. Interactive, thought-provoking, and very fun.

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On Wednesday, April 29, we had a visit from Attila Takács, assistant lecturer at the University of Miskolc. With the support of Professor Octavian More, he delivered a lecture alongside first-year master’s students from the British Cultural Studies program. Starting from the film Qallunajatut (Urban Inuk), the students explored Inuit culture in Canada and, at…

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The second event of the series If It’s April, It’s Shakespeare took place on the 23rd of April, in the reading room of the Romanian-Hungarian Library, and we had a lot of fun! Between debunking myths about the great bard and translating Hamlet for Gen Z, listening to prof. Adrian Papahagi recite the famous…

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Vol. II: LITERATURI DE LIMBĂ ENGLEZĂ Joi, 7 mai 2026 vom primi vizita doamnei cercetător CS III Carmen Brăgaru, de la Institutul de Istorie și Teorie Literară „G. Călinescu,” parte din echipa care a terminat noua serie a Bibliografiei relațiilor literaturii române cu literaturile străine în periodice, seria a III-a (1945-1964) și o va lansa la Cluj.…

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Departamentul de Studii Anglofone și Scandinave din cadrul Facultății de Litere vă invită la simpozionul Clujul la feminin. Invitat: Dl. prof. dr. habil. Radu Ardevan, Facultatea de Istorie și Filosofie, Universitatea Babeș Bolyai.

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The first event took place on April 2, at 5:00 p.m., in the reading room of the Romanian-Hungarian Library. We prepared a short skit (because Shakespeare must first and foremost be seen), the National Theater lent us a few costumes from their archives for a small exhibition, we listened to a few sonnets, and…

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Our department hosted professor Moreno Bonda of the Vytautas Magnus University Kaunas, Lithuania, who delivered an insightful presentation on the topic Geometry, Probability, and Storytelling: Mathematical Approaches in Early Modern English Literature. We discussed mathematical language as it appears in Milton, the connection between János Bolyai and Alice in Wonderland, and the overall generative…
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Georgiana Popa (n. Nicoară) este doctorandă la Facultatea de Litere a Universității Babeș-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca. Cercetările sale se concentrează pe receptarea literaturii victoriene în România comunistă. A publicat articole în Hradec Králové Journal of Anglophone Studies, Studia Philologia, Philobiblon și la Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Principalele sale interese de cercetare includ literatura victoriană, teoria receptării…

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Orarul pentru semestrul II este acum disponibil pe pagina oficială a Facultății de Litere: https://lett.ubbcluj.ro/orar/.