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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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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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If it’s April, it’s Shakespeare—at least at DSAS—so we invite you to celebrate him with us, through both drama and sonnets. The first event took place on April 2, at 5:00 PM. The event on April 23 will also begin at 5:00 PM. More details soon. Here are some pictures from the first event,…

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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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In November 2025, the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL) awarded our PhD student, Carmen Oanea, an internship at the largest library administered by the National Trust: Blickling Hall, Norfolk. Here is Carmen’s account, published on the CERL blog: My name is Carmen Oanea and I am a PhD student in Book History at the Faculty…

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În 23 februarie 2026, Asist. Mihaela Buzec și Prof. Adrian Papahagi au prezentat oferta de cursuri a Departamentului nostru la Liceul „Onisifor Ghibu” din Cluj. Elevi din clasele a XI-a și a XII-a, îndrumați de doamna profesoară Irina Chircev, au asistat la un curs de tip universitar, în limba engleză, despre Visul unei nopți…

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