29.07.2024 Join the Stone Research, Conservation, and Restoration Camp, a unique experience that will take place from September 23 to 30, in Țara Făgărașului, Soutnern Transylnvaina. Together with Dr. Sidonia Olea you will explore stone restoration at the Jewish Cemetery and several Christian Orthodox cemeteries in the region. The aim...
15.08.2022 Graveyards, irrespective of their religious belonging, represent important research sources for studying various phenomena unfolding in the community where respective graveyards are located. Also, a funeral monument is in itself a historical source and can be often considered artistic and cultural heritage. Therefore, by researching such monuments we can...
August 17, 17.00 – 19.00 (Romanian time, hybrid, in English) The round table will bring together learning, research, and knowledge creation practices from multiple cultural spaces, in an attempt to explore potential intersectionalities, but also instances of epistemic violence. Examples from African countries, the US, Romania, and other European countries...
August TBD, 2022 (hybrid, in English) The workshop aims to bring together the FRI members with an interest in co-crating the educational concept for the Liberal Arts College at Făgăraș. The workshop will provide the space to think together about the core educational features of the university. FACILITATOR Departments/units: Summer...
August TBD, 2022 (hybrid, in English) The workshop aims to bring together the FRI network members with an interest in developing the College Prep Year Educational Program. The workshop will provide the space to think through the features of the CPY educational program. FACILITATOR Departments/units: Summer School 2022, Educational Programs...
Saturday, August 13, 2022, 10.00-12.00 (Romanian time, hybrid, English/Romanian – depending on the audience) The workshop is meant to help participants understand the attributes of a well-designed questionnaire, discuss considerations to be taken into account when designing questionnaires as a whole and individual questions, present a framework for questionnaire development...
18 July, online, ora 17.00 – 18.30 (Romanian time, online, in English) 27 July, online, ora 18.00 – 19.30 (Romanian time, online, in English) 1 August, online, ora 17.00 – 18.30 (Romanian time, online, in English) 13 August, CALBOR – ora 12.00 (Romanian time, in person, in English) The course...
August 12, 2022, 10.00-13.00 (online, in English) Mastering the information flow for both personal and professional use in knowledge professions in the 21st century is becoming increasingly challenging. This practical workshop is aimed at supporting participants to kick-start their second brain using Obsidian and begin weaving a personal framework to...
August 12, 2022, 14.00-17.00, (Romanian time, hybrid, English/Romanian – depending on the audience) One of the most frequently performed and most popular among opera fans, Puccini’s “Tosca” is set in Rome in the year 1800. Not only the plot unfolds against a backdrop of real historical events, but also its...
August 11, 2022, 16.00-19.30 (Romanian time, hybrid, in English) Comparing these disparate regions opens a window into many dimensions of the contemporary Romanian problematic, if not of post-communist societies more generally. Both the Jiu Valley coal region and Țara Făgărașului, with extensive chemical factories, experienced intense industrialization during communist times...