2nd ROASS CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

THURSDAY, 23 OCTOBER

16.00 – 17.45
REGISTRATION

18.00
Official opening (Room I)
PhD Prof. Eng. Valentin NEDEFF
Rector of the Univ. of Bacău, Romania

PhD Prof. Traian D. STĂNCIULESCU – ROASS President, “Al.I.Cuza” Univ. of Iaşi

PhD Prof. Doina CMECIU – ROASS Secretary-General, Univ. of Bacău

18.30 – 19.15
PLENARY SESSION (Room I)

Vilmos VOIGT – Eotvos Lorand Univ, Budapest, HUNGARY
Semiotica Transylvaniae Perennis

19.30
WELCOMING DINNER
FRIDAY, 24 OCTOBER

7.30 – 8.45
Breakfast (Restaurant)

9.00 – 9.45
Plenary Session (Room I)
Solomon MARCUS - Romanian Academy, Bucharest, ROMANIA
Signs of God

9.45 – 10.00
Coffee break

10.00-12.00
SESSIONS
Multiculturality (R. I)
Semiotics – (un)managing terminology and methods (R. II)
Challenging identities in a global world (R. III)
Bacău: the living memory of a Moldavian topos – in Romanian (R.IV)
12.00-12.15
Coffee break

12.15-13.00
Plenary Session (Room I)
Alexandru BOBOC – Romanian Academy, Bucharest, ROMANIA
Language and Time
(With Reference to Social Behaviour and Communication
)
(in Romanian)

13.00-14.30
Lunch (Restaurant)

14.30-15.00
Book display

15.00-15.40
Plenary Session (Room I)
John DEELY - University of St. Thomas, Houston, USA
Semiotics and Academe: At the Heart of the Problem of Knowledge
16.00-16.40
Plenary Session (Room I)
Mariana NEŢ – Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
Iconicities, Ideologies

16.40-17.00
Coffee break

17.00-19.00
SESSIONS
Challenging identities in a global world (R I)
Creative transdialogue: visual arts, music literature (R.II)
Mass-media: the disharmonizing impact power? (R.III)

19.00-19.30
General Assembly of ROASS Members

19.30
Dinner (Restaurant)
FRIDAY, 24 OCTOBER
10.00 – 12.00
MULTICULTURALITY
Room I, Chairperson: Doina CMECIU – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA

Massimo LEONE – Univ. of Turin, ITALY
Cultures of Invisibility: the Semiotics of the Veil in Ancient Judaism

Farouk Y. SEIF – Antioch Univ. Seattle, Seattle, Washington, USA
Reconstructing Cultural Identity in a Globalizing World

Lorenzo MAGNANI – Univ. of Pavia, ITALY & Sun Yat-sen Univ., Guangzhou (Canton), CHINA The Mediating Effect of Material Cultures as Human Hybridization

Maheshvari NAIDU – Univ. of KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
(Re)Constructing Identity in Global Culture: (Re)Inscribing the Zulu Female Body in Tourism Consumption

Christian TĂMAŞ – IBC Cambridge, UK
L’islam occidental: le défi de l’ethnicité

Doina CMECIU – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
Towards a Semiotics of Cultural Needs
FRIDAY, 24 OCTOBER
10.00 – 12.00

SEMIOTICS – (UN)MANAGING TERMINOLOGY AND METHODS
Room II, Chairperson: Traian D. STĂNCIULESCU – “Al.I.Cuza” Univ. of Iaşi & National Institute of Inventics, ROMANIA

Zdzisław WĄSIK – Adam Mickiewicz Univ. in Poznan & Philological School of Higher Education in Wroclaw, POLAND
Exploring the Semiotic Universals of Language in the Domain of Human Communication

Abraham SOLOMONICK – Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, ISRAEL
The Language of Science in the Light of Semiotics

Anita KASABOVA – New Bulgarian Univ., Sofia, BULGARIA
The Deictic Field: Bühler’s Contribution to Communication Theory

Viorel GULICIUC – “Ştefan cel Mare” Univ., Suceava, ROMANIA
Non-generic Universality and Abductive Semiotics

George CEAUŞU - “Al.I.Cuza” Univ., Iaşi, ROMANIA
The Semiotics of Human Intelligence

Traian D. STĂNCIULESCU – “Al.I.Cuza” Univ. of Iaşi & National Institute of Inventics, ROMANIA
“The Transmodern Turn”: a Plea for a Semiotics of Light
FRIDAY, 24 OCTOBER
10.00 – 12.00

CHALLENGING IDENTITIES IN A GLOBAL WORLD
Room III, Chairperson: Kristian BANKOV – New Bulgarian Univ., Sofia, BULGARIA

Maria POPOVA - New Bulgarian University, Sofia, BULGARIA
The Intercultural Dialogue in Associative Experiments

Kristian BANKOV – New Bulgarian Univ., Sofia, BULGARIA
Global Communication and the New Consumer Culture

Piotr P. CHRUSZCZEWSKI – Univ. of Wroclaw & Philological School of Higher Education, POLAND
“Let me bid you farewell …” or Public Discourse on Private Matters

IGA RAAFIE – Kyambogo Univ, UGANDA
Transmondernity of Semotics in African Contexts. Relational Dynamics of African Communication Giants

Lorenza POPESCU – Romanian Academy Library, Bucharest, ROMANIA
Fashion as Expression and Effect of Globalization

Camelia-Mihaela CMECIU & Ana-Maria FERENŢ – Univ of Bacău, ROMANIA
When the Bird Flu Strikes the Corporate Identity: A Semiotic Approach to Corporate Crisis Management

FRIDAY, 24 OCTOBER
10.00 – 12.00

BACĂU: THE LIVING MEMORY OF A MOLDAVIAN TOPOS
(in Romanian)
Room IV, Chairperson: Ioan DĂNILĂ – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA


Ioan DĂNILĂ – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
Bacău: Living Cultural Memory – a Possible Signifying Interpretation

Ecaterina CREŢU – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
Signifiants et signifiés des combinaisons lexicales contenant le verbe a fi (être) en roumain

Luminiţa DRUGĂ – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
Dès le caravansérail au mall. Une perspective diachronique sur les espace sociopetes

Ana-Maria BOSTAN – MA, Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
Postcards - a Means of Promoting Bacău through Time(s)

Monica PĂTRUŢ – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
The Image of the City of Bacău on the Internet

Florinela FLORIA & Ana-Maria FERENŢ – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
La ville de Bacău et ses universités dans les médias locaux

FRIDAY, 24 OCTOBER
16.00 – 18.00

CHALLENGING IDENTITIES IN A GLOBAL WORLD
Room I, Chairperson: Aurel CODOBAN – “Babeş-Bolyai” Univ., Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA

Emilia GULICIUC – “Ştefan cel Mare” Univ., Suceava, ROMANIA
Identité, modernisme, postmodernisme et transmodernisme

Victoria FONARI - Moldova State Univ., THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDAVIA
National Culture and Globalization

Vasile SPIRIDON – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
„L’Esprit critique dans la culture roumaine“ – entre la modernisation et l’européanisation

Ruslan ŞEVCENCO – The Academy of Sciences, THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDAVIA
The Evolution of the Local Political System and Globalization

Doina CMECIU – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIAMirela ARSITH – “Danubius” Univ., Galaţi, ROMANIA
(Un)managing Communication through Stereotyping

Aurel CODOBAN – “Babeş-Bolyai” Univ., Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA
Communicational Virtuality of Alterity

Florinela FLORIA – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
L'Autre. Propos pour une sociosémiotique
FRIDAY, 24 OCTOBER
16.00 – 18.00

CREATIVE TRANSDIALOGUE: VISUAL ARTS, MUSIC, LITERATURE

Room II, Chairperson: Pavel PUŞCAŞ - Music Academy Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA

Jörg ZELLER – Aalborg Univ., DENMARK
The Logic of Visual Communication

Kinga GÁSPÁR - Pazmany Peter Catholic Univ., Budapest, HUNGARY
The Game of Codes in Amateur Theater

Pavel PUŞCAŞ - Music Academy Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA
Hypostasis and Hyperstasis of Musical Text

Mariana TÎRNĂUCEANU – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
Form and Expression in the Contemporary Romanian Pictorial Art; Directions of Communication
Maziar ETEMADI - Aalborg Univ., DENMARK
The Concept of the Symbol in I. Kant's "Critique of Judgement"

Aritia POENARU – National Institute of Inventics, ROMANIA
A Transmodern Approach to the “(Re)Sacred Architecture”

FRIDAY, 24 OCTOBER
16.00 – 18.00

MASS-MEDIA: THE DISHARMONIZING IMPACT POWER?
Room III, Chairperson: Rodica MARIAN – “Babeş-Bolyai” Univ., Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA

Bianca BALABAN – “George Bacovia” Univ., Bacău, ROMANIA
TV – The Universal Means of Re/De-Constructing the 21st Century Human Being

Gabriela BIRIS – Univ. of Craiova, ROMANIA
Blogs – A Semiotic Approach

Marinela BURADA – “Transilvania” Univ. of Braşov, ROMANIA
A Critical Approach to Online Dictionaries – Problems and Solutions

Rodica MARIAN – “Babeş-Bolyai” Univ., Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA
Perspectives of Applied Semiotics: the Status of an Online Dictionary

Gabriel MARDARE – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
ID & IT ou l’émergence de l’identitronique

Borislav GUEORGUIEV – New Bulgarian Univ., Sofia, BULGARIA
Social Networking in Internet

Sorin PÂRVU - “Al.I.Cuza” Univ., Iaşi, ROMANIA
Communicating through Dictionaries
SATURDAY, 25 OCTOBER

7.30 – 8.45
Breakfast (Restaurant)

9.00 – 9.45
Plenary Session (Room I)
Lorenzo MAGNANI – Univ. of Pavia, ITALY
& Sun Yat-sen Univ., Guangzhou (Canton), CHINA
Semiotic Brains and Artificial Minds.
How Brains Make up Material Cognitive Systems

9.45 – 10.00
Coffee Break

10.30 – 12.00
Workshop: a plea for a cultural charter (Telecomunicaţii Hall)

10.00 – 12.00
SESSIONS
Semiotics – (un)managing terminology and methods (R.I)
Creative transdialogue: visual arts, music, literature (R. II)

12.00-13.00
Book display

12.00-13.00
Poster presentation:
Ø “Signs of Light”: from Archetypes to (Nano)technology - Traian D. STĂNCIULESCU & Aritia POENARU, “Al.I.Cuza” Univ. of Iaşi & National Institute of Inventics, ROMANIA
Ø Europe Direct Relay (Bacău)

13.00-14.30
Lunch (Restaurant)

15.00-15.45
Plenary Session (Room I)
José Maria PAZ GAGO (General Secretary IASS - AIS) - Université de Coruña, Espagne
Pour une nouvelle sémiotique de la mode. Culture, Mode, Art

16.00-18.00
SESSIONS
Multilingualism (R. I)
Semiotics – (un)managing terminology and methods (R. II)
Challenging identities in a global world (R. III)
Bacău: the living memory of a Moldavian topos (R. IV)

18.00-18.20
Closing ceremony

19.30
Farewell dinner (Restaurant)

SATURDAY, 25 OCTOBER
10.00 – 12.00

SEMIOTICS – (UN)MANAGING
TERMINOLOGY AND METHODS
Room I, Chairperson: Traian D. STĂNCIULESCU
“Al.I.Cuza” Univ. of Iaşi & National Institute of Inventics, ROMANIA

Ivan KASABOV – New Bulgarian Univ., Sofia, BULGARIA
Cognitive Semiotics or Cogitative Language?

Şerban FOTEA – “Al.I.Cuza” University of Iaşi, ROMANIA
Semiosis, a Phenomenon of Resonance

Amalia ANDRONIC – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
Beyond the Deadlocks of Communication: Optimizing Semiological Strategies

Nayden YOTOV – New Bulgarian Univ., Sofia, BULGARIA
The Modern Communication. Images with Messages
Ioana FARCAŞ – “Babeş-Bolyai” Univ., Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA
“Talking Hands”: Particularities of Sign Language from the Perspective of Cognitive Iconicity

Traian D. STĂNCIULESCU & George D. STĂNCIULESCU – “Al.I.Cuza” Univ. of Iaşi & National Institute of Inventics, ROMANIA
The Hierarchies of Light: A Transmodern Approach to the Body-Soul-Spirit Complex

SATURDAY, 25 OCTOBER
10.00 – 12.00

CREATIVE TRANSDIALOGUE: VISUAL ARTS, MUSIC, LITERATURE
Room II, Chairperson: Emilia PARPALA – Univ. of Craiova, ROMANIA


Nadia MORĂRAŞU – University of Bacău, ROMANIA
Intertextual and Ekphrastic Relations Between Verbal and Pictorial Signs in Margaret Atwood’s Cat's Eye

Mihaela CULEA & Andreia SUCIU – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
Public Networking: from Coffee Houses to Universities

Emilia PARPALA – Univ. of Craiova, ROMANIA
Rethinking Interculturality: Orhan Pamuk’s My Name Is Red

Ioana BOGHIAN – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
The Garden as Intermediary Space in Ch. Brontë’s Villette

Radu DUMITRU – Bacău County Hospital, Bacău, ROMANIA
The Interface between Image and Text in Photo-Haiku and its Semiotic Valences

Ioan SAVA – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
Teenage Colloquial Speech in The Catcher in the Rye
SATURDAY, 25 OCTOBER
16.00 – 18.00

MULTILINGUALISM
Room I, Chairperson: Liviu DRUGUŞ – “George Bacovia” Univ., Bacău, ROMANIA

András Sebestyén SZŐLLŐSY – Budapest Univ. of Technology and Economics, HUNGARY Managing Multilingualism

Petronela SAVIN – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
Pour une approche ethnolinguistique de la phraséologie

Mariana-Alexandra DINULESCU – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
Translation and Globalization

Nicoleta BOTEZ & Liviu DRUGUŞ – “George Bacovia” Univ., Bacău, ROMANIA
Managing the English for Business Syllabus through Semiotic Strategies

Gabriela ANDRIOAI – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
Conceptual Metaphors Based on Food Idioms

Mihaela BUZATU – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
The Morphological Framing and the Meanings of the Anglicisms in the Romanian Literary Language

Ioana BOGHIAN – Univ of Bacău, ROMANIA
The Discourse of Transition in Victorian Culture

Mihaela VASILOAIA – “George Bacovia” Univ., Bacău, ROMANIA
Linguistic Features of the Language of Advertising
SATURDAY, 25 OCTOBER
16.00 – 18.00

SEMIOTICS – (UN)MANAGING TERMINOLOGY AND METHODS
Room II, Chairperson: Mirela ARSITH – “Danubius” Univ., Galaţi, ROMANIA


Charalampos MAGOULAS – National School of Public Health, GREECE
L’homme de Protagoras dans la Condition Transmoderne

Antonio Ştefan SANDU – “Al.I.Cuza” Univ. of Iaşi, ROMANIA
Quantum Metaphysic – New Dimensions of Metaphysics in a Transmodern Philosophy

Magulu FAISWAL - Kyambogo Univ., Kampala, UGANDA
Development of Semiotics in the African Context

Mirela ARSITH – “Danubius“ Univ., Galaţi, ROMANIA
Horizons of a Semiotics of Silence

Cristina CÎRTIŢĂ-BUZOIANU – University of Bacău, ROMANIA
De l’ « Homo Communicans » à l’ « Homo Politicus ».Pour une définition de l’homme

Liviu DRUGUŞ & Nicoleta BOTEZ – “George Bacovia” Univ., Bacău, ROMANIA
Sign, Semiosis and Symbols for Success in Management

SATURDAY, 25 OCTOBER
16.00 – 18.00

CHALLENGING IDENTITIES IN A GLOBAL WORLD
Room III, Chairperson: Monica PĂTRUŢ – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA

Daniela ROVENŢA-FRUMUŞANI – Univ. of Bucharest, ROMANIA
Le discours médiatique en perspective socio-discursive

Sebastian NĂSTUŢĂ – “Petre Andrei” Univ. of Iaşi, ROMANIA
The Semiotics of Electoral Communications

Monica PĂTRUŢ – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
Stavarache versus Sechelariu – a Political Virtual “Duel”

Roxana-Ema DREVE – “Babeş-Bolyai” University, Cluj, ROMANIA
Göran Tunström, L’Oratorio de Noël. À la croisée des arts

Liviu DRUGUŞ & Bianca BALABAN – “George Bacovia” Univ., Bacău, ROMANIA
Managing Collaborativeness through Semiotic Strategies

Valeria-Alina MIRON – “Babeş-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA
The Political Discourse through Pragmatic Lens

Daniel GHERASIM & Adrian GHERASIM – “George Bacovia” University, Bacău, ROMANIA Signs and Significations of Innovation. Policies Concerning the New Products of S.C. URSUS S.A.

Mikolaj SOBOCINSKI - Casimir the Great University, Bydgoszcz, POLAND
Towards the Definition of Metropolitan Discourse and Metropolis in Respect of Urban Semiotics
SATURDAY, 25 OCTOBER
16.00 – 18.00

BACĂU: THE LIVING MEMORY OF A MOLDAVIAN TOPOS
(in Romanian)
Room IV, Chairperson: Ioan DĂNILĂ – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA


Ecaterina CREŢU – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
Nicu Enea – personnalité artistique de Bacău

Luminiţa DRUGĂ – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
Trésors culturels du Bacău

Mihaela BUZATU, Luminiţa DRUGĂ, Petronela SAVIN – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
Des éléments d’onomastique dans la région du Bacău

Camelia CMECIU & Monica PĂTRUŢ – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
Vasile Alecsandri’s Political Discourse – an Ideological Bridge through Time(s)

Ioan DĂNILĂ – Univ. of Bacău, ROMANIA
Popular, regional, dialectal in the specific language of the Moldavian Chango population