| Thursday, May 23, 2013 |
| All day |
Arrival and accommodation of guests |
| 16.00 - 17.00 |
Conference Board Meeting |
| 19.00 |
Welcome reception / Dinner at Elisabeta Palace offered by HRH Crown Princess Margareta of Romania (by invitation) |
| Friday, May 24, 2013 |
| 8.30 |
Registration of participants |
| 9.00 - 9.40 |
Plenum Session
Venue: Senate Aula, Palace of the Romanian Parliament
Opening speech of the Chairman of the conference
Prof. Dr. Emil Constantinescu, President of Romania 1996-2000, President of the Academy of Cultural Diplomacy Berlin
Welcome Speech:
H. E. Crin Antonescu, President of the Romanian Senate
Inaugural speeches:
- Prof. Dr. Ivo Slaus, President of the World Academy of Art and Science
Global Education and Cultural Diplomacy
- Prof. Mark Donfried, Director and Founder of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin
Speeches delivered by high representatives of the Romanian state
- H.E. Dr. Titus Corlăţean, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania
- H.E. Prof. Dr. Remus Pricopie, Minister of National Education of Romania
- H.E. Prof. Dr. Daniel Barbu, Minister of Culture of Romania
- H.E. Prof. Dr. Andrei Marga, Director of the Romanian Cultural Institute
Repositioning in Europe, Role of Levant
- H.E. Acad. Ionel Haiduc, President of the Romanian Academy
Inter-Academic Cooperation in the Levant
- H.E. Prof. Dr. Sorin Oprescu, General Mayor of the Municipality of Bucharest
Bucharest, a Witness of the Levant History in the Second Half of the Second Millennium
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| 10.30 - 11.30 |
Visit the Palace of the Romanian Parliament |
| 12.00 - 13.00 |
Lunch - Palace of the Romanian Parliament |
| 13.00 - 14.00 |
Transportation to the National Library |
14.00 - 15.30
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Communications and Debates Sessions - National Library
Session 1.
Levant. From Past to Present
Moderator:
Prof. Dr. Bianca Valota, Professor Emeritus Università degli StudidiMilano
Speakers:
- Prof. Dr. Nicolae Şerban Tanaşoca, Director of the Institute for Southeastern European Studies of the Romanian Academy
Levantines and Phanariots
- Prof. Dr. Zoe Petre, Professor Emeritus, University of Bucharest
The Ancient Cultures in Contemporary Inter-cultural Dialogue
- Prof. Dr. Augustin Ioan, Professor, "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest
Byzantine Empire after Byzantine Empire - Urban Orthodox Architecture in Romania 1930-1948 and 1999-2002 as (re)visiting Constantinople
Participants:
- Prof. Mohamed Abdelhady Mohamed Ahmed (Egypt), Professor, Faculty of Archeology, University of Cairo
The Role of Cultural Heritage in Strengthening the Cultural and Diplomatic Relations Between the Countries
- Dr. Adrian Dumitru, Research Assistant, Metropolitan Library of Bucharest
Greeks, Dacians and Romans in Romanian Historical Movies
- Dr. Dan Tudor Ionescu
Roman Imperial Ideology and the East: Rome, Byzantium and Persia
- Prof. Dr. Ecaterina Lung, Professor, Faculty of History, University of Bucharest
The Byzantines as Seen by the "Barbarians". The Force of a Controversial Model
- Dr. Lia Brad Chisacof, Researcher, Institute for the South-East European Studies Romanian Academy
How Levantine was the Phanariot Epoch?
Session 2.
The Present Significance of the Levant
Moderators:
- Prof. Dr. Vlad Nistor, President of the Bucharest University Senate, Founding Director of the Institute for Diplomatic Studies of the University of Bucharest
- Dr. Adrian Silvan Ionescu, Director of the "G. Oprescu" Institute of Art History
Material Culture - Visual Culture during Phanariote Rulers in Romanian Principalities
Speakers:
- Prof. Dr. Michael Metzeltin, Institute of Romance Studies, Vienna University
History of "Levant" Concept
- Prof. Dr. Ruben Safrastyan (Armenia), Corresponding Member of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Yerevan
ú Martin Hauser, Director of UNESCO Department, University of Bucharest
- Significance of Levant for the European Present
- Prof. Dr. Liviu Papadima, Prorector of University of Bucharest
Levant and Identity Dilemmas
Participants:
- Prof. Dr. Kopi Kycyku, Albania
Traditional Turkish Indulgence
- Prof. Dr. Tasin Gemil, Director of the Institute of Turkish and Central Asian Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
Ottoman Cultural Symbiosis
- Dr. Corina Iosif, cercetător Academia Română filiala Cluj:
Between Oral and Written Culture: Identity Politics in the Aromanian Case
Rapporteur:
- Mădălina Vârtejeanu-Joubert (Franţa), conf. univ. INALCO Paris
Session 3.
Levant. A Vision from Present to Future
Moderator:
- Garry Jacobs (SUA), Chairman of the Board and CEO, World Academy of Art and Science
Cultural Diplomacy: Strategies for Psychological Evolution
Speakers:
- Dr. Zhelyu Zhelev, President of Bulgaria 1990 - 1997
- Dr. Petar Stoyanov, President of Bulgaria 1997 - 2002
- Prof. Dr. Rexhep Meidani, President of Albania 1997-2002
Un nou Levant - ca partener al UE sau un nou Leviathan - ca "blestem"geopolitic
- Dr. Petru Lucinschi, President of Moldova 1997-2001
The Past in the relationship Moldova-Levant
- Prof. Dr. Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu, Professor, Faculty of History, University of Bucharest
Byzantium Redivivus. How can we revive the Byzantine cultural legacy?
- Prof. Dr. Ljubisha Georgievski (Macedonia), Speaker of the Assembly of Republic of Macedonia 2006-2008
- Dr. Akkan Suver (Turcia), President of Marmara Group Foundation
What is East?
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| 15.30 - 16.00 |
Coffee break |
16.00 - 17.30
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Communications and Debates Sessions - National Library
Session 4.
Cooperation in the Field of Higher Education and Research in the Levant Area
Moderators:
- Prof. Dr. Adrian Curaj, General Director of the Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding
Speakers:
- Garry Jacobs (SUA), Chairman of the Board and CEO, World Academy of Art and Science
Cultural Diplomacy: Strategies for Psychological Evolution
- Acad. Gheorghe Duca, President of Academy of Sciences of Moldova
Building a Knowledge-based Society in Moldova
- Prof. Naim Afgan (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, Sarajevo
Sustainable Resilience of Social Catastrophe Events
Participants:
- Acad. Momir Djurovic (Montenegro), President of the Academy of Science and Art
Need to encourage research networking in broader Mediterranean region
- Dr. Ioana Feodorov, Institute for Southeastern European Studies of the Romanian Academy
Romanian Intellectuals -Ambassadors of Levant in Europe
Session 5.
The Euro-Mediterranean Dimension of Europe
Moderator:
- Prof. Dr. Michael Metzeltin, Institute of Romance Studies, Vienna University
History of "Levant" Concept
Speakers :
- Prof. Dr. Kishore Chakraborty (USA), Director of Research Center for Cultural Diplomacy Studies, Berlin
Geography as Destiny
- Acad. Marius Sala, Vice-president of the Romanian Academy, Director of the "Iorgu Iordan - Al. Rosetti" Institute of Linguistics
The Mediterranean Linguistic Atlas
Participants:
- Prof. Dr. Fotini Pomoni Papaioannou (Greece), National Capodistrian University, Athens
The Contribution of Hellenism to the Historical and Cultural Richness of the Levant Region
- Prof. dr. Mihaela Grancea, Sibiu University
Romanian Travellers in Levant. Identitity and Alterity in Modernity
- Dr. Gabriel Leanca, lecturer Faculty of History, Al. Ioan Cuza University, Iasi
Peripheries, Intermediary Areas and Borders: the Mediterranean and the South-Eastern Europe
- Conf. Dr. Ruxandra Ivan,
Ambiguous limes: is there a way ahead for the European Neighborhood Policy?
Session 6:
Food Culture in the Levant. Slow Food vs Fast Food
Moderator:
- Dan A. Petre, Director of the Romanian Diplomatic Institute
Speakers:
- Dr. Alexandru Todericiu (Austria)
The Eggplant Salad
- Prof. Dr. George Grigore, Arabic Department Coordinator Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Bucharest
Levant and the Romanian Cuisine
Participants:
- Traian Radu Negrei, manager of Monuments and Heritage Tourism Administration
Food Confluences in the Levant
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| 17.30 - 19.00 |
Free program |
| 19.00 - 21.00 |
Cultural event. Symphonic concert - Romanian Athenee (by invitation) |
| 21.15 |
Gala Dinner offered by the Prime Minister of Romania, Dr. Victor Ponta |
| Saturday, May 25, 2013 |
| 09.00 |
Plenum Session
Venue - Senate Hall, University of Bucharest
Speakers:
- Prof. Dr. Mircea Dumitru, Rector of Bucharest University
On Toleration, Charity and Epistemic Fallibilism
Prof. Dr. Răzvan Theodorescu, Romanian Academy, General Secretary of the International Association for South-East European Studies
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| 9.45 - 10.30 |
Session for presentation the panels and seminars conclusions by moderators and rapporteurs |
| 10.30 - 11.00 |
Coffee break
UNESCO Greetings addressed by H. E. Amb. Katalin Bogyay, President of the General Conference of UNESCO |
| 12.45 - 13.00 |
Launching the Bucharest Declaration: Levant, an Area of Peace and
Development in the 21st Century
Closing Speech:
Prof. Dr. Emil Constantinescu, Chairman of the Conference |
| 13.00 - 14.00 |
Lunch, Hanul lui Manuc Restaurant (the north-western Caravanserai in
Eurasia), offered by Prof. Dr. Sorin Oprescu, General Mayor of the Municipality of Bucharest
Afternoon Optional. Visiting Bucharest Old Center; guided tour of events related to Levant history |
