Cultural Centres and Institutes at UBB

CLUJ-NAPOCA 23 April 2014

Types of partnerships

1. Cultural Centres within the UBB- Its name must always be associated to that of the

university, logo cannot be displayed separately;- Coordinator is a UBB employee.

2. Cultural Centres hosted by the UBB- UBB offers the facilities for activity and events and its

name must be associated to that of the institution, but the later remains autonomous

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1.1. The Russian Cultural Centre

• Founded in 2011 by the Russian World

Foundation

• Objectives: popularize the Russian

language and culture, support

teaching programmes and stimulate

intercultural dialogue

• Makes almost 750 books available to

public

• Organizes exhibitions, conferences,

artistic and documentary film

viewings, round tables, etc.

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1.2. The Korean Cultural Centre• Created in 2007 • Activities are meant to

foster the sharing of Korean culture, arts and language more effectively and wider in the Romanian society

• The Centre also hosts the Korean Studies library with a collection of approximately 1.500 publications

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1.3. The Italian Cultural Centre

• Brought into existence based on a cooperation protocol with the Italian Cultural Institute in Bucharest

• Activity: cultural and scientific events meant to mirror the Italian culture and offer access to the realities of this country

• Organizes language exams• Disposes of a library

comprising books, CDs, films

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1.4. Centre for Belgian Literature in French (CELBLF)

• Founded in 1990 with the aim of studying and

promoting the Belgian francophone literature in

Romania

• Supported by the Belgian Royal Academy of French

Language and Literature and the Belgian French

Community

• Programme includes scientific activities for

undergraduates, master and doctoral students:

courses, seminars, papers, book reviews,

conferences, international colloquia, etc.

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1.5. The Centre for Canadian and Quebec Studies

• Founded in 1992• Coordinates the research with

regard to the Francophone and Anglophone Canada, shaping the Canadian identity, Canadian multiculturalism, Canadian culture, literature and film

• Plans symposia, professional reunions, summer schools organized at national and international level through the Central European Association for Canadian Studies

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• Inaugurated in 2011 in cooperation with higher education institutions from São Paulo

• Develops a wide range of activities: book releases, exhibitions, international conferences, cultural evenings, courses of Portuguese language, courses of Brazilian culture in the historical context of Latin America

• Hosts the Library of Latin-American Studies

1.6. The Brazilian Cultural Centre “Casa do Brasil”

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1.7. The Institute of Turkology and Central-Asian Studies

• Inaugurated in 2009• It is the only institute in Romania where the history,

language, culture, and civilization and the current politcal-economic systems of the Turkic world are studied

• Initiates and organizes internal and international scientific reunions, public conferences for the general public held by scientific, diplomatic and political personalities, debates, roundtables, symposia, training, etc.

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1.8. The Centre for African Studies• Created in 2013, it coordinates education, research

and professional networks, as well as institutional and

scientific projects

• Objectives: to become a functional interaction

platform, to coordinate common educational

programmes, to propose and implement research

programmes in partnership with African universities,

etc.

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2. Cultural Centres hosted by UBB

2.1. British Council- Romania was one of the first four countries in the

world where it set up and overseas office along

with Egypt, Portugal and Poland

2.2. The French Cultural Institute-Famous activities: The Very Short Film Festival, Francophone

Book Fair, Coffee Spring, the Sable Academy (Baroque music)

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2.3. The German Cultural Centre- In collaboration with the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs and

the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Aufstria

2.4. The Centre for Polish Language and Culture-The Centre celebrates important holidays of Poland such as

the Indepence Day and the Day of the Constitution

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2.6. The Confucius

Institute- It has a library containing

13.000 books, 3 multi-media

classrooms, a self-learning

centre with 10 laptops and

advanced Chinese learning

software, an exhibition room, a

sports centre and an office

space.

2.5. The “John F.

Kennedy” American

Studies Library- The American Studies

Department was developed with

the support of the UB Embassy,

the American Cultural Centre in

Bucharest, the Fulbright

Commission and Arizona State

University

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“The Multiculturalism Walk”

• Organized as part of Cluj Days, an ample cultural and social event hosted by the Cluj-Napoca City Hall

• The 2nd edition will take place this year between 23 - 25 May

• Gathers all cultural centres and university museums in front of UBB main building

• Preparing for 2015 when Cluj-Napoca becomes European Youth Capital

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