The Literary Pursuits of a Historian of Religions: The Case of Ioan Petru Culianu

Wednesday, February 15, 2012: Noon - 2 p.m.

This event is supported by: English
International Letters and Cultures
College of LIberal Arts and Sciences
Universitatea Babes-Bolyai, Central European Cultural Collaborative, Romanian Studies Program, Romanian Language Institute, Honorary Consultate General of Romania in Arizona
Location: Language and Literature Building 316
Campus: Tempe
Cost: free

Guest speaker Stefan Borbely is a professor of world and comparative literature, faculty of Letters at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania. His lecture is part of the "Literary Imaginary and the Poetics of Truth" conference, which will explore different approaches to the specific competences of comparatism (world and comparative literature) today. This conference continues and extends the academic exchanges between the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York and its academic partners, the Babes-Bolyai University and Arizona State University.