Curriculum Vitae
MIHAELA LIDIA IRIMIA
Personal Data:
Name: Mihaela Lidia IRIMIA (n. Anghelescu)
Birth: 15 January 1951, Bucharest
Citizenship: Romanian
Address:
Home:
Str. Logofăt Udriște, no.1, et.I, ap.2, sect. III, 70498
Bucharest
Romania
Office:
Faculty of Foreign Languages & Literatures:
English Department
British Cultural Studies Centre
Str. Pitar Moș, no. 7-11, sect. I
Bucharest
Romania
New Europe College
Str. Plantelor, no. 21, sector III
Bucharest
Romania
Phone: 401-327-6080 (h)
0742-096020 (mobile)
401-318-1580 / ext. 26 (Faculty of Foreign Languages & Literatures, British
Cultural Studies Centre)
401-327-0035 (New Europe College)
Fax: 401-327-0774 (New Europe College)
E-mail: mihaela.irimia@b.astral.ro
Title: Professor, Ph.D, English Department, University of Bucharest, Romania
Position: Director of Studies, British Cultural Studies Centre
Director, Centre of Excellence for the Study of Cultural Identity
(University of Bucharest, Romania)
Education:
Degrees: BA in English (1973)
Ph.D. in Philology (1983): Tradition and Experiment in Modern American
Poetry – A Study in Elizabeth Bishop’s Poetry
Literature & Arts Translator Certificate (1978)
Translator-Interpreter Certificate (1979)
British Council Seminar Graduate (1983)
UNESCO Expert (1986)
Languages (spoken & written):
English – excellent
French – excellent
Italian – excellent
Portuguese – excellent
Scholarships, Fellowships & Visiting Professorships:
Summer School (Oslo University, Norway, 1975)
British Council Summer Course in English Literature (Cambridge, UK, 1983)
Fulbright Postdoctoral Research Scholarship (Harvard University, USA, 1993-4)
NEC Relink Fellowship (Bucharest, Romania, 1997-2000)
Bolsa de Estudo ‘Fernando Pessoa’, Instituto Camões (Lisbon, July-August 2002)
Research Fellowship (St. John’s College, Oxford, October 2002)
Research Fellowship (Lewis-Walpole Library, Yale University, February 2003)
Research Fellowship (Armstrong-Browning Library, Baylor University, January-February, 2006)
Research Scholarship, Bodleian Library, Oxford (July-August 2006)
Visiting Professorship (Central European University, Budapest, June 2007)
Areas of Specialization:
Philology: English 18th-Century & Romantic Literature
Literary Theory
Cultural Theory
Comparative Literature
Cultural Studies: British Cultural Studies
Cultural Identity – History of Ideas
Postmodern Theory
Current Research Interests:
Postmodern Thinking
Cultural Identity & Comparative Studies
Revisitations and Revisions of the Enlightenment Paradigm
18th-Century British Culture
The ‘Long Modernity’
Teaching Experience:
Junior Lecturer – Eng. Dept., University of Bucharest, Romania (1973-91)
Senior Lecturer – Eng. Dept., University of Bucharest, Romania (1991-6)
Reader – Eng. Dept., University of Bucharest, Romania (1996-2000)
Professor – Eng. Dept., University of Bucharest, Romania (2000-present day)
Director of Studies – British Cultural Studies Centre – University of Bucharest (1996-present day)
Research Experience:
Literary History (1973-present day)
English Literary History (1973-present day)
Literary Theory (1973-present day)
18th-Century & Romantic Literature (1973-present day)
English Poetry & Poetics (1976-86)
American Poetry (1978-85)
Renaissance Poetics (1985-86)
Cultural Identity & Comparative Studies (1993-present day)
British Cultural Identity (1996-present day)
Irish Cultural Identity (1994-present day)
The Canon and Canonicity (1997-present day)
Postmodern Thinking (1993-present day)
Figura & Figurality (2000-present day)
The ‘Long Modernity’ (2002-present day)
Additional Professional Activities:
Current Graduation Paper supervision (1973-present day)
Teaching Italian and Portuguese at the Open University, Bucharest (1974-84)
Director of the Cultural Identity Debate Society – Faculty of Foreign Languages and
Literatures, Bucharest (1999-present
day)
Guiding English Students’ Debating Society – Faculty of Foreign Languages and
Literatures, Bucharest (1976-93,
1993 – present day)
English Languages Course on Romanian TV (1991-93, 1994-96)
Presenting British & American literature and culture in the Romanian media (1983-
present day)
Joint Romanian-British cultural programmes, activities, events (1996-present day)
Joint NEC-British Cultural Studies seminars (1997-present day)
Professional Membership:
Founding member of the “Dante” Society of Romania (since 1969)
Member of the Romanian Society for Philological Studies (SSFR) (since 1977)
Member of the Romanian Association for English & American Studies (ARSSA) (since
1990)
Member of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (BSECS) (since 1991)
Member of the German Society for English Romanticism (Gesellschaft für Englische
Romantik) (since 1992)
Member of the European Society for the Study of English (ESSE) (since 1994)
Member of the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS) (since
1994)
Member of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) (since 2004)
Member of the Romanian Fulbright Association (since 1994)
New Europe College Fellow (1997-2000)
New Europe College Alumna (since 2000)
Member of the Romanian Comparative Literature Association (since 1999)
EES Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford (2002)
Research Fellow, Yale University (2003)
Research Fellow, Baylor University, Texas (2006)
Research Scholars, Bodleian Library, Oxford (2006)
Participation in International Conferences, Symposiums, Seminars:
British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Annual Conference (1991-present day)
Literature and Its Cults (Hungarian Academy of Science Literature Institute, Budapest,
Hungary, 1991)
International Swift Conference (Celbridge Abbey, Ireland, 1991)
Cultural Identity Seminar (University of London, UK, 1992)
Cultural Identity Conference (University of London, UK, 1992)
Romanian Studies Conference (University of London, UK, 1992)
Symposium on the Bicentenary of the Birth of P.B. Shelley (Rostock University,
Ahrenshoop, Germany, 1992)
International ‘Old Worlds, New Worlds’ Conference (Eng. Dept., University of
Bucharest, Romania, 1992)
‘Logomachia’ - International Conference on Forms of Opposition in English
Language/Literature, ‘Aristotole’ University, Salonika, Greece, 1993)
Annual Conference of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (London, 3-5
January, 1993)
Sixth International Symposium on the Reception of British Romanticism on the
Continent (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, Germany, 1994)
International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Congress (1994)
27th Annual Comparative Literature Symposium ‘Carnivalizing Difference: Bakhtin and
the Other’ (Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA, 1994)
Annual Conference of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (London, 3-5
January, 1994)
Limits of Democracy Seminar (Las Vegas Highlands University, NM, USA, 1994)
Annual Interdisciplinary Symposium in Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Studies
(University of Miami, FA, USA, 1994)
Lectures in European Postmodernization (University of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA,
USA, 1994)
Intercultural Seminar (University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA, 1994)
Civic Debates Seminar (University of Georgia, Athens, USA, 1994)
Annual Conference of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (London, 3-5
January, 1995)
Interdisciplinary Reflection Group International Seminar (Bucharest Conservatoire,
Romania, 1995)
International Sociolinguistic Seminar on Power and Solidarity in Language
(Craiova University, Romania, 1995)
Annual Conference of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (St John’s
College, Oxford, 3-5 January, 1996)
International Conference on British, Irish and American Studies (Timisoara University,
Romania, 1997)
Annual Conference of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (St John’s
College, Oxford, 3-5 January, 1997)
Annual Conference of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (St John’s
College, Oxford, 3-5 January, 1998)
Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory Seminar (University of Wales, Cardiff, UK,
1998)
International Conference on Culture and Power: Cultural Confrontations
(University of Zaragoza, Spain, 1998)
Annual Conference of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (St John’s
College, Oxford, 3-5 January, 1999)
Tercera Jornada de Estudios Cervantinos (Centro de Estudios Iberamericanos &
Instituto Cervantes, Bucharest, Romania, 1999)
Romanian Comparative Studies Society International Symposium on Comparative
Studies at the End of the Millenium (New Europe College, Bucharest, Romania,
1999)
Annual International Conference: Rewriting the Past (Eng. Dept., University of
Bucharest, Romania, 1999)
Culture in Context (I) (Accademia di Romania, Rome, Italy, 1999)
Cultural Identity Encounters: Cultural Rituals (Università ‘Gabriele D’Annunzio’,
Pescara, Italy, 2000)
Culture in Context (II) (Accademia di Romania, Rome, Italy, 2000)
Escritores portugeses, escritores romenos (Fundatia Culturala Romana & Instituto
Camões, Bucharest, Romania, 2000)
Annual International Conference: Translation as Quest (Eng. Dept., University of
Bucharest, Romania, 2000)
Fifth European Society for the Study of English (ESSE 5) Conference (Helsinki, Finland,
2000)
Seminario Internazionale e Interdisciplinare ‘Giordano Bruno e il Rinascimento quale prospettiva verso una cultura europea senza frontiere’ (University of Bucharest and New
Europe College, Bucharest, Romania, 2000)
Annual Conference of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (St John’s
College, Oxford, UK, 3-5 January, 2001)
22nd All-Turkey English Literature Conference: ‘Re-Writing in/and English Literature’,
(Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey, 25-27 April, 2001)
11th International Conference on British and American Studies (University of the West,
Timișoara, Romania, 17 - 19 May, 2001)
‘Infinite Londons’ Meta-Conference (The British Council and the ‘Lucian Blaga’
University, Sibiu, Romania, 18 - 20 September, 2001)
Annual Conference of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (Queens
College, Cambridge, UK, 4 - 6 January, 2002)
International Conference: ‘Constructions of Identity’ (Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-
Napoca, Romania, 14-16 March, 2002)
‘Trans-Missions: Theory, Research and Teaching in British Literary and Cultural Studies
in Europe’ (The British Council, Budapesta, 9-12 May, 2002)
International Conference: ‘British and American Studies’ (University of the West,
Timișoara, Romania, 17-19 May, 2002)
The First Balkan Conference (Boğazici Universitesi, Istanbul, 23-24 May, Turkey, 2002)
International Conference: ‘Orientalism & Occidentalism’ (Faculty of Foreign Languages
& Literatures, Bucharest University, Romania, 6-8 June, 2002)
International Conference: ‘Romanian Cultural Identity’ (‘Ovidius’ University, Constanța,
Romania, 11-13 July, 2002)
European Society for the Study of English (ESSE 6) Conferince (Université Marc Bloch,
Strasbourg, France, 30 Aug. – 4 Sept. 2002)
Ecole d’été internationale en philosophie et histoire des idées: “Enseigner l’histoire des
idées comme pratique de la liberté” (Macea Castle, “Vasile
Goldiș” University, Arad, Romania, September 2002)
Annual Conference of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (St. Hugh’s
College, Oxford, 3-5 January, 2003)
International Conference: ‘Tradition, Modernity, Postmodernity’ (“Alexandru Ioan-
Cuza”, University, Iași, Romania, 26-29 March, 2003)
International Colloquim on Cultures of Post-89 Central and Eastern Europe (Târgu Mureș
University, 21-23 August, Romania, 2003)
International Conference: ‘-ISMs & -NESSes’ (“Ovidius” University, Constanța, 18-21
September, 2003)
Colloque International: ‘Paysages d’ici et d’ailleurs’ (Agence Universitaire de la
Francophonie, École doxctorale francophone en Sciences
Sociales, Département d’études françaises – Université de
Bucarest, 26-27 September, 2003)
International Conference: ‘The Unifying Aspects of Cultures’, (Research Institute for
Austrian and International Literature and Cultural Studies,
Vienna, Austria, 7-9 November, 2003)
Colloque international ‘Mémoires: écriture, genres, histoire’ (Université de Franche-
Comté, Faculté des Lettres, Besançon, France, 2-3 December, 2003)
Annual Conference of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (St. Hugh’s
College, Oxford, 2-4 January, 2004)
International Conference: ‘Our America: People, Places, Times’ (RAAS – Fulbright
Association, Bucharest, Romania, 5-6 February, 2004)
Triplex Confinium Conference (University of Padua 25-26 March, 2004)
International Conference: ‘The Secret and the Known’ (English Department, University
of Bucharest, Romania, 3-5 June, 2004)
European Society for the Study of English (ESSE) 7th Conference (Universidad
Zaragoza, Spain, 8-12 September, 2004)
XIX Congresso Internacional ‘Os Jesuitas – 1540 a 1773’ (Sociedade Portuguesa de
Estudos do Século XVIII, Lisbon, Portugal, 2-26 Sptember, 2004)
Les modernités de Michel Foucault – Colloque international (Institut Français, Bucarest,
10 décembre 2004)
Annual Conference of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (St. Hugh’s
College, Oxford, 6-8 January, 2005)
‘Mapping the Future: Permanence and Change’ (‘Alexandru Ioan Cuza’ University,
Jassy, 23-26 March, 2005)
‘The Colonial and Postcolonial City’ (Université Paris XII, Val de Marne, IMAGER –
CEREC, Centre multidisciplinaire de Créteil 20 May, 2005)
‘A Matter of Taste’, International Conference (English Department, University of
Bucharest, 3-4 June, 2005)
5th Symbiosis Biennial Conference ‘Anglo-American Literary Relations/ Anglo-
American Hellenisms’ (Aristotle Unviersity, Thessaloniki,
30 June-3 July, 2005)
‘Eighteenth-Century Religious Identity in Europe’ International Interdisciplinary
Conference (Interdisciplinary Centre for European
Enlightenment Studies, Halle, 21-25 September, 2005)
‘British and European Romanticisms’ Conference (German Society for British
Romanticism, Munich, 6-9 October, 2005)
‘Mutual Understanding’, 125 Years of Anglo-American Diplomatic Relations
(British Library, London, 12 October, 2005)
‘The Lures and Ruses of Modernity / Leurres et ruses de la modernité’ International
Interdisciplinary Conference (Centre of Excellence for the
Study of Cultural Identity & New Europe College, Bucharest,
28-29 November, 2005)
‘Modern Identity’ Workshop, Mihaela Irimia, Stan Smith, Giacomo Marramao,
Carlos Leone (Centre of Excellence for the Study of Cultural
Identity, Bucharest, 30 November, 2005)
IRICS ‘Innovations and Reproductions in Cultures and Societies’ International
Interdisciplinary Conference, Vienna, 9-11 December, 2005
(Convenor of and participant in Section ‘Spreading the Word:
Texts and the Text’ with a paper entitled Our Demotic
Augustinianism, a Pattern Launched by the 18th-Century Novel)
Oxford Romanian Society Lectures, St. Anne’s College, Oxford, 10 January, 2006 (Debate on British Culture between Theory and Practice)
Victorian Debating Society, Baylor University (Paper on Shakespeare for Pip and Pit:
Spectral or Spectacular Hamlet?, 17 February, 2006)
Twelfth National Shakespeare Symposium, ‘Dunărea de Jos’ University, Galați (Keynote
Lecture Shakespeare from Stage to Page: Great Expectations,
28 April, 2006)
Third Conference on ‘Reinventions of Identity in the Balkans’, Department of English Language and Literature, Beykent University, Istanbul, Turkey, 10-12 May, 2006
International Conference: ‘Travel (of) Writing’ (‘Ovidius’ University, Constanța,
Romania, 29-30 May, 2006)
International Conference: ‘Modernity: The Crisis of Value and Judgment’ (English Department, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Bucharest, Romania, 2-3 June, 2006)
European Society for the Study of English (ESSE) 8th Conference (University of London,
UK, 29 August – 2 September, 2006)
International Conference on Identity and Citizenship from the Antiquity to the Present
(Universidade Nova de Lisboa , Portugal, 18-21 October, 2006)
‘Legitimating Cultures, Cultures of Legitimacy’ International Conference (Theory of Literature Dept., University of Bucharest & Critical Theory Dept., University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Bucharest, 23-25 November, 2006)
‘Los estudios hispánicos en Rumanía: 50 años de vida universitaria’ (Spanish Department, University of Bucharest, Instituto Cervantes & the Spanish Embassy, Bucharest, 26-28 April, 2007)
‘Cantemir – Polyhistor, Polymath, or Political Mind?’ (12th International Congress of the Enlightenment / XIIe Congrès International des Lumières, Montpellier, 8-15 July, 2007)
‘Some Instances of the “Turkish Joke” in Popular Romanian Culture’ (Central European University “European Culture and the Understanding of Otherness: 16th-19th Centuries” Conference, Budapest, 28-29 September, 2007)
‘Some Avatars of Revolutionary Romanticism: A Late Modern View from the Romanian Perspective’ (12th International Symposium of the German Society for English Romanticism, University of Tübingen, 4-7 October, 2007)
‘From the Sublime to the Comic: The Call of the Modern’ (Keynote Address to the Annual Conference of the Faculty of Foreign languages and Literatures, University of Bucharest, 26-27 October, 2007)
‘… purchase the commodity you want’, or Quixote goes English in the Public Sphere’,
Nominated Keynote Lecture, European Society for the Study of
English (ESSE) 9th Conference (Aarhus University, Denmark, 22-
26 August, 2008)
Bucharest
20 March, 2009
