ACADEMY OF SCIENTISTS OF ROMANIA – USA BRANCH,
UNION OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS OF ROMANIA,
ROMANIAN ORTHODOX METROPOLIS OF THE TWO AMERICAS,
ROMAN INSTITUTE OF ORTHODOX THEOLOGY AND SPIRITUALITY – NEW YORK
organizes
SYMPOSIUM
The Union of the Romanian Principalities –
XXIXth edition
163 years since the great historical event
Sunday 23 January 2022 at 3:00 PM
after St. Liturgy at the Church “Sf. Peter and Paul”
(St. George’s Episcopal Church) in Astoria, 27th Ave. corner of 14th Street Subway Q or N to Astoria Boulevard station, Bus Q 18
TIME SCHEDULE
Opening protocol
Pr. Prof. Dr.
Theodor Damian
,
President of the American Branch of the Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences
Romanian Institute of Theology and Orthodox Spirituality
“Wake up Romanian” by Andrei Muresanu
“Anthem of Stefan Voda”
“Anthem of Bessarabia”
communication
– Moderator:
Prof. Nicole Smith
– STEFAN STOENESCU, essayist, comparatist and translator – Ithaca, New York
– “The Union of the Principalities as an event in Eminescu’s formative consciousness”;
– N. RUSU, critic and literary historian, editor-in-chief of the magazine Clear Light, New York – “Princess Ileana and the photographer Alexandru Petit on the Romanian unitary space”;
– Prof. univ. dr. DORU TSAGANEA, professor of mathematics at the Metropolitan College of New York – “24 January 1859, an important moment for the creation of the unitary and sovereign Romanian national state”;
– Prof. univ. VALENTINA CIAPRAZI, writer, professor of French language and literature, LaGuardia College, New York – “Napoleon III and the Union of the Romanian Principalities”;
– Dr. FLAVIU RIȚIU, St. Ap. Peter and Paul, New York
– “The Union of Moldavia and Romanian Country in the European geopolitical context”;
– Priest prof. univ. dr. THEODOR DAMIAN, writer; professor emeritus of social sciences and education at the Metropolitan College of New York; President of the American Branch of the Academy of Romanian Scientists and of the Romanian Institute of Orthodox Theology and Spirituality, New York – “Archimandrite Melchisedec Ștefănescu and the Union of the Principalities”.