Recently, at De Gruyter (Berlin/Boston) - publishing house of international prestige, the volume Eugenio Coseriu. Past, Present and Future, taken care by Professors Klaas Willems (Gent University, Belgium) and Cristinel Munteanu („Danubius” University of Galați, Romania) was issued. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110712391/html

The publishing of this volume was occasioned by the centennial of the Romanian scientist’s Eugeniu Coșeriu (1921-2002) birth, well-known theoretician and philosopher of language. It’s the first collective volume written ad integrum in English within which more renowned specialists (Jürgen Trabant, Jörn Albrecht, Wolf Dietrich, Ana Agud, Johannes Kabatek, Pierre Swiggers et alii) present a variety of points of view regarding Coșeriu’s scientific work, looking into its continuous relevance for the sciences of language.    

This volume aims at enhancing researchers’ preoccupied with language and communication interest for Eugeniu Coșeriu’s linguistic theory, a theory coherently and unitary developed having as departure point “the activity of talking”. Contributors’ articles are grouped into three overreaching themes: (1) the philosophy of language, (2) the history of the science of language and (3) the theory and the practice of “comprehensive linguistics”.

AUAP will be holding a series of webinars for our member institutions on Managing Covid-19 Pandemic.  This zoom forum aims to provide a venue for AUAP member schools to share their best practices, experiences and challenges as we all try our best to effectively respond and recover from the worldwide crisis.  With this, we would like to invite 4 representatives from AUAP Member Institution to join the said zoom forum.  AUAP Zoom Forum version. #3: “Managing Covid-19 During Pandemic: Best Practice, Experiences & Challenges During Pandemic scheduled on 26^th of October 26, 2021, 13:00 in the afternoon, Manila time, Philippines.

We hope that through this, we will be able to help and support each other, especially during these challenging times.

To join, please register through this link: Register link on or before October 15, 2021. 

https://forms.gle/57awfNdjxztZoRwN8

Dr. Ronald Crutcher, the chair of the board of directors of the American Council on Education and also the President of the University of Richmond in the United States, says that he "looks forward to participating in the conference, Two Democratic Societies in Transition: Exploring the Dynamics of a Post-Covid World," which will be held at Danubius University from September 13-16.  

He went on to say that "I believe that the conference is quite timely given the new Biden administration and the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Joint Strategic Partnership for the 21st Century between the US and Romania.  It is indeed an honor for me to participate in this historic event."

Dr. Crutcher will share the opening plenary of the conference with Minister of Education Sorin Cimpeanu, and they will present their perspectives on "The Role of Higher Education Institutions in Facilitating Social Progress in Democratic Societies."  An impressive collection of Romanian and American scholars, policy makers, professionals, and students will also make presentations at the conference, which will operate in a blended format. Additional information regarding in person and on-line registration is available at this address:

www.conferences.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/TDST/TDS2021  and also on the university website at https://univ-danubius.ro