"Our soul is just an urn where we close, once and for all, the ashes of our lost passions !"

joi, 30 iulie 2009

The First Draft of the "Alcoholism:Historical and Social Issues" Conference Programme

1. History of alcohol’s consumption and addiction

Hasso Spode (Germany), Different drinking cultures and prevention patterns in Europe
Radu Ota (Romania), A few Accounts on the Attestation of the Cult of Liber Pater - Dionysus in Apulum (Alba Iulia)

Octavian Tatar (Romania), “The Romanian People Are Inclined to Get Drunk”. Truncated Images: The Romanians and Alcohol in Several Foreign Accounts of the 16th Century

Aleh Dziarnovich (Belarus), Transformation of Tastes: Alcoholic Drinks in Belarus in the 16th – First Half 19th Century

Adriana Ţuţuianu, Elena Cucui, Adina Goşa (Romania), Traditional Viticulture in Alba County.
Judy Stove (Australia), ‘The Evils of Ardent Spirits’: Quakers and Temperance in Nineteenth-Century Australia”

James Wood (Scotland), Historical and Sociological Aspects of European Alcohol Research, c.1850-1920

John O’Brien (Ireland), The Irish and Intoxication
Valdimir Jovanovic (Serbia), Alcohol – friend or foe of Balkan state/society structure?

Oana Tamas (Romania), Alcoholism, a social phenomenon in the romanian territories in the second half of the XIXth century

Aleksandra Vuletic (Serbia), Use and abuse of “alcoholism” in marital litigations (in the second half of the 19th century Serbia)

Monica Muresan (Romania), Alcoholism as Grounds for Divorce at Greek-Catholics in Transylvania in the Second Half of the 19th and the Beginning of the 20th Century

Tudor Rosu (Romania), Temperance & Abstinence in Transylvania at the beginning of the XXth Century. The Case of Blaj Theological Association.

Adrian Zandberg (Poland), “Drugs of the working classes”. Economic depression, alcohol taxation and the change in the consumption patterns of psychoactive substances in Poland (1929-1939)

Iulia Adina Pop (Romania), Alcoholism in Women’s Everydays in Romania (1850-1940)
Petar Atanacković (Serbia), Between support, lack of interest and mockery. Public perception of alcoholism and anti-alcoholism in Serbia in the first half of 20th century

Dan Malleck (Canada), It’s all about balance. Liquor control and post-prohibition drinking in Ontario, 1934-1944

Marius Rotar (Romania), Anti-alcoholism journals in interwar Romania



2. Social and medical issues of alcohol addiction

Ludmila Cojocari (Moldavia), „100 grams for Victory” or the dilemmas of collective memory in Republic of Moldavia

Virgiliu Barladeanu (Moldavia), The result of anti-alcoholism action in Soviet Moldavia beetwen 1995-1997

Binu Sundas (India), The Socio-Cultural Relevance of Alcohol Among the Nepali People of Darjeeling, India

Naina Khatoon (India), Alcoholism and its Impact on Society
Ioana Todor (Romania), Psychological models of alcohol addiction

P. D. Akrivos (Greece), Individual Psychology and Substance Dependence Prevention
Wilfried K. Koehler (Germany), Sociocultural aspects in the treatment of alcohol addicts

Anca Rozorea, Ionescu Catalin (Romania), Domestic Factors with high risk in the emergence of alcoholism at adolescents

I.Marincu, L.Negrutiu, I.Iacobiciu, A.M.Neghina, M.Cornianu, R.Neghina (Romania), Bacterial infections in chronic alcoholic patients
P. D. Akrivos & Simonie Xanthoghiorgou (Greece), The Disease Model of Alcoholism, Simonie Xanthoghiorgou a case study
I.Marincu, L.Negrutiu, I.Iacobiciu, A.M.Neghina, M.Cornianu, R.Neghina (Romania), Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in chronic alcoholic patients

Frantz Floyd (SUA), Compatibility of the Minnesota Model for the Treatment of Addictions and the Romanian Culture

Vlad Milea (Romania), Attitudes towards alcohol’s consumption: consequences

Ana Maria Popovici (Romania), Social Issues of Alcohol Addiction

Claudiu Stefani (Romania), Social Patterns of alcohol’s consumption in Alba County

Adriana Candea (Romania), The Effectiveness of the Picture Exchange Communication System with Nonspeaking Adults

Iulian Negru (Romania), Spirituality of Alcohol Addiction




NOTE

This is the first draft of the Conference Programme. It is possible that some changes may occur if speakers are unable to attend. A final programme will be available at the Conference. This is provided now to allow you to plan ahead a little.

miercuri, 29 iulie 2009

vacation but... some news

I'm in vacation but I have to work. I was gone for a week at the seaside in Bulgaria with my family.
Some news: at suggestion of professor Dougles Davies I will be chairman at one of the sections of DDD9 conference in Durham, September 2009. Wow! I am for the very first time in this situation attending at an international conference but I hope I will manage with it. Also, I will present a paper at this conference.
Secondly, togheter with my friend Tudor Rosu, I'm working on the alcoholism conference's programme. The draft of this will be done until the end of this week posting it on the blogspot and sending it to all the conference's participants. Also, at the end of the august 2009 the draft of the programme of the Dying and Death in 18th-21srt centuries Europe, International Conference, second edition will be done.
Thridly, this week I will meet with my friend Cosmin Bodrean for making some plans for delevopment of cremation in Romania!
That's all for now!

marți, 14 iulie 2009

Good News

Good news: ANCS (National Authority for Scientific Research - Romania) will grant some of the funding for organizing Dying and Death in 18th-21srt centuries Romania, International Conference, second edition. See http://www.mct.ro/img/files_up/1247464657SITE%2019%20IUNIE.doc
I will use these money for editing the conference's proceedings.

sâmbătă, 11 iulie 2009

I submitted a paper for a Romanian journal. This paper was rejected being considered propaganda for cremation. Initially, I was angry with this but now I'm thinking this is a honor for me. It's about the Romanian version of my paper presented at CBCE 2009 conference in Bournemouth, UK. I hope my friend Cosmin Bodrean will succeed with his plans... I will do my best for helping him. It's time for a big change! How many Romanians are prepared for this?

miercuri, 1 iulie 2009

Victor Tudor Rosu, one of the member of our team, will attend at "Remember for the Future", Regional Conference in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, between 2-5 July 2009. He will have a paper, presenting the National Museum of Unification, Alba Iulia.