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"Alcoholism:Historical and Social Issues" Conference Programme

28th of August 2009:

9.00-9,30: Opening Ceremony Union Hall – National Museum of Unification, Alba Iulia

Section 1: History of alcohol’s consumption and addiction

9, 45 -13, 00 Chairman Petar Atanacković

Radu Ota (Romania), A few Accounts on the Attestation of the Cult of Liber Pater - Dionysus in Apulum (Alba Iulia)

Hasso Spode (Germany), Keynote adress: Alcohol Studies and Alcohol Cultures

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”

Coffe Break: 11,30-11,45

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

John O’Brien (Ireland), The Irish and Intoxication

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

Lunch 13-15: Pub13

15,30 -19,00 Chairman: Hasso Spode
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)

Ioana Rustoiu, Mariana Egri (Romania), About wineyards, alcohol and alcoholism in documents of the orthodox and greek catholic parishes from Alba County (1850-1930)

Coffe Break 17,30-17,45

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

Marius Rotar (Romania), Anti-Alcoholism Actions in Interwar Romania

19,30 Dinner

2. Social and medical issues of alcohol addiction
29th of August

9,00-13 Chairman Eugen Baican

Wilfried K. Koehler (Germany), Sociocultural aspects in the treatment of alcohol addicts

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

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

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

Coffe Break:11,30-11,45

Naima 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

13,00 Lunch: Pub 1315,30 – 17,30 Chairman: Ludmila Cojocari

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

Eugen Baican (Romania), Social-cultural Determinatives and Significations in Alcohol and other drugs Use and Addiction

I.Marincu, L.Negrutiu, I.Iacobiciu, A.M.Neghina, M.Cornianu, R.Neghina (Romania), Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in chronic alcoholic patients

Cristina Petcu, The development of a pattern focused on alcohol consumption prevention in Romania

Coffe Break 17,30 -17,45

I.Marincu, L.Negrutiu, I.Iacobiciu, A.M.Neghina, M.Cornianu, R.Neghina (Romania), Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in chronic alcoholic patients

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

Iulian Negru (Romania), Spirituality of Alcohol Addiction Dinner: 20,00

2. Tomorrow 26th of August 2009 at 11 p.m. Conference Press at the National Museum of Unificiation Alba Iulia about "Alcoholism: Historical and Social Issues" International Conference.

NEWS

1. At the beginning of next week it will be finishing the final programme of Alcoholism: Historical and Social Issues Conference and I will post it on this blogspot.
2. It's very possible that on 25th of August we will organize a news conference about this conference. This event will be held at the National Museum of Unification in Alba Iulia.
3. I worked at a romanian cremation society rules. I finished it and I sent it to my friend Cosmin Bodrean for reading and making some corrections upon it. I think the name of this romanian cremation society will be AMURG (in english DUSK). Be prepared to be pulverized!

News

Some news:

1. All the participants at the our conferences *Alcoholism... and Dying and Death... will have accomodation at Hotel Parc in Alba: http://www.hotel.parc.alba.iulia.tourneo.ro/F_New/

2. Here there are some new titles for Dying and Death ... conference:

Florina Codreanu (Romania), Irrelevance of Death in Postmodern Era

Serban Anghelescu (Romania), Mourir en Ilyada

Cristina Bogdan (Romania), La Roue de la Vie mène à la Mort. Parcours d'un thème iconographique dans l'espace roumain et bulgaire (XVIIe-XIXe siècles)

3. Yesterday finnaly I met my friend Cosmin Bodrean. We were talking a lot about our plans. The first step in order these plans to come true will be the foundation of a romanian society for cremation. We hope in few weeks we will be able to make public this event. Be prepared to be pulverized! Please visit http://www.funerarehd.ro/

The First Draft of the "Dying and Death in 18th-21srt centuries Europe" International Conference, second edition Programme

Olga Gradinaru (Romania), The Russian Path from Corpse to Relic – A History of the Russian Orthodox Relic Cult

Mircea Cristea (Romania), Le Poison et la mort dans l'alchime medieval europeean

Silvia Marin (Romania), Accompagner Saint Christophe, le protecteur contre la "male mort". Des thèmes escathologiques dans l'iconographie roumaine (XVIIIe–XIXe siècles).

Natasha Mihailovic (UK), Living with the Dead: Burial Places in English Towns c.1700-1840

Mirjam Klaassens and Peter Groote (The Netherlands), Dutch architecture of crematoria: their sense of place

Mihaela Grancea, (Romania). Une courte histoire de l’historiographie de l’épitaphe

Julie Rugg (UK), Towards a new social history of rural churchyards

Ann Malamah-Thomas (UK), Adapting to Loss: Do Nations Grieve?

Constantin Mihai (Romania), Martyrical death in the Romanian communist reclusion

Enrico Cazzaniga (Italy), Bereavement and privatization of the ashes

Helen Frisby (UK), ‘These horrid superstitions’: death and dying amongst the English ‘folk’, c.1840-c.1914

Laura Pop (Romania), Traditional in after funeral commemorations of the death in the XX century in some rural communities from central area of Transylvania (Romania)

Carmen Alexandrache (Romania), The Constructive Dimension of Death in the Romanian Viewpoint

Andrada Fatu (Romania), Opiates and Representations of Death

Joanna Wojtkowiak & Janneke Peelen(The Netherlands), Preserving social existence of the dead: the importance of ritual

Denis Cettour (France), L’attente de la mort face aux nouveaux enjeux de la demande de mort, (suicide assisté, euthanasia)

Marius Rotar (Romania), Debates on Restoration of Death Penalty after 1989 in Romania

Aleksandra Pavicevic (Serbia), Welcoming Dead. Bringing and caring through famous deceased. Case of Serbia

Nicu Mihai (Romania), Mourir pour sa patrie: la « culture révolutionnaire » de la mort en Europe de l’Est au milieu du XIXe siècle

Peter C. Jupp (UK), Ethics of Cremation

Tony Walter (UK), Why different countries do death differently: a comparison of modern urban societies

Sarah Mezaguer (France), Les représentations dramatisées de la mort

Corneliu Simut (Romania), Understanding Death in the 21st Century: Vito Mancuso and His Re-Assessment of the Christian Teaching on Death from the Perspective of Man's Historical Experience

Emile Jaworski (France – Polland), Cremation and post-modernity: the case of Polish society

Adriana Teodorescu (Romania), Les masques. Aspects de l'imaginaire actuel de la mort

Anna Kubiak (Poland), The social memoralization of death on the Web

Cristina Bogdan(Romania), title waited

M. Comsa (Romania), Meurtre et suicide dans les récits de l’écrivain québécois Hubert Aquin

Codrina Sandru (Romania), Needs and Expectations of the Patients in a Romanian Hospice. A Case Study at "CASA SPERANTEI" Brasov

Victor Tudor Rosu (Romania), Death Mirrors of La Grande Guerre in Interwar French Films

D. Vanca (Romania), Liturgy of funerals in The Orthodox Church at the end of 17th and beginning of 18th century, reflected into the first Romanian printed books

Aleksandra Vuletic (Serbia), The Practice of Killing Illegitimate Babies in 19th century Serbia

Ana Maria Roman Negoi(Romania), title waited

Raluca Zanca(Romania), The social and psychological impact of cancer on patient and his social network

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.

A Short Notification

News:

1. Unfortunately, some people will not attend at the Alcoholism:Historical and Social Issues Conference due to their personal problems: Dan Malleck, James Wood, Aleksandra Vuletic and Vladimir Jovanovic. I'm so very sorry for it. Maybe next edition in 2010 I hope...

2. In few days I will post the final programme of Alcoholism:Historical and Social Issues Conference and the first draft of the programme of Dying and Death in 18th-21srt Centuries Europe International Conference, second edition. Stay here for news!