Popa Diana-Elena - of Diana E. Popa

Popa Diana‐Elena
Departamentul de Limbi Moderne Aplicate
Facultatea de Litere,
Universitatea “Dunărea de Jos”, Galaţi
Str. Brăilei nr. 47
Galaţi 800008, România
Tel: 0040‐236‐414112 int.19
Email: dpopa‐at‐ugal.ro
STUDII
1992‐1996 Liceul “Vasile Alecsandri”, Galaţi.
1997‐2001 Facultatea de Litere, Universitatea “Al.I.Cuza”, Iaşi, secţia Limba şi Literatura Engleză
şi Limba şi Literatura Franceză.
2001‐2003 Masterat în Traducere şi Interpretariat, Facultatea de Litere, Universitatea “Dunărea
de Jos”, Galaţi.
2001‐2005 Doctorat in domeniul Filologie, subdomeniul Literatura engleza si americana,
Facultatea de Litere, Universitatea “Al.I.Cuza”, Iaşi, data susţinerii tezei 16.07.2005.
DIPLOME
1994 Oxford Certificate in English‐ Preliminary Level
1995 Oxford Certificate in English‐ Higher Level
1995 Certificate of Attendance, English Course, Studio School, Cambridge, U.K.
1995 Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English
1998 Certificate in General English and English for Tourism, St. Giles College, Brighton, U.K.
2002 Autorizaţie Traducător, Ministerul Justiţiei, România
2003 Didactica învăţământului la distanţă. Universitatea “Dunărea de Jos”, Galaţi, România.
PARTICIPĂRI LA CONFERINŢE (ROMÂNIA)
2001. Decomposing Humour. Language at Work, Colocviile Filologice Gălăţene, ediţia 2001
dedicată lui Eugen Coşeriu, Facultatea de Litere, Istorie şi Teologie, Universitatea “Dunărea de
Jos”, Galaţi.
2003. Humour ‐ Language Modelling and Social Context. A Systemic Functional Approach,
Tradition, Modernity, Postmodernity ‐ Conferinţa Internaţională sărbătorind cea de‐a 40‐a
aniversare a Catedrei de Limba Engleză a Universităţii “Al. I. Cuza” , Iaşi.
2003. Language and Culture in Joke Translation, Conferinţa Naţională de Lingvistică,
Universitatea “Ovidius”, Constanţa.
2003. Humour in Saki’s World ‐ Applying the GTVH, Colovciile Gălăţene, Universitare “Dunărea
de Jos”, Galaţi.
2004. Don’t Take it Personally: It’s All about Your Sense of Humour, Conferinţa Internaţională de
Comunicări Ştiinţifice 2004 – Anul European al Educaţiei prin Sport, Universitatea “Dunărea de
Jos”, Galaţi.
2004. An Epistemological Introspection of Humour, Cultural Matrix Reloaded. Seventh
International Conference of RSEAS, Universitatea “Dunărea de Jos”, Galaţi.

2005. Sociocultural Aspects of Humour: Joking Relationships and Sexual Inequality. Mapping the
Future Conferinţa Internaţională, Universitatea Al. I. Cuza Iaşi.
2005. The Fellowship of Cultural Links Conferinţa internaţională, Universitatea “Dunărea
de Jos”, Galaţi.
2005. Specialized Discourse: Theory and Practice, Colocviu Internaţional, Universitatea
“Dunărea de Jos”, Galaţi.
2006. Abusive creativity in Humorous Literary Translation, Translation Studies: Retrospective
and Prospective Views, Conferinţa internaţională, Universitatea “Dunărea de Jos”, Galati,
Romania.
2006. The Who and Why in Ethnic Humour. A brief Theoretical Introspection. Translation Studies:
Retrospective and Prospective Views, Conferinţa internaţională, Universitatea “Dunărea de
Jos”, Galati.
2007. The Affective vs. Cognitive Dimensions of the Cultural Public Sphere. CAPS Annual
International Conference, Conferinţa internaţională, Universitatea “Dunărea de Jos”, Galati.
2007. The Ritual of Television Viewing in the Contemporary Romanian Popular Culture. Individual
and Specific Signs Paradigms of Identity in Managing Social Representations, Conferinţa
internaţională, Universitatea Bacău.
2007. Diana Popa & Anca Gâţă. Dissociation as Strategic Maneuveing: Reflections of Culture in
the Romanian Public Space. Colocviu internaţional, Colocviu Intenaţional de Ştiinţe ale
Limbajului „Eugen Coşeriu”, Universitatea „Ştefan ce Mare”, Suceava.
2008. From Opinion Presentation to Opinion Formation in the Mass‐Mediated Public Sphere. The
Case of the Political Debate Show Sinteza Zilei, Communication and Argumentation in the
Public Sphere: Verbal Communication in the Public Sphere, Conferinţa internaţională,
Universitatea “Dunărea de Jos”, Galati.
PARTICIPĂRI LA CONFERINŢE (INTERNAŢIONALE)
2002. The Absence of Reference in Romanian Joke Translation, 2nd International Summer School
and Colloquium on Humour and Laughter: Theory, Research and Application, Queen’s
University of Belfast, Ireland, U.K .
2003. The Language of Humour ‐ Lexical Choices and Social Context: English vs. Romanian, the
15th Euro‐International Systemic Functional Workshop, School of Modern Languages and
Cultures University of Leeds, U.K.
2003. Systemics, Humour and the Social Context: English vs. Romanian, 3rd International
Summer School on Humour and Laughter: Theory, Research and Applications, University
of Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K .
2004. Humour in Translation. Language Choices and Cultural Identity in Joke Translation,
Approaches and Objects in Translation Studies Today, Copenhagen University, Faculty of
Humanities, Copenhagen, Danemarca.
2004. Linguistic Choice Determination and Conventional Paradigms Breaking in Literary Humorous
Texts, 16th Conference of the International Society for Humour Studies, Institut
Universitaire de Technologie de Dijon, Franţa.
2005. Abusive Creativity in Humorous Literary Translation. Fifth Portsmouth Translation
Conference, School of Languages and Area Studies, Portsmouth, U.K .
2006. Humour and the Celebration of Death, The 18th International ISHS Humour
Conference, Copenhaga, Danemarca.

2006. The Discourse of Culture in the Romanian Public Sphere, Thinking and Speaking a Better
World. International Conference on Argumentation, Rhetoric, Debate and the Pedagogy
of Empowerment, Koper, Slovenia.
2007. Media and the Public Sphere. International Conference on Media and Communication,
Athens Institute for Education and Research, Atena, Grecia.
2007. Computer Mediated Communication and the Informal Public Sphere. The 9th IASS/AIS
Worl Congres of Semiotics, Helsinki‐Imatra, Finlanda.
2007. Computer Mediated Communication and the Informal Public Sphere in a Globalized World.
Globalization and Communication: Enrichment or Threat, Gdansk, Polonia.
2007. Contemporary Political Humour in the Romanian Public Sphere. 7th International Summer
School and Symposium on Humour and Laughter, Aberdeen, U.K .
2008. Political Humour in the Mediated Contemporary Romanian Public Sphere. 20th ISHS
Humour Conference, Alcala de Henares, Spain.
STAGII ÎN STRĂINĂTATE
2002 The Second International Summer School and Colloquium on Humour and Laughter: Theory,
Research and Applications, The School of Psychology, Queen’s University, Belfast, U.K
2003 DGÜD Ph D Prep School, School of Business, Aarhus, Danemarca.
2003 The Third Summer School and Colloquium on Humour Research and Laughter: Theory,
Research and Applications, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, U.K
2006 Stagiu de formare in cadrul Departamentului Langues Vivantes Pratiques, Universite
Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, Franţa.
2007 The Seventh International Summer School and Colloquium on Humour and Laughter: Theory,
Research and Applications, University of Aberdeen, U.K
STAGII ÎN ROMÂNIA
2004 Pedagogie universitară. Centrul de Formare Continuă şi Transfer Tehnologic,
Universitatea “Dunărea de Jos”, Galaţi.
PRELEGERI SUSŢINUTE ÎN STRÃINÃTATE
2006 Translation of Humour and the Concept of Equivalence, prelegere susţinută în cadrul
programului de doctorat Traducerea: scopuri si metode, Departamentul de Traducere şi
Interpretariat, Universitatea Salamanca, Spania.
BURSE INTERNAŢIONALE
2003 Participarea în cadrul DGÜD Ph D Prep School, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark
a fost posibilă prin acordarea bursei finanţată de Uniunea Europeană, bursă obţinută în
calitatea de Young Researcher.
PROIECTE/GRANTURI NAŢIONALE
2006‐2008 Membru in proiectul postdoc CEEX 1542/2006 Discurs si comunicare in spatiul public
romanesc, sectiunea Limba si comunicare.
2008 Grant MECT M28/2008 pentru organizare de manifestari ştiinţifice

ASOCIAŢII INTERNAŢIONALE
Membru ISHS (International Society for Humour Studies).
ORGANIZARE MANIFESTĂRI INTERNAŢIONALE
8 th International Summer School on Humour and Laughter: Theory and Applications, 23‐28
iunie, 2008
ACTIVITATE PROFESIONALĂ
2008 ‐ Lector doctor ‐ Departamentului de Limbi Moderne Aplicate, Facultatea de Litere,
Universitatea “Dunărea de Jos”, Galaţi.
2006 ‐ 2008 ‐ Cercetător ştiinţific postdoctoral, membru în Proiectul CEEX No. 1247/2006
2004 ‐ 2006 ‐ Asistent ‐ Departamentului de Limbi Moderne Aplicate, Facultatea de Litere,
Universitatea “Dunărea de Jos”, Galaţi.
2002‐2004 ‐ Preparator ‐ Departamentului de Limbi Moderne Aplicate, Facultatea de Litere,
Universitatea “Dunărea de Jos”, Galaţi.
2001‐2002 – Asociat ‐ Departamentului de Limbi Moderne Aplicate, Facultatea de Litere,
Universitatea “Dunărea de Jos”, Galaţi.