Alexandru Cârlan

Education
• March - April 2009: Research stage within the Department of Speech Communication, Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric, University of Amsterdam;

• since October 2004: PhD Candidate at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Philosophy, under the supervision of Professor Drăgan Stoianovici, with the project: Fallacies in Argumentation Theory: a critical evaluation of the pragma-dialectical approach;

• 2002-2003: MA in Logic and Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Philosophy;

• 1999-2003: BA in Communication Studies at the Faculty of Communication and Public Relations “David Ogilvy”, National School of Political and Administrative Studies (graduation thesis defended in February 2004);

• 1997-2002: BA in Philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest (graduation thesis defended in July 2002);

Teaching Experience

Since February 2009: lecturer at Faculty of Communication and Public Relations - National School of Political and Administrative Studies; Courses tought: Rhetoric and argumentation theory (Optional Course, in Romanian) Argumentation and Fallacies: a Communicational Approach (Non-compulsory, in English); Seminars: Culture and Communication: Philosophy of Culture, History of Modern Romanian Culture;

February, 2003 – February 2009: Teaching Assistant at Faculty of Communication and Public Relations - National School of Political and Administrative Studies; Seminars: History of Modern Romanian Culture; Rhetoric and Argumentation Theory, Culture and Communication: Philosophy of Culture;

Published Papers

Studies published in collective volumes

"Cultural Creatives: un construct retoric" (Cultural Creatives: a Rhetorical Construct), in P. Dobrescu (coord.), Cultural creatives. Cercetări privind evoluţia valorilor în societatea românească (Cultural Creatives. Researches Regarding the Evolution of Values in Romanian Society). Bucureşti: Comunicare.ro, 2008, pp. 225-239. (ISBN: 978-973-711-181-4)

Studies published in peer-reviewed journals

"Comentarii la Formele fără fond: un brand românesc" (Comments to The forms without substance: a Romanian Brand), în Revista Română de Sociologie (Romanian Journal of Sociology), Anul XIX, 2008, nr. 1-2, (pp. 173-179), Bucureşti: Editura Academiei Române, 2008; ISSN 1224-9262;

"Reflecţia etno-psihologică: sursă a identităţii culturale" (Ethno-psychological theoretisation, a source of cultural identity), în Revista Română de Comunicare şi Relaţii Publice (Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations), 10/2007; (pp. 71-86), Bucureşti: Comunicare.ro; 2007 ISSN: 1454-8100

Studies published in conferences’ volumes

“Research Methods in Cultural Identity Inquiry” (coauthor, with Mălina Ciocea and Nicoleta Corbu) în vol. R&D Perspectives: Promoting Innovation through Education, Culture and Communication (pp. 133-140) Editors: Paul Dobrescu, Remus Pricopie, Mihaela Alexandra Ionescu, Bucureşti: Comunicare.ro 2009, ISBN: 978-973-711-220-0;

"The Cultural Dimension of European Integration" (coauthor, with Grigore Georgiu), Proceedings of Globalisation and Policies of Development, International Conference 2007, (pp. 109-117) Editors: Paul Dobrescu, Andrei Ţăranu, Alina Bârgăoanu, Bucureşti: Comunicare.ro, 2007, ISBN: 978-973-711-128-8

"Former Communists Condemning Communism: ethos, legitimacy and ad hominem argumentation" in Communication and Argumentation in the Public Sphere, International Conference 2007 (vol. 1, pp. 67-87) (editors: Anca Gâţă, Adela Drăgan) Galaţi: Galaţi University Press, 2007; ISSN: 1843-7893.

Participations in conferences

6-9 November 2009: International Conference R&D Perspectives: Promoting Innovation through Education, Culture and Communication, organized by Faculty of Communication and Public Relations, with the paper „Research Methods in Cultural Identity Inquiry” (coauthor, with Mălina Ciocea and Nicoleta Corbu, published in the conference’s volume);

20-24 January 2009: International Conference Rhetoric in society, University of Leiden, Nederland, with the paper: Argumentation as a source of spectacle: the case of televised debates;

9 October 2008: International Colloquium Europeanization: concepts, institutional practices, representations, organised by Romanian’s Academy Institute of Sociology: the Laboratory of Sociology of Communication and Public Space, with the paper: În dialog cu "lichelele": ethos-ul intelectual şi blocajul dezbaterii (The dialogue with “scumbags”: the intelectuals’ ethos and the blockage of the debate);

31 May - 2 June 2007: International Annual Conference of the Department of English, Faculty of Foreign Languages, University of Bucharest, with the paper Gradualism of Relevance in Argumentation - the Case of Fallacies of Relevance;

17-19 May 2007: International Conference Globalisation and Policies of Development, with the paper The Cultural Dimension of European Integration (coautor, published in the conference’s volume);

12-14 April 2007: CAPS Conference: Communication and Argumentation in the Public Sphere: Annual International Conference, Galaţi, ROMANIA; with the paper Former Communists Condemning Communism: ethos, legitimacy and ad hominem argumentation (published in the conference’s volume);

Participations in research grants as member of the research team

2007-2008: The European Integration and the Problem of Cultural Identities. Romanian Projections and Theoretical Models Regarding the Identity of Romanian Culture in the European Context; Contractor: The Romanian Academy (Project Coordinator: Professor Grigore Georgiu);

2009-2012: member in three research grants contracted by the National University Research Council:
Work Force Migration and the Formation of Diasporic Public: Impact on Public Space and Institutional Practices; cod CNCSIS 1113 (Project Coordinator: Professor Camelia Beciu);

Constructing Europeanization as a Public Problem through Media, in the Context of European Integration of Romanian Society; cod CNCSIS 1033 (Project Coordinator: Prof. Constantin Schifirneţ);

Intercultural Communication in European Context: Elaborating a Conjunctive Paradigm Regarding the New Relations between National Cultures and the Emergence of a a European Cultural Identity; cod CNCSIS 1406 (Project Coordinator: Professor Grigore Georgiu);