EDITORIAL BOARD
Aliona GRATI,
PhD, professor, literary critic
PROJECT MANAGER
AND EDITOR IN CHIEF
She graduated from the Faculty of Philology of the “Ion Creanga” State Pedagogical University, Chișinău (1996). She took her doctorate in philology with the subject “The feminine lyric of Bessarabia. The 20s and 30s” (2003) and post-doctorate in the theory of literature on “Dialogic Structures in the Romanian Novel of the 20th Century” (2011). Professional experience: editor-in-chief of the journal of literary science “Metaliterature”, Associate Professor at the Department of History and Literary Theory, “Ion Creangă” SPU and at the Doctoral School of Humanities at “Dimitrie Cantemir” University; senior scientific researcher at the Department of Theory and Literature Methodology of the Institute of Philology of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova (2004-2019); Vice-President and Scientific Secretary-General of the National Accreditation and Attestation Council of the Republic of Moldova (2013-2018); scientific project director “The culture of promoting the image of the cities of the Republic of Moldova through the prism of art and mythopoetics”; director of the Doctoral School of Humanities and Education of the State University of Moldova. Coordinator of doctoral projects. Collaborators in the cultural and scientific magazines “Contrafort”, “Sud-Est cultural”, “Destin Românesc”, “Timpul”, “Scriptor”, „Akademos”, „Intertext”. Published volumes: “Magda Isanos. Essay on the Structure of the Imaginary”, Chișinău: Prut International, 2004; “Eurydice’ Look. The feminine lyric of Bessarabia. 20s-30s, Chișinău, 2007; “The novel as a post-BABEL world. About Dialogism, Polyphony, Heteroglossy, and Carnival”, Chișinău: Gunivas, 2009; “The other’s word. Dialogism of the Romanian novel”, Chișinău, 2011; “Paul Goma. Initiates in Literary Text”, Chișinău: Arc, 2011; “The Postmodern Literary Phenomenon”, Chișinău, 2011; “Vladimir Beşleagă: the chronotope of snapped flight”, Chişinău: Arc, 2013; “In dialogue with Mihai Cimpoi. I am a person of culture that has become a destiny”, Chișinău: Prut International, 2013; “Chronicles in network metaliteratura.net”, Iasi: Junimea, 2016; “Chisinau. The mills of time. Literary Imagology Essay”. Chișinău: Prut, 2020; “King Mihai and Bessarabia. An unforgettable unforgettable story”. Bucharest: Eikon, 2021; “Chisinau. The mills of time. Literary Imagology Essay. From the Beginning to 1944”, Vol. I and “The Soviet and Post-Soviet Period”, Vol. II. Chisinau: Unu, 2022, 2023. Coordinated the edition of Paul Goma’s novel “Bonifacia” and “Intimate Roman”, Chișinău: Gunivas, 2015; “Magda Isanos, Writings”, “Moștenire” collection. Chișinău: Știința, 2016; “George Dorul Dumitrescu. “I am writing to you from white Chisinau”. Chișinău: Știința, 2022; the collective monographs “Paul GOMA, The Rebel Bessarabian Word”, col. “Notorious Personalities”. Chișinău: Știința, 2019; “The literary work as dialogue and relationship. New critical models: Dialogic, Imagology, Sociocriticism, Criticism oriented towards the reader, Ergocriticism”. Chișinău: Știința, 2021; “Chisinau. The culture of promoting the city”. Chișinău: Știința, 2023. Member of the Writers ‘Union of Moldova, of the Writers’ Union of Romania and of the Association for General and Comparative Literature in Romania.
Natalia PROCOP,
PhD, plastic artist,
Academy of Sciences
of Moldova
MEMBER OF EDITORIAL BOARD
She graduated from the Faculty of Plastic Arts and Design, specializing in Plastic Arts Education at the “Ion Creangă” State Pedagogical University (2005). Master in Plastic Arts (2006), Ph. D. in Arts and Culture Studies (2014). Professional experience: scientific researcher at the Center for the study of the arts of the Institute of Cultural Heritage (2011-2019); scientific secretary of the Social, Economic, Humanities Sciences and Arts Section of the ASM (2015-2016, 2019); superior specialist at the doctoral and research department, Doctoral School Humanities Sciences, State University “D. Cantemir” (2015-2019); secretary of the editorial of the magazine “Art”, Visual arts series, ICH (2018-2020). Publications: “Moldovan Batik”, Chisinau, Balacron, 2017, more than 20 scientific articles in the field of plastic arts. Member of the Department of Social, Economic, Humanities Sciences and Arts Section of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Member of the Union of Plastic Artists from the Republic of Moldova and of the Union of Plastic Artists from Romania, Bacău branch.
Ghenadie SÎRBU,
PhD, archeolog,
Moldova State University
MEMBER OF EDITORIAL BOARD
He graduated the Faculty of History and Ethnopedagogy, specializing in History and Geography at the State Pedagogical University “Ion Creanga” (2006). Master in History (2008), doctor in history, specialization Archeology (2019). Professional experience: scientific researcher at the Archeology Center of the Institute of Cultural Heritage (2007-2019); senior scientific researcher at the Archeology Center of the Institute of Cultural Heritage (2020-). Publications: „Between the East and the West. Dynamics of social changes from the Eastern Carpathians to the Dnieper in the 4th – beginning of 3th millenium BC (Preliminary study)”, in collaboration with Al. Diachenko, M. Rybicka and D. Król. Rzeszów 2019, over 20 scientific articles in the field of prehistoric archeology published in national and international journals. Member of the editorial board of the “Archaeological Review”.
Diana DEMENTIEVA,
doctor in Philology, scientific researcher,
Moldova State University
MEMBER OF EDITORIAL BOARD
Studies: Graduated in Educational Sciences, “Ion Creangă” State Pedagogical University, Chișinău, Faculty of Philology, specialty: Romanian Language and Literature and English Language (2015); Master in Educational Sciences, “Ion Creangă” PSU, faculty of Philology, specialty: Linguistic education and intercultural communication (language of instruction – English), (2017); Doctor in Humanities (2021), Doctoral School of Humanities, Moldova State University, specialty: 622.03 – Theory of literature, research project: Reading as the means of existence for literary work. Theories of reading from the 20th century, scientific coordinator Aliona Grati, PhD., prof. univ.
Professional experience: Teacher of Romanian language and Literature and English language, High School of Creativity and Invention “Prometeu-Protalent”, Chișinău (2014-2022); principal specialist, Philological Research Center “Eugen Coșeriu”, Faculty of Letters, USM (2021-present); Scientific researcher, State Program 20.80009.0807.19 The culture of promoting the image of cities in the Republic of Moldova through art and mythopoetics, project director A. Grati. dr. hab., prof. univ. (2019-present). Reviewer of Akademos journal, Academy of Sciences of Moldova. Collaborator at the scientific journals: Akademos (Chișinău, ASM), Journal of Romanian Literary Studies (Târgu Mureș), Quadrat (Chișinău, ICR), Studia Universitatis Moldaviae (Chișinău, USM).
Publications: Kaleidoscope of reading: The main directions of the theory of reading in the 20th century. Chișinău: S. n., 2021 (Central Typography), 222 p.; Reader-oriented criticism. In: Aliona Grati, Elisaveta Iovu, Oxana Popa, Diana Dementieva, Rodica Gotca. The literary work as dialogue and relationship. New critical models: Dialogic, Imagology, Sociocriticism, Reader-oriented criticism, Ergocriticism. Chișinău: Știința, 2021, 492 p.; more than 20 scientific articles in the field of literary theory published in national and international journals/volumes.
Distinctions: Laureate of the Government Excellence Scholarship, 2020; Laureate of the Municipal Youth Award in the field of science (Philology), 2021; Gold medal “EUROINVENT ’22”, Iași for the book: Aliona Grati (coord.), Elisaveta Iovu, Oxana Popa, Diana Dementieva, Rodica Gotca. “Literary work as dialogue and relationship: New critical models: dialogic, imagology, sociocriticism, reader-oriented criticism, ergocriticism” (Chișinău: Știința, 2021); Honorary Diploma of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova (2022).
Rodica GOTCA,
PhD in Philology,
scientific researcher,
Moldova State University
EDITORIAL SECRETARY
Studies: Graduated in Educational Sciences, “Ion Creangă” State Pedagogical University, Chișinău, Faculty of Philology, specialty: Romanian Language and Literature (2016); Master in History and Literary Theory, “Ion Creangă” PSU, faculty of Philology (2018); Doctor in philology (2022), Doctoral School of Humanities, Moldova State University, specialty: 622.03 – Theory of literature, research project: The ergodic text and its impact on the concept of literature, scientific coordinator Aliona Grati, PhD., prof. univ.
Professional experience: Teacher of Romanian language and Literature, Theoretical High School “Andrei Straistă”, Anenii Noi (2018-present); Scientific researcher, State Program 20.80009.0807.19 The culture of promoting the image of cities in the Republic of Moldova through art and mythopoetics, project director A. Grati. dr. hab., prof. univ. (2020-present). Collaborator at the journals: Akademos (Chișinău, ASM), Journal of Romanian Literary Studies (Târgu Mureș), Patrimoniul cultural de ieri – implicații în dezvoltarea societății durabile de mâine, supliment al revistei științifice Authentication and Conservation of Cultural Heritage. Research and Technique (Iași-Chișinău); Sud-Est cultural (Chișinău);
Publications: Ergocriticism. In: Aliona Grati, Elisaveta Iovu, Oxana Popa, Diana Dementieva, Rodica Gotca. The literary work as dialogue and relationship. New critical models: Dialogic, Imagology, Sociocriticism, Reader-oriented criticism, Ergocriticism. Chișinău: Știința, 2021, 492 p.; Ergocriticism. An (eventual) ergodic literature interpretation instrument. (coautor Aliona Grati) În: COGITO. MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH JOURNAL, Vol. XIV, Nr. 4/2022, București, ISSN: 2068-6706 (and other scientific articles in the field of literary theory); The book of poems Frontiere desenate în aer cu pumnul. Eikon Publishing, 2019 etc. publications in magazines and anthologies from R.M., Romania and Greece.
Distinctions: The prize of the “Eikon” Publishing House and the “Euphorion” magazine at the XXXVII edition of the National Poetry Competition and critical interpretation of the Eminescu work “Start the Light…”, Botoșani County Council, June 18, 2018;
1st Prize awarded at the “Costache Conachi” National Poetry Festival October 26-27, XXVIth Edition, Tecuci, 2018; Honorary degree from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research of the Republic of Moldova, 2019;
The municipal award for youth in the fields of literature, art, science, technology and civic activism, 2019 edition; Literature Section;The III Prize awarded during the “Literature for young people” Festival, organized by the Romanian Writers’ Union, September 16-18, 2021, Neptun, Romania; The National Award for the development of the youth sector, 2022 edition, White Nights section, offered by the Ministry of Education and Research of the Republic of Moldova.
Honorary diploma of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, 30.01.2023;
Gold medal “EUROINVENT ’22”, Iași for the book: Aliona Grati (coord.), Elisaveta Iovu, Oxana Popa, Diana Dementieva, Rodica Gotca. “Literary work as dialogue and relationship: New critical models: dialogic, imagology, sociocriticism, reader-oriented criticism, ergocriticism” (Chișinău: Știința, 2021); Honorary Diploma of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova (2022).