EDITORIAL BOARD

Aliona GRATI,
PhD, associate professor, literary critic,
Moldova State University

PROJECT MANAGER
AND EDITOR IN CHIEF

She graduated from the Faculty of Philology of the “Ion Creanga” State Pedagogical University, Chisinau (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”, senior scientific researcher at the Department of State University “Dimitrie Cantemir”; head of sector Editorial activity of the Municipal Library “B. P. Hasdeu”. Coordinator of doctoral projects. Collaborators in the cultural magazines “Contrafort”, “Sud-Est cultural”, “Destin Românesc”, “Moldova”, “Timpul”, “Scriptor”. Published volumes: “Magda Isanos. Essay on the Structure of the Imaginary”, Chisinau Prut International Publishing House, 2004; “Eurydice’ Look. The feminine lyric of Bessarabia. 20s-30s, Chisinau, 2007; “The novel as a post-BABEL world. About Dialogism, Polyphony, Heteroglossy, and Carnival”, Chisinau, Gunivas Publishing House, 2009; “The other’s word. Dialogism of the Romanian novel”, Chisinau, 2011; “Paul Goma. Initiates in Literary Text”, Chisinău, Arc Publishing House, 2011; “The Postmodern Literary Phenomenon”, Chisinau, 2011; “Vladimir Beşleagă: the chronotope of snapped flight”, Chişinău Arc Publishing House, 2013; “In dialogue with Mihai Cimpoi. I am a person of culture that has become a destiny”, Chisinau, Prut International Publishing House, 2013; “Chronicles in network metaliteratura.net”, Iasi, Junimea Publishing House, 2016. Coordinated, in the international scientific project Классика литератур СНГ, three anthologies of literary works, from folklore to the classics Dimitrie Cantemir and Ion Creangă (in Russian and English), published between 2009 and 2010 at Moscow Publishing House Literature; (2011), he volume “Culture, Identity, Globalization”, University of Oradea Publishing House, vol. I (2010), vol. II (2011), co-author, prof. dr. Ioan Derşidan, the edition of Paul Goma’s novel “Bonifacia” and “Intimate Roman”, Chisinau, Gunivas Publishing House, 2015; “Magda Isanos, Writings”, “Moștenire” collection, Chisinău, Science Publishing House, 2016. Member of the Writers ‘Union of Moldova, of the Writers’ Union of Romania and of the Association for General and Comparative Literature in Romania.

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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.

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Ludmila ŞIMANSCHI,
PhD, associate professor,
Moldova State University

MEMBER OF EDITORIAL BOARD

She graduated from the Faculty of Philology, Alecu Russo State University, Balti (1999). Master in Romanian Philology and Languages, Alecu Russo State University, Balti (2008). Doctor in philology (2014), the theme of research “(Auto) irony and (parody) in The Levant by Mircea Cărtărescu”. Professional experience: lecturer at Alecu Russo State University, Balti, senior specialist in the Socio-Human Sciences Section of ASM, director of the Literary and Folklore Center of the “B. P.-Hasdeu” Institute of Romanian Philology , senior scientific researcher. Fields of interest: in the history of literature, literary theory, hyperliterature, folklore, cultural studies. Laureate of the National Contest Doctoral Thesis of Excellence of the year 2014, Grade III Diploma. Member of Editorial Board of “Metaliterature”, “Philologia”. Reviewer of “Akademos”, Academy of Sciences  of Moldova. Collaborator of the magazines “Akademos”, “Destin Românesc”, “La Francopolyphonie”, “Journal of Romanian Literary Studies”. The author of the books: (Auto)irony and (auto)parody in The Levant by Mircea Cărtărescu”(2014), “The literary opera in postmodernity”(2015).

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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).

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