English, please / Literature
How’s Mihail Sebastian Doing in the UK?
Luiza Vasiliu
He's doing quite well, thank you very much. His interwar novel on the life of a young Jew was published in 2016 in the Modern Classics collection at Penguin.
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English, please / Photography
Romanian Photographer Explores Girlhood Around the World in 250 Portraits of Awesome
Patricia Cîrtog
Photographer Mihaela Noroc traveled in over 70 countries to show how diverse is the feminine beauty in the project “Atlas of beauty”. Her newest book, “Girls of the World: Portraits and Stories from Around the World”, is a gift for the ones curious to find out how girls live around the world.
English, please / Georgia
When an Oppressive Regime Forges Friendships. Imprisoned Sons in Georgia and Their Mothers
Djein Vacari
For nearly a year, the streets of Tbilisi have been bringing together mothers and young people in the same fight: for a European and free Georgia. Behind bars, on barricades or through letters, the two generations have formed a larger family, united in resistance against an illiberal regime.
English, please / Film
“I’m Not Fond of Nostalgia.” An Interview with Radu Jude
Luiza Vasiliu
I talked to film director Radu Jude about his latest movie „Țara moartă” (“The Dead Nation”). A documentary about a Romania we don’t wish to remember.
English, please / Viață&co
FC ROMANIA
Oana Țenter
For the past thirteen years, an eighth league football team has been bringing together Romanian migrants and pro-Brexit Brits.
English, please / War
“You shoot me down, but I don’t fall”. Kharkiv Woman Speaks about Life under Bombs
Delia Marinescu, Pavel Dorogoy
A young woman from Kharkiv speaks about her daily life, the idea of leaving her mom behind and flee alone and the future relationship between Ukrainians and Russians.
English, please / Media&digital
John Oliver, a Discreet Superman
Luiza Vasiliu
In February 2018 I headed over the Atlantic to meet John Oliver. What I talked to him about, who’s the Brit who changed the way we watch the news and how we can (can we?) bring order to the chaos around us—find out next.
English, please / Cinema
Cristi Puiu: I’m Not a Director
Răzvan Chiruță
Cristi Puiu's latest movie has just opened in the 2016 edition of the International Film Festival. Check out how shooting went down and what strange events happened.
English, please / History
The Day the Queen Died
Irina Dumitrescu
I know this sounds morbid, but I have long wanted to be in London for the end of this reign.
English, please / Literature
To Fall in Love with Anyone, Read This
Luiza Vasiliu
I talked to Daniel Jones, the editor of The New York Times “Modern Love” column, about the hidden connections between love and writing.
English, please / Ukraine
Two Ukrainian Independence Days in Romania
Ioana Pelehatăi, Volodymyr Artiukh
A Romanian journalist and a Ukrainian anthropologist compare and contrast notes on two different (yet at times strikingly similar) Ukraine Independence Day events in Romania's capital.
English, please / Stuff
In Search of the Middle Class
Radu Ciorniciuc, Vlad Odobescu
What does it mean to be part of the Romanian middle class ? A team of anthropologists seeking answers.
English, please / War
"We feel real shame for what’s going on." Russian Activist Speaks out Against Putin
Ioana Pelehatăi
We spoke to a member of the Russian Pirate Party about the country's president, the war, and (dis)information on the internet
English, please / Ukraine
“People won't be coming back here anytime soon.” Ukraine’s Eastern War Front in 7 Snapshots
Larisa Kalik
A young journalist accompanies the Ukrainian military on a war tour on the eastern front, in Avdiivka, the town that the Russians have been struggling to capture for months.
English, please / Film
Berlinale Diary #1: Survival Guide
Ioana Pelehatăi
How I kept cold, overwhelmed, and enthusiastic while watching movies at the 67th Berlinale Film Festival.
English, please / Protest
#Resist: A Protester’s Kit
Ioana Pelehatăi
We asked journalists, mothers, NGO workers, corporate people, etc: What do I need to have on me, for a successful protest?
English, please / Photography
Horia Manolache’s American Dream
Ioana Pelehatăi
What motivated Romanian photographer Horia Manolache to capture the homeless people of San Francisco? What does it mean to be successful?
English, please / Stuff
Living in Bucharest: A How-to
Ioana Pelehatăi
Bucharest Housing Stories explains the business of living in the capital, from the ghetto to luxury villas, via documentaries and anthropological research.
English, please / Stuff
Culture Questionnaire: Jacqui Banaszynski
Jacqui Banaszynski
Journalist Jacqui Banaszynski on Hillary Clinton, fishing in the mountains, and how to look at others.
English, please / Tot felul
A Summer Reading Children’s Books
Irina Dobriță
This is what it was like to spend two months reading to Romania’s poorest children.
English, please / Protest
Why I Skipped Work and Joined the Protests
Mihai Mateaș
„Stay right there, Mișu. We’ll take care of your work today”
English, please / War
The Future According to Igor: “We Either Win or Die”
Venera Dimulescu
The story of a 26-year-old Ukrainian about war, captivity and Chernobyl.
English, please / Holocaust
In Iași, an Art Exhibition Awakens the City’s Sleeping Giant
Luiza Vasiliu
I attended the first collective contemporary art exhibition about the Holocaust in Romania.
