Works for the projects - Conferences
International Conferences
Marinescu, V. (2017). South Korea’s Soft Power: present realities and future opportunities in Romania. Paper presented at the International Interdisciplinary Academic Conference ”120th Anniversary of Korean Studies in Saint Petersburg University”, Saint Petersburg University, Russia, 12-14 October 2017.
Marinescu, V. (2016) Reflections on the “Field” in Hallyu studies: Entaglements and dillemas of comparative research in Korean studies. The 15th International Conference CEESOK “New Trends in Korean Studies”, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland, October 21–21, 2016.
Marinescu, V. (2016) Hallyu and “imagined communities” of Korean fans – A comparative analysis of the countries from the Visegrad Group. 2016 KASEUS International Conference “The ROK’s MPD and the ‘Visegrad 4+1’ Cooperation”, KASEUS, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 7 July 2016.
Marinescu, V. (2016) Green cities in European Union and South Korea: From local solutions to common projects. The International Conference Global Cities and Urban Studies: Korea in comparative perspective, Department of International Relations – Central European University, Korea Foundation, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, June 16-18, 2016.
Marinescu, V. (2015) Studying Hallyu in Central and Eastern Europe: Challenges for empirical research. The Viennese Korean Days, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, December 4-5, 2015.
Marinescu, V. (2015) Maps of desire – The impact of Hallyu in Central and Eastern Europe. The 14th Central and Eastern Europe Society of Koreanology International Conference in Moscow (CEESOK-2015), Moscow, Russian Federation, October 29-30, 2015.
Marinescu, V. (2015) Ways of representing “otherness”: A comparative analysis of South Korea’s popular culture influences in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. The 4th Conference on Korean Screen Culture- Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies (ToRS)-University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 29 – 30 , 2015.
Marinescu, V. (2015) Historical Trends of Framing International Relations. An Analysis of Romanian Media Representations of Korea-Russia Relations. The Conference Exploring the new trends of socio-cultural changes in Korean and Russian societies, Saint-Petersburg State University, Sain Petersburg, Russian Federation, April 9-10 , 2015.
Marinescu, V. (2014) Geographies of East-Asia in Europe - Ways of perceiving and assessing the uniqueness of Hallyu, paper presented at the Conference ” Winning Central Europe: Spread and Reception of the Korean Wave in the Czech Republic and the Adjacent Countries”, The Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, November 28-29, 2014.
Marinescu, V. (2014) Searching the Sameness and Otherness through Hallyu in Balkans and Central Europe, paper presented at The Second Middle East WAHS Conference ”Cultural Geography of the Hallyu: Mapping the World through Korean Popular Culture”, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, May 13-15, 2014.
Marinescu, V. (2013) An ephemeral trend or nativization? -The impact of East-Asian popular cultures in Romania, Conference of the International and Intercultural Communication Section of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) ” Transcultural and transnational communication research in Central and Eastern Europe: Trends, development , debates”, University of Wien, Wien, Austria, 4-6 October 2013
Marinescu, V, (2013) Asia seen by the eyes of Romanian fans, MASH 2013:Making and Sharing- Conference on audience creativity, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 4-6 July 201.
Marinescu V, (2013) The “new” export of meaning – The „Korean Wave” in Romania, paper presented at the International workshop Korean Culture, Civilization and Art, organized by the University of Bucharest, Institute of Sociology and Romanian-Korean Intercultural Association, University of Bucharest, 20-21 May, 2013.
Marinescu V, (2013) The influence of Korean Wave in Romania – Some elements from the field research, Korean Studies Institute, Freie Universitat, Berlin, 8 April 2013.
Marinescu, V., (2012) From Dae Jang Geum to Gangnam Style – the reception of Korean Wave in Romania, Wienese Korean Studies, University of Wien, Wien, Austria, 13-15 December 2012.
Marinescu, V., ( (2012), Internet Fan-Based Communities in Romania: A Case Study of K-Pop Impact on Romanian Adolescents, Conference “Digital Culture, Media and Education”, University of Blagoevgrad, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, 29-31 October 2012.
Marinescu, V, Balica, E., (2012), The Impact of “Meaning”: Ways of Perceiving and Assessing the Uniqueness of Korean Popular Culture in Romania, Conference “Whither the Two Koreas? Continuity and Change on the Korean Peninsula”, Central European University, CEU, Budapest, 6- 8 September 2012.
Marinescu, V., Balica, E., (2012), The “new” export of meaning – The „Korean Wave” in Romania, 9th International Congress of the Association of the Cultural Studies, “Crossroads”, UNESCO, Paris, 4-6 July 2012.
Marinescu, V., (2012) Ro-Hallyu: The influence of Korean Wave in Romania, The VIIth Congress of Portuguese Association of Sociology “Sociedate, Crise et Reconfiguracoes”, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 19-21 June 2012.
Marinescu, V., (2012), Hallyu in Romania - A case study of the “new” export of meaning in Eastern Europe, Conference “The Current Korean Wave in the Central and Eastern Europe Region and Its Prospect”, CEESOK Conferece, university of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, 17-18 March 2012.
Marinescu, V, (2011), The “Korean wave” and the globalization of public: The analysis of K-drama audiences in Romania, paper presented at the Colloqium: “TV Series in the World: Changing Places / Places of Exchange”, University of Le Havre, Le Havre, France, 15-17 June 2011.
Romanian Conferences
Marinescu V. (2017) New trends in urban eco-philosophy and strategy – A comparative analysis of EU and South Korea. The 7th The Future of Europe, The Faculty of International Business and Economics of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies International Conference, Romanian Institute of Economic Forecasting, European Institute of Romania, Institute for World Economy and Romanian Society for Economics, Bucharest, Romania, 16-17 November 2017.
Marinescu, V., Balica, E. (2017) Framing East Asia in Romanian mass media: The case of representing South Korea and North Korea. The 6th International Conference Synergies in Communication, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, The Faculty of International Business and Economics, The Department of Modern Languages and Business Communication of AS, Bucharest, Romania, 16 – 17 November 2017.
Marinescu V. (2016) Teaching Area Studies through two different online platforms. The International Conference SMART 2016 – Scientific Methods in Academic Research and Teaching, University Politehnica of Timisoara and EduSoft Academy, Timisoara, Romania, 18-19 November 2016.
Marinescu, V., Balica, E. (2017) South and North Korea in Romanian Internet News Media. Conference Korea’s challenges ahead: The Korean Peninsula issues in the world, Central European University (Hungary) and Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania, September 2-4, 2015.
Marinescu V. (2014) Receptarea literaturii est-asiatice în România. Note de teren [Reception of East Asia litterature in Romania. Some field-notes], paper presented at the conference “Cartea-Obiect. Istorie culturală, strategii de marketing și tehnologii multimediale” [Book as an object. Cultural historym marketing strategies and multimedia technologies], organised by the Faculty of Letters, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania, 7-8 November 2014.
Marinescu, V. (2014) Geographies of Hallyu in the Balkans and Central Europe, paper presented at the Conference ”Korea's Soft Power Strategies in the World", University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania, 30-31 May 2014.
Marinescu V, (2014) Reconstructing Social Identities in the Balkans and Central Europe through Popular Culture, paper presented at the Conference ”Individual, Family, Society - Contemporary Challenges”, “Francisc I. Rainer” Anthropology Institute of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, “Constantin Radulescu Motru” Institute of Philosophy and Psychology of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Institute of Sociology, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, “Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University, Bucharest Romania, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Targu-Mures, Romania, 27-28 May 2014
Marinescu V, (2013) The “new” export of meaning – The „Korean Wave” in Romania, paper presented at the International workshop Korean Culture, Civilization and Art, organized by the University of Bucharest, Institute of Sociology and Romanian-Korean Intercultural Association, University of Bucharest, 20-21 May, 2013
Marinescu, V., Balica, E. (2012) East-Asia cultural products and the Romanian fans, paper presented at the International Conference Sociologia europeană: noi provocări şi oportunităţi; Romanian Society of Sociology, Institute of the Quality of Life, Oradea, 27-29 September 2012
Marinescu, V., (2012) Hallyu in Romania – Understanding East-Asia fictions in Romania, paper presented at the Conference ”Fiction in the media or media of the fiction”, University of Bucharest, 12-14 July 2012.
Marinescu, V., Balica, E., (2012) Tinerii români şi cultura sud coreană. Studiu de caz: fanii k-popului [The Romanian Youth and Suuth-Korean Culture: A case study- The Fans of K-Pop], paper presented at The Second International Conference of the Society of Sociologists from Romania, “Beyond Globalization”, Bucharest, 31 May 2012