JOURNEYS: POSTCARDS FROM SCIENCE, LITERATURE AND ART
Partners: International Relations Office, UAIC
IULIUS Group
TELLURIA 2026
The Future of a Shifting World: Objective, Digital, Virtual
Panel winners TELLURIA 2025.docxThank you for TELLURIA 2025!
Discover the sights of Iasi and the beauty of the journey on the cafe-tram with Dr. Mihai Bulai (UAIC, Faculty of Geography and Geology)!
Meeting point: the stone lions in front of Building A (UAIC), 9:45!
Program TELLURIA 2025.pdfDear participants,
Thank you for joining TELLURIA 2025!
Please check the conference website for updates and contact us for any further information you may require.
Organizers:
Dr. Anca-Luisa Viusenco, Department of Geology (anca.viusenco27@gmail.com)
Dr. Haralambie Athes, Department of Geography (atheseu@yahoo.com)
telluriayouthconference@yahoo.com
Lista participanti panels revised 3.pdfBook of Abstracts TELLURIA 2025.pdf
Panel 1.pdfPanel 2.pdfPanel 4.pdfPanel 3.pdfPanel 5.pdfOnline panel links (only for pre-scheduled presentations, Friday, Nov. 7):
16-17: https://meet.google.com/jzy-xznm-hyx
17-18: https://meet.google.com/xok-ivqj-jee
18-19 (if necessary): https://meet.google.com/yng-qevn-qfq
We kindly ask the participants to this panel to be present for all presentations so that they choose a winner at the end.
Panel 6.pdfPanel 8.pdfPanel 7.pdf
(Still) tired of rigid academic events?
Eager to:
Share a story/an idea/a memory/a discovery?
Improve your English and public speaking skills?
Interact with students from various fields of study?
Add a fun experience to your CV and win some prizes?
WE HAVE THE CONFERENCE FOR YOU!
TELLURIA 2025
Why TELLURIA?
Rooted in the growing demand for interdisciplinarity, the indispensability of advanced English in academic research, and the need to provide as many opportunities for the acquisition of soft skills such as public speaking as possible, TELLURIA was born from two teachers' vision of a youth conference that would bring together current and future students and young researchers of the "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași in one large, dynamic event.
Put more simply, TELLURIA stems from the fact that, as teachers of English, we love to speak it and we love to hear it spoken, particularly when the message conveyed is interesting and delivered enthusiastically.
Why Journeys: Postcards from Science, Literature and Art?
Anaïs Nin noted: “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.”
Journeys take us elsewhere, but, most often, within. They lead us to new geographies, new ways of experiencing being human, but, above all, to ourselves. They are the most physical and, the same time, most spiritual human endeavor.
There are many ways of embarking on a journey. Planes and trains and cars and boats, certainly, but books and art? They carry you to faraway lands and ages with unparalleled velocity, and a bit of magic.
During TELLURIA 2025, we seek to become fellow passengers on as many journeys as possible. We, therefore, invite students and young researchers enrolled in bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs, Erasmus+ students, EC2U students, and high school students (grades 11, 12), irrespective of their field of study, to deliver a 10-minute presentation (freely/by means of PowerPoint, artwork or poster; individually or in pairs) on topics such as, but not limited to: journeys to all corners of the Globe, journeys into the past, journeys into the future, journeys beyond Earth, journeys within, literary journeys, the journey motif in art, Erasmus+ experiences in Romania and abroad, human migration, mass tourism and its challenges, laws and policies regarding traveling, great expeditions, journeys through the body and the psyche, the technology that allows us to travel, journeys across cultures and realities through manga/anime/cosplay etc.
The most engaging presentations, with great flow of both ideas and English, will be rewarded. As participants, you decide who the winners are!
You will also have the opportunity of receiving spoken postcards from different remarkable individuals who have embarked on equally remarkable journeys. Journeys of endurance, journeys of healing, journeys that will undoubtedly inspire.
Join us !
How to be part of TELLURIA 2025?
If you wish to join TELLURIA, register and submit a 150-word abstract of your presentation (template further down) by October 25, 2025.
Simply click the Registration button, fill in the form and attach the abstract.
No participation fees! Just great talks against the backdrop of Iași in autumn!
Upon registering, you will be required to select the suitable section:
Earth Sciences and Exact Sciences (Faculty of Geography and Geology, Faculty of Biology, Faculty of Chemistry, Faculty of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics, Faculty of Computer Science, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and similar)
Humanities (Faculty of Letters, Faculty of Law, Faculty of History, Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Faculty of Roman-Catholic Theology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports and similar)
Incoming Erasmus+ students (all fields of study)
Online panel (outgoing Erasmus+ students, EC2U students + any participants unable to attend in person) (all fields of study)
We can provide accommodation to participants from other cities. Please select "I require accommodation" on the registration form if needed.
High school students (grades 11, 12)
You will also need to specify how you intend to deliver your presentation.
If a poster is chosen, it must adhere to the template further down (A1 format). It is not necessary to hand it in prior to the start of the conference. The most interesting posters will remain on display within the Faculty of Geography and Geology, therefore we kindly ask that you attach any mechanism that allows for easy display. Such mechanisms would also be greatly appreciated in the case of artwork.
If a PowerPoint presentation is chosen, the initial slide must contain the header included in the example provided further down. Do not forget to list your sources!
Abstract template TELLURIA.docxTemplate poster Telluria 2025.pptxTelluria PowerPoint Template 2025.pptxAcademic Committee
Professor Iulia Milică, PhD, Head of the English Department, Faculty of Letters, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași
Associate Professor Romeo Asiminei, PhD, Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași
Associate Professor Ionuț Minea, PhD, Head of the Department of Geography, Faculty of Geography and Geology, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași
Prof. Mihaela Pasciuc, "Mihai Eminescu" National College, Iași
Assistant Lecturer Iuliana Buliga, PhD, UAIC Erasmus+ Coordinator, Department of Geology, Faculty of Geography and Geology , "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași
Prizes
One prize per panel will be awarded to the participant that receives the largest number of points from the other panel members. In case of a tie, the winner will be determined by the moderator and/or organizers/member(s) of the academic committee attending the presentations of that particular panel.
Captivate your audience and you can be one of our winners!
Head of the English Department, Faculty of Letters (UAIC)
Dr. Mihai Bulai
Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Geography and Geology (UAIC)
Dr. Andrei Enea
Faculty of Geography and Geology (UAIC)
Dr. Ovidiu Gabriel Iancu
Faculty of Geography and Geology (UAIC)
Dr. Lucian Roșu
Faculty of Geography and Geology (UAIC)
Dr. Virgil Stoica
Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences (UAIC)
Anamaria Roșca
TOASTMASTERS Iași
Contact:
anca.viusenco27@gmail.com (Dr. Anca-Luisa Viusenco, Department of Geology)
atheseu@yahoo.com (Dr. Haralambie Athes, Department of Geography)
afis Telluria 2025 7.pdf
We are looking forward to receiving all of your postcards by October 25!
