Laura Mesina

Laura Mesina He is an associate professor of cultural studies, coordinator of the SD SITT study programs, a founding member and scientific secretary of CESI. He is a member of the Romanian Academy, the Accademia di Romania in Rome, a member of international associations in history and cultural studies, and co-founding president of the Imagora-CESI Association.

His research at CESI focuses primarily on the image, the imaginary, and European urban culture. Its own transdisciplinary working methods include: the archaeology of the imaginary, the critical genealogy of cultural forms, and multimedia neo-ekphrastics. Its studies focus on the representation of power in texts, the arts, and architecture, and, subsequently, on the mechanisms of the gaze and the effect of presence of the cultural object.

The curriculum explores the history of ideas and institutions with reference to: urban heritage and collective memory; the circulation and transformation of cultural forms and concepts; theories and practices of change in urban culture and education; metamodernity and multiperspectivism as a critical method; post-corinternational, Digital Age and documentary (Maurizio Ferraris, 2021).

Projects 2021–2023

The Post-Byzantine Renaissance in Eastern Europe: Prince Neagoe Basarab Through Texts and Images, Edited by: Laura Mesina (CESI, University of Bucharest) and Alice Isabella Sullivan (Tufts University)

The Minor Romanesque: Genealogies of the Image (Polirom Publishing House), Author: Laura Mesina

ARCO – Alumni of the Romanian Academy in Rome Colloquia (1st Edition, 2022). Transdisciplinarity in Contemporary Romanian Sciences and Arts. ARR Alumni. The Romanian School in Rome: On the Centennial (1922–2022), Coordination and editing of the anthology: Laura Mesina (CESI, University of Bucharest) and Oana Boșca-Mălin (Accademia di Romania)