Presentations

1: Epideictic Rhetoric and Communist Practices: Praise and Blame Theoretical Impact on Postcommunist Nationalist and Populist Discourse

Noemi Marin, Florida Atlantic U

2: Humanizing a Dictator’s Story: How to Make an Objective Documentary about Nicolae Ceaușescu

Maria-Sabina Draga Alexandru, U of Bucharest

3: ‘Sapling’ Language: An Analysis of Populist Discourse in Postcommunist Romania

Andrei-Cristian Neguț, West U of Timișoara

4: Revolution at Thirty: The Political Life of a Dead Language

Simona Livescu, U of California, Los Angeles

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Presider

Christene D’Anca, U of California, Santa Barbara