American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences

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The American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences (ARA)[1][2][3][4] is an internationally recognised academic research and educational institution[5] that conducts and supports multidisciplinary studies in exact sciences, mathematics, natural sciences, and also supports the arts, linguistics, literature, political studies and sociology. As an institution its main goal is to foster cultural exchanges between the American and Romanian cultures[6]. ARA was founded in California in 1975 by a group of American-Romanians, and after 29 years in existence has 119 elected members, 81 corresponding members, as well as 59 Honorary Members.

ARA sponsors conferences, annual congresses[7][8], organizes research projects, and publishes its own peer-reviewed international journal under the title "Journal of the American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences."[9][10], as well as an ARA Newsletter for its membership[11].

Romanian Atheneum

ARA Areas of interest

  1. Anthropology
  2. Global Villages
  3. Activities of P2P-type, Open Science and Sustainability
  4. Physics
  5. Biology
  6. Chemistry
  7. Economy and Open Business Models
  8. Education
  9. Engineering
  10. Environment
  11. History
  12. Law
  13. The Arts
  14. Linguistics
  15. Literature
  16. Medical Informatics
  17. Medicine
  18. Political Science
  19. Philosophy
  20. Theology
  21. Applied Mathematics
  22. Computer Science; Open Infrastructure for Network Computing

Educational activities

ARA also organizes educational courses at various times in specific areas such as, for example: Mathematics, Fluid Mechanics, Economics, Romanian and American History, Comparative History of Religions, Romanian Folklore and American Literature correlates, Aesthetics, Folk Dancing, Folklore Quilting and Paintings.

The engineering and computing courses organized in collaboration with the Romanian Branch of ARA in Timişoara are especially popular, and attracted large audiences of both students and faculty[12].

External links

References

  1. http://www.meca.polymtl.ca/ion/ARA-AS/index.htm Home Page of ARA
  2. http://www.radu-barbulescu.de/index_ro.html Romanian Publication House presenting ARA
  3. http://www.rri.ro/index2.shtml?lang=1 ARA in the news of Radio Romania International
  4. http://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=474 Romanians Meet at University (of Rochester) to Discuss Their "Jewel"
  5. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SR/PDF/09600SR0590lv.pdf Illinois State Senate Resolution
  6. http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Pa-Sp/Romanian-Americans.html Multicultural America: Countries and Their Culture: Romanian Americans, by Vladimir F. Wertsman
  7. http://www.unap.ro/en/index.html Announcement of 34th ARA Congress by Carol I National Defence University
  8. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/data/13030/9v/tf5s20049v/files/tf5s20049v.pdf Congress of the American Romanian Academy of Arts and Science, Paris, France, 1987
  9. http://www.roacad.org/journal/ Home page of ARA Journal
  10. http://www.bostontheological.org/marian_simion.html The Boston Theological Institute
  11. http://www.meca.polymtl.ca/ion/ARA-AS/newsletter.htm ARA Newsletters
  12. http://www.upt.ro/ ARA Branch in Romania with the center at the University "Politehnica" of Timişoara