Anabella-Gloria Niculescu-Gorpin, Lari Giorgescu

Dr. Anabella-Gloria Niculescu-Gorpin is a Senior Researcher at the “Iorgu Iordan – Alexandru Rosetti” Institute of Linguistics, the Romanian Academy, and a Lecturer at the University of Bucharest, Romania. She was awarded a PhD by the University of Manchester in 2007 and is a Fulbright alumna. Her research focuses on pragmatics, psycholinguistics and contact-induced language changes. She has coordinated several research projects on the topic and has been part of others. She has participated in over 100 international conferences and published extensively.

Drd. Lari Giorgescu is an actor of the „I. L. Caragiale” National Theatre, Bucharest, Romania. He has had more than 50 roles in important Romanian theatre productions, and has also appeared in several movies and shorts. He is also a final year PhD student within the „I. L. Caragiale” National University of Theatre and Cinematography, Bucharest, Romania, conducting research on the interface between acting and corporality.