Father Nicolae Clempus explains how Romanian monasteries are infused with the history of the country's culture. The Painted Monasteries are in the art and architectural triumphs of Romania. He discusses the history of the arts and architectures and how they need to be preserved in order to understand Romania's history.

Marian Negoita talks about the views of the “West” from the perspective of Romania. Romania tries to keep its own identity by protecting how they live their life and how they wish to handle situations. He goes on later to discuss the children in Romania and the state of the underprivileged children growing up and what Romania tries to do to help.

Lucica Matei, Dean, Faculty of Public Administration, National School of Political Studies & Public Administration, Romania discusses the modern political history of Romania (starting in the 18th century) and how Romania’s political landscape has drastically changed throughout history, from constitutional monarchy to communism to democracy. Dean Matei also discusses the different constitutions throughout Romania’s modern political history.

Ileana Orlich, Professor of Romanian Studies and Comparative Literature, School of International Letters and Cultures, Arizona State University discusses "Allegorical Femininity in Romanian Modern Fiction"

The opening lecture “Romania: From the Crossroads of Empires to the Globalized World” is a general introduction to the Romanian “Other”, based on a critique of its construction within the framework of the West-East dichotomy. Romania is presented as a country on and of the border, a contact zone, whose unique features have been generated by its location at the crossroads of empires – Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman, Habsburg, Russian and Soviet - between West and East, the Latin and the Slavic...