The Town-hall of Sighisoara Municipality
Primaria Municipiului Sighisoara

Opening speech by the Mayor of Sighisoara, Mr. Dorin Danesan
Cuvant de deschidere al Primarului Sighisoarei, Dl. Dorin Danesan

The importance of the III-rd World Dracula Congress
Importanta celui de-al III-lea Congres Mondial Dracula
by Nicolae Paduraru, TSD President

“Setting the Record Straight: Bram Stoker, Dracula and Transylvania”
“Sa fim seriosi despre: Bram Stoker, Dracula si Transilvania”
by Prof.dr. Elizabeth Miller, Canada

Group discussion of Prof. Elizabeth Miller’s paper
Discutii pe marginea lucrarii Prof. Elizabeth Miller

Cocktail offered by the Mayor of Sighisoara (inside the Town-hall)
Cocktail oferit de Primarul Sighisoarei (in Primarie)

Optional: night sightseeing-tour of the walled-town Sighisoara
Optional: tur de noapte al Sighisoarei ‘dintre ziduri’

“ONI in Japanese folklore and literature”
“ONI in folclorul si literatura japoneza”
by Prof. Mashimo Atsushi, Univ. Ritsumeikan, Japan

“Scared to death: The power of fear to injure and kill”
“Mort de frica: Puterea fricii de a rani si a ucide”
by Sir Alan Murdie, chairman of The Ghost Club, England

“Extensive research into Emily Gerard, author of Land Beyond the Forest”
“Cercetari aprofundate asupra lui Emily Gerard, autoare a “The Land Beyond the Forest”
by Dr. Lokke Heiss, U.S.A.

“Updating the tragic-hero epos”
“Reactualizarea eposului eroului tragic”
by Prof.dr. Sabina Ispas, director of the Institute of Ethnography and Folklore, Romania

“The Sentiment of fear with plants”
“Sentimentul de frica la plante”
by Prof.dr. Marioara Godeanu, director of the Institute of Applied Ecology, Romania

“The philosophic approach to Fear”
“Despre frica, in termeni filosofici”
by Acad. Alexandru Surdu, Romania

“Unearthing Early Vampire Stories in England: Fragments from De Nugis Curialum and Historia Rerum Anglicarum”
“Dezgropand vechi povesti cu vampiri in Anglia”
by Jason Nolan, Ph.D., Canada

Organ concert at the “Monastery Church”
Concert de orga la Biserica Manastirii

“The Sublimation of fear in literature”
“Sublimarea fricii in literatura”
by Acad. Sorin Comorosan, Romania

“The Vampire in the German press of the 18-th century”
“Vampirul in presa germana in secolul 18”
by Drd. Bogdan Popa, Romanian-German Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Romania

“Fear of the Crone: American Actresses of a Certain Age”
“Frica de vestejire: Actrite americane de o anumita varsta”
by Prof. Victoria Amador, England

“Shroud and Subtlety She Wears: Nakata’s Psychological vampire in The Ring”
“Subtila, sub val: Vampira psihologica a lui Nakata in ‘The Ring’ “
by Prof. Julio Angel Olivares Merino, Univ. of Jaen, Spain

“A disturbing hypothesis regarding the role of the strigoi/vampire”
“O ipoteza tulburatoare despre intelesul vampirului/strigoiului”
by Dr. Silvia Chitimia, Inst.of Ethnography and Folklore, Romania

“Fear, anthropologically speaking”
“Frica – o vedere antropologica”
by Acad. Constantin Balaceanu-Stolnici, Romania

“Fear in the European Middle Age”
“Frica in Evul Mediu European”
by Prof.dr. Constantin Rezachevici, Institute of History, Romania

“Fear with Vlad Tepes”
“Frica la Vlad Tepes”
by Dr. Mark Benecke, Germany

“Psychological warfare with Vlad Tepes”
“Razboiul psihologic la Vlad Tepes”
by Dr. Mircea Dogaru, military historian, Romania

“Estrangement and its dominance by aesthetics”
“Sentimentul de stranietate si dominarea prin estetic”
by Prof. dr. Gabriela Rusu-Pasarin, Univ. of Craiova, Romania

“Dracula, Go Home! The International Crusade Against Horror Comics, 1945-1955”
“Dracula, Go Home! Cruciada Internationala impotriva comicsurilor Horror , 1945-1955”
by Dr. Massimo Introvigne, director of the Centre for the Study of New Religions – Torino (CESNUR), Italy