Delia Ungureanu

Delia Ungureanu is Assistant Director of Harvard’s Institute for World Literature and serves as Assistant Professor of Literary Theory at the Department of Literary Studies, University of Bucharest. Her scholarly work bridges surrealism, world literature, and interdisciplinary studies.

• Positions: Assistant Director (Harvard Institute for World Literature), Assistant Professor (University of Bucharest)

Research Focus: Ungureanu explores surrealism’s global influence on literature and cinema, archival methodologies, and oneiric realism. Her work examines intersections between modernist authors like Proust and Woolf and surrealist principles, as well as the cultural dynamics of Romanian literary magazines during wartime.

Key Publications: She authored two monographs and co-edits the upcoming Romanian Literature in Today’s World special issue for the Journal of World Literature.

Presentations: Her talks on surrealist ideas in world cinema and archival discoveries highlight her contributions to literary scholarship.