Romanița Constantinescu

Romanița Constantinescu is a Lecturer for Romanian at the Romance Seminar of Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg since 2008. She holds a PhD summa cum laude from Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg im Breisgau (1998) and has extensive academic experience including positions at the University of Bucharest (since 1994), University of Cologne (1998-2000), and University of Vienna (2004-2005).

Her research focuses on Geopoetics and Geocriticism, Theories of the Imaginary, Theories of Reading, Intercultural Hermeneutics, Contemporary Romanian Literature, and Literatures of Minorities in Romania with special emphasis on Romanian-German literature. Her work explores the intersection of cultural geography, literary theory, and national identity construction, particularly examining how borders, memory, and picturesque representations shape cultural narratives.

Her recent publications demonstrate a consistent engagement with Balkan Romance studies, multiethnic literary representations, and the theoretical frameworks that help interpret these complex cultural phenomena. The articles show a progression from examining specific regional identities to considering broader planetary literary contexts.

• 2010 Prize of the Romanian Association for General and Comparative Literature for 'Steps on the Borderline. Studies on the Romanian Imaginary of Borders' (Iași: Polirom, 2009)

Constantinescu serves as Vice President of the Balkan Romance Studies Association (2018-2024) and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Philologica Jassyensia (ESCI) since 2016. She is actively involved in multiple research projects including 'The Consensus of the Individual Parts. Fragments, Unfinished, and Broken in Balkan Romance' and 'East and West in Romania. Global and Regional Networks of Romanian Literatures.' She also collaborates with the National Museum of Romanian Literature on video series exploring places, settlements, and orientations in Romanian cultural geography.