Newcastle University

I am on research leave during semester one 2011-2011 

Background

My teaching and research interests in the media include: globalisation, national identity, ethnicity, political regimes and the role of the media. In the area of cultural studies, my interests are: cultural theory, popular culture, the culture and interpretation of the visual. In the field of communication studies, the main areas of interest are the semantics of contemporary communication and textual interpretation.

Roles and Responsibilities

Degree Programme Director MA Media and Journalism and MA Media and Public Relations. Degree Programme Director for taught component in MA International Multimedia Journalism.

Qualifications

PhD University of Newcastle 'Children and National Identity. How children conceptualise identity: A comparison of case studies from Romania and England 2005
MA British Cultural Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania 1998
BA in English and French Language and Literature, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania 1996

Languages

English (fluent), French (fluent), Hungarian (native), Romanian (native), Italian (lower-intermediate)

Undergraduate Teaching

COM2069 Researching Media, Communication and Cultural Studies II
COM2078 Globalisation and National Cultures

Postgraduate Teaching 

COM8058 Methodologies: Researching Media, Culture and Society

Doctoral Supervision

Qilu Bai

Hazirah Tahamir 

Robert Cassar

Bill Roberts 

Robin Bootes

• Popoviciu L, Ghaill MMA. The wearing of the green: A history of St Patrick's Day. Ethnic and Racial Studies 2003, 26(4), 777-778.
• Popoviciu L, Mac an Ghaill M. Racisms, ethnicities and British nation making. In: Devine, F., Waters, M.C., ed. Social Inequalities in Comparative Perspective. Malden, Massachusetts, USA; Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004, pp. 89-115.
• Mac an Ghaill M, Haywood C, Popoviciu L. Feminisation and schooling; re-masculinisation, gendered reflexivity and boyness. Irish Journal of Sociology 2005, 14(2), 193-212.
• Popoviciu L, Haywood C, Mac an Ghaill M. Migrating Masculinities: The Irish Diaspora in Britain. Irish Studies Review 2006, 14(2), 169-187.
• Popoviciu L, Haywood C, Mac an Ghaill M. The promise of post-structuralist methodology: ethnographic representation of education and masculinity. Ethnography and Education 2006,1 3 393-412.
• Mac an Ghaill M, Haywood C, Popoviciu L. Masculinity, teaching and homophobia. In: Bank, BJ, ed. Gender and Education: An Encyclopedia. Westport: Greenwood Press, 2007, pp. 677-682.
• Popoviciu L. Intersections of globalisations on Romanian television. Global Media Journal 2012. In Preparation.
• Popoviciu L. Irish travellers: Racism and the politics of culture. Ethnic and Racial Studies 2002, 25(4), 694-695.
• Popoviciu L, Ghaill MMA. Outsiders inside: Whiteness, place and Irish women. Ethnic and Racial Studies 2002, 25(1), 162-163.