Recent Violence in Bahrain
US State Department statement protesting the violence perpetrated last Friday against Nabeel by the Bahraini authorities
2011 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award
Nabeel Rajab from Bahrain to receive 2011 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award
In Memoriam Ion Ratiu
(6 June 1917 – 17 January 2000)
ION RATIU, the elected leader of the World Union of Free Romanians, based in London, was the most outspoken and consistent voice of opposition to Nicolae Ceausescu.
Ion Ratiu – a Biography
ION RATIU
6 June 1917 – 17 January 2000
STEPdoc 2011, a mobility grant of £1,500 for emerging Romanian documentary film-makers
The new funding session for STEPdoc is now open.
EXTENDED DEADLINE: 1 October 2011.
The Ratiu Foundation Introduces Fashion Project F1235
a new fashion project by designer
ALEXANDRU ADAM
featuring designer
DINU BODICIU
Elisabeth Ratiu – A Life in Portraits
The images in this exhibition dedicated to Elisabeth Ratiu come from the Ratiu Archives and the personal collections of the Ratiu family, and are presented to the public for the first time in 2011
The Ratiu Foundation was established in London in 1979 by Ion and Elisabeth Ratiu to promote and support projects which further education and research in the culture and history of Romania.
This year, the Foundation celebrates 30 years of the fight for independent thought and cultural excellence..... More ...
Thursday 1 December 2011 - NABEEL RAJAB at the 2011 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award Workshop

Ion Ratiu Democracy Award
Live Webcast at The Ratiu Foundation in London & Events in Washington DC

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS IN WASHINGTON DC AND LIVE WEBCAST AT THE RATIU FOUNDATION, MANCHESTER SQUARE, LONDON, WITH BAHRAINI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST
NABEEL RAJAB
RECIPIENT of the 2011 ION RATIU DEMOCRACY AWARD
10-14 November 2011, 11:00, Curzon Mayfair cinema

HOT LOVE, COLD HEARTS
THE ROMANIAN FILM FESTIVAL IN LONDON, 8th EDITION

Curzon Mayfair cinema, 38 Curzon Street, London W1J 7TY & Curzon Soho cinema, 99 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 5DY
Tickets: £12.50/£9.50 cineastes (Curzon Members; read about Curzon membership here) .

Sunday 25 September 2011, 11:00 - Atelier Hall, National Theatre Bucharest

A Talk about Ion Ratiu, by his son Nicolae Ratiu

Sunday 25 September 2011, 11:00, Atelier Hall, National Theatre Bucharest
Tickets: RON 23 & RON 10. Tel. +40 314 7171, e-mail: tnbpress@yahoo.com .

Thursday 29 September 2011, 19:00-21:00 - The Ratiu Foundation / Romanian Cultural Centre

THE LAST HUNDRED DAYS, Talk and Book Presentation by Patrick McGuinness

Hosted by Dr Mike Phillips OBE, British novelist, historian and curator. Followed by a Q&A session
Thursday 29 September 2011, 19:00-21:00, The Ratiu Foundation / Romanian Cultural Centre,Manchester Square, 18 Fitzhardinge Street, London W1H 6EQ;
Tel. 020 7486 0295, ext 108, e-mail: bookings@romanianculturalcentre.org.uk;
Entry is free but booking is essential.

21 -24 September 2011 - Arts Picturehouse Cambridge

Romanian Films in the Cambridge Film Festival 2011

The Ratiu Foundation is pleased to announce that this year’s edition of the Cambridge Film Festival includes a series of Romanian films, ranging from ‘New Wave’ shorts to road openers from luminaries such as Cristi Puiu and Cristian Mungiu, and the mature and still revolutionary Lucian Pintilie.



Culture power
Friday 1 July 2011 19.00-21.00


Romanian Playwright Saviana Stanescu at the Ratiu Foundation
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Culture power
Monday 4 July 2011 19.00-21.00


LOVE TRADITION
DISPLAY AND SALE OF ART FURNITURE
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Culture power
Thursday 21 July 2011 19.00-21.00


Black Sea Twilight
A Talk and Book Presentation by Domnica Radulescu
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Culture Power
Monday 7 March 2011 19.00-21.00


CULTURE, MODERNITY AND EXTREMISM
The Criterion Association of Interwar Bucharest (1932 - 35)

by Dr Cristina Adriana Bejan Ion Ratiu Post-Doctoral Fellow in Romanian Studies, Georgetown University
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Culture Power
Thursday 3 February 2011 19.00-21.00


Acting the Manager and Managing the Act
Behind the scenes with Constantin Chiriac, in an open discussion with Dr Mike Phillips OBE
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News
In Memoriam Ion Ratiu




This post is in Romanian only
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News
In Memoriam Ion Ratiu




A photo gallery celebrating Ion Ratiu's life
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News
Joi, 25 noiembrie
Joi, 25 noiembrie, la chioscurile de ziare din Romania
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Event
2 December 2010
The Ion Ratiu Democracy Award 2010 to be presented in Washington DC
Russian Democracy Activist OLEG KOZLOVSKY to receive 2010 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award
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Event
30 November 2010
Inaugural Lecture at The Ion Ratiu Chair of Romanian Studies, Washington DC
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Culture Power
Thursday 25 November 2010 19.00-21.00
Young Romanian Cultural Managers present their Work
A roundtable hosted by British novelist, historian and curator Dr Mike Phillips OBE.
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Culture Power
Monday 15 November 2010 19.00-21.00
The Space is the Message. A View of Romanian Theatre Today
by Octavian Saiu

Hosted by Dr Mike Phillips OBE, British novelist, historian and curator
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Event
8, 15, and 25 November 2010
Earth Architecture, Roma Issues, Theatre Making, Cultural Managers
this November at the
Ratiu Foundation/Romanian Cultural Centre in London

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Culture Power
Monday 8 November 2010 19.00-21.00
From Urban Hovels to Earth Luxury Architecture. An Emerging Controversy?
a presentation by Catalin Berescu and Florin Botonogu

Hosted by Dr Mike Phillips OBE, British novelist, historian and curator
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Saturday 16 October 2010
THE RATIU FOUNDATION ANNUAL MEETING
&
BOW-TIE PARTY 3rd edition

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