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	Mircea Itul (born in 1967 in Sibiu, Romania) 	He is the author of many academic works. Writer of novels and journals, member of the Romanian Writers Union, he is also a journalist.

	In 2010 he moved to the UK.

	He has an extensive experience in research (since 1998) and in teaching (since 2000) at undergraduate at postgraduate level. 	He has a multidisciplinary background in Humanities: Foreign languages, Literatures, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Media Studies, Public Relations and Communication. 	He has in depth knowledge in the Asian Religions at academic level (Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Daoism, Confucianism and Shinto) and in Sanskrit. He also specialised in Philosophy of Religion, World Religions, Comparative Religion, Metaphysics, Hermeneutics, Hermeneutics of Religion, Phenomenology, and Intercultural Communication. 	He is multilingual, fluent in Romanian, English, French and Spanish, advanced in Hindi and Sanskrit and with conversational skills in Italian and German.

	He studied in Romania, India, France and in the UK. 	He has a M.A. in Philology at Bucharest University, The Faculty of Letters, Romanian and Indology (1994). 	He then graduated a Ph.D in comparative religion (1999) in Sorbonne (Paris University), École Pratique des Hautes Études, “très honorable” (magna cum laudae). The PhD has been recognised by NARIC and considered comparable to British Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) standard. 	In 2002 Dr. Itul has been choosen to undertake further research in comparative religion at the Institute for Advanced Studies in The Humanities, University of Edinburgh, with a Mellon post doctoral fellowship. 	During the university studies and doctoral studies he has chosen to study indepth Hindi and Snskrit respectively and he succeded to obtain a scholarship at Agra University, India, The Central Institute for Hindi (Kendriya Hindi Sansthan), where he obtained a Diploma in Hindi (1993) and a second scholarship at Delhi University, India, The Department of Sanskrit, where he obtained a Diploma in Sanskrit (1998).

	While in India for the second year, he worked as a visiting lecturer in Delhi University, The Department of Germanic and Romance Studies, Teaching Romanian. 	For 11 years Dr. Itul worked with the Romanian Academy, the Institute of Philosophy and Psychology. He started as Principal Academic Scholar 3rd degree in 1998 and got promoted at 2nd degree in 2003 and at 1st degree in 2006. He undertook research in areas such as: Indian Philosophies and Religions, Oriental Philosophies and Religions, 	Mircea Eliade’s Works, Hermeneutics, Romanian Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, 	Phenomenology of Religion, History of Religions 	He also dedicated a large part of his career to higher education. 	He worked for 9 years with “Spiru Haret” University, Faculty of Philosophy, Political Science and Cultural Studies and Faculty of Journalism, Communication and Public Relations. He lectured on Intercultural Communication, History of Religions, Inter-religious Comunication, Mihai Eminescu’s and Mircea Eliade’s works and personalities, Philosophy of Religion, Hermeneutics. Between February 2006 and March 2008, he was Vice-dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Journalism. From March 2008 to October 2009 he was Dean of the Faculty of Journalism, Communication and Public Relations. 	He lectured as well with the Bucharest State University, The Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, The Department of Oriental Languages and Literatures and Faculty of Philosophy where he taught Indian Culture and Civilisation, Indian Literature, Sanskrit, Indian philosophies, Shankara’s Philosophy, Mircea Eliade’s philosophical works. 	He worked in a research project University of Liverpool, School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies, French. The project was about French books on India since the 17th century.

	For two years Dr. Itul has been a moderator of two educational and cultural programs: The Trap of Time and The Windows of Memory. He then directed the “National Opinion” review, being also a columnist. He published articles in different other Romanian newspapers and reviews and he participated in TV and Radio programs.

	Dr. Itul participated with papers to many international congresses

	List of publications