Mr. Valeriu-Mihai PANOIU, PhD student at The Romanian Academy, ‘G. Calinescu’ History and Literary Theory Institute, with a thesis on authority strategies in old Romanian literature. Research fields: discourse analysis, argumentation, literary history, literary theory, medieval history and mentalities, Romanian literature (16th – 18th centuries). Scientific papers presented at international conferences and/or published in academic journals (e.g. Oxford, Krakow, Tallinn, Leeds).