Over the years, as a guest of various universities, academies, and cultural organizations, she has undertaken numerous research and study trips to several European countries, giving public readings and lectures and taking part in meetings, congresses, and poetry festivals.
She has held numerous public readings and dialogues with readers in: Germany, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Serbia, Austria, Moldova, Israel, South Africa, Canada, the United States of America, Switzerland, Spain, Poland, the Czech Republic, Colombia, Italy, Slovakia, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Mexico, China, and Hong Kong.
Participation in numerous poetry festivals (selection):
• Lahti, Finland (1965, 1995) • Paris (1968, 1978) • Budapest (1970) • Austin, USA (1974) • Novgorod (1979) • Palermo (1985) • London (1988, 1990) • Aix-en-Provence (1990) • Heidelberg (1992) • Cambridge (1995) • Molde, Norway (1995) • Amsterdam (1995) • Verona (1996) • Porto Santo, Portugal (1996) • Durban, South Africa (1997) • Düsseldorf (1998) • Lisbon (1999) • Athens (2001) • Valladolid, Spain (2001) • Dublin, Ireland (2001) • Faro, Portugal (2001) • Trieste (2002) • Vilenica (2002) • The Hague (2003) • Paris (2003) • Struga (2004) • Catania (2005) • Venice (2005) • Jerusalem (2006) • Córdoba (2007) • Granada (2007) • Jaffa, Israel (2008) • Vršac, Serbia (2009) • Naples (2010) • Tel Aviv (2010) • Berlin (2011) • Belgrade (2011) • Como, Italy (2011) • Uppsala (2012) • Namur, Brussels (2014) • London (2014) • Gdańsk (2016) • Venice (2016) • Berlin (2016) • Madrid (2018) • Puente Genil (2018) • Granada (2018) • Aix-en-Provence (2018) • Bogotá (2018) • Leipzig (2018) • Brno (2019) • Wrocław (2019) • Lviv (2019) • Bogotá (2019) • Struga, North Macedonia (2019) • Bratislava (2019) • Hong Kong (2019) • Festival Internacional de Poesía de Pereira “Luna de Locos”, Bogotá, Colombia (2020) • Granada (2021) • Madrid Book Fair (2021) • Hay Festival Segovia (2021) • Turin (2021) • Prague (2021) • Rome (2021)
Lectures and conferences (selection):
University of Rome (1991, 2005); Conference of German University Rectors (1992); Free University of Berlin (1992); Sorbonne III and Sorbonne IV (1993); Council of Europe, Strasbourg (1993); University of Vienna (1994); Charles University, Prague (1994, 2006); University of Heidelberg (1992, 1995); INALCO, Paris (1996); Centro Eugenio Montale (Chair of Poetry), Rome (1998); Cultural Centre of the Council of Europe, Delphi (1998); Macao Library (1999); University of Tübingen (2000); University of Hamburg (2001); Humboldt University, Berlin (2001); University of Cologne (2001); University of Florence (2003); University of Pisa (2003); University of Padua (2004); Complutense University of Madrid (2008); Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa (2008); “Europa XXL”, EU Conference, Lille (2009); Leipzig Book Fair (2010); European Parliament, Brussels (2011); Salone Internazionale del Libro, Turin (2012); University of Chișinău (2012); Salon du Livre, Paris (2013); University of Zurich (2013); English School Berlin (2013); La Maison de l’Europe, Paris (2013); EU Spring School, Bucharest (2014); University of Salamanca (2014); Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (2015); Bogotá (2018).
Since 2012, an annual event has been held in Brăila under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and the Brăila County School Inspectorate: the “Ana Blandiana” National Festival of Creative Writing and Performance for Students (FAB), initiated and organized by Prof. Gabriela Vasiliu.