Curriculum Vitae
ELENA AURELIA BUTOESCU
Junior Lecturer
Department of British and American Studies
University of Craiova
elenabutoescu@yahoo.co.uk
EDUCATION:
• M.A student Colonial and Postcolonial Studies, School of English, University of Leeds (starting date 19th September, 2007)
• Cambridge University Library – PhD Research Grant offered by The Ratiu Family Foundation in London, 1 March – 1 June 2006
• PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Mihaela Irimia, University of Bucharest, Romania, (beg. 2003): Constructions, Conversions, Configurations: On the Location of the Other and the Passage from Classic to Late Modernity
• M.A in British Cultural Studies, University of Bucharest, Romania, in collaboration with The British Council Romania and the Embassy of the United Kingdom in Bucharest (2000)
• BA in Philology, University of Craiova, Romania (1997)
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
• 18th century English Literature
• Travel Literature
• Cultural Theory
• Postcolonial Studies
• Contemporary Writers in English
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:
• Eighteenth Century Studies
• Cultural Identity
• Comparative Literature
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
• English Teacher – ‘Elena Cuza’ College, Craiova, Romania (1997 - 1998)
• Teaching Assistant, British and American Studies Dept., University of Craiova, Romania (1998 - 2000)
• Junior Lecturer, British and American Studies Dept, University of Craiova, Romania (2000-2007)
• Lecturer, British and American Studies Dept, University of Craiova, Romania (2007)
ACADEMIC RESEARCH
• Member from 2005 to present day, The Ministry of Education and Research, Romania – CNCSIS, Title of Academic Programme: The Centre of Excellence for the Study of Cultural Identity, CEEX, Research Grant: 1621/2007 “Homogeneity, Diversity, Identity: The European Space and Integration”, University of Bucharest, financial support from CNCSIS (2007-2009), coord.: Prof. Mihaela Irimia.
• Member from 2005 to present day, The Ministry of Education and Research, Romania – CNCSIS, Title of Academic Programme: The Research Centre for the Study of European Linguistic and Cultural Identities, University of Craiova, coord.: Prof. Ioana Murar.
• Co-editor of the Journal of the Centre for the Study of European Linguistic and Cultural Identities “Cultural Dimensions”, vol. 1, Universitaria Publishing House, Romania, 2006.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:
• Member of the European Society for the Study of English (ESSE), since 2000
• Member of the Romanian Society for English and American Studies (RSEAS), since 2000
• Member of the Romanian Association of American Studies (RAAS), since 2000
• Member of the Research Center for European Linguistic and Cultural Identities, Department of British and American Studies, University of Craiova, since 2005
• Member of the Romanian Society of Eighteenth Century Studies (Societatea de Studii de Secol Optsprezece din Romania, SSSOR), since 2006.
• Member of the Romanian Association of General and Comparative Literature (Asociatia de Literatura Generala si Comparata din Romania, ALGCR), since 2006.
SUMMER SCHOOLS:
• International Summer School in Krakow, 14-25 July, 2006 session of the College for New Europe on “Architecture and Public Spaces of Historic Cities in the CEI Region”, a summer school organised by The International Cultural Centre Cracow, and the Central European Initiative.
Group Project: Kazimierz Park: Discovering the Industrial Area.
PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIUMS, SEMINARS:
• 3rd International Conference “Legitimating Cultures, Cultures of Legitimacy” (Bucharest University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Literary Theory, 23-25 November, 2006): (Il)legitimate Appendages: The Case of Psalmanazar’s Prefaces.
• Culture Power Presentation (The Romanian Cultural Centre, London, 22 May, 2006): The Talented Mr. Psalmanazar: A Footnote to an Enlightened England.
(http://www.romanianculturalcentre.org.uk/index.php/rcc-events/2006/05/22/the-talented-mr-psalmanazar-a-footnote-to-an-enlightened-england-by-elena-butoescu/)
• Modernity: The Crisis of Value and Judgement (University of Bucharest, 2-3 June, 2006): The Talented Mr. Psalmanazar: A Footnote to an Enlightened England.
• Cultures in Contact: SAUTE Conference (University of Basel, Switzerland, 10-11 June, 2005): On Curiosity as a Cultural Institution.
• 15th Conference on British and American Studies (University of Timisoara, Romania, 19-21 May, 2005): Taste Matters: Conversation and Politeness in Eighteenth Century England.
• Mapping the Future: Permanence and Change (‘Al. I. Cuza’ University of Iasi, Iasi, 23-26 March, 2005): Modernity and Its Myths.
• Interdisciplinary Approaches to Short Fiction Theory and Criticism (University of Salamanca, Spain, 24-27 March, 2004): The Text, the Film, and the Body: On “Intimacy” and Its Silence.
• The International Conference ‘De-constructions of Identity’ (Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania, 23-25 April, 2004): Identity Lost, Identity Regained: From Migrant Fantasies to Western Locations.
• 14th International Conference on British and American Studies (University of Timisoara, Romania, 13-15 May, 2004): How to Think with Hands: Between Semiotics and Fleshy Materiality.
• The Flesh Made Text: Bodies, Theories, Cultures in the Post-Millennial Era (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 14-18 May 2003): How to Think with Hands: Between Semiotics and Fleshy Materiality.
• 2nd Anti-Conference in English and American Studies (Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania, 18-21 September, 2003): Among –ISM-s and NESS-es or the Loss of One’s Own History.
• Cluj-Napoca International Symposium: Constructions of Identity (Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, 14-16 March 2002): The Individual in the Making: An Invitation to Play with Identities.
• ‘Trans-Missions: Theory, Research and Teaching in British Literary and Cultural Studies in Europe’ (The British Council, Budapest, 9-12 May, 2002): DisLOCations and DisORIENTations: The Shifting Ground Beneath Our Feet.
• 12th Conference on British and American Studies (University of Timisoara, Romania, 16-18 May, 2002): Fissured Grounds: Between the Fantasy of Home and the Mirage of Away.
• ‘Orientalism and Occidentalism’, The Annual Conference of the English Department (University of Bucharest, Romania, 6-8 June, 2002): DisLOCations and DisORIENTations: The Shifting Ground Beneath Our Feet.
• 5th Erlangen International Postgraduate Conference: Postmodern De/Constructions (Erlangen/Nuremberg University, Germany, 22-24 November, 2002): DisLOCations and DisORIENTations: The Shifting Ground Beneath Our Feet.
• The International Conference ‘Language, Literature and Cultural Policies’, University of Craiova, Romania, 2-4 November, 2001): Portrait Photography or The Translation of the Private into the Public.
• International Students’ Conference: ‘Patterns, Perceptions, Perspectives’ (Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey, 29-30 March, 2001): The Highland Dance and The Celtic Costume - The Representation of National Identity in Scottish Painting.
• 11th International Conference on British and American Studies (University of Timisoara, Romania, 17-19 May, 2001): Representation as Death of Reality – From Writing Speech to Writing Light.
• The ‘Infinite’ Londons International Meta-Conference (The British Council, Romania and Lucian Blaga University, Sibiu, 18-21 October, 2001).
• International Literature Anti-Conference (The British Council, Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania, 26-29 October, 2000).
• Literature Seminar on Postmodernism (Lucian Blaga University, Sibiu, Romania, 17-19 March, 2000).
• A British Studies University Seminar – ‘Youth, Youth Subcultures, and National Identities’ (British Council Romania, Fantanele, Cluj, Romania, 3-7 May, 1999).
