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Sonia D. Andras : Curriculum Vitae
Dr Sonia-Doris Andraș
PERSONAL PROFILE
Gender: Female
Nationality: Romanian
Date of Birth: 26 June 1985
EDUCATION
2011 - 2020: PhD: London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UK
Thesis: The Women of Little Paris: Women’s Fashion in Interwar Bucharest 1919-1939 | Director of Studies: Dr Djurdja Bartlett | Second Supervisor: Elizabeth Wilson
Confirmation: 18 March 2014 (Recommended for PhD) | Internal Examiner: Prof. Roger Sabin || VIVA Voce: 20 March 2020 (Awarded PhD) | External Examiner: Prof. Christopher Breward | Internal Examiner: Dr. Nicky Ryan | Chair: Prof. Paul Coldwell | Official Completed Course and Award: 3 August 2020
University of the Arts London Item ID: 15907 | ISSNI: 0000 0004 9353 1360 (Fashion History & Theory) | EThOS ID: uk.bl.ethos.814249 | Recognition in Romania: Nr. 501503/A.N./04.02.2021 (Thesis recognised in the field of Cultural Studies)
2008-2010: MA - British Cultural Studies: University of Bucharest, Romania
Dissertation: Harlequin and the P.I.P.; or, Nineteenth Century Victorian Pantomime as Presented in the Penny Illustrated Paper | Supervisor: Prof. Mihaela Irimia
2005-2008: BA – Universal and Comparative Literature – English: “Babeș-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dissertation: Brainwashing and the Power of the Word | Supervisor: Prof. Ruxandra Cesereanu
PUBLICATIONS
Upcoming Edited Books
2024 Fashioning the ‘Little Parises’ of the World. Interlaced National Symbols, Bloomsbury UK have expressed interest in considering the work for possible publication.
Upcoming Monographs
14 Nov 2024 The Women of ‘Little Paris’: Fashion in Interwar Bucharest, London and New York: Bloomsbury Visual Arts. Hardback ISBN 978-1-350-29445-5, Ebook (PDF) ISBN 978-1-350-29446-2, Ebook (EPub, Modi) ISBN 978-1-350-29447-9. Monograph in the Dress Cultures collection (edited by Dr. Reina Lewis and Elizabeth Wilson) – available for purchase on 14 November 2024.
Published Edited Books
2023 (Editors: Cornel Sigmirean, Sonia D. Andraș, Roxana Mihaly), Romanian American Negotiations in Education, Science, Culture, and Arts, Cluj-Napoca: Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2023. Print ISBN 78-606-37-1915-8, Ebook ISBN 978-606-37-1983-7. CNCS A. Supported by the Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding-UEFISCDI, the National Research Council - CNCS, the Ministry of National Education (Romania), Project PN-III-P4-PCE-2021-0688, Contract 29 from 27 May 2022, titled The Ethos of Dialogue and Education: Romanian - American Cultural Negotiations (1920-1940).
2023 (Editors: Sonia D. Andraș, Roxana Mihaly), Creative Negotiations. Romania – America 1920-1940, Cluj-Napoca: Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2023. Print ISBN 978-606-37-1915-8, ebook ISBN 978-606-37-1983-7. CNCS A. Supported by the Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding-UEFISCDI, the National Research Council - CNCS, the Ministry of National Education (Romania), Project PN-III-P4-PCE-2021-0688, Contract 29 from 27 May 2022, titled The Ethos of Dialogue and Education: Romanian - American Cultural Negotiations (1920-1940).
Published Book Chapters
“Garçonne, but Make Her Flapper. Using American Femininity Models to Re-Fashion the Romanian ‘Modern Girl.’” In Creative Negotiations. Romania – America 1920-1940, edited by Sonia D. Andraș and Roxana Mihaly, 138–65. Cluj-Napoca: Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2023.
“Interwar Romanian Fashion and Beauty in American Vogue.” In Romanian-American Negotiations in Education, Science, Culture, and Arts, edited by Cornel Sigmirean, Sonia D. Andraș, and Roxana Mihaly, 127–62. Cluj-Napoca: Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2023.
“Modă și frumusețe. Lucrări teoretice de autor / Fashion and Beauty. Authored Theoretical Works”, in La granița dintre milenii / At the Border between Millenia, edited by Muguraș Constantinescu, Daniel Dejica, and Titela Vîlceanu, Vol. II, 1922–29. O istorie a traducerilor în limba română din secolul al XX-lea. Domenii literare și nonliterare / A History of Translations into Romanian in the Twentieth Century. Literary and Nonliterary Fields. Bucharest: Editura Academiei Române, 2022, ISBN 978-973-27-3693-7.
“Perfecțiune și bun gust: Redefinirea identității feminine din Bucureștiul interbelic prin modă și frumusețe / Perfection and Good Taste: Redefining Women’s Identity in Interwar Bucharest through Fashion and Beauty”, in Între tradiție și modernitate: Elitele din România în “secolul cel scurt” (1918-1989), edited by Cornel Sigmirean, 351–65. Cluj-Napoca: Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2022, ISBN 978-606-37-1494-8, Classified CNCS A.
“„Morbul Garbitei”. Influența modelelor Hollywoodiene în moda Bucureștiului interbelic / The Garbite Disease”. The Influence of Hollywood Models in Interwar Bucharest”, (2021), in Liviu Boar, Ioan Bolovan, and Laura Stanciu (eds) Școală, biserică, stat și națiune în istoria României. Cluj-Napoca: Academia Română Centrul de Studii Transilvane, pp. 355–371, ISBN: 978-606-0-38013-9.
“Dialog identitar în lumea modei și frumuseții interbelice: Paris-București / Identity Dialogue in the World of Interwar Fashion and Beauty: Paris-Bucharest” (2018), in Cornel Sigmirean, Cristina Preutu, Silviu B. Moldovan (eds), Actele Unirii, Bucharest: Hamangiu, pp. 150-178, ISBN: 978-606-27-1256-3.
“Beauty and Nation: Miss Romania as International Ambassador (1929-1936)” (2013) in Iulian Boldea (ed.), Studies on literature, discourse and multicultural dialogue, Târgu-Mureș: Arhipelag XXI Press, pp. 424-431, ISBN: 978-606-93590-3-7.
Published Journal Articles
“Roberta at the Capitol and Roxy: Fashion, Cinema, and Modernity in Interwar Bucharest”, Yearbook of the “Gheorghe Șincai” Institute for Social Sciences and the Humanities of the Romanian Academy 26, 2023, pp. 163-185, ISSN: 1454-5284. Indexed: CEEOL, EBSCO, ERIH PLUS. Published by the Publishing House of the Romanian Academy.
“Selling Glamour: Marketing Women’s Fashion in the Interwar Bucharest Press“, Transylvanian Review, 1/2023, pp. 106-125, DOI 10.33993/TR.2023.1.07. ISSN: 1221-1249. Indexed: CNCS B, CEEOL, UGC CARE, Scopus, Web of Science (AHCI).
“From Monitorul Oficial to Calea Victoriei: Decoding 1930s Bucharest through Women’s Fashion“, Journal of Romanian Studies, 5(1), 25 April 2023, pp. 27-54, DOI 10.3828/jrns.2023.3, ISSN (print): 2627-5325, ISSN (online): 2754-415X, Published by Liverpool University Press.
“Fashioning simultaneous migrations: Sonia Delaunay, interwar Romanian connections“, Critical Studies in Fashion and Beauty, 13(2), 19 December 2022, pp. 229-253, DOI 10.1386/csfb_00047_1, ISSN 2040-4417, E-ISSN 2040-4425, Indexing: Web of Science (ESCI), Scopus, ERIH PLUS, EBSCO, Art & Architecture Complete, Art & Architecture Source, Art Source, BHI, CNKI, DAAI, NPI, Publication Forum, Finland, Summon, TOC Premier, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory. Published by Intellect.
“Fashion, Cinema, German-American Propaganda in 1930s Bucharest“, Yearbook of the “Gheorghe Șincai” Institute for Social Sciences and the Humanities of the Romanian Academy 25, 2022, pp. 211-235, ISSN: 1454-5284. Indexed: CEEOL, EBSCO, ERIH PLUS. Published by the Publishing House of the Romanian Academy.
“De la cosmetologie la cosmiatrie: Aurel Voina și manipularea istoriei personale“, Anuarul Institutului de Istorie “George Barițiu” – Series HISTORICA, LX, 2021, pp. 393-404, ISSN: Print ISSN 1584-4390, E-ISSN 2344-2093. CNCS B. Indexed: CEEOL, EBSCO, ERIH PLUS. Published by the Publishing House of the Romanian Academy.
“Fashion, Dress, Costume: A Proposed Terminological Clarification in the Historical Research of Women’s Clothing”, Yearbook of the “Gheorghe Șincai” Institute for Social Sciences and the Humanities of the Romanian Academy 24, 2021, pp. 194–212, ISSN: 1454-5284. Indexed: CEEOL, EBSCO, ERIH PLUS.
“Crafting Illusions: Fashion as a Means of Decoding Social and Cultural History in Interwar Bucharest“, (2019) Yearbook of the “Gheorghe Șincai” Institute for Social Sciences and the Humanities of the Romanian Academy 22, 2019, pp. 232–264, ISSN: 1454-5284. Indexed: CEEOL, EBSCO, ERIH PLUS.
“Creating City Chic: The Parisian Influence on Interwar Bucharest Fashion“ (2018) Yearbook of the “Gheorghe Șincai” Institute for Social Sciences and the Humanities of the Romanian Academy 21, 2018, pp. 152-176, ISSN: 1454-5284. Indexed: CEEOL, EBSCO, ERIH PLUS.
“Allo, allo, ici le Bucharest du pedigree! The nationalization of women’s fashion in interwar Bucharest“, (2017) Yearbook of the “Gheorghe Șincai” Institute for Social Sciences and the Humanities of the Romanian Academy 20, 2017, pp. 126-165, ISSN: 1454-5284. Indexed: CEEOL, EBSCO, ERIH PLUS.
Media
Oct. – Dec. 2019 Reporter (Paid Internship) | 31 articles (Romanian)
Zi de Zi, daily local newspaper, Târgu-Mureș, Romania
Aug. 2019 – Present Content Writer (Fashion) | Articles: Re-Fashioning: Towards a Renewed Fashion Industry | Re-MODELARE: Spre o reînnoire a industriei modei
Under Peer Review
2022 “A Parisian Moment in Bucharest: Fashioning Interwar Romanian Women”, International Journal of Fashion Studies.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Negocieri transatlantice. Cooperarea româno – americană în educație, cultură și arte / Transatlantic Negotiations. Romanian - American Co-operation in Education, Culture, and Arts
The “Gheorghe Șincai” Institute for Social Sciences and the Humanities of the Romanian Academy, Târgu-Mureș, Romania
Zilele Academice Clujene / Cluj Academic Days | Etosul educației și al dialogului: Negocieri culturale româno-americane (1920-1940) / The Ethos of Education and Dialogue: Romanian-American Cultural Negotiations (1920-1940)
The “Gheorghe Șincai” Institute for Social Sciences and the Humanities of the Romanian Academy, Târgu-Mureș, Romania
Jun 2023 Negotiations En Vogue: Interwar Romanian Women as Fashion Icons Represented in American Vogue
Romanian American Negotiations in Education, Science, Culture, and Arts/Negocierile româno-americane în educație, știință, cultură și artă
The “Gheorghe Șincai” Institute for Social Sciences and the Humanities of the Romanian Academy, Târgu-Mureș, Romania
Nov 2022 Between Hollywood and Rockefeller: Fashioning the New Interwar Romanian Woman
MAPACA 2022
Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association Annual Conference
Zilele Academice Clujene / Cluj Academic Days | Etosul educației și al dialogului: Negocieri culturale româno-americane (1920-1940) / The Ethos of Education and Dialogue: Romanian-American Cultural Negotiations (1920-1940)
The “Gheorghe Șincai” Institute for Social Sciences and the Humanities of the Romanian Academy, Târgu-Mureș, Romania
CNIR 2022
Congresul Național al Istoricilor Români / The National Congress of Romanian Historians, Universitatea „1 Decembrie 1918” University Alba Iulia, The Romanian Academy, The National Committee of Historians in Romania
Zilele Academice Clujene / Cluj Academic Days / Între tradiție și modernitate: Elitele din România în „secolul cel scurt” (1918-1989) | Between Tradition and Modernity: Romanian Elites in the “Short Century” (1918-1989)
The “Gheorghe Șincai” Institute for Social Sciences and the Humanities of the Romanian Academy, Târgu-Mureș, Romania
Actele Marii Uniri. O sută de ani de istorie / The Great Union’s Acts. A Hundred Years of History
Asociația Transilvană pentru Cultură, The “Gheorghe Șincai” Institute for Social Sciences and the Humanities of the Romanian Academy, Târgu-Mureș, Romania
Jun 2018 From the Official Gazette to Calea Victoriei: Decoding 1930s Bucharest through Women’s Fashion
#Romania100: Looking Forward through the Past
Society for Romanian Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Mar 2015: Fashion and Eugenics in the Interwar Romanian Gender Discourse
BASEES Annual Conference
BASEES, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Feb 2015 Undressing Beauty: Naturalism in Romanian Eugenic Thought, 1919-1939
New Research Conference
The Association of Dress Historians, London, United Kingdom
Sep 2014 Decoding the Hat: Women’s Fashion and Status in 1930s Bucharest
Tailored Trades Network Conference
Clothes, Working Lives and Social Change 1880-1939
University of Exeter, Bishopsgate Institute, London, United Kingdom
June 2014 Fashion, Gender and Eugenics in Interwar Romania
London College of Fashion Research Hub Conference: Fashion and Politics
London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, London, United Kingdom
Apr. 2014: Beautiful Ambassadors: Signs, Space and Power in the Interwar Miss Romania Pageants
BASEES Annual Conference
BASEES, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Sep. 2013: The Ideal Woman: Beauty Contests in Interwar Romania
3rd Global Conference: Beauty
Inter-Disciplinary.Net, Oxford, United Kingdom
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Projects
June 2023 Holocaust and the Second World War Working Group Member
Convenors: Dr. Diana Dumitru and Dr. Grant Harward
October 2022 Art History Working Group Member
Convenor: Dr. Alexandra Chiriac
1 Jun 2022 – 31 Dec 2024 Postdoc Researcher – Project Member (Associate Researcher)
The “Gheorghe Șincai” Institute for Social Sciences and the Humanities of the Romanian Academy, Târgu-Mureș, Romania
2019 – present Project Member
ITLR - O istorie a traducerilor în limba română - secolele XVI-XX, finanțat de Fondul pentru Situații Speciale (FSS) conform prevederilor O.M.E.N. nr. 3694/2019 și conform prevederilor O.M.E.N nr. 3132/2020 | Chapter: Modă și frumusețe. Lucrări teoretice de autor / Fashion and Beauty. Authored Theoretical Works, Universitatea Ștefan cel Mare, Suceava, România.
Organised Events
15-16 Jun 2023 Romanian American Negotiations in Education, Science, Culture, and Arts/Negocierile româno-americane în educație, știință, cultură și artă (International Online Conference)
The “Gheorghe Șincai” Institute for Social Sciences and the Humanities of the Romanian Academy, Târgu-Mureș, Romania
10 Jun 2015 Interdisciplinarity, Multidisciplinarity, Transdisciplinarity (Round Table)
London College of Fashion Research Student Hub
London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, United Kingdom
7 Apr 2015 The PhD Experience Beyond Thesis and Administration (Round Table)
London College of Fashion Research Student Hub
London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, United Kingdom
4 Feb 2015 University of the Arts London Postgraduate Panel Discussion: The Practice PhD Experience
London College of Fashion Research Student Hub
London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, United Kingdom
19 Nov 2014 Applying Phenomenology to your Research (Round Table)
London College of Fashion Research Student Hub
London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, United Kingdom
Work Experience
1 Jun 2022 – 31 Dec 2024: Postdoc Project Member (Associate Assistant Researcher)
The “Gheorghe Șincai” Institute for Social Sciences and the Humanities of the Romanian Academy, Târgu-Mureș, Romania
Mar. - May 2019 Translator (Romanian to English, Special issue)
Transilvania Business, year IX, issue 86, 14 May - 10 June 2019.
2014 – present Freelance Translator
Various commissioned translations, mostly academic articles.
Sep. 2012 – May 2020 Qualified Contributor, Gold Qualified Contributor
Rakuten Viki, Palo Alto CA, USA
Mostly translations: English to Romanian and Japanese to English/Romanian.
Aug – Sep. 2010 Online Article Editing (Online internship)
National Geographic Romania, Bucharest, Romania
Translating English National Geographic articles in Romanian to be published on the National Geographic Romania website.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Academic Service
2022-2024 Project Member, Networking Admin
The “Gheorghe Șincai” Institute for Social Sciences and the Humanities of the Romanian Academy, Târgu-Mureș, Romania
2014-2015 London College of Fashion Research Student Hub Coordinator
In charge of organizing academic discussions and presentations.
London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, United Kingdom
2013-2014 London College of Fashion Research Student Representative
Representing and defending the rights and requests of research students at the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London monthly committee meetings and contacting the University or College Administration whenever needed.
London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, United Kingdom
Academic Development
Oct. 2014 – May 2015: PgCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication
(UK recognized university teaching degree)
London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
Nov. 2011 Telling the World: Media Skills Training
Media Players International
Tutors: Tim Grout-Smith and Lily Poberezhska
London, United Kingdom (London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London)
Awards
2004
Accepted to US and European International Universities in 2004 with scholarship:
Butler University: $6,500 (International Student Scholarship, awarded on 14 May)
International University Bremen: €5,960 (Grant, awarded 23 June)
Saint Louis University Madrid Campus: Work & Study Scholarship deducted from tuition fee (accepted on 16 April, I attended SLU Madrid for one year, two semesters, 2004/2005)
Accepted to US Universities:
Wesleyan College (accepted on 20 January)
Virginia Commonwealth University (accepted on 3 March)
Memberships
SRS (Society for Romanian Studies)
Member of SRS Thematic Woking Groups:
Art History (Convenor: Dr. Alexandra Chiriac)
The Association of Dress Historians
AWSS (Association for Women in Slavonic Studies)
BASEES (British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies)
BFWG (British Federation of Women Graduates)
LANGUAGES
Native: Romanian
Advanced: English
Upper Intermediate: Spanish, French
Intermediate: Japanese
Beginner: Mandarin, Korean
Basic understanding: Italian, Portuguese, German, Hungarian