Милена Кацарска
Milena Katsarska
Address and email: Department of English and American Studies Plovdiv University 24 Tsar Assen str 4000 Plovdiv Bulgaria Student matters: milena1605@yahoo.com General purposes: milena.katsarska@gmail.com Professional qualification:| • Dates (from – to) | 1995 onwards | |
| • Name and address of employer | Plovdiv University Paisii Hilendarski, 24 Tsar Assen str, Plovdiv4000, Bulgaria | |
| • Occupation or position held | Assistant professor, Lecturer at the Department of British and American studies | |
| • Main activities and responsibilities | Conducting seminars and lectures in Introduction to American studies, American cinema / American culture, Gender, sexuality and consumerism in American popular culture at BA and MA levels; English practice seminars in translation, critical writing at BA and MA levels Coordinator of the American Corner at Plovdiv University International link & Erasmus coordinator of the Department of English and American studies |
Education:
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• Dates (from – to) |
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1999-2001 |
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• Name of organisation |
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University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK |
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• Title of qualification awarded |
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MLitt in Culture Studies, Thesis in Literature and Nationalism |
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• Dates (from – to) |
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1989-1994 |
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• Name of organisation |
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Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski |
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• Title of qualification awarded |
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MA in British and American Studies, Thesis in Contemporary American Drama |
Main Fields of Research:
American and Culture Studies, Disciplinarity, Intercultural education, Intercultural communicationMembership in Academic and Professional Institutions, Bodies and Organizations:
• International Association for the Studies of America • Salzburg Seminar American Studies Alumni Association • Bulgarian American Studies Association (board member) • Bulgarian Society for British Studies • Union of Scholars – Bulgaria
Professional and Academic Awards and Fellowships:
• FEP of the International Council for Canadian Studies, project for a course development ‘A Tale of Two Cities : Literary Montreal and Toronto’ (August-September 2008) • Research fellowship at John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies, Berlin – Germany ‘Railroading Nation – Representation and Dissemination of the Imaginary American in mid 19c.’(September – November 2005) • Civic Education Project The Stephen R. Grand Award for Excellence 2003 • Civic Education Project Eastern European Scholar & Local Faculty Fellowship for two academic years:2001-2002; 2002-2003 • Research fellowships of the National Research Fund in Bulgaria for: • Team project ‘Clash of Civilizations?’ 2005/2006; • Individual project ‘Communities & Railroads’ 2001/2002; • Team project ‘Assessment & Evaluation Methods in British and American Studies’ 2001 • Invited speaker at the UEA (UK) Research Seminars in Literature at The School of English and American Studies (2003) • Grantholder Salzburg Seminar ASC 30: Politics of American Popular Culture: Here, There and Everywhere, Austria (September 2002) • Grantholder Fulbright Summer Institute: American Cultural Diversity: The South, The Southwest and New England, Louisiana State University, USA (June – August 2001) • Grantholder Public Affairs Office US Embassy to European Seminars and Conferences in American Studies, presenter – Poland (2000), Czech Republic (2004), Romania (2002, 2003), Hungary (2003, 2006), Netherlands (2003) • Grantholder British Council – Slovenia (2005), Oxford Literature Conference UK (2001, 2003) • TEMPUS JEP 11010-96 and LAC 2000 projects individual mobility grants at Gent University – Belgium May 2000, Helsinki University – Finland March 2000, King’s College London – UK May 1999, Lisbon University – Portugal May 1997Participation in other international projects :
• CEEPUS network CII-AT-0503-01-1011– Inter-American Studies • English Studies in East Europe HE (Romania and Bulgaria) Network Project of the Leverhulme Trust, Coordinator for Bulgaria (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/he-englishes/index.html) • English Studies in Higher Education in Non-Anglophone Contexts: East Europe, with the support of the British Academy, Coordinated by Open University, UK • Migration Project CRONEM, Surrey and Roehampton Univeristies, UK (http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Arts/CRONEM/cronem-conference-february2007/slides.htm) • Clash of Civilisations Project, Open University, UK (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/gipsc/index.html) • British Council UK Beyond the Screen Literature project with partners from English Departments in Pakistan, Hungary and the UK (2005/2006) • British Council Bulgaria DUK (Destination UK/Road Abroad) project (2004/2006) • British Council Bulgaria Addressing Marginalisation project (2004/2006) • British Council Bulgaria Helpdesk project (2003/2004) • DIMPLE European Commission project 2003, Dissemination and Implementation of Helpdesks for Intercultural Learning MaterialsForeign Languages:
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English |
Russian |
French |
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• Reading skills |
excellent |
excellent |
good |
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• Writing skills |
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excellent |
excellent |
fair |
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• Verbal skills |
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excellent |
excellent |
good |
