curriculum vitae Personal information Surname(s) / First name Address TOMESCU BACIU, SANDA 1 Mihail Kogalniceanu Str, 4084, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Telephone 0040-264405300 E-mail(s) Fax 0040-264591906 sandatomescu@staff.ubbcluj.ro Romanian Nationality Romanian Date of birth 20 November 1955 Gender Occupational field Female Professor Work experience Dates 1981-1986 Occupation or position held Translator Main activities and responsibilities translations Name and address of employer Agerpres, Bucuresti Type of business or sector translations Dates 1986-1991 Occupation or position held librarian Main activities and responsibilities Decimal classification service Name and address of employer The Romanian Academy Library Cluj Type of business or sector Decimal classification Dates 1991-1993 Occupation or position held Assistant Main activities and responsibilities Opens the first specialization of Norwegian language and literature at the Babes-Bolyai University and in Romania (1991). Teaching and research, initiator and responsible of the Norwegian program at the Faculty of Letters Type of business or sector Teaching and research Dates 1993-2001 Occupation or position held Lecturer Main activities and responsibilities Education and Scientific research, responsible of the Norwegian program at the Faculty of Letters Type of business or sector Education and Scientific research
Dates 2001-2009 Occupation or position held Associate Professor Main activities and responsibilities Education and Scientific research, Puts the basis of the Department of Scandinavian Studies (from 2001), Chair from 2001. Name and address of employer Type of business or sector Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Str. M. Kogalniceanu nr.1, Romania Education and Scientific research Administration, international relations Dates Occupation or position held Main activities and responsibilities 2009-present Professor Education and Scientific research, Puts the basis of the Department of Scandinavian Studies (from 2001), Chair from 2001. Name and address of employer Type of business or sector Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Str. M. Kogalniceanu nr.1, Romania Education and Scientific research Administration, international relations Dates 2000-2006 Occupation or position held Vice-dean responsible for international cooperation. Main activities and responsibilities Vice-dean, international relations, Faculty of Letters Type of business or sector Education and Scientific research Administration, internationalcooperation Dates October 2006 - January 2008 Occupation or position held Associate Professor Vice-rector, international cooperation, Babes-Bolyai University Main activities and responsibilities Education and Scientific research, Chair of the Department of Scandinavian Studies. Vice-rector, international relations, Babes-Bolyai University Type of business or sector Education and scientific research Administration, international relations Dates January 2008-2009 Occupation or position held Associate Professor Member of the the Academic Council Main activities and responsibilities Education and scientific research Type of business or sector Education and Scientific research, Dates Occupation or position held Main activities and responsibilities January 2009 - present Professor Member of the the Academic Council Education and scientific research
Name and address of employer Type of business or sector Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Str. M. Kogalniceanu nr.1, Romania Education and Scientific research, Education and training Dates 2000 Title of qualification awarded Ph.D Principal subjects/occupational skills Thesis: Old Norse Mythical elements in Norwegian Literature Name and type of organisation Babes-Bolyai University, Str. M. Kogalniceanu nr.1, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Dates 1974-1978 Title of qualification awarded Bachelor of Arts Principal subjects/occupational skills English language and literature, French language and literature Name and type of organisation Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Philology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Dates 1976-1980 Title of qualification awarded B.A. Principal subjects/occupational skills Norwegian Language and Literature Name and type of organisation University of Oslo, Norway Dates 1970-1974 Title of qualification awarded Baccalaureate Principal subjects/occupational skills General education Name and type of organisation Liceul Emil Racovita, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Personal skills and competences Mother tongue(s) Romanian Other language(s) Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production Norwegian, English C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 French C2 C2 C2 C1 C2 Swedish, Danish C2 C2 C1 B2 C2 German A2 A2 A2 A1 A2 (*) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level Social skills and competences Teamwork, interpersonal skills, communication, responsibility, intercultural skills, conflict management, negotiations.
Organisational skills and competences Prospective thinking, problem identification, problem solving, research and development project evaluation, planning skills, academic management. Technical skills and competences - Computer skills and competences Artistic skills and competences Other skills and competences Driving licence(s) Microsoft Office, Internet Literary translation, essay, painting, photography Sports: cross country skiing, skating, swimming B category
Annexes Additional information Publications Books Portrete din Nord. Studii literare, EFES, Velkommen! Manual de conversatie in limba norvegiana, Polirom, 2006. Oversikt over norsk litteraturhistorie (fra norrøn tid til slutten av det 19.Årh), Napoca Star, Cluj-Napoca, 2001 Peer Gynt si miturile nordice, Napoca Star, Cluj-Napoca, 2000 ( Peer Gynt and the Old Norse myths),. 2 nd editon 2001 supported by the Norwegian Embassy in Bucharest. Translated volumes from Norwegian and Swedish literature: Henrik Ibsen, Cînd noi, morţi, înviem, Ed Apostrof, 2009 Nuvele norvegiene.ro, Editura Casa Cărţii de Stiinţă, Cluj. 2005 (selection, introduction and translation Sanda Tomescu Baciu); Awarded with Eta Boeriu translation prize. Lars Saabye Christensen: Beatles, Editura Univers, 1996; Knut Hamsun: Copii ai timpului lor, Bucuresti, Cartea Romaneascå, 1989: Jan Mårtenson: Naturå moartå pentru flasneta mecanicå, Univers, 1984 Selected articles 1. Henrik Ibsens "Et Dukkehjem" og mottakelsen av kvinnefrigj rings sp rsmålet i rumensk kultur ved århundreskiftet, in Literature as Resistance and Counter-Culture, papers of the 19th Study Conference of the International Association for Scandinavian Studies, Budapest 1993. 2 Henrik Ibsen: Theatrical Performances in Romania at the Turn of the Century (1895-1920) in Proceedings - Vll International Ibsen Conference, Grimstad, 1993, Center for Ibsen Studies, Oslo 1994. 3 Knut Hamsun i rumenske oversettelser in Knut Hamsun i Tromsø, 11 foredrag fra Hamsun-konferansen i Tromsø 1995, red. Nils M. Knutsen, Hamsun Selskapet. 4 Mythical Aspects in Peer Gynt, in Proceedings9 th International Ibsen Conference, Bergen, Norway, 4-11 June, 2000, Ed. By Pal Bjorby and Asbjorn Aarseth. 5 Myten og metaforen: inngangen til en (ny)skapende bevissthet i Norden, in On the Threshold, New Studies in Nordic Literature, edited by Janet Garton and Michael Robinson, Norvik Press, 2002. 6 Georg Brandes og Panait Istrati in Georg Brandes og Europa, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Museum Tusculanums forlag, Copenhagen, 2004. 7 Byggmestermyten (The Masterbuilder Myth) in Norwegian Literature in Snorri Sturluson and the Roots of Nordic Literature, St Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Sofia, 2004. 8 Nordisches in der Zeitschrift Acta Comparationis Literarum Universarum in Hugo Meltzl und die Anfänge der Komparatstik, Materialien des IdGL Tübingen / Band 16, Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart, 2005. 9 Sexuality as Primordial Image in Peer Gynt in North-West- - Passage, nr 2/2005, Universita degli Studi di Torino, Carocci editore. 10. The wonder of Waiting in a Doll s House, in The Living Ibsen, University of Oslo, Center for Ibsen Studies, 2007. 11. Il mito del contructore; alcuni aspetti interculturali scandinavo-romeni, Studi Nordici, XIV,2007, Fabrizio Serra Editore, Pisa-Roma. Editing Editor of 2 thematical volumes of Studia.Philologia, nr.3/2003 and nr.3/2006.co-editor of Studia Philologia, nr 2/2008 Research Grant International grant 2003/2005 Information and Technology Based Teaching of NorwegianAabroad (ICT).; Translation grants Cultural events open for the community Cultural and scientific arrangements in cooperation with the Norwegian Embassy in Bucarest and BBU. 1993 The Vikings; Henrik Ibsen Cluj-Napoca; 1995, Knut Hamrun, Cluj-Napoca; 1999 Sigrid Undset, Cluj-Napoca; 2001 Frans Widerberg, Cluj-Napoca; 2003 Edvard Grieg, Cluj-Napoca; 2006 Henrik Ibsen on Film, Cluj-Napoca. 2009, Hamsun2009. Scientific Board Member of the scientific board of the journal Studi Nordici, University in Pisa, Italy
International Awards/ Honours Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, Knight, First Class (2003) National Awards/Honors Eta Boeriu prize awarded by the Romanian Writers Union Branch in Cluj, 2005 Excellency in Teaching Diploma of the Babes-Bolyai University 2003 Diploma for institutional innovation for strengthening the competitivity and prestige of the Babes-Bolyai University, 2002 Professional membership the Romanian Writers Union, since 2006 Elected member of the International Ibsen Committee (2000-2006) : member of the International Organizing Committee of the International Henrik Ibsen conferences in New York 2003, and Oslo, 2006. Ibsen Society of America, since 2000 NORTEAM, The Norwegian Embassy Bucharest, since 1997 International Henrik Ibsen Society, since 1993 International Association of Scandinavian Studies, since 1991 Courses taught The history of Norwegian literature Henrik Ibsen s drama Old Norse mythical elements in Norwegian literature Norwegian morphology,syntax, lexicology Research Henrik Ibsen studies Old Norse mythology Knut Hamsun s poetics The reception of Scandinavian literatures in Romania Literary translation Norwegian grammar Administration 2007, Coordonator of the Local Organizing Committee of the Conference of the Association of Universities for Democracy, AUDEM, at the Babes-Bolyai University. 2002, University of Reno, Nevada, SUA, Exchange program in academia administration,