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Katarina Andersson Ystad,
Sweden Curriculum Vitae Higher Education 4 October
2004 – Obtained the degree of Doctor
of History, at the European University Institute, under supervision of
Professor Bo Stråth. External supervisor: Professor Lars Edgren, Lund
University, Sweden. Jury members: Professor Raffaele Romanelli, La Sapienza,
Rome, Italy and Professor Øystein Sørensen, University of Oslo, Norway. Title
of thesis: Making Politics in the Streets. Political Rituals and Rhetoric in
19th Century Sweden. August 1998
– Started the Postgraduate
Research Program at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy,
supervised by Professor Bo Stråth. February
1998 – Started the Research
Program in the Department of History in Lund with Professor Kim Salomon. January
1998 – MA, History major, then
Italian and Literature, Lund University, Sweden. Title of thesis: The Myth of
Garibaldi in Helsingborg. Political Ceremonies 1860- 1862. December
1997 – MA in Italian with
specialization in Italian literature, Lund University, Sweden. Title of thesis:
Le strutture drammatiche nelle commedie di Carlo Goldoni. June 1997 –
BA, History major,
then Literature and Italian, Lund University, Sweden. Translation
experiences July
2002 onwards- I have been working as
a freelance translator (Italian-English, Italian-Swedish, English-Swedish)
for different translation agencies. For example: Idiomas S.n.c, Ravenna, Italy; Aardvark
Translations/Point Blank, Sweden; Redimec, Milano, Italy; Polartext,
Switzerland; Harcz & Partner Translations, Hungary; Ability Top
Translations, Torino, Italy; Applied Language Solutions, Great Britain; OCE
Translations Network, Belgium & USA; Premium, Estonia; Studio Moretto,
Italy; ICDOC Translations, Bologna, Italy; Studio Melchior, Torino, Italy;
Elanex Translations, USA; Multimedia Marketing & Translations, Australia;
PAEN Language Services, New Zeeland; Experts in Translation, Italy;
Sajan.com, River Falls, USA (their 1st translator for IT network projects
etc.); Sword-UK, proofreading of articles for the European Parliament; Atlas
Translations, UK; Samtext AB Sweden, Sweden; Lexiconline, Venice, Italy;
Astonet, Bologna, Italy; PuntoLOC, Milano, Italy; JOSTEN.LU, Luxemburgh, Fox
Services, Prague, Czech Republic; some private clients etc. Teaching experiences Autumn 2007 I taught Modern and
Contemporary European History (1815 to present) and tutored BA papers at the
Department of History, Halmstad University, Sweden. Furthermore I taught
scientific theory and methodology at the Military College, Halmstad. Spring 2007 February/May I taught
Modern and Contemporary European History (1815 to present) and a course on
Scandinavian History for foreign students at the Department of History,
Halmstad University, Sweden. Summer/Autumn 2006 - Research assistant
to Prof. Katherine S. Newman, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs,
Princeton University, USA, in a sociological project where I conducted
interviews for her project in Sweden etc. Spring 2006
- I taught two different courses
in Modern and Contemporary History at the Department of Humanities, Högskolan
in Halmstad. Fall 2005 - I taught a course on
Modern and Contemporary Italian History at Boston University, Padova. February
2005 onwards - Helped with translations
into English and general language assistance, Infoblu, Florence, Italy. Nov.
2004 onwards - English teaching in
private to various students in Florence. April
2004 – Nov. 2004 Working for EF Education,
Milano, teaching Business English to managers. Spring 1998
– Teacher in Italian,
Swedish and English at Österportskolan (Secondary School), Ystad, Sweden. 1996-1998 – Teacher in Italian at
Medborgarskolan (an evening school), Staffanstorp, Sweden. Other experiences May 2004 - Assisted in organization of
a Law conference for ESIL, European Society of International Law, which took
place in May in Florence, (Villa La Pietra, NYU) September
– October
2003 - Temporary assistant
in Academic Service of the European University Institute, Florence. March
2003- April 2004- Temporary work in the
porters’ office, European University Institute; translation and correction
jobs (Swedish-Italian, French-English) at European University Institute; September
2002 – Assistant at the Housing
Office, European University Institute. July 2002 –
Started temporary
work in the circulation service of the Library at the European University
Institute. May 2002 – Transcription jobs for Iain
Fraser, (formal translator at EUI) European University Institute, Florence,
Italy. 1996-1997 – Student representative in
Lund for History and secretary in the Student Council in the Department of
History in Lund. 1994/95 – ERASMUS-student at the Università
degli studi di Firenze. There I studied the History of the Italian Language
(Storia della lingua italiana) and the History of the Theatre (Storia dello
Spettacolo, con Prof. Siro Ferrone) 1992/93 – Au-pair in Florence, Italy. Language course in Italian at the
Language School Dante Alighieri. Languages Swedish
- mother tongue Italian
- very good
(written and spoken) English
- very good
(written and spoken) French
- fair (good
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