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Alexandra E. Dumitrescu

Alexandra E. Dumitrescu

Lecturer (English)

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Teacher

  • Education

    • University of Cluj

      1993 - 1998
      BA, MA English, American Studies, American Linguistics and Literature

      Activities and Societies: 2010-2014, Comparative Cross-Cultural Research Theme, Otago 2005-2007, International Association for the Study of Irish Literature (IASIL) 1993-1997, Oriental Studies Foundation (founding member) Teaching Degree (Secondary English)Cambridge ProficiencyTEFL, GRE

    • Sincai High School

      1991 - 1993

    • Auckland University of Technology

      2015 - 2017
      MCW Master of Creative Writing First Honours Distinction

    • University of Otago

      2006 - 2014
      Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Comparative Literature part-time

      Activities and Societies: Luce Irigaray International Seminar, University of Bristol, UK One of the most exciting events during the candidature was Luce Irigaray International Seminar, University of Bristol, UK. Every year Luce Irigaray selects between 10 and 15 doctoral students from all over the world and invites them to participate in a seminar, where they present their work and receive comments and feedback from herself and the other participants

  • Experience

    • Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj

      Jan 1999 - Mar 2006
      Lecturer (English)

      Teaching English, Academic Writing, and Creative Writing

    • University of Otago

      Apr 2006 - Apr 2011

      -Teaching 300-level papers: "Innocence and Experience in William Blake's Songs and Arundhati Roy's "The God of Small Things""and "Alchemy in Literature and Film" (University of Otago 2006-2011)-Teaching 200-level papers: ESOL, Academic Writing and Creative Writing (University of Cluj, 1999-2006) Invited lecturer:- Discussing metamodernism and European ideas in European Ideas and Nations (Otago, 2009)Tutoring: - Leading discussions as part of the Introduction to European Studies Seminars (Otago, 2007-2009)- Linguistics (Otago, 2010) Show less Parallel to the modernity of excessive rationality (as defined by Stephen Toulmin in "Cosmopolis" and "Return to Reason") and as a reaction to it, another paradigm - which I call metamodern - is structured. Authors such as Arundhati Roy and Michel Tournier are exponents of this metamodern trend, which values the spirit and the individual's aspiration for self-realization. This trend is more obvious recently, but the present valorisation of self-realization or self-fulfilment has been prepared over centuries. William Blake is an interesting case in point as he opposes rather vehemently the modern reliance on reason (which at that time meant the exclusion of emotions and imagination) and the unqualified trust in science and technology that ensues, while proposing instead a model of the self as the equipose of diverging agencies. Show less

      • Lecturer (Alchemy in Literature and Film), Invited lecturer (European Ideas and Nations), Tutor

        Apr 2006 - Apr 2011

      • Researcher

        Apr 2006 - Sept 2010

    • The University of Auckland

      Sept 2012 - Jul 2015

      • Staff

        Jul 2014 - Jul 2015

      • Departmental Coordinator

        Sept 2012 - Aug 2014

    • University of Otago

      Sept 2012 - Sept 2014
      Founding Editor

    • Aims Global Education & Immigration Services Ltd.

      Feb 2015 - Apr 2023
      Writer

    • AIMS

      Feb 2016 - Apr 2023
      Editor

      Content writerNewsletter writer

    • Auckland University of Technology

      Jun 2016 - Apr 2023
      Researcher

    • Rosehill College

      Jan 2017 - Apr 2023
      English Teacher

    • Parnell College

      Jan 2018 - Apr 2023
      Teacher/Tutor

    • ACG Parnell

      Jan 2018 - Apr 2023
      Teacher

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • MA, PhD

    • Graduate Diploma of Teaching - Secondary: ESOL, English and Social Studies

      University of Otago
      May 2016