Dr. PATRICIA NEDELEA

Education: PhD in Comparative Gender Studies, CEU (June 2008)
MRes in History and Civilization, IUE (2008)
MA in Gender Studies, CEU (2004)
MA in Anthropology (2003)
MA in Comparative Linguistics (1998)
BA in Acting, 2003

Research Areas:

Visual Culture (from the Middle Ages to Postmodern Times)
Performance and Drama Studies
Shakespeare Studies
Queer Theory and Deconstruction Practice
Film Studies

Selected Publications:

Femina Ludens Re-(con)-Queering Shakespeare: A Feminist Gendeconstruction. Forthcoming.
“A Gendered Comparison between two Tarot Decks” in Patzinakiachia, the Romanian Group for an Alternative History, 2008 (under printing).
“Heroism and Eroticism, New Jobs for Women”, in Eniko Magyari-Vincze - Petruta Mindrut (eds.): Re-negotiating Socio-Political Identities, 2004.
“Good Night, Mr. Dalloway! - A Queer Analysis of The Hours, the movie and the book” in eLeonardo Cultural Magazine, nr. 5, 2004, Cluj-Napoca.

Current Research Project:

Tarot Cards as Memory Places and European Pedagogic Spaces - A Gendered Perspective

Awards and Honors:

2008 - Doctoral Award for Advanced Doctoral Students, from Central European University, Budapest
2007 - Doctoral Grant for Study Abroad, from University of Toronto, affiliated to MUNK Centre of the University of Toronto
2007 - Research Departmental Grant from History and Civilization Department of the European Institute of Florence
2005-2006 - Marie Curie Travelling Doctoral Grant for Women and Gender Studies (F5 European Research Program), affiliated to Bologna University

Recent Course Offerings:

Winter 2009: Reading Visual Culture from Gendered Perspectives: How to Read Paintings, Movies and Theatre Performances (and have fun) 4 credits

Favorite Pastime in Budapest:

eating sushi in Wasabi and mussels in Pomo d’Oro; drinking Mexican beer in Iguana; laughing with my friends all over the place