CURRICULUM VITAE Personal Details Work Experience

Education2004: PhD obtained with magna cum laudae at the University of Bucharest, Departmentof Philosophy – disertation on Shaftesbury’s ‘Characteristics’ – A ‘Socratic’ Programmeof the Eighteenth Century;1997-1998: MA in Medieval Studies obtained cum laudae at the Central EuropeanUniversity – thesis topic: The Ninth-Century Debate on Predestination and its PoliticalRelevance;1994: Definitivat – degree obtained after an exam and three years’ practice in the field ofsecondary education;1991-1995: B.A. at the University of Bucharest, Department of Philosophy – disertationon English Aesthetics in the 18 th Century;1986-1991: B.A. at the University of Bucharest, Department of Philology, Romanian-English Section – disertation on Theatrical Illusion in Shakespeare's ‘The Tempest’ andPirandello's ‘The Giants of the Mountains’;1981-1986: Teacher Training High-School “Carol I”, Cîmpulung – disertation on TheInfluence of Personality on the Process of Education.Other Courses, Research Grants and FellowshipsDecember 1997: CEU grant for undergoing research at the ÖsterreichischeNationalbibliothek, Vienna, towards the completion of the MA thesis;May 1998: CEU grant for undergoing research at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,Belgium, towards the completion of the MA thesis;May 1999: CEU grant for undergoing research at Università degli Studi Roma Tre,Biblioteca Nationale and Biblioteca Universitaria Alessandrina, Rome and at the Centrefor medieval research at Certoza del Galluzo, the National Central Library, the CentralCity Library and the Laurentian Library, Florence;1999-2000: Eastern Scholar fellowship – Civic Education Project, Bucharest;April 2000: World Bank Grant within the higher education support scheme at theUniversity of Bucharest for undergoing PhD research in London, at the British Library,the Public Record Office, The Institute of Historical Research and Warburg Institute;2000-2001: FCO/CEU fellowship – Research Graduate Student at the CambridgeUniversity, Faculty of History;2