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Researcher
ORCID:
0000-0001-6840-1378
ResearcherID: AEZ-2073-2022
Sonia
Andras
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About
I am an independent scholar in fashion studies. I received my PhD in 2020 from University of the Arts London, London College of Fashion with the thesis "The Women of Little Paris: Women's Fashion in Interwar Bucharest". My research interests include fashion culture and history, semiotics, modernity, ideology and politics, cultural studies (gender, urban), anthropology, personal archaeology, art and media history.
Professional SkillsSociology
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Culture
Cultural Heritage
Cultural Studies
Qualitative Analysis
Gender Studies
Cultural Analysis
Feminist Theory
Historical Analysis
Research ExperienceAssociate Researcher
Gheorghe Sincai Institute for Social Sciences and the Humanities
June 2022 - December 2024
Targu Mures
Hired as project member for PCE PN-III-P4-PCE-2021-0688 funded by UEFISCDI.
Fashion Studies
Romanian Studies
American Studies
Cultural Studies
Gender Studies
Social Sciences
Cultural History
Humanities
Education
University of the Arts London
Sep 2011 - Aug 2020
ashion Studies
University of Bucharest
Oct 2008 - Jul 2010
British Cultural Studies
Babeş-Bolyai University
Oct 2005 - Jul 2008
Comparative Literature - English
Presentations/Talks
Negocieri ale modei și frumuseții feminine interbelice: București - Paris - New York
Alba Iulia, Romania Sep 2022
CNIR 2022
Congresul Național al Istoricilor Români / The National Congress of Romanian Historians, Universitatea „1 Decembrie 1918” University Alba Iulia, The Romanian Academy, The National Committee of Historians in Romania
Between Hollywood and Rockefeller: Fashioning the New Interwar Romanian Woman
Philadelphia, USA Nov 2022
MAPACA 2022
Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association Annual Conference
Glamour cu accent german: publicul bucureștean față în față cu moda șI influențele naziste de la hollywood, 1933-1940
Targu Mures, Romania Oct 2022
Zilele Academice Clujene / Cluj Academic Days | Etosul educației și al dialogului: Negocieri culturale româno-americane (1920-1940) / The Ethos of Education and Dialogue: Romanian-American Cultural Negotiations (1920-1940)
Perfecțiune și bun gust: Redefinirea identității feminine din Bucureștiul interbelic prin modă și frumusețe
Targu-Mures, Romania Oct 2021
Zilele Academice Clujene / Cluj Academic Days / Între tradiție și modernitate: Elitele din România în „secolul cel scurt” (1918-1989) | Between Tradition and Modernity: Romanian Elites in the “Short Century” (1918-1989)
From the Official Gazette to Calea Victoriei: Decoding 1930s Bucharest through Women’s Fashion
Bucharest, Romania Jun 2018
#Romania100: Looking Forward through the Past
Dialog identitar în lumea modei și frumuseții interbelice: Paris – București / Identity Dialogue in the World of Interwar Fashion and Beauty: Paris – Bucharest
Targu-Mures, Romania Oct 2018
Actele Marii Uniri. O sută de ani de istorie / The Great Union’s Acts. A Hundred Years of History
Dialog identitar în lumea modei și frumuseții interbelice: Paris – București
Targu Mures, Romania Oct 2018
Actele Marii Uniri. O sută de ani de istorie / The Great Union’s Acts. A Hundred Years of History
Fashion and Eugenics in the Interwar Romanian Gender Discourse
Cambridge, UK Mar 2015
BASEES Annual Conference
Undressing Beauty: Naturalism in Romanian Eugenic Thought, 1919-1939
London, UK Feb 2015
New Research Conference
Decoding the Hat: Women’s Fashion and Status in 1930s Bucharest
London, UK Sep 2014
Tailored Trades Network Conference: Clothes, Working Lives and Social Change 1880-1939
Fashion, Gender and Eugenics in Interwar Romania
London, UK Jun 2014
LCF Research Hub Conference: Fashion and Politics
Beautiful Ambassadors: Signs, Space and Power in the Interwar Miss Romania Pageants
Cambridge, UK Apr 2014
BASEES Annual Conference
The Ideal Woman: Beauty Contests in Interwar Romania
Oxford, UK Sep 2013
3rd Global Conference: Beauty Inter-Disciplinary.net
Beauty and Nation: Miss Romania as International Ambassador (1929-1936)
Targu-Mures, Romania Dec 2013
Literature, Discourse and Multicultural Dialogue
A Voyage Through and With Floating Man-Made Islands
Vienna, Austria Nov 2007
Knowledge Creativity and Transformation of Society, INST
Membership
Member
Jun 2022 - Permanent
Society for Romanian Studies
Certifications
MA Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication
Issued on May 2015
University of the Arts London
Media Publications
Re-Fashioning: Towards a Renewed Fashion Industry
Dimeon Magazine
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Jan 26 ,
2020
The fashion industry, in all its aspects, has been hit and continues to suffer due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as an integral part of global economy.
Project
The Ethos of Education and Dialogue: Romanian - American Cultural Negotiations (1920-1940)
June 2022
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December 2024
My sub-theme: Embodying the American feminine ethos: Renegotiating Romanian women’s identity from Hollywood to Rockefeller
Project funded by UEFISCDI, Project number: PN-III-P4-PCE-2021-0688.
ITLR - O istorie a traducerilor în limba română - secolele XVI-XX
June 2019
Project member
Ștefan cel Mare University, Suceava, Romania
Translations into Romanian: Fashion and Beauty (author books)
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