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 reading level)