Cătălina-Dumitriţa BĂLINIŞTEANU-FURDU

ACADEMIC POSITIONS
  • Lecturer
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 
  • BA in Philology (1997-2001), "Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania;  specialisation: German language and literature – English language and literature; Erasmus-Socrates scholarship (2000-2001) - University of Konstanz, Germany 
  • MA in German Culture in the European context (2001-2003, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania
  • PhD in Philology; doctoral studies (2004-2011) at “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Teaching positions
  • 2019 to the present –  lecturer; “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau, Faculty of Letters, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Romania
  • 2001-2019 - teaching assistant and assistant lecturer, University of Bacau, Faculty of Letters and Sciences, Romania 

TEACHING ACTIVITY
Academic disciplines currently taught 
  • Bachelor's courses: English Literature (Victorianism), Practical English, English for Physical Education, English for Physical Therapy, German language 
Erasmus teaching staff mobilities: 
  • University of Wroclaw, Poland (2008) 
  • University Bordeaux 3, France (2012, 2013, 2015)
Didactic materials

  • Catalina Dumitrita Balinisteanu (2016), Deutsch Fur Anfanger: curs practic de limba germana, Alma Mater, Bacau, 2016, ISBN: 9786065274990
  • Catalina-Dumitrita Balinisteanu, Sports, Games and Pastimes: curs practic de limba engleza pentru studentii de la FSSMS, Alma Mater, Bacau, 2015, ISBN: 9786065275003 
  • Cmeciu, Doina (coord.); Sava, Ioan; Vitalus, Andreia; Culea, Mihaela; Morarasu, Nadia Nicoleta; Ciobanu, Elena; Balinisteanu, Catalina; Corban, Diana, Textual studies, Alma Mater, Bacau, 2006, ISBN 9738392195/ 9789738392199
RESEARCH ACTIVITY
Research interests/fields of research
  • Gender studies
  • Love, gender and power in William Shakespeare's plays
  • Fairytales and children's literature
  • Victorian literature
  • Decadence and modernism
Publications 
Books and book chapters
  • "Female Bodies in (Inter)Action: from Fairy Tale Figures to Their Animated Representations", in Perspectives on Interaction, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge, 2013, ISBN: 978-1-4438 4465-9, pp. 93-109
  • Femei, corpuri şi pasiuni în literatura lui Heinrich Mann, "Al.I. Cuza" University Publishing House, Iaşi, 2012, ISBN 978-973-703-795-4 (http://www.editura.uaic.ro/fisa-carte.php?id_co:::col07&id c=l 076), book publication subsidised as a result of a national competition launched by the National Authority for Scientific Research (http://www.research.ro/uploads/subventionare-literatura-ts/lista-iinala.pdf)
  • "Woman’s Language: Powerless or Subversive Language?”, in Normă- Sistem –Uz. Codimensionare actuală, Moldova State University Publishing House, Chişinău, 2012, ISBN 978-9975-71-218-7, pp. 85-91
  • „Frauengestalten als Zeitkritik in Heinrich Manns Im Schlaraffenland”, in Jassyer Beiträge zur Germanistik XIII, (Die fiktive Frau. Konstruktionen von Weiblichkeit in der deutschsprachigen Literatur) Hartung-Gorre Verlag, Konstanz, Germany, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86628-283-4, pg. 265-275
Selected papers/articles
  • “The Tavern as a Cultural Sign” in Semiotics beyond Limits, Alma Mater Publishing House, Bacãu/Slănic Moldova, 2006, ISSN 1842-6409, pp. 356-367
  • “Private and Public Spaces in Heinrich Mann’s In the Land of Cockaigne” in Communication and Argumentation in the Public Sphere: Public Space versus Private Space, 2007, Galaţi, Galaţi University Press, ISSN 1843-7893, pp. 371-377
  • “Gendered Use of Language in Children’s Literature” in Limbaje şi Comunicare IX. Evoluţia şi funcţionarea limbii-perspective normative în noul context european, “Ştefan cel Mare” University Publishing House, Suceava, 2007, ISSN 1843-6714, pp. 156-161
  • “Crisis of Sexual Identity with D.H. Lawrence and Heinrich Mann” in Inter Litteras et Terras, "Ştefan cel Mare” University Publishing House, Suceava, 2007, ISSN 1843-5823, pp. 157-165
  • "The Image of the Woman in Heinrich Mann’s The Blue Angel”, in Identity, Alterity, Hybridity (IDAH), Galaţi University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-606-8008-318, pp. 255-262
  • "Mastering the Rules: A New Strategy of Subverting Authority. The Case of Lewis Carroll’s Alices” in Studies on literature, discourse and multicultural dialogue, Arhipelag XXI Publishing House, 2013, ISBN 978-606-93590-3-7, pp. 905-910.http://www.upm.ro/ldmd/LDMD-01/Lds/Lds%2001%20A2.pdf
  • "Subversion of Authority in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” in Speech and Context, no. V, volume 2, „Alecu Russo” State University of Bălţi Publishing House, Republic of Moldovia, 2013, ISSN 1857- 4149, pp. 69-79; indexed in Index Copernicus, DOAJ, EBSCO, Fabula, Kubon&Sagner OPAC, ProQuest Database, Datenbank-Infosystem, Jurn Open Directory of e-Journals
  • "Subversion of Tradition in The French Lieutenant’s Woman” in Lingivistică Integrală – Multilingvism – Discurs Literar, Cernăuţi, Ukraine, 2014, ISBN 978-966-8410-39-5, pp. 385-392
  • "Jane Eyre – A Victorian Representation of a Fairy Tale” in Image, Imagery, Representation, INTERSTUDIA, no. 18, Alma Mater Publishing House, Bacău, 2015, ISSN 2065-3204, pp. 49-58
      
    EDITORIAL ACTIVITY 
Edited volumes 
  • Co-editor of Individual and Specific Signs. Paradigms of Identity in Managing Social Representations (Proceedings of the International Conference, Bacău, October, 2007),  Alma Mater, Bacău, 2008, ISBN 978-973-1833-62-0
Edited journals 
  • Co-editor of Interstudia. Review   of  Interstud (Interdisciplinary Centre for Studies of Contemporary Discursive Forms, volume Language,   Discourse,   Society  no. 3/2009, Alma Mater, Bacau, 2009, ISSN 2065-3204
  • Co-editor of Interstudia, volume Cultural Spaces and Identities in (Inter)Action,       no. 6/2010, Alma Mater, Bacău, ISSN 2065-3204
  • Co-editor of Interstudia, no. 9/2011, volume Cultural Diversity in Language and Communication, Alma Mater, Bacau, ISSN 2065-3204
  • Coeditor  of Interstudia, no. 11 (1) and 11 (2), Alma Mater, Bacău, 2012, ISSN 2065-3204
  • Coeditor Interstudia, no. 13/2013, volume Margins, Marginalization and the Discourse of Marginality, Alma Mater, Bacau, ISSN 2065-3204
  • Coeditor of Interstudia no. 18/ 2015, volume Image, Imagery and Representation, Alma Mater, Bacau, ISSN 2065-3204
  • Co-editor of RO-BRIT Student Journal. English Semestrial Review of the Romanian Students from the Faculty of Letters, no. 1/2009, "Alma Mater" Publishing House, Bacau, ISSN 2066-6470.
  • Co-editor of RO-BRIT Student Journal. English Semestrial Review of the Romanian Students from the Faculty of Letters, no. 2/2010, "Alma Mater" Publishing House, Bacau, ISSN 2066-6470.

TUTORING ACTIVITY 
  • Scientific advisor of diploma papers for the bachelor's degree 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 
Research centres and groups 
  • member of Interstud Research Centre 
  • member of "Cultural Spaces" Research Group 
National associations 
  • founding member of ROASS (Romanian Association of Semiotic Studies)

CONTACT
E-mail: balinisteanu.catalina@ub.ro 
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