Curriculum Vitae
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2010-2011 Visiting Lecturer, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Since 2009 Lecturer in British eighteenth-century
literature, University of Zurich, Switzerland
AWARDS
2010 Award for Outstanding Translation of Jane Austen’s Pride
and Prejudice, Ada Editing House, Tirana, Albania
2008-2009 Swiss National Science Foundation
2006 University of Zurich, Clark Memorial Library, UCLA
Fellowship for exchange doctorate program between
University of Zurich and University of California Los Angeles
2007 University of Zurich, Clark Memorial Library, UCLA
Fellowship for exchange doctorate program between
University of Zurich and University of California Los Angeles
1994 State of Albania
Gold Medal in Nationwide Contest of Biology
High School « Ismail Qemali », Tirana
EDUCATION
2010 PhD University of Zurich
2006 - 2008 University of California, Los Angeles
Doctorate Program
Thesis: Jane Austen's Civilized Women: Moral Development and Gender
1997 - 2004 University of Zurich, Switzerland
M.A. in French and English
1994 - 1995 University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Propédeutique, École de Français Moderne
TEACHING POSITIONS
2004 - 2006 Secondary School, Effretikon, Switzerland
English, French and German
2002 Rychenberg Gymnasium, Switzerland
French Language and Literature
2001- 2006 Translator for the social services, Zurich, Switzerland
AFFILIATIONS
BARS (British Association for Romantic Studies)
NASSR (North American Society for the Study of Romanticism)
SAUTE (Swiss Association of University Teachers of English)
ESS ESSE (European Society for the Study of English)
LANGUAGES
Albanian, German, English, French, Italian and Spanish