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Education

Doctors in philology

Oct. 2022 - present

Literary studies

Conplutense University (Madrid, Spain)

  • Subject of interest: Japanese feminine literature

Master degree in philology

Oct. 2020 - Jun. 2022

East Asian Studies Masters

University of Bucharest (Bucharest, Romania)

  • Major: Japanese language and literature

  • Credits: 120 + 10 (thesis)

  • Thesis title: Elements of spatiality in the narrative universe of Kawabata Yasunari's ”The Old Capital”

  • GPA: 4.0

  • Participation in international and national symposiums, presenting and publishing articles on Japanese literature and culture, language aquisition.

Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship for Japanese studies students

Oct. 2018 - Sept. 2019

Faculty of Education, Ochanomizu University (Tokyo, Japan)

  • Credits: 24

  • Thesis title: Ukiyo-e influence on Art Nouveau: Katsushika Hokusai's flower series

  • Courses on teaching the Japanese language and culture as a Foreign Language, Academic writing, Business Japanese and Career orientation with Japanese language

  • Extra-curricular courses offered by the university: Japanese calligraphy, Italian language

  • Extra-curricular short courses offered by the university: Japanese calligraphy, Ikebena, Kimono, Introduction to Nō theatre, Introduction to Kabuki theatre,

  • Participated in the student's calligraphy exhibition

Bachelors degree in philology

Oct. 2016 - Jul. 2020

University of Bucharest (Bucharest, Romania)

  • Major: Japanese language and literature

  • Minor: Korean language and literature

  • Credits: 182 (Japanese studies 110, Korean studies 72) + 10 (thesis)

  • Thesis title: Colloquial Speech in Japanese Modern Theatre: Hirata Oriza's "Tokyo Notes"

  • GPA: 3.5

  • 2017 - Receiver of The Nippon Foundation Fund for Japanese Language Education Program fellowship for undergraduate students

  • Participation in international and national symposiums, presenting articles on Japanese literature and culture.

  • Volunteered in organising and participating to Japanese department's cultural festivals: "Michi biraki" (lit. Open Road) and "The Japanese cultural night"

  • Origami and origata clubs' coordinator

Psychopedagogical Training Program to Certify Teaching Skills – Level 2

Oct. 2020 - Jun. 2022

University of Bucharest (Bucharest, Romania)

 

  • Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences

  • Credits: 30

  • Japanese Language and Literature

Psychopedagogical Training Program to Certify Teaching Skills – Level 1

Oct. 2016 - Jun. 2020

University of Bucharest (Bucharest, Romania)

 

  • Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences

  • Credits: 30

  • Japanese Language and Literature & Korean Language and Literature

Other courses

Currently enrolled in:

Japanese Culture through Rare Books.................................................................Keio University

The Art of Washi Paper in Japanese Rare Books............................................Keio University

Travelling Books: History in Europe and Japan................................................Keio University

CS50's Introduction to Computer Science.................................................Harvard University

Koto play and Japanese musical theory..........Garei Nakagawa, Ikuta style koto and shamisen grandmaster 

Attended:

Introduction to Data Analytics..............................................................................................................IBM

Historia de las Teorías Feministas................................Complutense University of Madrid

Ni templos, ni cerezos, ni luces de neón: la literatura japonesa contemporánea sin estereotipos..................................................................................Complutense University of Madird

Mysteries Of The Universe......................................... National Tsing Hua University (NTHU)
​Curso de verano 2023: Introducción a la ecocrítica (2.ª ed.).... Universidad de Alcalá

Kintsugi - Japanese technique of reparing pottery with gold.................. Kuuge crafts

Japanese Name seal engraving.............................................................Ochanomizu University

 
 
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Scholarships and grants

Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship for Japanese studies students at Ochanomizu University

(Tokyo, Japón) | Oct. 2018 - Sept. 2019

Thesis title: 浮世絵からアール・ヌーヴォーへの影響・葛飾北斎の花鳥画シリーズ

The Nippon Foundation Fund for Japanese Language Education Program Grant for undergraduate students | Jun. 2017

 
 
 
Graduatin ceremony at Ochanomizu University

11 Sept. 2019 - Graduation ceremony of the MEXT scholarship students,

Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan

Certificates and Licences

1

Teaching Licences

  • Teaching Licence for Japanese for higher education | University of Bucharest, Faculty of Psychology and Education | Jul. 2022

  • TEFL 120h course | The TEFL org | Jul. 2021

  • Teaching Licence for Japanese and Korean for lower education | University of Bucharest, Faculty of Psychology and Education | Jul. 2020

  • Japanese Language Proficiency Certificate | Ministry of Education, Romania | Jun. 2016

2

Language certifications

  • Japanese language proficiency N1 | Attain Online Japanese School | 2024

  • B2 Spanish course | Lengalia | Jul. 2022

  • B1 Spanish course | Lengalia | Jul. 2022

  • A2 Spanish course | Lengalia | Jul. 2022

  • A1 Spanish course | Lengalia | Jun. 2022

  • Japanese language proficiency N2 | Attain Online Japanese School | Nov. 2021

  • JLPT N3 | The Japan Foundation | Jan. 2017

  • Japanese Language Proficiency Certificate | Ministry of Education, Romania | Jun. 2016

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Other certifications

  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt | Six Sigma Academy Amsterdam | Oct. 2023

  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt | Six Sigma Academy Amsterdam | Oct. 2023

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