TAMARA CĂRĂUŞ

Born in 1972. Republic of Moldova

Ph.D., Philology, University of Bucharest, 2001

Dissertation: Narrative Techniques in Postmodern Novel

Visiting Assistant Professor of Literary Theory, Faculty of Philology,

University of Bucharest, (2000-2001, 2001-2002 academic years)

Tempus Scholarship, University Complutencia, Madrid, Spain, 1996

OSI/FCO Chevening Scholarship, Nuffield College, Oxford, 2002-2003

Member of the Writers’ Union of Moldova

Book:

tzara mea, Chişinău, ARC Publishing House, Soros Foundation, Moldova, 2000 (Debut Prize of the Writers’ Union of Moldova, Prize of the Romanian Cultural Foundation 2001, Prize of National Book Fair 2001, National Prize for Youth 2001)

Author of various articles on literary theory, cultural studies, nationalism and national identity published in Moldova and Romania

Paper: National Identity: Invention Or Necessity? Case Study: Republic Of Moldova

e-mail: tcaraus@hotmail.com