Elena Abou Mrad

aczg35@r.postjobfree.com Mobile: 718-***-**** New York, NY

Experience

Archives Fellow

AFS Intercultural Programs, Inc.

** **** **** ******, ***** 1410. New York, NY 10010, www.afs.org/afs-history-and-archives/

Contact: Nicole Milano, Head Archivist and Historical Publications Editor, aczg35@r.postjobfree.com, Phone: 212-***-****, ext. 1700 September 2016 – Present

Archiving and preserving Arthur Howe Jr.’s Personal Collection

Writing articles for the Archives website

Managing research requests.

Social Media Manager

Green Onions Torino, Turin, Italy

October 2015 – September 2016

Management of the Facebook page of “Green Onions Torino”. Green Onions is a group of students from different departments of the University of Turin and the Polytechnic University of Turin. The group was founded in March 2015 and its aim is divulging information about environmental topics, ecology and and ecocriticism, by using and enhancing the knowledge acquired in the academia. Blogger and Translator

Green Onions Torino, Turin, Italy

May 2015 - Present

Writing and translating articles for the blog “Green Onions Torino”

(http://greenonions.altervista.org/)

Private Teacher

Bra, Italy and Turin, Italy

September 2010 – September 2016

Private lessons in Humanities (Italian, Ancient Greek, Latin, English, History)

Helping students with their homework, especially with translations from Latin and Ancient Greek to Italian.

Part-Time Assistant Archivist at the Archives of the University of Turin Ex Manifattura Tabacchi, corso Regio Parco 142, Turin, Italy Contact: Fulvia Argano, aczg35@r.postjobfree.com

June – September 2015

Archiving and cataloguing thesis and university documents

Data entry in the server of the University of Turin

Basic Preservation Tasks

Archives Intern at AFS Intercultural Programs, Inc. 20 West 22nd Street, Suite 1410. New York, NY 10010, www.afs.org/afs-history-and-archives/

Contact: Nicole Milano, Head Archivist and Historical Publications Editor, aczg35@r.postjobfree.com, Phone: 212-***-****, ext. 1700 July 2014 – January 2015

Archiving and preserving historical collections

Writing articles for the Archives website

Managing research requests.

Part-Time Assistant Archivist at the Archives of the University of Turin Ex Manifattura Tabacchi, corso Regio Parco 142, Turin, Italy Contact: Fulvia Argano, aczg35@r.postjobfree.com

April – June 2013 and May – June 2014

Archiving and cataloguing thesis and university documents

Data entry in the server of the University of Turin Press Office Intern at CPD Consulta and ADN (Associazione Diritti Negati) CPD Consulta per le Persone in Difficoltà, via San Marino 10, Turin, Italy www.cpdconsulta.it

Contact: Giovanna Varrone, aczg35@r.postjobfree.com September – December 2011

Writing articles for the website of the organization

Drafting press releases, managing newsletters and press reviews

Organizing press conferences, public relations and management of contacts

Organizing events for the International Day of People with Disability in Turin, writing texts for posters and flyers

Skills

Language Skills

Italian (Mother Tongue)

English (Fluent, Professional ): TOEFL Certification Score 115/120 (September 2015)

French (Good)

German (Basic)

Writing

Academic Writing in English and Italian (https://unito.academia.edu/ElenaAbouMrad)

News Writing (in English and Italian)

Poetry and short stories (in English and Italian)

Blogging

Archival Skills

Arrangement and description

Photographs digitization and metadata

Research

Basic preservation of archival materials

Computer Skills

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Email (Outlook, Gmail)

Internet

Archon (Archival Information System)

Press Office Skills

Social Media

Press Conferences

Newsletters

Copywriting

Education

University of Turin

Via Verdi, 8 - 10124 Turin, Italy

MA in Modern Comparative Cultures

Academic Field: Comparative Literature (Italian, English, German), Contemporary History, Media Studies

Title of the thesis (Digital Media Cultures): " Pervasive storytelling: digital literary maps and new modes of urban exploration”

2013-2016

University of Turin

Via Verdi, 8 - 10124 Turin, Italy

BA in Cultures and Literatures of the Modern World Final mark: 110/110 (magna cum laude)

Academic Field: Comparative Literature (Italian, English, German), Contemporary History, Media Studies

Title of the thesis (Anglo-American Literature): "Coping with trauma between words and pictures: Will Eisner and Jonathan Safran Foer"

2010-2013

Liceo Classico “G.B. Gandino”

Via Serra 9, Bra, Italy

High school diploma, with a focus on humanities

Final mark: 100/100 (magna cum laude)

Academic Field: Humanities (Ancient Greek, Latin, Italian Literature, English Literature) 2005-2010

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