Ph.D. Diane SHOOMAN Artist; Professor, University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien
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1987 | Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA |
1986-1989 | Assistant Professor, German Studies and Comparative Literature, Oberlin College, Clark University, Skidmore College |
1989-1990 | Freelance writer and editor, Hong Kong |
since 1990 | Trainer, Callagy English for Executives KEG, Vienna |
Invited to perform own material and moderate/perform at diverse art, music and theater events (on average twice a year) | |
1991-1997 | External Consultant, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Vienna. Strategies for and implementation of technical reports, manuals and outreach materials for Industrial Operations and Human Resources Development, with an emphasis on entrepreneurship development for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and women in industry. |
since 1995 | Invited to contribute essays on dance, Falter Zeitschrift Gesmbh |
since 1998 | Lecturer, University of Art, Linz |
since 1999 | Lecturer, FH-Technikum-Wien, Vienna |
since 2004 | Foreign Languages Dept. Coordinator for Biomedical Engineering, Mechatronics/Robotics, and Intelligent Transport Services degree programs, FH Technikum-Wien, Vienna |
Invited to write an annual column on dance, Falter Zeitschrift Gesmbh | |
Current positions: | |
FH Professor, FH Technikum-Wien | |
Lecturer, Institute of Fine Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Art, Linz, Austria | |
Senior Trainer, Callagy English for Executives KEG | |
Performer/Moderator in the free art, music and theater scenes in Vienna | |
Freelance Essayist/Columnist on dance, Falter Zeitschrift Gesmbh, Vienna |
Mitgliedschaften
Honorary Member, Society of Friends of the TanzQuartier Wien (Freundeskreis TQW), Vienna |
Publikationen
Fragen Sie Dr. Shooman: Was Sie schon immer über Tanz fragen wollten und nicht zu wissen wagten: Unsere Tanzombudsfrau gibt Auskunft. A Q&A column about dance, Falter Special Edition, ImPulsTanz, 2004 and 2005 | |
Technology, the City and Me, IGIP/IEEE/ASEE 33rd International Symposium Proceedings, 2004 | |
Sex with the City, Essay on the significance of columns, and in particular caryatids, in Viennese architecture. Website www.lindakimdavies.com, 2002 | |
Der Tanz ist wie eine Rose, Essay on the impact of globalization on contemporary dance, as compared with the effect of internationalist thought on modern dance in the early 20th century, Falter Special Edition, ImPulsTanz01, 2001 |
Auszeichnungen
Fachhochschul-Professorin, FH Technikum-Wien, Vienna, 2006 | |
Sparverein die Unzertrennlichen Theater Group Oswald Prize of the Decade for Best Actress/Singer in a Leading Role for the portrayal of Mme. Duritz in Flauberts "Das Schwache Geschlecht" /"The Weaker Sex"), Dir. Kurt Palm, Sargfabrik, Vienna, 1999 |