Dr. Kerstin F. M. Blum

Employee Champion & Cheerleader | Sharer of Ideas | Spreader of Sunshine | Connector of Dots

Self-employed entrepreneur Copy-editing and lectorate, translation (English, Italian, German), teaching (languages, literature, art, art history), guided tours, development, design, sales and marketing of print media, organisation of art shows and literary readings, press/PR-consulting

Calligraphy teacher Planning, organizing and teaching calligraphy classes with own teaching materials

Bookseller Sole responsibility for store management during working hours, holiday replacement for store owner, sales, customer service, orders, research, antique books research, managing range of products, display in store and window, advertising material and strategies

Collaboration on “Dizionario fraseologico del tedesco moderno”.

Creation and organisation of a community event for the municipiality Adelsdorf. Winning over more than 150 companies and clubs, coordinating their efforts. With about 9,000 visitors, the event was a huge success.

teaching language and literature courses

Graduate Assistant, Program in Comparative Literature Assistant of the director of the Program Comparative Literature, office work, editing and writing the newsletter, layout of posters etc., organization of the “First Annual University of South Carolina Comparative Literature Conference”

Magna cum laude publication in preparation Dissertation: Production Aesthetic Reception of Dante in the Works of British Artist Tom Phillips

Thesis: "African American Infernos: Dante in Ellison and Naylor" (Italian, Dante Alighieri, African American, Gloria Naylor, Ralph Ellison, Film, Truman Show, Pirandello, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Art, Tom Phillips) (GPA 4,0)