Kristina Ostojić (née Ivšić)

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Education & Work

2015 MA in Management in Education (ACIMSI, University of Novi Sad, Serbia); 2009 MA in General Linguistics (University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia) awarded Student Optimus & Student Primus; 2007 BA in English Language and Literature (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Serbia) awarded scholarship as one among the top 1000 students in Serbia

2011 --> INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OFFICER, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Serbia, www.ff.uns.ac.rs: coordinating activities at international relations of the Faculty, student and staff mobilities, PR, project management and administration, organisation of conferences and lectures, Erasmus+ administrative coordinator (since 2015), interpreting and translating, administrative support in the Centre for Languages of the Faculty (2011-2016). 2006 --> TRANSLATOR / INTERPRETER: freelance; Čarobna knjiga publishing www.carobnaknjiga.rs (translated books English into Serbian: Vampirski dnevnici: Mračno okupljanje, 2010, L.J.Smith and Ključ za uspeh, 2011, David Allen. 2005 --> ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER - private classes; (2009-2010) Školigrica English kindergarten http://skoligrica.tumblr.com; (2008-2009) Britannica language school www.britannica.rs; (2008-2011) Berlitz language school www.berlitz.co.rs: teaching English as a foreign language. 2012 --> VOICE OVER: freelance; festival EXIT www.exitfest.org; Academy of Arts, University of Novi Sad http://akademija.uns.ac.rs; Typhoon HIL d.o.o. www.typhoon-hil.com: recording narration in English. 2005-2017: HOSTING - interpreting, logistics and communication with foreign guests and performers (Best Kept Secrets, Wenti Wadada, Susanne Vega, NOHA, The Chemical Brothers, Moon So Ri, Juliette and the Licks, Primal Scream, Nightwish, Patti Smith, Lily Allen, Arctic Monkeys, Madness, Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation, Nevio Marasović, Faith No More, Mika, Missy Elliot, Arcade Fire, Jamiroquai, Amadou & Mariam, Big Audio Dynamite, Duran, Duran, Guns'n'Roses, Erykah Badu, Atoms for Peace, Snoop Dogg, Bloc Party, DJ Fresh, The Queens of the Stone Age, Damon Albarn, Hurts, Stromae, Underworld, DJ Marquee, Nosia, Motorhead, Faithless, Emeli Sande, John Newman, Die Antwoord, Tinariwen, The Prodigy, Rufus, Rosin Murphy, etc.), professional evaluation and selection of job candidates for EXIT 08 - EXIT www.exitfest.org; (2008, 2010 - 2014) Cinema City www.cinemacity.org; 2006 Etnofest; 2007 ProseFest http://prosefest.rs; 2014 Sea Dance www.seadancefestival.me; 2015 Revolution http://revolutionfest.ro; 2016 Dev9t; 2017 Dobrodošli na Naselje Festival http://novokulturnonaselje.com. 2010-2013 PROGRAMME COORDINATOR: planning activities, project management, organising workshops and trainings in the field of informal education, PR - EA (Education Association) https://www.facebook.com/EducationAssociation. 2011 PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICER, University of Novi Sad, Serbia, www.uns.ac.rs: project management, organisation of conferences, project administrative support, translating. * CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND TRAININGS: Participated in a number of conferences, trainings and seminars as an International Officer, since July 2011 in Serbia and Europe (Ludwigsburg University of Education, University of Groningen, University of Nicosia, University of Granada, Budapest, University Nice Sophia Antipolis, University of Graz, Ghent University, Vienna, etc.) *Course in Chinese tea culture, Confucius Institute at the University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, October - December 2017 *Workshop participation: Sound, body, wisdom by Jacqueline Westhead, Kanjiža, March 2017 *Course in Receptive Multilingualism, Jelena Golubović, Groningen University, May 2016 *Paper Academic mobility from the student perspective, Conference TREND 2016 http://www.trend.uns.ac.rs/stskup/trend_2016/Sadrzaj-2016.html, Zlatibor, Serbia, February 2016 *Course in Diction, Dejan Sredojević, Faculty of Philosophy, Novi Sad, October - December 2015 *ECDL start course, Faculty of Philosophy, Novi Sad, April - June 2015 *Archeological bodies, Temerin, May 2015 *Training of psychological resilience, Centre for Psychological Counselling, Education and Research SELF, Sombor, January 2014 *Workshop: Constructive problem solving, Centre for Psychological Counselling, Education and Research SELF, Sombor, March 2013 *Presenter at The 8th IATEFL ELTA (English Language Teaching Association) Annual Conference, Belgrade, Serbia, May 2010 *Teacher development session Workshop: Using images in the EFL classroom, Data Status, Belgrade, May 2010 *Teacher development session Workshop: Keeping abreast of trends and changes in EL teaching, British Council, Belgrade, March 2010 *Course in Rhetorics for Interpreters, Ingrida Tatolite, Faculty of Philosophy, Novi Sad, March 2010 *Course in Communication Methods in ESL, Jacqueline Gardy, American Corner, Novi Sad, Serbia, December – February 2010 *The 7th IATEFL ELTA (English Language Teaching Association) Annual Conference, Novi Sad, Serbia, May/June 2009 *Summer school of generative linguistics EGG, Brno, Czech Republic, July/August 2007 *International Student Week in Belgrade (ISWiB), Belgrade, Serbia, June/July 2007 *Summer school of generative linguistics EGG, Olomouc, Czech Republic, July/August 2006 *Student Conference in Maribor (SCIM), Maribor, Slovenia, April/May 2006 *Seminar Friendship through Culture and Music, organized by the local NGOs Initiative 21 and Kairos Jeunesse, Goražde, Bosna and Herzegovina, August 2005 *Seminar Management of the Cross-cultural Actions, organised by the local NGOs Initiative 21 and Kairos Jeunesse, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, April 2003 *Workshops in Psychology I want to tell you, I want you to tell me, organized by the local sociologists and psychologists, Sombor, (1999-2001) TALKS & WORKSHOPS: Travelling through the EU, NS InfoPoint http://euinfo.rs/o-nama/eu-info-kutak-novi-sad/, October and November 2016; Body percussion and breathing techniques, The Travel School, Aveiro, Portugal, August 2016; Let’s go around the world in the Travel House, TEDxNiš https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WfZ7W9jEeM, Niš, Serbia, October 2013; The English language workshop, KOMPKAMP http://compcamp.net/english.html, July 2009; Seminar Friendship through Culture and Music, organized by the local NGOs Initiative 21 and Kairos Jeunesse, Goražde, Bosna and Herzegovina, August 2005; *VOLUNTEER: English teacher for Novo Kulturno Naselje, Novi Sad, December 2017; Erasmus+ Ambassador for Higher Education for Serbia, Fondacija Tempus http://erasmusplus.rs/erasmus-ambassadors/?langkl=lat (since 2017); PR for The Travel Club (since 2013); TEDxNovi Sad 2011 *PERFORMER: The Piano City festival in Novi Sad, September 2017; The Festival of Street Performers, Novi Sad, September 2016; Photography exhibition organised by the Turkish Embassy in Belgrade, Belgrade, June 2016 * PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS: intercultural communication, academic mobility, language acquisition, bilingualism, linguistics, public relations, management in education, second language teaching methodology, interpreting, translating, body language, parenting. * MEMBERSHIPS: UGent alumni network in the Western Balkans (since 2014), The Travel Club (since 2005).

  • Serbian

    native

  • English

    C2 - Certificate of Proficiency in English, University of Cambridge

  • Spanish & Slovenian

    B1 - certificate DELE, Instituto Cervantes

  • German

    A1

Movement & Art

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The Travel Club

PR traveller and Member of the board (since 2005)
www.thetravelclub.org
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CouchSurfing

Surfer (since 2005)
https://www.couchsurfing.com/ people/icecream
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Eartha Luv

Creative writer (since 2001)
http://earthaluv.blogspot.rs
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Beş Boş Baş

Singer (since 2013)
https://www.facebook.com/besbosbas
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Dancing

Flamenco dancer (since 2009)
http://lasedgitana.com http://lafamilians.weebly.com/ photo-gallery.html http://www.carmencuevas.com/ es/
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Voice Over

Narration in English (since 2012)
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Small movement

yoga, jogging, skating, cycling, swimming, capoeira, archery, (moving since 1984)
https://www.facebook.com/Joga-centar-Padma-Novi-Sad-instruktor-joge-Jelena-Ristić-123057831112580/?__mref=message https://www.facebook.com/Aerial-Yoga-Kristina-Novi-Sad-941380225945282/?fref=ts https://www.facebook.com/strelicarski/?fref=ts http://aliceinwonderband.com
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Small art

sand drawing, body percussion (creating since 1985)
Recommended and friends: http://zanima.rs http://papergirlbeograd.blogspot.rs http://aliceinwonderband.com/category/body-percussion/
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Iuventus Cantat

Choir singer (1999-2003)
Awards: * The Second Choir Olympics, Busan, South Korea, October 2002 (gold) * Eisteddfod Choir Competition, Llangollen, Wales, July 2001 (gold) * Choir Competition in Budapest, Hungary, March 2001 (gold) * The First Choir Olympics, Linz, Austria, 2000 (silver)

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