Elsa Favreau
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Email : elsafavreau@hotmail.com
EDUCATION
2005-2006 Master – SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University of London, England
MA in History
of Art and Archaeology:
-Ceramics in
Chinese Culture (10th to 18th century)
-Art and Archaeology
of the Silk Road
-Special Chinese History class in Mandarin
-Dissertation, supervised
by Professor Craig Clunas:
The nude in the art of Pan Yuliang
2003-2004 Institut d‘Etudes Politiques
de Paris, France
Comparative Political
Analysis of Asia ( DEA, one year post-graduate diploma )
2001-2003 University
Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France
French Literature
of the twentieth century:
Maîtrise (Master’s degree,
First class Honours)
Thesis: Les Croix de bois de Roland Dorgelès
ou la voix du héros ordinaire (University Paris 3
Sorbonne Nouvelle).
1998-2001 University
Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle, France
Department of French Literature:
Licence, degree (BA)
1998-2002 National Institute of Oriental
Language and Civilization
(INALCO), Paris, France
Department of Chinese studies, Chinese Mandarin, Dulco, degree (BA)
-Minor in Chinese Art and Calligraphy
1997 Baccalauréat, major in Art and Literature, Lycée Michel de Montaigne, Bordeaux, France
-Optional Subject in Mandarin Language
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Aug. 2004-Jul.
2005 ASLC, Association de Soutien Linguistique et Culturelle (association favouring the integration of
Chinese children by
the learning of French language
and the discovery of French culture) Paris
In charge of the extra teaching in French (recruitment
of the Franco-Chinese bilingual
staff, in charge
of the courses’ organization as well as the play and cultural activities, French language fellow)
Sept.-Oct. 2003 National Institute of
Oriental Language and Civilization
(INALCO), Paris, France
Administrative assistant in students’ registration.
Summer 2002 Canal Satellite, Paris, France.
Assistant to the interactive services such as Kiosque, Csat
Setting up of a new program for cable television interactive TV
Summer 2000 Renaissance des Cités d’Europe,
Bordeaux, France
PR’s assistant for the setting up of Les
Nuits du Patrimoine.
Summer 1999 Les Annonces de la Seine, legal notice bulletin, Paris, France
Internship, Editor’s
PA, creation of catalogs, updating of the customer file
LANGUAGES
French Mother
tongue
English Fluent
Chinese Mandarin Fluent. Frequent
trips to China (Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang and Sichuan provinces)
Diploma in Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Language and Culture University
2004
Spanish Advanced level—Diploma de lengua de la Universidad de Salamanca
LEISURE ACTIVITIES
Chinese Contemporary
Art, American and French Literature of the twentieth century, Drama
Vice-president of the association
“Club du Bambou Savant”, Paris.