Dr Sonia D. Andras
@soniadandras.bsky.social
Author of The Women of 'Little Paris' (@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social)—use "GLR AT8" for 35% off | MSCA Seal of Excellence | Postdoc in PN-III-P4-PCE-2021-0688 | PhD @unioftheartslondon.bsky.social | Fashion, modernity & gender.
If you are attending the Convention at the Washington Hilton, do stop by the Bloomsbury stand. Maybe if you want to snap a quick photo, I would be so grateful and thrilled to see my book “in the wild”, even at an ocean’s distance. #aseees25 #aseees #aseees2025 #bloomsbury #fashion #romania
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
If you are attending the Convention at the Washington Hilton, do stop by the Bloomsbury stand. Maybe if you want to snap a quick photo, I would be so grateful and thrilled to see my book “in the wild”, even at an ocean’s distance. #aseees25 #aseees #aseees2025 #bloomsbury #fashion #romania
in Washington, DC, between 20 and 23 November 2025. The @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social stand representative took the photos and kindly sent them to me! I participated in the virtual portion of the Convention a month ago, and even though I am not there, my book is!
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
in Washington, DC, between 20 and 23 November 2025. The @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social stand representative took the photos and kindly sent them to me! I participated in the virtual portion of the Convention a month ago, and even though I am not there, my book is!
I am so happy that @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social has included my first monograph “The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts 2024, Dress Cultures @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social ) again on a display at the @aseees.bsky.social 2025 Annual Convention on “Memory”,
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I am so happy that @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social has included my first monograph “The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts 2024, Dress Cultures @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social ) again on a display at the @aseees.bsky.social 2025 Annual Convention on “Memory”,
I am delighted to share a very recent review of my monograph “The Women of ‘Little Paris’” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024, Dress Cultures Series @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social ) by Dr Georgiana Țăranu in the latest issue of the “Historical Yearbook”.
November 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I am delighted to share a very recent review of my monograph “The Women of ‘Little Paris’” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024, Dress Cultures Series @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social ) by Dr Georgiana Țăranu in the latest issue of the “Historical Yearbook”.
What a great expected birthday present! My monograph “The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024) will be released as a paperback on 25 June 2026.
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
What a great expected birthday present! My monograph “The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024) will be released as a paperback on 25 June 2026.
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
My presentation, titled “No Use for Nurses: The Unexploited Potential of Rockefeller-Funded Women Medical Professionals in Interwar Romania”, examined the key factors behind the nurse shortage in Romania during WW2, despite substantial foreign assistance in the interwar period.
July 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
My presentation, titled “No Use for Nurses: The Unexploited Potential of Rockefeller-Funded Women Medical Professionals in Interwar Romania”, examined the key factors behind the nurse shortage in Romania during WW2, despite substantial foreign assistance in the interwar period.
I’m overjoyed the first academic review of my monograph, “The Women of ‘Little Paris’: Fashion in Interwar Bucharest” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024, Dress Cultures Series @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social ), by Prof. Mariana Neț in @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social !
July 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I’m overjoyed the first academic review of my monograph, “The Women of ‘Little Paris’: Fashion in Interwar Bucharest” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024, Dress Cultures Series @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social ), by Prof. Mariana Neț in @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social !
If you happen to be in London for the Congress, I would greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to visit the Bloomsbury stand and perhaps capture some photos of my book "in the wild." That would make my day! #iccees2025 #dresscultures #littleparis #fashion #romania #Interwar #bucharest
July 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If you happen to be in London for the Congress, I would greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to visit the Bloomsbury stand and perhaps capture some photos of my book "in the wild." That would make my day! #iccees2025 #dresscultures #littleparis #fashion #romania #Interwar #bucharest
I am thrilled and deeply grateful that @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social has included my first monograph, "The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest" (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024), in their stand at ICCEES 2025 at @ucl.ac.uk.
July 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I am thrilled and deeply grateful that @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social has included my first monograph, "The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest" (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024), in their stand at ICCEES 2025 at @ucl.ac.uk.
Exactly a week ago, I was part of a fantastic panel at the “Voices and Silences: 50 years of the Society for Romanian Studies” (Faculty of European Studies, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, 29-31 May 2025) on
June 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Exactly a week ago, I was part of a fantastic panel at the “Voices and Silences: 50 years of the Society for Romanian Studies” (Faculty of European Studies, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, 29-31 May 2025) on
It was so great to have my first in-person event dedicated to my first monograph, "The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest" (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024), with such a brilliant panel, part of a fantastic conference!
June 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It was so great to have my first in-person event dedicated to my first monograph, "The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest" (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024), with such a brilliant panel, part of a fantastic conference!
I am delighted to invite you to a special event. Join me and four fantastic panelists, Anca Filipovici (chair), Irina Livezeanu, Alexandra Chiriac, and Kathryn Caric, on Saturday, 31 May 2025, from 9:40 to 11:00 AM, in Room 203 Schuman,
May 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I am delighted to invite you to a special event. Join me and four fantastic panelists, Anca Filipovici (chair), Irina Livezeanu, Alexandra Chiriac, and Kathryn Caric, on Saturday, 31 May 2025, from 9:40 to 11:00 AM, in Room 203 Schuman,
I am delighted to announce that I have signed a contract with Bloomsbury Publishing UK to be the editor and contributor for an upcoming edited book titled "The Enduring Influence of Paris Fashion: Adaptation, Negotiation, and Rejection in a Globalised World".
April 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I am delighted to announce that I have signed a contract with Bloomsbury Publishing UK to be the editor and contributor for an upcoming edited book titled "The Enduring Influence of Paris Fashion: Adaptation, Negotiation, and Rejection in a Globalised World".
This paper examines the echoes of Marthe Bibesco’s essay collection Noblesse de Robe between 1928 and 1929, included in the Princess’ notebook of clippings currently found at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas, United States of America.
March 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This paper examines the echoes of Marthe Bibesco’s essay collection Noblesse de Robe between 1928 and 1929, included in the Princess’ notebook of clippings currently found at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas, United States of America.
I’m thrilled my monograph, “The Women of ‘Little Paris’: Fashion in Interwar Bucharest” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024) is in such amazing company! My book was recently included in a post titled “Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars”, published by the Women in Academia Report (WIAReport).
February 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I’m thrilled my monograph, “The Women of ‘Little Paris’: Fashion in Interwar Bucharest” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024) is in such amazing company! My book was recently included in a post titled “Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars”, published by the Women in Academia Report (WIAReport).
My book chapter, dedicated to a geographical outline of a small part of echoes about Marthe Bibesco's "Noblesse de Robe" fashionable book of essays with Grasset from 1928, is out now. Also, a thematic take on the prevalent themes in the nobility of dress debate is coming soon!
February 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
My book chapter, dedicated to a geographical outline of a small part of echoes about Marthe Bibesco's "Noblesse de Robe" fashionable book of essays with Grasset from 1928, is out now. Also, a thematic take on the prevalent themes in the nobility of dress debate is coming soon!
Making things eclectic with the right amount of messy, on a hairy rollercoaster of a Xmas Eve. With the Solstice out of the bag and a jar of tricky situations. And while I may not endorse that drink, I still hum the tune!
Have a Wonderful Christmas Eve to all those who celebrate!
Have a Wonderful Christmas Eve to all those who celebrate!
December 23, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Making things eclectic with the right amount of messy, on a hairy rollercoaster of a Xmas Eve. With the Solstice out of the bag and a jar of tricky situations. And while I may not endorse that drink, I still hum the tune!
Have a Wonderful Christmas Eve to all those who celebrate!
Have a Wonderful Christmas Eve to all those who celebrate!
... Negotiating between objectivity and stereotypes. American correspondents in Romania (T3) and Embodying the American Feminine Ethos: Renegotiating Romanian Women’s Identity from Hollywood to Rockefeller (T6).
December 18, 2024 at 2:53 PM
... Negotiating between objectivity and stereotypes. American correspondents in Romania (T3) and Embodying the American Feminine Ethos: Renegotiating Romanian Women’s Identity from Hollywood to Rockefeller (T6).
Out now!!
"Trailblazers of the Press. American War Correspondents in Interwar Romania" (Carmen Andras, Sonia D. Andras, Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2024). Published as part of EDERA - The Ethos of Dialogue and Education, streamlining the themes ...
"Trailblazers of the Press. American War Correspondents in Interwar Romania" (Carmen Andras, Sonia D. Andras, Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2024). Published as part of EDERA - The Ethos of Dialogue and Education, streamlining the themes ...
December 18, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Out now!!
"Trailblazers of the Press. American War Correspondents in Interwar Romania" (Carmen Andras, Sonia D. Andras, Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2024). Published as part of EDERA - The Ethos of Dialogue and Education, streamlining the themes ...
"Trailblazers of the Press. American War Correspondents in Interwar Romania" (Carmen Andras, Sonia D. Andras, Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2024). Published as part of EDERA - The Ethos of Dialogue and Education, streamlining the themes ...
Just putting it out there!
I am looking for a new role starting in 2025, preferably as a researcher in cultural studies (fashion, gender, media studies), sociology, cultural history and/or Romanian studies.
#opentowork #researchprojects #research
I am looking for a new role starting in 2025, preferably as a researcher in cultural studies (fashion, gender, media studies), sociology, cultural history and/or Romanian studies.
#opentowork #researchprojects #research
December 15, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Just putting it out there!
I am looking for a new role starting in 2025, preferably as a researcher in cultural studies (fashion, gender, media studies), sociology, cultural history and/or Romanian studies.
#opentowork #researchprojects #research
I am looking for a new role starting in 2025, preferably as a researcher in cultural studies (fashion, gender, media studies), sociology, cultural history and/or Romanian studies.
#opentowork #researchprojects #research
It's official! My monograph "The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest" with Bloomsbury Visual Arts (in the "Dress Cultures" collection, edited by Reina Lewis and Elizabeth Wilson) is finally out now!
December 12, 2024 at 11:35 AM
It's official! My monograph "The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest" with Bloomsbury Visual Arts (in the "Dress Cultures" collection, edited by Reina Lewis and Elizabeth Wilson) is finally out now!
Countdown to publication 11/12.
This last snippet before tomorrow's 12/12 is a theme that has been close to my heart since the beginning of my PhD journey. It was a time I cherished until around 2014 when I ventured into other, some greener, some bleaker green pastures.
This last snippet before tomorrow's 12/12 is a theme that has been close to my heart since the beginning of my PhD journey. It was a time I cherished until around 2014 when I ventured into other, some greener, some bleaker green pastures.
December 11, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Countdown to publication 11/12.
This last snippet before tomorrow's 12/12 is a theme that has been close to my heart since the beginning of my PhD journey. It was a time I cherished until around 2014 when I ventured into other, some greener, some bleaker green pastures.
This last snippet before tomorrow's 12/12 is a theme that has been close to my heart since the beginning of my PhD journey. It was a time I cherished until around 2014 when I ventured into other, some greener, some bleaker green pastures.
Countdown to publication 10/12.
When it came to the best example of healthy living (and arguably hygienised thinking), it was, rather interestingly, no other than Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
When it came to the best example of healthy living (and arguably hygienised thinking), it was, rather interestingly, no other than Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
December 10, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Countdown to publication 10/12.
When it came to the best example of healthy living (and arguably hygienised thinking), it was, rather interestingly, no other than Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
When it came to the best example of healthy living (and arguably hygienised thinking), it was, rather interestingly, no other than Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
Countdown to publication 9/12.
Today, I will slightly shift gears, or better said, rolls. I have mentioned Princess Marthe Bibesco before, especially regarding her “Noblesse de Robe” project. In this post, I will focus on another lesser-known aspect of her creation, ...
Today, I will slightly shift gears, or better said, rolls. I have mentioned Princess Marthe Bibesco before, especially regarding her “Noblesse de Robe” project. In this post, I will focus on another lesser-known aspect of her creation, ...
December 9, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Countdown to publication 9/12.
Today, I will slightly shift gears, or better said, rolls. I have mentioned Princess Marthe Bibesco before, especially regarding her “Noblesse de Robe” project. In this post, I will focus on another lesser-known aspect of her creation, ...
Today, I will slightly shift gears, or better said, rolls. I have mentioned Princess Marthe Bibesco before, especially regarding her “Noblesse de Robe” project. In this post, I will focus on another lesser-known aspect of her creation, ...
The second one is probably one of my favourite juxtapositions so far, accidental or maybe not! It is also from “Ilustrațiunea Română”, but closer to the end of the decade, in 1938.
December 8, 2024 at 7:11 PM
The second one is probably one of my favourite juxtapositions so far, accidental or maybe not! It is also from “Ilustrațiunea Română”, but closer to the end of the decade, in 1938.