Sonia D. Andras

@icsumures.ro

Associate Researcher, Proiect PCE PN-III-P4-PCE-2021-0688
Gheorghe Sincai Institute for Social Sciences and the Humanities

Sonia D. Andras


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I am a fashion studies researcher. I received my PhD in 2020 from University of the Arts London, London College of Fashion with the thesis “The Women of Little Paris: Women’s Fashion in Interwar Bucharest”. My upcoming book titled The Women of ‘Little Paris:’ Fashion in Interwar Bucharest with Bloomsbury Publishing is currently under final review.

EDUCATION

2011 - 2020: PhD: London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UK
2008-2010: MA - British Cultural Studies: University of Bucharest, Romania
2005-2008: BA – Universal and Comparative Literature – English: “Babeș-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Fashion studies, gender, media studies, urban studies, semiotics, migration, art history, design history, interwar fashion, Romania
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Scholar Citations

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RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Marthe Bibesco, Parisienne Par Excellence: Fashion, Gender and Identity in Noblesse De Robe, From Vogue to Bernard Grasset
    SD Andras
    The Enduring Influence of Paris in a Globalised World, 62-84 , 2027
    2027
  • The Enduring Influence of Paris in a Globalised World
    SD Andras
    Bloomsbury Visual Arts, Dress Cultures, 978-1-350-57560-8 , 2027
    2027
  • Romanian Rockefeller Fellows: An Interwar Story
    SD Andras
    Rockefeller fellows (Hypotheses.org), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080 … , 2026
    2026
  • Negotiating Women’s Bodies: An Artistic Exploration of Coercion and Agency in Interwar Romanian Gendered Advice Literature
    SD Andras
    Journal of Romanian Studies 8 (1), 5-29 , 2026
    2026
  • Welfare Work Without Welfare: Women and Austerity in Interwar Bucharest: by Alexandra Ghiț. Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2025, xiii+ 280 pp., maps, illustrations, ISBN …
    SD Andras
    First World War Studies, 1-2 , 2026
    2026
  • „Femeile din Micul Paris”: o conversație cu Sonia-Doris Andraș despre modernitatea feminină în Bucureștiul interbelic (Republished Interview)
    SD Andras, M Muntean
    Habitat Cluj , 2025
    2025
  • „Femeile din Micul Paris”: o conversație cu Sonia-Doris Andraș despre modernitatea feminină în Bucureștiul interbelic (Interview)
    MA Muntean, SD Andras
    Făclia de Cluj , 2025
    2025
  • Fashioning a Debate: Fashion, Gender and Literature in Noblesse de Robe by Marthe Bibesco in Context
    SD Andraș
    Revue Roumaine d'Histoire de l'Art. Série Beaux-Arts 61, 41-64 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Nursing Education in Cluj with Rockefeller Foundation Support, 1924–1948
    SD Andras
    Elita interbelică transilvană. Reconfigurări culturale și identitare (eds … , 2025
    2025
  • Nurse Between the Lines: Romanian Female Rockefeller Foundation Fellows in Medical Professions in-between Innovation and Suppression
    SD Andras
    Anuarul Institutului de Cercetări Socio-Umane »Gheorghe Șincai« al Academiei … , 2025
    2025
  • Trailblazers of the Press. American War Correspondents in Interwar Romania
    C Andraș, SD Andraș
    Presa Universitară Clujeană , 2024
    2024
  • The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest
    SD Andraş
    Bloomsbury Visual Arts , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • srstudies. org
    K Hitchins, R net Fellowship, SRST Working, J Kapaló
    2024
  • Interview with Sonia D. Andraş,“The Women of ‘Little Paris’: Fashion in Interwar Bucharest”(Bloomsbury, 2024), New Books Network, 26 July 2024.
    R Clark, S Andras
    2024
  • Negocieri transatlantice: cooperarea romano-americana în educatie, cultura si arte
    C Sigmirean, SD Andraş, C Andraş
    Presa universitara Clujeana , 2024
    2024
  • Noblesse de Robe by Marthe Bibesco. Colonization, Decolonization and Recolonization through Fashion
    SD Andraș
    Negocieri transatlantice. Cooperarea româno – americană în educație, cultură … , 2024
    2024
  • Negocieri transatlantice. Cooperarea româno – americană în educație, cultură și arte / Transatlantic Negotiations. Romanian - American Cooperation in Education, Culture, and Arts
    C Sigmirean, C Andraș, Sonia D., Andraș, eds
    2024
  • Sonia D. Andras Negotiations En Vogue ( Conference Presentation, 2023, Video & Audio)
    SD Andras
    Internet Archive , 2023
    2023
  • Selling Glamour: Marketing Western Women's Fashion in Interwar Bucharest
    SD Andraș
    Transylvanian Review 32 (1), 106-125 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 1
  • Roberta at the Capitol and Roxy: Fashion, Cinema, and Modernity in Interwar Bucharest
    SD Andraș
    Yearbook of the "Gheorghe Şincai" Institute for Social Sciences and the … , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 1

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Fashion, Dress, Costume: a Proposed Terminological Clarification in the Historical Research of Women’s Clothing
    SD Andraș
    Anuarul Institutului de Cercetări Socio-Umane »Gheorghe Şincai« al Academiei … , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 6
  • From Monitorul Oficial to Calea Victoriei: Decoding 1930s Bucharest through Women’s Fashion
    SD Andraș
    Journal of Romanian Studies 5 (1), 27 - 54 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 3
  • Fashioning simultaneous migrations: Sonia Delaunay and inter-war Romanian connections
    S Andraş
    Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty 13 (2), 229-253 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 2
  • Fashioning a Debate: Fashion, Gender and Literature in Noblesse de Robe by Marthe Bibesco in Context
    SD Andraș
    Revue Roumaine d'Histoire de l'Art. Série Beaux-Arts 61, 41-64 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest
    SD Andraş
    Bloomsbury Visual Arts , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Selling Glamour: Marketing Western Women's Fashion in Interwar Bucharest
    SD Andraș
    Transylvanian Review 32 (1), 106-125 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 1
  • Roberta at the Capitol and Roxy: Fashion, Cinema, and Modernity in Interwar Bucharest
    SD Andraș
    Yearbook of the "Gheorghe Şincai" Institute for Social Sciences and the … , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 1
  • Dialog identitar în lumea modei și frumuseții interbelice: Paris-București/Identity Dialogue in the World of Interwar Fashion and Beauty: Paris-Bucharest
    SD Andras
    Actele Unirii, 150-178 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 1
  • Creating City Chic. The Parisian Influence on Interwar Bucharest Fashion
    SD Andraș
    Anuarul Institutului de Cercetări Socio-Umane »Gheorghe Şincai« al Academiei … , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 1
  • The Ideal Woman: Beauty Contests in Interwar Romania
    SD Andraș
    3rd Global Conference, Inter-Disciplinary.Net , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 1
  • Beauty and Nation: Miss Romania as International Ambassador
    SD Andraș
    Studies on Literature, Discourse and Multicultural Dialogue 1, 424-431 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 1
  • Marthe Bibesco, Parisienne Par Excellence: Fashion, Gender and Identity in Noblesse De Robe, From Vogue to Bernard Grasset
    SD Andras
    The Enduring Influence of Paris in a Globalised World, 62-84 , 2027
    2027
  • The Enduring Influence of Paris in a Globalised World
    SD Andras
    Bloomsbury Visual Arts, Dress Cultures, 978-1-350-57560-8 , 2027
    2027
  • Romanian Rockefeller Fellows: An Interwar Story
    SD Andras
    Rockefeller fellows (Hypotheses.org), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080 … , 2026
    2026
  • Negotiating Women’s Bodies: An Artistic Exploration of Coercion and Agency in Interwar Romanian Gendered Advice Literature
    SD Andras
    Journal of Romanian Studies 8 (1), 5-29 , 2026
    2026
  • Welfare Work Without Welfare: Women and Austerity in Interwar Bucharest: by Alexandra Ghiț. Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2025, xiii+ 280 pp., maps, illustrations, ISBN …
    SD Andras
    First World War Studies, 1-2 , 2026
    2026
  • „Femeile din Micul Paris”: o conversație cu Sonia-Doris Andraș despre modernitatea feminină în Bucureștiul interbelic (Republished Interview)
    SD Andras, M Muntean
    Habitat Cluj , 2025
    2025
  • „Femeile din Micul Paris”: o conversație cu Sonia-Doris Andraș despre modernitatea feminină în Bucureștiul interbelic (Interview)
    MA Muntean, SD Andras
    Făclia de Cluj , 2025
    2025
  • Nursing Education in Cluj with Rockefeller Foundation Support, 1924–1948
    SD Andras
    Elita interbelică transilvană. Reconfigurări culturale și identitare (eds … , 2025
    2025
  • Nurse Between the Lines: Romanian Female Rockefeller Foundation Fellows in Medical Professions in-between Innovation and Suppression
    SD Andras
    Anuarul Institutului de Cercetări Socio-Umane »Gheorghe Șincai« al Academiei … , 2025
    2025