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ANNE’S REFERENCES:
- Member of Belgium-Japan Association & Chamber of Commerce (former cultural committee member)
(since 2003).
- Member of the EU-Japan Club (since 2003).
- Member of Professional Women International and the European Professional Women’s Network (since 2008).
- Board member of Urban Planning committee, Citizens’ Lifestyle division, Fukushima Prefecture
Municipal Government: Japan, 5/2000-5/2002.
Education and linguistic training:
- Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Human Life Studies
(Koriyama Women’s University, Koriyama, Japan: 1997-2003,
Japanese government full academic research scholarship).
Japanese government full academic research scholarship: (Monbukagakusho), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan, via the USA, 1997-2003.
- Japanese language proficiency test, Level 2 (nikyu)
(Tokyo, 2002).
- Bachelor’s of Arts in French Linguistics
(University of California: Davis, California: 1982-1986).
- Simultaneous interpretation certificate
(French to English, Marie Haps Institute, Brussels, 2006).
Guest lecturer in Belgium:
- “Culture and Development” graduate course, Boston University Brussels, 9/2008-12/2008.
- “Corporate Social Responsibility” seminar, Boston University Brussels, 6/2008.
- “Calm your mind and body” wellness workshop, Professional Women International, 6/2008.
- “Communicating with the Japanese,” MBA intercultural business communications course guest lecturer, United Business Institutes, Brussels, 2004-present.
- “Repatriation – Reverse culture shock” seminar, American Women’s Club of Brussels, 4/2008.
- “Calm your mind and body” workshop, American Women’s Club of Brussels, 2/2008.
- “Integrating Japanese culture, lifestyle and philosophy into the Belgian lifestyle,”
Chill Out Association, Brussels, 1/2008.
- “Culture and aesthetics in Japan, appreciation of nature – my personal experience,”
Cultural and Information Centre of the Embassy of Japan, Brussels, 8/2006.
- “Man’s appreciation of nature – the philosophy and religions of Japan,”
ARICIA, Brussels, 4/2005.
- “East meets West: the conflict of change in Japanese culture and lifestyle,”
Chill Out Association, Irish Club of Brussels, 11/2003.
Guest lecturer in Japan :
In Japanese, for various organisations in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, 1998-2003, on various topics:
- Western and Eastern intercultural differences
- International cultures and societies
- European and Mexican cuisine
- Difficulties foreigners face abroad
- Lifestyle differences
- Linguistic problems regarding Katakana English
- Internationalisation, etc.
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