Tania Peitzker
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Tania Peitzker, a writer, literary scholar and publicist for the Creative Industries
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Tania Peitzker was awarded a PhD in 2000 by the University of Potsdam
for her Cultural Studies
analysis of the twentieth century Australian author, Dymphna Cusack
. This work won the inaugural "Australia Award" in 1998, created by the annual awards´ jury of the International Federation of University Women
in Geneva, Switzerland. The main thesis was published as an essay by the historic literary journal, Southerly
, University of Sydney. The dissertation is held in the National Libraries of Germany, France and Australia, as well as in the special collections of a number of notable universities in Europe.
She has worked in publishing, journalism, academia, theatre and broadcasting. From Berlin, Zurich and Geneva in the early 2000s, Tania Peitzker wrote feature articles and breaking news stories about scientific innovation, cutting edge university research and higher education reforms, specialising in knowledge transfer issues as a specialist correspondent for the Londoner Times Higher Education Supplement and the New Yorker The Wall Street Journal Europe
based in Brussels. During this period, she contributed to the THES International Ranking of Universities by providing reports and interviews with government higher education executives, Rectors, Vice-Chancellors, Nobel Prize winners and scientists in German-speaking countries.
From 1989 to 1990 in Australia, she became known for the country's first regular radio show devoted to female composers of classical music from around the globe, “Why Not Women?”, as well as her original research “A Genealogy of Australian Cultural Studies” and a history of female sexuality in Australia, acquired by the Fryer Library's Special Collections archives on her leaving Australia for Germany in 1994. The monthly radio programme, “Why Not Women?” was broadcast live on the public radio station for classical music, 4MBS
, and was created in collaboration with the International League of Women Composers (ILWC) in New York, USA. She then set up the first Australian archive for the original recordings of contemporary compositions and historic classical music by women which the American ILWC sent to 4MBS
in the 1980s and 1990s.
After graduating from the University of Potsdam, Tania Peitzker worked as a Professor on a multilingual postgraduate curriculum for the first ever European Masters Degree in Australian Studies, initiated by the English Department at the University of Lodz, Poland, with corporate and Australian Embassy support. Lodz University also commissioned from her a historiography on "The Cultural History of Women and Men in Europe" for an EU-funded university textbook on “European Civilisations” written by Swedish, English, Irish, Welsh and Polish academics on a grant from the Brussels-based university research programme TEMPUS
.
In the field of drama, Tania Peitzker wrote and directed "Life with Marion" (1990) which ran for two seasons due to its popularity: one at the Metro Arts Theatre
's dance studios and another at the University of Queensland's Cement Box Theatre. "Life with Marion" deals with contemporary society's ideas of love, religion, health and family. The three act play was first produced through government and university grants, while its second season was funded by box office revenue. Tania Peitzker later wrote "Gargoyles" - dealing with themes of spirituality, gender, migration and ageing - and the four act, epic drama written in verse, "Crux", which is a metaphorical, mystical work set in an antipodean colony and it deals with class conflicts, racial relationships and the philosophy of progress.
Aside from her literary and media output, Tania Peitzker became a businesswoman in 2006 when she founded a strategic communications, investor liaison and capital raising consultancy for the Creative Industries, EU public relations, http://www.eupublicrelations.com in Berlin, Germany. In March 2011, the German EU PR business was integrated as one of four Australian companies into the Sydney-based Asia Pac PR Holdings.
Other innovative companies established by Tania Peitzker include the Australian New Zealand Chamber for Businesses Trading in Europe (http://www.anzchameurope.com) that sells InfoProducts via an e-shop in the USA and a British-Australian Joint Venture which is the world´s first news aggregator to use artificial intelligence
, My Own Reporter (MOR http://www.myownreporter.com).
Her businesses have been reviewed and publicised in the alumni journals of Cromwell College and the University of Potsdam..
In the early '90s in Melbourne, she modelled for and was briefly married to the well-known Chinese-Australian artist and Archibald Portrait Prize serial finalist Jun Chen from Guangzhou/Brisbane. Meanwhile she is single, with no children. Tania Peitzker was born - and spent the first two decades of her life - in the tropical township of Cairns (Australia) and, as of December 2011, lives on Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales
, part of the inner city of Sydney.
Creative industries
The creative industries refers to a range of economic activities which are concerned with the generation or exploitation of knowledge and information...
.
Tania Peitzker was awarded a PhD in 2000 by the University of Potsdam
University of Potsdam
The University of Potsdam is a German university, situated across four campuses in Potsdam, Brandenburg, including the New Palace of Sanssouci and the Park Babelsberg.- Profile :...
for her Cultural Studies
Cultural studies
Cultural studies is an academic field grounded in critical theory and literary criticism. It generally concerns the political nature of contemporary culture, as well as its historical foundations, conflicts, and defining traits. It is, to this extent, largely distinguished from cultural...
analysis of the twentieth century Australian author, Dymphna Cusack
Dymphna Cusack
Dymphna Cusack AM was an Australian author.Born in West Wyalong, New South Wales, Dymphna Cusack was educated at St Ursula's College, and graduated from Sydney University with an honours degree in Arts and a diploma in Education...
. This work won the inaugural "Australia Award" in 1998, created by the annual awards´ jury of the International Federation of University Women
International Federation of University Women
International Federation of University Women is an international organization that was founded in 1919 to promote women's education.The organization was founded by Virginia Gildersleeve, Caroline Spurgeon and Rose Sidgwick....
in Geneva, Switzerland. The main thesis was published as an essay by the historic literary journal, Southerly
Southerly
Southerly is the name of a storm or front of air coming from the south. In the Southern Hemisphere these can be cold and have bad weather. In Wellington, New Zealand these storms are normally short and frequently have winds gusting between 120 km/h and 160 km/h though higher speeds are...
, University of Sydney. The dissertation is held in the National Libraries of Germany, France and Australia, as well as in the special collections of a number of notable universities in Europe.
She has worked in publishing, journalism, academia, theatre and broadcasting. From Berlin, Zurich and Geneva in the early 2000s, Tania Peitzker wrote feature articles and breaking news stories about scientific innovation, cutting edge university research and higher education reforms, specialising in knowledge transfer issues as a specialist correspondent for the Londoner Times Higher Education Supplement and the New Yorker The Wall Street Journal Europe
The Wall Street Journal Europe
The Wall Street Journal Europe is a daily English-language newspaper that covers global and regional business news for Europe, the Middle East and Africa...
based in Brussels. During this period, she contributed to the THES International Ranking of Universities by providing reports and interviews with government higher education executives, Rectors, Vice-Chancellors, Nobel Prize winners and scientists in German-speaking countries.
From 1989 to 1990 in Australia, she became known for the country's first regular radio show devoted to female composers of classical music from around the globe, “Why Not Women?”, as well as her original research “A Genealogy of Australian Cultural Studies” and a history of female sexuality in Australia, acquired by the Fryer Library's Special Collections archives on her leaving Australia for Germany in 1994. The monthly radio programme, “Why Not Women?” was broadcast live on the public radio station for classical music, 4MBS
4MBS
4MBS Classic FM is a Brisbane community radio station that broadcasts classical music, jazz and nostalgia throughout South East Queensland. It is broadcast at a frequency of 103.7 MHz....
, and was created in collaboration with the International League of Women Composers (ILWC) in New York, USA. She then set up the first Australian archive for the original recordings of contemporary compositions and historic classical music by women which the American ILWC sent to 4MBS
4MBS
4MBS Classic FM is a Brisbane community radio station that broadcasts classical music, jazz and nostalgia throughout South East Queensland. It is broadcast at a frequency of 103.7 MHz....
in the 1980s and 1990s.
After graduating from the University of Potsdam, Tania Peitzker worked as a Professor on a multilingual postgraduate curriculum for the first ever European Masters Degree in Australian Studies, initiated by the English Department at the University of Lodz, Poland, with corporate and Australian Embassy support. Lodz University also commissioned from her a historiography on "The Cultural History of Women and Men in Europe" for an EU-funded university textbook on “European Civilisations” written by Swedish, English, Irish, Welsh and Polish academics on a grant from the Brussels-based university research programme TEMPUS
TEMPUS
The TEMPUS programme encourages institutions in the EU Member States and partner countries to engage in structured cooperation through the establishment of "consortia". The "consortia" implement Joint European Projects with a clear set of objectives. Such projects may receive financial aid for...
.
In the field of drama, Tania Peitzker wrote and directed "Life with Marion" (1990) which ran for two seasons due to its popularity: one at the Metro Arts Theatre
Metro Arts Theatre
The Metro Arts Theatre is a venue located in Edward Street in Brisbane, Australia. The building contains two performance venues, the Sue Benner Theatre and the Studio....
's dance studios and another at the University of Queensland's Cement Box Theatre. "Life with Marion" deals with contemporary society's ideas of love, religion, health and family. The three act play was first produced through government and university grants, while its second season was funded by box office revenue. Tania Peitzker later wrote "Gargoyles" - dealing with themes of spirituality, gender, migration and ageing - and the four act, epic drama written in verse, "Crux", which is a metaphorical, mystical work set in an antipodean colony and it deals with class conflicts, racial relationships and the philosophy of progress.
Aside from her literary and media output, Tania Peitzker became a businesswoman in 2006 when she founded a strategic communications, investor liaison and capital raising consultancy for the Creative Industries, EU public relations, http://www.eupublicrelations.com in Berlin, Germany. In March 2011, the German EU PR business was integrated as one of four Australian companies into the Sydney-based Asia Pac PR Holdings.
Other innovative companies established by Tania Peitzker include the Australian New Zealand Chamber for Businesses Trading in Europe (http://www.anzchameurope.com) that sells InfoProducts via an e-shop in the USA and a British-Australian Joint Venture which is the world´s first news aggregator to use artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
, My Own Reporter (MOR http://www.myownreporter.com).
Her businesses have been reviewed and publicised in the alumni journals of Cromwell College and the University of Potsdam..
In the early '90s in Melbourne, she modelled for and was briefly married to the well-known Chinese-Australian artist and Archibald Portrait Prize serial finalist Jun Chen from Guangzhou/Brisbane. Meanwhile she is single, with no children. Tania Peitzker was born - and spent the first two decades of her life - in the tropical township of Cairns (Australia) and, as of December 2011, lives on Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales
Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales
Elizabeth Bay is a harbourside suburb in eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Elizabeth Bay is located 3 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney....
, part of the inner city of Sydney.