ZAGREB, Feb 22 (Hina) - Dr. Milena Zic Fuchs, the candidate for the post of Science and Technology Minister, is a senior lecturer at the English department of the Zagreb Faculty of Philosophy and a guest lecturer at universities in
Rijeka and Mostar. Zic Fuchs was born in Zagreb in 1954. Between 1958 and 1969, she lived in London, New York and Sydney. She graduated from Zagreb's Faculty of Philosophy, Departments English and Ethnology. She earned her MA degree in linguistics at the same faculty and in 1989 she earned her PhD degree. In the academic year 1984/85 she taught at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and in 1995/96 at the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY). She published about 20 research papers from the areas of semantics and cognitive linguistics and in 1991 a book "Knowledge of Language and Knowledge of the World". Zic Fuchs was the president of the Council for Publishing Activities at the
ZAGREB, Feb 22 (Hina) - Dr. Milena Zic Fuchs, the candidate for the
post of Science and Technology Minister, is a senior lecturer at the
English department of the Zagreb Faculty of Philosophy and a guest
lecturer at universities in Rijeka and Mostar.
Zic Fuchs was born in Zagreb in 1954. Between 1958 and 1969, she
lived in London, New York and Sydney. She graduated from Zagreb's
Faculty of Philosophy, Departments English and Ethnology.
She earned her MA degree in linguistics at the same faculty and in
1989 she earned her PhD degree.
In the academic year 1984/85 she taught at the University of
California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and in 1995/96 at the State
University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY).
She published about 20 research papers from the areas of semantics
and cognitive linguistics and in 1991 a book "Knowledge of Language
and Knowledge of the World".
Zic Fuchs was the president of the Council for Publishing
Activities at the Science and Technology Ministry and is currently
a member of the Council for Philology and Croatian Language.
In 1998, the Croatian Sabor appointed her as member of the National
Council for Science.
Zic Fuchs is not a member of any political party.
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