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About
| | | Name | Gaby Divay (née Asmussen-Friedrich) | | Place of birth | Augsburg, Germany | | Address (home) | 410, Elmhurst Rd., Winnipeg R3R 0T9 | | Address (UM) | 208 B, Bldg. Dafoe, University of Manitoba
Winnipeg R3T 2N2 | | Address (e-mail) | divay@cc.umanitoba.ca | | Telephone | 204 832 2179 | | Website | http://gaby-divay-webarchives.ca/ | | Profession | Academic Librarian ; Adjunct Professor of German (6 years) | | Institution | University of Manitoba, Archives & Special Collections
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2
CANADA | | Rank | Librarian (Promotion to Full Librarian, 1995) | | Languages | German ; English ; French (spoken & written)
Italian (12 credits, McGill University, 1974/75)
Latin (Hauptfach, grades 6-11; Arbeitsgemeinschaft, grades 12-13: "Grosses Latinum", Hamburg, Gymnasium Curschmannstraße)
Greek (6 credits, University of Manitoba, 1986/87) | |  | |
Education
| | | 1993 | Post-doctoral M.A. in German Studies (University of Manitoba)
Thesis: Grove's, Greve's & "Fanny Essler"s Poems/Gedichte (350 leaves) | | 1984 | Ph.D. in French Renaissance Studies (Université Laval, Québec)
Thesis: Nature, Fortune et Dieu dans Les Essais de Montaigne (610 leaves)
| | 1975 | M.L.S. (McGill University, Montreal) | | 1972 | M.A. in French Literature and Linguistics (Université Laval) | | 1970 | Honours' B.A. in French literature (Université Laval) | | 1968 | Diplôme & Certificat de langue et civilisation françaises (Sorbonne, Paris) | | 1967 | Abitur (Neusprachlich-naturwissenschaftliches Gymnasium an der Curschmannstraße, Hamburg) | | | |
Professional Experience (University of Manitoba)
| | | 2013- | Senior Scholar, UM Archives & Special Collection.
| | 1996-2004 | Adjunct Professor of German,
UM Faculties of Arts & Graduate Studies | | 1995-2013 | Curator & Rare Book Librarian,
UM Archives & Special Collections | | 1991+1992 | Head, Original Cataloguing Section (2 year term)
UML Technical Services | | 1989-1990 | Curator, Spettigue Collection of FPG (Greve/Grove) Research,
UM Archives & Special Collection 1 year, (half-time) | | 1981-2013 | German Bibliographer & Cataloguer
UML Dafoe Library & Technical Service
| | 1975-1994 | UM Libraries (UML), German Cataloguer
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Other Professional Experience
| | | 1973-1975 | During post-graduate studies in Library & Information Science at McGill University in Montreal, I worked on the desk of the Library Science Library
| | 1974 | In the spring of 1974, I undertook the shelflist reading project of the McGill Library Science Library [with fellow student Daniel Phelan]
| | 1973-1975 | During my McGill years, I had the privilege of minding H. E. Heinemann's antiquarian Mansfield Book Mart a few hours a week.
| | 1974 | In the fall of 1974, at the First International Antiquarian Bookfair at Place Bonaventure, I was happy to represent H. E. Heinemann at his exhibit booth in the evenings
| | 1974 | In the summer of 1974, I had a three-months internship with renowned auction house and antiquarian establishment Hauswedell & Nolte in Hamburg
During my tenure there, a large auction of rare juvenile literature books took place. So did one of expressionist art, including several by Emil Nolde (1867-1956).
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Dr. Gaby Divay
Senior Scholar, Archives & Special Collections
208 A, Bldg Dafo, University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2
Phone: (204) 832 2179; e-Mail: divay@cc.umanitoba.ca |
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