Alessandro Pagano

Current Positions

• PhD Candidate in Japanese Language, Linguistics and Translation in the PhD program in Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures: Diversity and Inclusion at Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna [since November 2022].
• Teaching Assistant in Japanese Language and Translation at the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Bologna [since September 2023].
• Visiting Researcher at iU - Professional University of Information and Management for Innovation in Tokyo (Japan), focusing on intercultural communication and global marketing [28/04/2025 - 29/07/2025].

Previous Positions

• Visiting Scholar at the State University of New York (SUNY) in Stony Brook (NY, USA), conducting research in Japanese language teaching and translation studies [27/02/2024 – 01/07/2024].

Education

• Master's Degree cum laude in Asian and African Languages and Cultures, specializing in Japanese Language and Culture, from the University of Naples "L’Orientale". Thesis in Modern Language Teaching titled Developing Translation Competence for Intercultural Language Learning: The Case of the Japanese Language. Degree awarded on 22/04/2022.
• Bachelor's Degree in Comparative Languages and Cultures, focusing on English and Japanese, from the University of Naples "L’Orientale". Thesis in Japanese Literature titled The City as a Mirror: The Urban Regeneration of Tokyo as a Western Megalopolis. Degree awarded on 29/10/2019.

Training Courses and Participation in Conferences and Seminars as Participant

• [Bologna (Italy), 03/10/2025] – Atomic Bass: Art Narrating the Post-Fukushima Dystopian Landscape.
• [Bologna (Italy), 03/08/2025] – Fosco Maraini: The Image of the “Empresente.” A Retrospective.
• [Online, 02/24/2025] – Representations of Masculinity in the Japanese Dub of Call Me by Your Name, guest lecture at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
• [Bologna (Italy), 11/21/2025] – Language and Gender: Research Methods and Practices.
• [Online, 11/05/2025] – Plurilingualism: Reflections on Politics, Society, and Education, held at the University of Padua, Italy.
• [Bologna (Italy), October–December 2024] – Artificial Intelligence and Language Teaching. A series of meetings on language education and the role of new artificial intelligence (AI) applications.
• [Bologna (Italy), 10/02–03/2024] – “Errata corrige”? Error in Philology, Literature, and Linguistics.
• [Bologna (Italy), 24/09/2024] - Between ruins and reconstruction. Dialogue around contemporary dystopias.
• [Bergamo (Italy), 12-13-14/09/2024] - XLVIII Conference on Japanese Studies of the Italian Association for Japanese Studies (AISTUGIA).
• [Stony Brook (NY), 01/05/2024] – Student Research Symposium at the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, Stony Brook University.
• [Stony Brook (NY), 11/04/2024] – Celebrating 10 Years of Multilingual and Intercultural Excellence.
• [Stony Brook (NY), 25/03/2024] – The Choice to Become a Japanese Diplomat, lecture by Natsuko Oku, Deputy Director of the Consulate General of Japan in New York.
• [Bologna (Italy), 13 and 27/11/2023] – "Valuing Research to Generate Impact."
• [Bologna (Italy), 03 and 26/10/2023] – "Valuing Research to Generate Impact."
• [Florence (Italy), 14-15-16/09/2023] – XLVII Conference on Japanese Studies of the Italian Association for Japanese Studies (AISTUGIA).
• [Bologna (Italy), 18-19/05/2023] – "Naturally Occurring Data in and Beyond Linguistic Typology."
• [Bologna (Italy), 10/05/2023] – "The Personality of the Translator and Interpreter in Rendering Political Discourse."
• [Bologna (Italy), 09/03/2023 to 11/05/2023] – Academic English Seminar.
• [Bologna (Italy), 23/01/2023 and 08/02/2023] – "Information Literacy" Workshop.
• [Bologna (Italy), 15-17/12/2022] – "Dive In. Reconstruction and Responsibility: A Journey Through Diversity and Inclusion."
• [Florence (Italy), 06-07/12/2022] – "Freedom and Limit: Adaptations and Forms of Expression in Linguistics and Literature."
• [Bologna (Italy), 02/12/2022] – "Bureaucracy and Language Brokering in the Multilingual Classroom: An Example."
• [Bologna (Italy), 24/11/2022] – "Translating in the Classroom: A Project on Collaborative Translation in Secondary Schools."
• [Online, 28/06/2022] – "Translation Texts as Privileged Sources for Historical, Linguistic, and Cultural Studies."
• [Naples (Italy), 01/04/2022 to 31/05/2022] – "Investigating the Word: Themes and Problems in History, Literature, and Biblical Philology."
• [Naples (Italy), 17/02/2020 to 16/03/2020] – "Biography and Encyclopedism in Premodern Japan: Textual and Visual Sources."
• [Naples (Italy), 19/03/2019 to 28/05/2019] – "Metropolis: A Journey to the Cities of the East."
• [Naples (Italy), 23/05/2017 to 30/05/2017] – "European Literacy Course."

Conference Presentations, Seminars, Lectures as Speaker

• [Bologna (Italy), 16/04/2025] - Dinner's ready in Japan: Language and Culture in Japanese Cuisine. Japanese language lesson held at the Primo Levi University as part of the "Journeys Through the Languages, Literatures, and Cultures of the World" project promoted by the University of Bologna.
• [Vignola (MO, Italy), 19-20/10/2024] – Japanese language lesson held as part of BettyB - The Festival of Comics and Illustration in Spring.
• [Montpellier (France), 04/03/2025] – Translation, Translanguaging, and Intercultural Awakening (In collaboration with Dr. Eriko Sato). International conference "Translation – Languages − Teaching" organized by Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier.
• [Bologna (Italy), 03/27/2025] – Surviving War: Losing and Rediscovering Humanity in Ōoka Shōhei’s Fires on the Plain. Roundtable discussion on the themes of Ōoka Shōhei’s novel (Fires on the Plain) and the acclaimed film adaptations (Fires on the Plain, dir. Ichikawa Kon, 1959; and the recent reinterpretation by Tsukamoto Shin’ya, 2014).
• [Denver, CO, 03/22/2025] – Intercultural Dialog: How Do College Students Perceive Collaborative Exploratory Translation Activities? (In collaboration with Dr. Eriko Sato). Annual Conference of the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL).
• [Bologna (Italy), February–March 2025] – Keigo. A Japanese language workshop. Supplementary seminar for students enrolled in the third-year Japanese language courses within the degree programs in Foreign Languages and Literatures and Languages, Markets and Cultures of Asia and Mediterranean Africa at the University of Bologna.
• [Vignola (MO, Italy), 19-20/10/2024] – Japanese language lesson held as part of BettyB - The Festival of Comics and Illustration.
• [Florence (Italy), 29/09/2024] – Let’s Learn Japanese! A Japanese language lesson held as part of the art exhibition Yōkai. Monsters, Spirits, and Other Anxieties in Japanese Prints, curated by Vertigo Syndrome and NipPop - Words and Shapes from Tokyo to Bologna.
• [Bergamo (Italy), 12/09/2024] – Translation and translanguaging in Japanese language learning: new research perspectives in Italy. XLVIII Conference on Japanese Studies (AISTUGIA).
• [Bergamo (Italy), 30/01/2024] – For a Descriptive Approach to Translation from Japanese: The Case of Miura Shion and the Publishing. Graduate Conference "Dire quasi la stessa cosa" organized by the University of Bergamo, Italy.
• [Bologna (Italy), first semester of the 2023/2024 academic year] – Translating Absence. Seminar on literary translation from Japanese. Series of supplementary meetings for the course in Japanese Literature for the Master's programs in "Modern, Comparative, and Postcolonial Literatures" and "Italian Language and Culture for Foreigners" at the University of Bologna, Italy.
  

Networks and Memberships

• AAAL - American Association of Applied Linguistics
• AITLA – Italian Association for Applied Linguistics.
• AIDLG – Italian Association for Japanese Language Teaching.
• AISTUGIA – Italian Association for Japanese Studies.

Previous Work Experience

• [24/11/2020 – 31/03/2022] – Japanese Language and Culture Teacher at the ANSPI Association San Francesco Caracciolo Association (APS – ETS) in Naples.
• [03/11/2021 – 22/12/2021] – English and Japanese Language and Culture Teacher – Pacific Language Institute, Cercola (NA, Italy).
• [04/11/2019 – 31/07/2021] – English Language and Culture Teacher at the ANSPI Association San Francesco Caracciolo Association (APS – ETS) in Naples.
• [10/09/2019 – 25/10/2019] – Administrative Assistant at the Language Center of the University of Naples "L’Orientale."
• [03/12/2015 to present] – Volunteer, legal representative, and president of the ANSPI Association San Francesco Caracciolo Association (APS – ETS) in Naples.