EDUCATION
2019-2022 - PhD in Foreign Literatures, Languages and Linguistics (35th Cycle), Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Verona
2015-2017 - MA in Art Theory and Aesthetics, Renmin University of China - Institute of Art, Beijing, China
2012-2015 - Bachelor’s Degree in Chinese language and culture, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Department of Languages, Culture and Societies of Asia and Mediterranean Africa.
CONFERENCES
Forthcoming (10/2024) - "New Forms of Calligraphy in China". Invited speaker at the First International Forum on Doctoral Degree in Art (Calligraphy) in the New Era, Zhengzhou University, China.
08/2024 - "Chinese Modern Calligraphy and its continuity/discontinuity with the tradition:
the case of Wang Dongling's experimental ink movement". European Association of Chinese Studies (EACS 2024) Biennial Conference. Tallinn University, Estonia.
06/2024 - “Yueyan" (Sayings of Yue) and other lexicographic sources on the vernacular
language: a comparative study. Study Days on Chinese Linguistics 8th edition, Italian Association of Chinese Linguistics (AILC-8), University of Verona, Italy.
06/2024 - “Chinese Calligraphy and New Media”. Workshop The Aesthetics of Scripts. The Intersection of Form, Perception, and Meaning, organised by Dr. Ludovica Ottaviano and Dr. Daniele Caccin, and financed by the ERC INSCRIBE project (PI Prof Silvia Ferrara) and the ERC WRITE project (PI Prof Adriana Iezzi), in collaboration with the Department of Classical Philology and Italian Studies and the Department of Interpretation and Translation at the University of Bologna.
05/2024 - "Changing meanings for Chengyu – Lexical creativity in China during the COVID19 Pandemic". 'Braving the Tides: Chinese Individuals Navigating Social Change’, British Postgraduate
Network for Chinese Studies (BPCS) Annual Conference, British Association fo Chinese Studies,
University of York, United Kingdom
03/2024 - "The contemporary hybridization of Chinese calligraphy". Conferece “Chinese Contemporary Art and the World” (CCAW) - 2nd International Contemporary Art Forum, Peking University, Beijing, China.
09/2023 - “The experimental movement of Wang Dongling's ink between tradition and innovation”. 19th Conference Cycle of the Italian Association for Chinese Studies (AISC)
Department of Oriental Studies (ISO), University of Rome “Sapienza”, Roma, Italy.
RESEARCH POSITION
04.2023 – 03.2024; 04.2024-today
Post-graduate Research Fellow within the European Research Council (E.R.C.) Research
Programme H2020 Project “WRITE: New Forms of Calligraphy in Contemporary China (中国
书法的新形式：当代文化的一面镜子)”, P.I. Prof. Adriana Iezzi. Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna - Department of Interpretation and Translation (DIT), Bologna, Italy.
https://writecalligraphyproject.eu/
TEACHING ACTIVITY
2024-2025 - Adjunct Professor. Translation from Chinese (Second language) to Italian. First cycle degree programme (L) in Languages and Technologies for Intercultural Communication, University of Bologna.
2022-2023 - Adjunct Professor. Chinese Language Module 1 (Esercitazioni linguistiche). First cycle degree programme (L) in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce, University of Verona.
2022-2023 - Subject Expert (Cultore della materia) for the Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD) L-OR/21
Chinese and South Asian languages and literatures (Chinese Language); University of Verona
MEMBERSHIP
European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS);
European Association for Asian Art and Archeology (EAAA);
Italian Association for Chinese Studies (AISC);
Italian Association of Chinese Lingusitics (AILC).
