TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2024-2025: Adjunct Professor for Literature of Chinese-Speaking Countries (Second Language) I, Credits: 5, SSD: L-OR/21, First Cycle Degree Programme (L) in Languages and Technologies for Intercultural Communication (cod. 5979).
January 25, 2023: Supervised and corrected the written and oral exams for the bachelor's degree course "Introduction to Dialogic Interpretation between Chinese and Italian (second language)".
May - July 2023: Assistant Supervisor for the Master's Degree Thesis titled "La rappresentazione del Covid-19 nell'arte contemporanea cinese" from the Master's Degree course in Modern Languages for Management and International Cooperation (LM-38) at the Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Candidate: Valeria Colombi, Supervisor: Professor T. Pellin, Assistant Supervisors: Professor A. Iezzi and Dr. M. R. Bisceglia, Academic Year: 2022/2023.
ACADEMIC CAREER
November 2024 - ongoing: Research Fellow (assegnista di ricerca), with research titled "CALLIGRAPHY AND GRAFFITI IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA: A FOCUS ON SOCIO-POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS" within the ERC Starting Grant 2020-2025 project "WRITE: New Forms of Calligraphy in China: A Contemporary Culture Mirror" (n. 949645), P.I.: Professor A. Iezzi, Department of Interpretation and Translation, University of Bologna - Forlì Campus.
February - October 2021: Research Fellow (borsista di ricerca), with research titled "WRITE: New Forms of Calligraphy in Contemporary China. The Case of Graffiti Art" within the ERC Starting Grant 2020-2025 project "WRITE: New Forms of Calligraphy in China: A Contemporary Culture Mirror" (n. 949645).
EDUCATION
2021 - 2024: PhD candidate in Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies (37th cycle) with research titled "Graffiti Writing and Chinese Calligraphy: Looking for Identity in Fusion" within the ERC Starting Grant 2020-2025 project "WRITE: New Forms of Calligraphy in China: A Contemporary Culture Mirror" (n. 949645), P.I.: Professor A. Iezzi, Department of Interpretation and Translation, University of Bologna - Forlì Campus.
2010 - 2013: Master's Degree in Asian Languages and Cultures (110/110 magna cum laude). Thesis in Contemporary Asian Art: "The Street Art in China and Other Countries of East and Southeast Asia", under the supervision of Professor F. Salviati, Italian Institute of Oriental Studies - University of Rome "La Sapienza".
2006 - 2010: Bachelor's degree in Asian Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Oriental Studies of "La Sapienza" University of Rome.
PUBLICATIONS
Bisceglia, M. R., Iezzi, A., “THE NEW ERA OF CHINESE GRAFFITI: Illegal Tag Bombing, Ancient Chinese Symbols and Chinese Calligraphy”, Selected Papers 2023 (under peer review).
Bisceglia, M. R., Merenda, M. (2024) “Graffiti in Shanghai and Chengdu: Looking for Chinese Writing, Symbols and Calligraphy along the Streets”, Kervan International Journal of African and Asian Studies, 28, 377-398.
Bisceglia, M. R., Iezzi, A., Merenda, M. (2024) Graffiti in China, edited by Iezzi A., Bologna:1088press. Available at: Graffiti in China enhanced digital edition • 1088press [https://www.1088press.it/en/graffiti-in-china-enhanced-digital-edition/] ):
- Bisceglia, M. R. (2024) «I. GRAFFITI WRITING: ROOTS AND STYLES», in Iezzi A. (edited by), Graffiti in China;
- Bisceglia, M. R. (2024) «IV. SHANGHAI, A COSMOPOLITAN AND INTERCULTURAL TREND» in Iezzi A. (edited by), Graffiti in China;
- Bisceglia, M. R. (2024) «GLOSSARY», in Iezzi A. (edited by), Graffiti in China.
Bisceglia, M. R., Iezzi, A., Merenda, M. (2022) I graffiti in Cina, edited by Iezzi, A., Bologna: 1088press. Available at: I graffiti in Cina enhanced digital edition • 1088press [https://www.1088press.it/i-graffiti-in-cina-enhanced-digital-edition/] ):
- Bisceglia M. R. (2022) «I. IL GRAFFITI WRITING: RADICI E STILI», in Iezzi, A. (edited by), I graffiti in Cina;
- Bisceglia M. R. (2022) «IV. SHANGHAI, A COSMOPOLITAN AND INTERCULTURAL TREND» in Iezzi, A. (edited by), I graffiti in Cina;
- Bisceglia, M. R. (2022) «GLOSSARIO», in Iezzi, A. (edited by), I graffiti in Cina.
Pasqual, V., Lučić, K., Bisceglia, M.R., Merenda, M., Iezzi, A., Tomasi, F. (2024) “Modelling Chinese contemporary calligraphy: the WRITE data model”, DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP IN THE HUMANITIES, 28 March 2024, 1-9 [10.1093/llc/fqae006].
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS MEMBERSHIPS
AISC - Associazione Italiana per gli Studi Cinesi (from 2021)
EACS - European Association for Chinese Studies (from 2022)
EAAA - European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology (from 2023)
CONFERENCE TALKS
August 27 - 30, 2024: Speaker at the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS) Conference, presenting a paper titled "THE NEW ERA OF CHINESE GRAFFITI: bombing, calligraphy and emotional expressions along the streets", University of Tallinn.
May 16 - 17, 2024: Speaker at the conference "Tag": Name Writing in Public Space. A Conference about Tagging, in History and Today, presenting a paper titled "Chinese Characters and Calligraphy in Contemporary Chinese Graffiti", Catholic Private University of Linz.
September 21 - 23, 2023: Speaker at the Associazione Italiana per gli Studi Cinesi (AISC) Conference, presenting a paper titled "La nuova era dei graffiti cinesi: calligrafia, bombing e prose-based graffiti", Italian Institute of Oriental Studies - University of Rome "La Sapienza".
September 13 - 17, 2023: Speaker at the European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology (EAAA) Conference, presenting a paper titled "THE NEW ERA OF CHINESE GRAFFITI: Bombing, Calligraphy and Emotional Expressions along the Streets", Faculty of Arts - University of Ljubljana.
August 24 - 27, 2022: Speaker at the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS) Conference, presenting a paper titled "Graffiti in Shanghai and Chengdu: Looking for Chinese Writing, Symbols, and Calligraphy along the Streets", Department of Asian Studies - Palacký University of Olomouc.
November 18 - 20, 2021: Speaker at the Associazione Italiana per gli Studi Cinesi (AISC) Conference, presenting a paper titled "Graffiti in Shanghai between Interculturality and Tradition", Department of Humanities, University of Turin.
PARTICIPATION IN SEMINARS AND INVITED PRESENTATIONS
May 7, 2024: Lecturer for the class titled "Traduzione estratti dell'intervista a Dohak625", part of the course 96693 - Translation for Publishing (Chinese), Academic Year 2023/2024.
November 23, 2023: Speaker in the Seminar "Graffiti in China: Seminar about Contemporary Calligraphy in China", University of Tuscia of Viterbo.
October 21, 2023: Presentation of the book “I Graffiti in Cina” (2022, 1088press), International Museum and Library of Music, Bologna.
May 8, 2023: Online presentation of the book “I Graffiti in Cina” (2022, 1088press), Confucius Institute of the University of Milan: Parliamo di libri: I graffiti in Cina - YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzcqOYrrqTM ].
CURATORSHIP/PARTICIPATION IN ART EXHIBITIONS, EVENTS, AND WORKSHOPS
December 11-12, 2024: Curatorship of the event "The Art of TxT: between Calligraphy and Writing":
- LIVE PAINTING PERFORMANCE, held at DIT LAB (Forlì Campus), Via B. Lombardini, 5, Forlì.
- ARTIST TALK, held at Aula Nassirya, Piazza G. B. Morgagni, 2, Forlì.
September 27, 2024: Participation in the organization of Chinese Calligraphy Workshop "Discovering Chinese characters through ink and brush", organized by A. Iezzi, D. Caccin, M. R. Bisceglia and M. Merenda, European Researchers' Night 2023, University of Bologna (Forlì).
April 23, 2024: Participation in the organization of the conference "Qiu Zhenzhong - Chinese Contemporary Calligraphy: My Creations and Reflections," held in Aula Nassiriya, Forlì.
October 24, 26 and November 4, 5, 2023: Participation in the organization of Chinese Calligraphy Workshops: "Discovering Chinese Characters with Ink and Brush" (for adults and students) and "Bi, Zhi, Mo! Let's Play with Chinese Writing" (for children), International Museum and Library of Music, Bologna.
October 24, 26, 31 and November 4, 2023: Museum guide for the Contemporary Calligraphy Exhibition "Sounds of INK - Luo Qi and 30 Years of Calligraphyism", International Museum and Library of Music, Bologna.
October 13, 2023: Organizing committee member of the International Conference "Chinese Calligraphy and Music: Meeting of Voices", International Museum and Library of Music, Bologna.
September - November 2023: Participation in the organization, curatorship, and translation of the Contemporary Calligraphy Exhibition "Sounds of INK - Luo Qi and 30 years of calligraphyism" (October 12 - November 5) and its collateral events, International Museum and Library of Music, Bologna.
September 29, 2023: Participation in the organization of the Chinese Calligraphy Workshop "Discovering Chinese characters through ink and brush", organized by A. Iezzi, D. Caccin, M. R. Bisceglia and M. Merenda, European Researchers' Night 2023, University of Bologna (Forlì).
