Adriana Iezzi

ADRIANA IEZZI

Academic career

- From 2021 Full Professorat the University of Bologna (Forlì campus) - Department of Interpreting and Translation

- (2019-2021) Senior Assistant Professor (fixed-term) at the University of Bologna (Forlì campus) - Department of Interpreting and Translation

- (2019) National Scientific Habilitation (ASN) as Associate Professor in Central and Eastern Asian Cultures (Italian Ministry for Research)

- (2018-2019) Research Fellow at the University of Bologna (Forlì campus) - Department of Interpreting and Translation

- (2016-2019) Adjunct Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at the University of Bologna (Forlì campus) - Department of Interpreting and Translation

- (2014-2016) Adjunct Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at the University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara

Studies

- (2015) Teaching Qualification Course in Chinese Language and Culture (One year academic degree), University for Foreigners of Siena

- (2014) Ph.D. in Asian and African Civilizations, Cultures and Societies, Sapienza University of Rome
- (2009) Master Degree in Chinese Language and Culture, Sapienza University of Rome

- (2007) Bachelor Degree in Chinese Language and Culture, Sapienza University of Rome

Teaching Activities

- From 2024–2025 Professor of Chinese as a Second Language II (Bachelor's Degree Programme) and Translation for Publishing (Chinese) (Master's Degree Programme): University of Bologna – Department of Interpreting and Translation (Forlì Campus)

- 2023–2024 Professor of Chinese as a Second Language II, Translation from Chinese into Italian I (Bachelor's Degree Programme), and Translation for Publishing (Chinese) (Master's Degree Programme): University of Bologna – Department of Interpreting and Translation (Forlì Campus)

- 2020–2022 Professor of Introduction to Chinese–Italian Dialogue Interpreting, Translation from Chinese into Italian I (Bachelor's Degree Programme), and Translation for the Publishing Industry (Chinese) (Master's Degree Programme): University of Bologna – Department of Interpreting and Translation (Forlì Campus)

- From 2020-2021 Professor of Introduction to the dialogical interpretation between Chinese and Italian (Bachelor's Degree Programme), Translation from Chinese into Italian and Traslation for Publishing (Chinese) (Master's Degree Programme): University of Bologna - Department of Interpreting and Translation (Forlì campus)

- (2019-2020) Adjunct Professor of Introduction to the dialogical interpretation between Chinese and Italian and Interpretation in Chinese negotiations II: University of Bologna - Department of Interpreting and Translation (Forlì campus)

- (2018-2019) Adjunct Professor of Language Mediation between Chinese and Italian: University of Bologna - Department of Interpreting and Translation (Forlì campus)

- (2017-2018) Adjunct Professor of Chinese Literature I, Language Mediation between Chinese and Italian, and Translation for the Publishing Industry (Chinese): University of Bologna - Department of Interpreting and Translation (Forlì campus)

- (2017-2018) Adjunct Professor of Chinese Language and Culture I and Chinese Language and Culture II (Unibo Project on Transversal Competencies): University of Bologna (Forlì campus) - Schools of Economics, Political Sciences, Engineering, Foreign Languages;

- (2016-2017) Adjunct Professor of Chinese Literature I and II: University of Bologna - Department of Interpreting and Translation (Forlì campus); 

- (2016-2017) Adjunct Professor of Chinese Language and Culture I (ULCAM Project): University of Bologna (Forlì campus) - Schools of Economics, Political Sciences, Engineering, Foreign Languages;

- (2015-2016) Adjunct Professor of Chinese Literature: University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara – Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures;

- (2015-2016) Teacher of Chinese Language: Confucius Institute at the University of Florence;

- (2015-2016) Teacher of Chinese Language: ITSCG Primo Levi, Seregno (MB);

- (2015) Professor of Chinese Language and Culture: University Master (1st level) entitled “Teaching Italian Language as Foreign Language”, University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara – Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures;

- (2014-2015) Adjunct Professor of Chinese Language and Literature: University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara – Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures;

- (2014-2016) Teacher of Chinese Language and Culture: Italy China Foundation's School of Permanent Training;

- (2013) Teacher of Chinese Language: University of Teramo;

- (2011-2014) Teacher of Chinese Language and Culture: Confucius Institute at Sapienza University of Rome.

Scientific activities

- Principal Investigator, ERC Starting Grant: WRITE - New Forms of Calligraphy in China: A Contemporary Culture Mirror, 2020-2025

- Principal Investigator, Bando FARE: WenDAng - WRITE Digital Archive, 2022-2026

Institutional responsibilities and  academic assignments

- From 2021 Member of the Quality Assurance Management Commission of the I Cycle Degree/Bachelor in Intercultural and Linguistic Mediation, University of Bologna - Department of Interpreting and Translation (Forlì campus)

- From 2020 Member of the "Asia Institute. Center for cooperation with Asia on research, training, culture and business development"

- (2020) Coordinator of the Researchers' Night 2020 for the Interpretation and Translation Department

- (2018-2019) Postdoctoral representative (member of the Department Board): Department of Interpreting and Translation, University of Bologna, Italy

Member of scientific and editorial committees:

- From 2020 Member of the scientific committee of magazine "Xiyuan yaji 西园雅集" (Elegant Gathering in the Western Garden), Hangzhou, China

- (2026) Chair of the Scientific and Organizing Committee of the exhibition Beyond Ink: New Horizons of Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy, Collezioni Comunali d'Arte, Bologna, 7 May–5 July 2026.

- (2023) Chair of the Scientific and Organizing Committee of the exhibition INKiostro di voci: Luo Qi and 30 Years of Calligraphyism, International Museum and Library of Music, Bologna, 12 October–5 November 2023.

- (2023) Chair of the Scientific and Organizing Committee of the international conference Chinese Music and Calligraphy: Meeting of Voices, International Museum and Library of Music, Bologna, 13 October 2023.

- (2018) Chairman of the scientific committee of the exhibition 15^th Asian, African & Mediterranean International Modern Art Exhibition. Italian Art Week, Qingtian Culture Exhibition Center, Qingtian (China), November 15 – December 14, 2018 (30 artists from 11 different countries took part in the exhibition)

Awards

- (2019) Two awards for the book Luo Qi: A Practitioner of Calligraphyism (2019): 1) the highest academic award for Chinese National Books ((as part of the series of 10 books entitled “Calligraphyism. A Series of Books” edited by Prof. Luo Qi), and 2) the bronze medal for Chinese Art Book 2019

Memberships

- EACS (European Association for Chinese Studies) – 2012 onwards;
- AISC (Associazione Italiana di Studi Cinesi) – 2013 onwards

- EAAA (European Association for Asian Art and Archeology) - 2017 onwards.

Fellowships

- (2011-2014) 3-year doctoral scholarship, Sapienza University of Rome   

- (2009) and (2007) 6-month “Sapienza” University Student Scholarships, Department of Foreign Languages, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China

Conference presentations

• A. Iezzi, K. Lucic, Chinese Contemporary Calligraphy and Digital Humanities in Dialogue: Preserving Cultural Heritage through a Digital Archive, DARIAH Annual Event 2026, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy, 28 June 2026.

• D. Caccin, A. Iezzi, Chinese Calligraphy Goes Digital: Intersection between Calligraphy and Digital Art, 27th International Council of Museums (ICOM) General Conference, The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (online), 12 November 2025.

• Workshop instructor, A Bridge Between Cultures: Chinese Calligraphy Workshop, as part of the study day A Bridge Between Cultures: Arabic, Russian and Chinese Calligraphy Workshops, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy, 10 October 2025.

• Panel organizer and chair, Innovative Expressions of Chinese Calligraphy in Contemporary Times and Their Data Knowledge Representation, 4th Conference of the European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology (EAAA), University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, 10 September 2025.

• D. Caccin, A. Iezzi, Chinese Calligraphy Meets the Digital: Exploring Multimedia and Technological Innovation in Contemporary Calligraphic Expression, 4th Conference of the European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology (EAAA), University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, 10 September 2025.

• Workshop instructor, Discovering Chinese Characters through Ink and Brush, University of Bologna, Forlì Campus, Italy, 29 September 2024.

• Invited lecture, The Sign and Time: Chinese Calligraphy from Tradition to Contemporary Art, University of Catania (Ragusa Campus), Ragusa, Italy, 19 May 2025.

• Invited lecture, The WRITE ERC Project: From Project Proposal to Open Science Requirements, Doctoral Lecture Series in Languages, Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies, Department of Interpreting and Translation, University of Bologna, Forlì Campus, Italy, 6 June 2025.

• Organizer of the workshop The Calligraphy of Tagging: Writing with Water – Water Calligraphy Workshop, conducted by Prof. Javier Abarca (Urbanario School), University of Bologna, Forlì Campus, Italy, 1 April 2025.

• Organizer and moderator of the lecture Art and Writing in China: From the Earliest Dynasties to the Contemporary Age, delivered by Prof. Filippo Salviati (Sapienza University of Rome), University of Bologna, Forlì Campus, Italy, 31 March 2025.

• Introductory presentation, The WRITE Project and Its Digital Archive, seminar Revealing Connections: Leveraging Linked Open Data to Discover Knowledge through Research Space, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 28 November 2024.

• D. Caccin, A. Iezzi, The Intersections of Chinese Calligraphy and Contemporary Art Forms in China: The WRITE ERC Project (University of Bologna) (中国书法与当代艺术形式的交汇：以意大利博洛尼亚大学ERC项目为例), International Conference Remain True to Our Original Aspiration and Forge Ahead – The First New Era Art (Calligraphy) Doctoral Academic Exchange and Exhibition Series (不忘初心，砥砺前行——首届新时代艺术（书法）博士学术交流与展览系列活动), Zhengzhou University, Luoyang, China.

• Workshop instructor, Discovering Chinese Characters through Ink and Brush, University of Bologna, Forlì Campus, Italy, 29 September 2024.

• Panel organizer and chair, New Expressions of Calligraphic Art in Contemporary China and Their Data Knowledge Representation, 25th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS), Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia, 27–30 August 2024.

• Member of the Organizing Committee and co-coordinator of the workshop The Aesthetics of Scripts: The Intersection of Forms, Perception and Meaning, organized in collaboration with the ERC INSCRIBE Project, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 7 June 2024 (introductory presentation).

• M. R. Bisceglia, A. Iezzi, Chinese Characters and Calligraphy in Contemporary Chinese Graffiti, "Tag": Name Writing in Public Space – A Conference about Tagging, in History and Today, Catholic Private University, Linz, Austria, 16–17 May 2024.

• Organizer and moderator of the lecture Chinese Contemporary Calligraphy: My Creations and Reflections, delivered by Prof. Qiu Zhenzhong (Peking University), University of Bologna, Forlì Campus, Italy, 14 April 2024.

• Invited lecture, Chinese Calligraphy between Tradition and Contemporary Experimentation, 4th Asian Studies Lecture Series, Asian Community and Europe Project, University for Foreigners of Siena, Siena, Italy, 18 March 2024.

• Seminar, Graffiti in China (with M. R. Bisceglia and M. Merenda), University of Tuscia, Italy (online), 23 November 2023.

• Invited lecture, "The Art of Calligraphy" and "Art from Calligraphy": New Forms of Calligraphy in Contemporary China, Perspectives on China Lecture Series, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, 14 November 2023.

• Paper, New Forms of Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy and Music: A Focus on "Musicalligraphy Performances", International Conference Chinese Music and Calligraphy: Meeting of Voices, International Museum and Library of Music, Bologna, Italy, 13 October 2023.

• Workshop instructor, Discovering Chinese Characters through Ink and Brush, University of Bologna, Forlì Campus, Italy, 29 September 2023.

• Art From Calligraphy: Chinese Writing Turns into Artistic Images, Graphic Motives, Choreographic Gesture and Graffiti Tags, Seminars “Beyond SCRIBO – Taking Images”, University of Bologna, June 12, 2023;
• Panel chair New Forms of Calligraphy in Contemporary China, XXIV Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies 2022, Palacký University, Olomuc, August 28, 2022;
• New forms of calligraphy in China from “abstract” painting to graffiti art, XXIV Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies 2022, Palacký University, Olomuc, August 28, 2022;

•  How to apply for an ERC Starting Grant, Doctorate Seminar for the Italian Association for Chinese Study (AISC) "Research and Training after the Doctorate: Calls, Projects, Funds, Positions and Publications", May 13, 2022;
• How to develop, design and win an ERC Starting Grant: the WRITE Project, Doctorate Lectures at “Sapienza University” in Rome "National and International Research Networks", February 04, 2022;
• Panel chair Scrittura, calligrafia e graffiti art nella Cina contemporanea, XVIII Conference of the Italian Association of Chinese Studies 2021, November 19, 2021;
• Nuove forme di calligrafia nella Cina contemporanea, XVIII Conference of the Italian Association of Chinese Studies 2021, November 19, 2021;
• Workshop Discovering Chinese Characters through Ink and Brush, "2021 European Researchers’ Night", Forlì, Forlì Campus of the University of Bologna,September 15 2021;
• Introduzione all’arte calligrafica orientale, “La primavera dell’arte orientale”, Forlì, Forlì Campus of the University of Bologna, February 25, 2019;
• Searching for a ‘Chinese style’ in contemporary Chinese graffiti, "XXII Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS)", Glasgow, University of Glasgow, September 30, 2018;
• Street art e calligrafia in Cina, "CinaViCina: Incontri sul mondo cinese", Turin, University of Turin, April 19, 2018;
• L’insegnamento del cinese nel “Progetto ULCAM – Unibo Lingue CAMpus”, workshop “Unibo è interculturalità”, Bologna, University of Bologna, December 1, 2017;
• La graffiti art cinese contemporanea: un confronto tra il Kwanyin Clan e l’ABS crew di Pechino, XVI Conference of the Italian Association of Oriental Studies, Milan, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, September 23, 2017;
• “Westernization” against “sinization” in Chinese contemporary graffiti: a comparison between the ABS crew and the Kwan-yin Clan", 2nd European Association for Asian Art and Archeology (EAAA) Conference, Zurich, University of Zurich, August 24, 2017;
• Writing the Divine Comedy. Three Calligraphic Traditions Meet in Egypt, Il Cairo, Italian Institute of Culture in Egypt, March 19, 2017;
• Contaminazioni pittoriche nella corrente modernista della calligrafia cinese contemporanea, 1^st INK Hub International Confucius Institute, University of Macerata, October 11, 2016;
• Segni “grafici” e immagini nella graffiti art della Cina contemporanea: la filosofia artistica del Kwanyin clan, XV Conference of the Italian Association of Oriental Studies, Macerata, University of Macerata, September 25, 2015;

• Insegnare la lingua e la cultura cinese attraverso l’arte: due laboratori di calligrafia a confronto, 1^st Italian Conference on “Teaching Chinese Language and Culture in Italian High Schools: Experiences and Perspectives”, Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II (Rome), September 7-8, 2015;
• What is "Chinese Modern Calligraphy"? An exploration of the critical debate on modern calligraphy in contemporary China”, XX Conference of the European Association of Chinese Studies (EACS), Braga, University of Minho, July 24, 2014;
• La calligrafia cinese: storia e prospettive, Sapienza University of Rome, April 15, 2014;
• Silvio Ferragina – Sperimentazioni calligrafiche, Confucius Institute at Sapienza University of Rome, March 21, 2014;
• Xu Bing: dal Book from the Sky al Book from the Ground, Sapienza University of Rome, 2013;
• La calligrafia cinese: percorsi espressivi tra tradizione e modernità, University of International Studies of Rome LUSPIO, October 31, 2014;
• Nüshu e arte contemporanea: da codice linguistico a linguaggio artistico, Sapienza University of Rome, October 28, 2013;
• La ‘calligrafia cinese moderna’ come specchio della cultura cinese contemporanea: un approccio mediato dai ‘Cultural Studies’, XIV Conference of the Italian Association of Oriental Studies, University of Naples, September 20,2013;
• La calligrafia nella Cina contemporanea: storia, critica e produzione artistica, Sapienza University of Rome, June 26, 2013;
• L'influenza del buddhismo sulla calligrafia cinese contemporanea e sull’arte americana del secondo dopoguerra, Sapienza University of Rome, October 19-25-26, November 8-9-16, 2012, December 14, 2012, and May 10, 2013;
• Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy between Tradition and Innovation, XIX Conference of the European Association of Chinese Studies (EACS), Université Paris Diderot, September 6, 2012;
• Minjung Kim e la ‘pittura astratta’ in Oriente, Sapienza University of Rome, January 20, 2012;
• La calligrafia nella Cina moderna e contemporanea, Sapienza University of Rome, November 4-24-25, 2011;
• Dalle origini della scrittura cinese alla calligrafia di epoca Tang, Sapienza University of Rome, October 24, 2011.

Organization and Curation of Exhibitions and Performances Related to Research Activities

• Chief curator of the exhibition Beyond Ink: New Horizons of Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy, Collezioni Comunali d'Arte, Bologna, 7 May–5 July 2026.

• Organizer and curator of the performance Beyond Ink: Musicalligraphy Performance by the master calligrapher Wang Dongling, accompanied by violist Lorenzo Paronuzzi, Cappella Farnese – Collezioni Comunali d'Arte, Bologna, 6 May 2026.

• Organizer and co-curator (with M. Merenda) of the performance Conducting the Ink (驭墨): Experimental and Interactive Performance by the Chinese Master Calligrapher Zhang Qiang, Cappella Farnese – Collezioni Comunali d'Arte, Bologna, 10 May 2026.

• Organizer and co-curator (with M. Merenda) of the performance The Bubble: Theatre of a Suspended Existence, by the artist and calligrapher Wu Xixia, Piazza Maggiore, Bologna, 16 May 2026.

• Organizer of the event Presentation of the Book Sounds of Ink and performance by the master calligrapher Luo Qi, Cappella Farnese – Collezioni Comunali d'Arte, Bologna, 17 June 2026.

• Organizer and co-curator (with M. R. Bisceglia) of the live painting performance and artist's talk The Art of TxT: Between Calligraphy and Writing, featuring the artist Txt, University of Bologna, Forlì Campus, 11–12 December 2024.

• Curator of the exhibition East and West, Past and Present: Zhang Aiguo and Silvio Ferragina – Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition, Artex Firenze – Centre for Artistic and Traditional Crafts of Tuscany, Florence, 2–14 July 2024.

• Curator of the exhibition INKiostro di voci: Luo Qi and 30 Years of Calligraphyism, International Museum and Library of Music, Bologna, 12 October–5 November 2023.

• Organizer of the performance SOUND MAP (Musicalligraphy Augmented Performance) featuring the master calligraphers Luo Qi and Silvio Ferragina, pianist Giusy Caruso, dancer Agnese Gabrielli, and augmented reality technology (LWT3), International Museum and Library of Music, Bologna, 12 October 2023.

• Organizer and co-curator (with M. Merenda) of the performance Inky String – Musicalligraphy Performance by Echo Morgan and Zhang Yaqin, International Museum and Library of Music, Bologna, 29 October 2023.

• Academic Chair of the exhibition Characters and Images – 13th Calligraphyism Exhibition 2020–2021, online exhibition, 28 December 2020–28 January 2021.

• Curator of the exhibition Luo Qi: Musical Calligraphies, University Library of Bologna, Bologna, 26 March–8 April 2019.

• Curator of the performance Silvio Ferragina and the Children & Youth Choir of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Bologna, 16 April 2019.

• Co-curator of the exhibition 15th Asian, African & Mediterranean International Modern Art Exhibition. Italian Art Week, Qingtian Culture Exhibition Center, Qingtian, China, 15 November–14 December 2018.

• Curator of the exhibition The Music of Ink: Calligraphies by Luo Qi and Silvio Ferragina in Dialogue with the Chinese Collections of the Braidense Library, and of the six Musicalligraphy performances featuring international artists and musicians organized during the exhibition, Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense (Brera Academy), Milan, 21 March–28 April 2018; University of Bologna, Forlì Campus, 8–18 May 2018.

• Curator of the exhibition Writing the Divine Comedy: Three Calligraphic Traditions Meet in Egypt, Italian Cultural Institute, Cairo, Egypt, 22 March–23 April 2017; Art Palace, Luxor, Egypt, 30 August–30 September 2017.

• Curator of the exhibition Silvio Ferragina: Calligraphic Experimentations, Frammenti d'Arte Gallery, Rome, 22 March–10 April 2014.

• Organizer and curator of the performance Silvio Ferragina: Calligraphic Experimentations, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, 21 March 2014.

• Co-curator of the exhibition Breaking Boundaries: New Works by Wang Xiaosong (破界－王小松新作展), Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence, 8 August–3 September 2013.

• Curator of the Eastern Section of the Wunder Festival: Between Chaos and Wonder, Cellino Attanasio (Teramo), Italy, 28–30 June 2013.