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Cecilia Ru

PhD Student

Department of History and Cultures

Academic discipline: M-STO/04 Contemporary History

Curriculum vitae

Current position

PhD candidate in Global Histories, Cultures and Policies (40th cycle) at the Department of History Cultures Civilisations. Research project in Contemporary History with the provisional title Oceanic Memories. Representations of colonialism in Portuguese culture in the second half of the 20th century (1960-1998). Supervisor: prof. Paolo Capuzzo; co-supervisor: prof. Roberto Vecchi

Education

November 2023 - Participation in the winter school Polvere. Lo sguardo della Storia sui conflitti contemporanei (Dust. The gaze of History on contemporary conflicts; 15-17/11/'23). A project organized by Associazione Vera Nocentini, Istituto di Studi Storici Gaetano Salvemini and Polo del '900.

July 2023 - Master's degree in Historical Sciences (University of Turin). Thesis in Contemporary History entitled School, memory and colonialism. Cultural memory of colonialism in Portuguese school textbooksi (1961-1986), supervisor prof. Daniela Adorni, co-supervisor prof. Gabriele Proglio. Final mark: 110/110 with honours, mention and dignity of press

November 2020 - Bachelor's degree in Cultures and Literatures of the Modern World (University of Turin). Dissertation in French literature entitled La Clôture by Jean Rolin and Un livre blanc by Philippe Vasset: a literary look at urban and social margins, supervisor Prof. Franca Bruera. Final mark: 110/110 with distinction

September 2019 - January 2020 - Study stay with Erasmus+ grant at Aix-Marseille Université. Faculté des arts, lettres, langues, sciences humaines

 

Language skills

Italian - mother tongue

Portuguese - advanced knowledge

English - advanced knowledge

French - advanced knowledge

German - basic knowledge



Teaching activities

10/11/2023 - The cultural memory of colonialism. Case study: cultural memory in Portuguese school textbooks (1961-1986). Lecture delivered as part of the teaching ‘Europe, cultures, identities’ of the Master's Degree Course in International Sciences at the University of Turin, prof. Laura Gaffuri.


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