EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Philosophy, Science, Cognition and Semiotics
Department Philosophy - Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna (UNIBO)
Dissertation Title: “Ai confini del senso. La schizofrenia tra semiotica, psicopatologia e scienze cognitive/ The Edge of Meaning: Schizophrenia between Semiotics, Psychopathology and Cognitive Science.” Supervisors: Claudio Paolucci (UNIBO) and Luisa Lugli (UNIBO).
http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/10237/
01/11/2018- 27/06/2022 Evaluation: Excellent with honor.
Master’s degree in Italian Studies, European Literature Cultures, and Linguistics
Department of Classical Philology and Italian Studies - UNIBO
Final dissertation in Semiotics of the Perception and the Body, Title: “Self as Other, Self as Another, Self for Another - Origin and Social Function of the Narrative Self”. Supervisors: Claudio Paolucci (UNIBO) and Costantino Marmo (UNIBO).
23/11/2015– 23/03/2018 Evaluation: 110/110 with honor.
Bachelor’s degree in literature, Curriculum: Classical Studies
“Aldo Moro” University of Bari.
Final dissertation in Latin Literature, Title: “The Senectus in the Cena Trimalchionis”. Supervisor: Rosalba Dimundo (University of Bari).
11/09/2012– 29/10/2015 Evaluation: 110/110 with honor.
High School Diploma in Classical Studies
G. Tarantino Scientific High School
Brocca Experimental Track, Gravina in Puglia (BA, Italy)
2006–2011
CURRENT POSITIONS
Post-doctoral researcher in Semiotics
Department of Philosophy, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.
Project “Rethinking narrativity: semiotics, philosophy, 4E cognition and psychiatry”.
01/10/2022- 30/09/2024
High school teacher with a permanent position in Italian Literature, History and Geography
“Cattaneo-Deledda” Institute, Professional High School.
Teaching certification A-012, MIUR.
1/09/2023 - Current
Collaborator with “Archilabò” Social Cooperative
7/06/2022 - Current
VISITING RESEARCH
· Visiting Researcher at the Center for Subjectivity Research, of Copenhagen University
01/01/2021- 01/07/2021
01/09/2021- 30/11/2021
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
· June 2024- Present: I collaborate with the psychiatry research group of the Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM) at UNIBO, composed by Marco Menchetti and Lorenzo Pelizza.
· April 2024-Present: I am engaged in research and managerial activities within the research group of the National Research Project PRIN project SACre-D (PI Claudio Paolucci, Department of Philosophy-UNIBO). SACre-D aims to enquire the cultural mythology beyond the genius-madness identification.
· April 2024- Present: I am am engaged in research activities with the National Research Project (PRIN PNRR): CULT-UP - Upcycling and Cultural Heritage. (PI Francesco Mazzucchelli , Department of Philosophy-UNIBO). CULT-UP aims to investigates the value of recycling as a cultural practice.
· 2022 - Present: I am engaged in research activities within the research group of the “Mokichi Okada” Chair of Beauty (University Library - UNIBO). The research group focuses on the semiotics of arts and the semiotics of the city from an interdisciplinary perspective.
· 2021 - Present: Member of the International Centre For Enactivism And Cognitive Semiotics.
· 03/2020 – Present: Member of the Research Center for Knowledge and Cognition (K&C) - Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.
· 10/2018 – Present: Member of International Center for Humanistic Studies Umberto Eco (CUE) - Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna
· 2018 - Present: Engaged in research activities within the Semiotics group led by Professor Claudio Paolucci (Department of Philosophy - UNIBO). The research group in Semiotics continues a tradition of studies initiated by Umberto Eco and Patrizia Violi in the 1990s within the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bologna. The main research topics are a general theory of semiotics and theory and philosophy of language.
· 2020 - 2023: I had a research experience within the research group of the European Erasmus+ project NeMo (Department of Philosophy-UNIBO). Nemo project aimed at providing a semiotic-based observation methodology of caregivers-infant prelinguistic interaction to detect possible signs of impairments.
CONFERENCE ACTIVITY/PARTICIPATION
INVITED TALKS
· 27/09/2024 (in program), "Radure di senso: per una semiotica cognitive dei deliri schizofrenici " XXIX National Congress of the Society of Philosophy of Language (SFL), "Philosophy of Languages and Psychological Paradigms" 26/09/2024 – 28/09/2024, Rome, Italy
· 11/09/2024 (in program): "La stele di Volterra e NOF4: l’espressione psicopatologica fra incuria e decoro" Semiotics Seminars of the Umberto Eco International Center for Semiotic Studies "Cura del senso / Senso della Cura," 10/09/2024 – 13/09/2024, Urbino, Italy.
· 16/05/2024: "Creatività e schizofrenia" Creativity and Art - Study Day in Memory of Maria Perosino, IULM, Milan, Italy.
· 17/04/2024: "Creativity and Madness: From Classical Thought to Contemporary Cinema." PRIN SACre-D Seminar Series "SEMIOTICS OF CREATIVITY: MYTHS, STEREOTYPES, MEANINGS," Bologna, Italy.
· 15/12/2023: "From the Mirror to the Selfie." Excellence Seminars of the University of Messina, Noto, Italy.
· 27/01/2023, “Aliens, Robots, Imposters: Cognitive semiotics of faces in Capgras Delusion”, for the congress Face It! The new challenges for visual semiotics. 25-27 January, Liege.
· 19-20/12/2022, Round Table “Schizophrenia and Language” in Excellence Seminars at University of Messina, Noto.
· 07/04/2022, "NeMo’s Observation Methodology for early detection of Autism Spectrum Disorders", Cognitive Semiotics Seminars, University of Lund.
· 26/09/2021 – 01/10/2021, “Which signs for which screening? ASD story and symptoms in light of NEMO methodology” for Joint Staff Training Event NeMo (Guidelines to develop innovative ECEC teachers’ curricula, Progetto Europeo), Nicosia (Cipro), 26/09/2021 - 01/10/2021).
· 25/06/2019 – “Semiotic Narrativity and Minimal Self: From Narratives to embodiment (and back again).” At the international congress “Embodied Creativity: The Role of performativity”.
PAPERS PRESENTED
· 13/07/2024: "Trash as Property, Upcycling as Parasitism: Some Reflections from a Philosophy of Complexity." CULT-UP Reading Seminars, Bologna, Italy.
· 12/06/2024: "The Rule of Reality: Delusion as Construction of Meaning." Seric Research Seminar of the Department of Philosophy, Bologna, Italy.
· 29/11/2023: "La solitudine comunitaria" LI Congress of the Italian Association for Semiotic Studies: "How to Live Together," 29/11/2023 – 01/12/2023, Rome, Italy.
· 14/09/2023: "Enunciative Practice and Embodied Practices." XXVIII National Congress of the Society of Philosophy of Language (SFL), "Practice, Language, Enunciation," 14/09/2023 – 17/09/2023, Cosenza, Italy.
· 21/06/2023, “Narrare l’abisso: narrazione, esperienza, narratività nella schizofrenia” at the cycle of seminar Seric, at the Department of Philosophy, University of Bologna, Bologna.
· 1/12/2022, “Iste ego sum: materialità, specchio ed enunciazione”, 50 Conference of Italian Association of Semiotic (AISS). 1-4 December 2022, Palermo.
· 22/09/2022, “Il nome della sfinge”, 27 Conference of Italian Society of Philosophy of Language SFL, 22-24/09/2022, Palermo.
· 18/05/2021, “Deliri, Complotti e Superstizioni tra continuità e discontinuità: a partire da una semiotica come teoria dell’inferenza erronea” at 26 Conference of Italian Society of Philosophy of Language SFL, 22-24/09/2022. Online.
· 24/10/2020, “Narrazioni in tempo di pandemia: le storie come possesso perenne”, 49 conference of Italian Association of Semiotic (AISS), Online.
· 11/12/2019 – 13/12/2019. Poster Session "Narrating the self through the others", XVI AISC Annual Conference 2019, University of Roma Tre – Rome.
EVENTS ORGANISED
· April - May 2024: Organization of the seminar series "Semiotics of Creativity: Myths, Stereotypes, Meanings" for the PRIN SACre-D project. 7 sessions scheduled.
· a.a.2023/2024: Organization and design of the K&C Reading Seminars.
· 2022 - 2023: Contribution to the organization of the K&C Seminars 2023, K&C Webinars 2023, K&C Webinars 2022 for the Center for Knowledge and Cognition, University of Bologna.
· 16/12/2022: Multiplier Event of the Erasmus+ project: "NeMo"
· 23-24/5/2022 Workshop "Tools and resources for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research”, event in collaboration between H2020 SHAPE ID e Center K&C.
· 22-26/6/2019: co-organizer of the final event for the PRIN project: "Embodied Creativity: The Role of Performativity," Bologna.
· 2021-Present: Co-organizer of events, Social Media Manager, and Web Designer at the International Centre for Enactivism and Cognitive Semiotics
· 2020-Present: Co-organizer of events and Content Designer at the Research Center Knowledge and Cognition
· 2018-June 2022: Co-Organizer of events and Social Media Manager: International Center of Humanistic Studies “Umberto Eco”
FUNDING RECEIVED
· 2023 Fundings for the project “FILCAST – The Podcast of the Department of Philosophy”. Project funded by the Third Mission Call for Proposals at UNIBO. Grant value: 6000 euros.
· 2018-2022 Scholarship for my doctoral studies. Department of Philosophy, UNIBO. Grant value: 24.900 euros per year.
· 2021, Scholarship Marco Polo Program (UNIBO) with a project titled: "Narrative Self and Schizophrenia: Between Phenomenology, Semiotics, and Enactivism." Grant value: 3.450 euros.
PRIZES AND AWARDS
· 11/04/2024 I received the Seal of Excellence for the project 101153535 — MICA “Mental Illness, Creativity and Arts: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Psychopathological Artistic Creation.” submitted under the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions call HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01-01 — MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023
· In 2022, my Ph.D. research was selected to represent the Doctoral Research of the University of Bologna as part of the @UniboPER/PhD Storytelling initiative
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
· 2020 - Present: Teaching Assistant for the course "Semiotics of Perception and the Body" (LM) (academic sector M-FIL/05) within the master’s degree program in Semiotics, University of Bologna.
· a.a. 2023-2024: Assistance and support for faculty and students in developing the Didactics program for the Ph.D. course in Philosophy, Science, Cognition, and Semiotics, Department of Philosophy, University of Bologna.
· 15/05/2025: Presentation in the Public Engagement and Open Science course for the Ph.D. program in Philosophy, Science, Cognition, and Semiotics, University of Bologna.
· 22/02/2024: Lecture on "Semiotics of Culture (LM)" for the Master's Degree in Semiotics, University of Bologna. Duration: 2 hours.
· 3/5/2023: Lecture for the LABORATORY (2) (LM) (G.C) within the master’s degree program, University of Bologna. Duration: 2 hours.
· 19-20/12/2022: Lectures for the excellence seminars of the Doctorate in Cognitive Sciences at the University of Messina. Duration: 4 hours
· Thesis Co-Supervisor for the Master's Degree in Semiotics: Thesis Title: "Imagination in Action: Semiotics, Enactivism, and Daily Life."Candidate: Ivan Magrì. March 2022.
SERVICE TO PROFESSION AS A REVIEWER
· Journals: Chinese Semiotic Studies, Rivista italiana di Filosofia del linguaggio, Semiotica, Italian Journal of Cognitive Science, Versus, E|C.
· Reviewer for Springer editorial series Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology.
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT (COMMUNICATION AND ACTIVITIES ORGANIZATION)
· (Forthcoming), Idea Sbagliata: Genio e Follia Podcast episode with Claudio Paolucci as part of the University of Bologna's podcast "Idee Sbagliate," an initiative born from the FILCAST project - The Department of Philosophy's podcast.
· 17/10/2024 (in program) “Art and schizophrenia” Public Presentation at Unibo event for the WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY, 16-17 October Aula Absidale, Bologna.
· 04/2024 – Present: Contribution to the organization of the FILO World Philosophy Day 2024 (a. Organization of the poster session with presentations of research by PhD students and research fellows. b. Organization of the workshop with students titled "Cittadinanza è" at Liceo Fermi. c. Organization of Citizen Science activities with Sala Borsa titled "Digital Citizenship Lexicon.")
· 01/09/2023 – Present: Co-design and coordination with Diego Donna of the FILCAST project - The Department of Philosophy's podcast, funded by the Third Mission Call of Alma Mater Studiorum.
· 23/05/2024 – "The Triangle of Individuality: Body, Brain, Consciousness" Public Presentation during the event "The Triangle of Individuality: Body, Brain, Consciousness," as part of the series "Ancient and New Classics. The Knowledge of Alma Mater."
· 15/03/2024 – “ La nostalgia e la solitudine”, Conference for High School Students. At Liceo Scientifico G. Tarantino - Gravina in Puglia (BA), Italy.
· 16/11/2023: "Between Creativity and Madness: For a Semiotics of Schizophrenic Experience" Poster presentation during the poster session of the World Philosophy Day 2023 organized by the Department of Philosophy, University of Bologna, Italy.
· 16/11/2023: Contribution to the organization of World Philosophy Day 2023 (Organization of the poster session with presentations of research by PhD students and research fellows).
· 28/10/2023: Participation in a round table and presentation of doctoral research to mental health service operators on the topic of Schizophrenia at the Mental Health Week MAT-Festival, Modena, Italy, 22/10/2023 – 29/10/2023.
· 3/02/2023 – “Ai confini del senso: in viaggio tra schizofrenia e creatività”, Review article, UniboMagazine, https://magazine.unibo.it/archivio/2023/02/03/ai-confini-del-senso-in-viaggio-tra-schizofrenia-e-creativita?fbclid=IwAR29ofFUhcb_A8NxST_6dS3eRhLxo8fufTZhn47u3F6u9XBO6Ti8xFV5Dsse
· 2023 – Interview to Lawrence Shapiro - "We Always Need More Philosophy, No Matter What"
Interview published on the Segnalibri Filosofici website, Department of Philosophy, University of Bologna.
Link to the interview [https://site.unibo.it/segnalibri/it/interviste/intervista-a-lawrence-shapiro]
ACADEMIC ROLES
· 2022 – Present: Elected Representative of post-doc research fellows on the Department Council of Philosophy.
· 2022 – Present: Elected Representative of post-doc research fellows on the Executive Board of the Department of Philosophy.
· 2022 – Present: Member of the Public Engagement Committee of the Department of Philosophy
· 2021 – 2022: Elected Representative of PhD students on the Department Council of Philosophy
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
· International Association for Semiotic Studies
· Italian Association of Semiotic Studies
· Italian Association of Philosophy of Language
