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The First Episode of Inclusioni is Now Live!

Posted on April 16, 2024October 15, 2024 by martina

The first episode of Inclusioni, the podcast of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures in collaboration with Fuori Aula Network, is now available on major platforms.

Have you ever wondered about the relationship between reading and digital technologies? What changes cognitively when we read a text on paper versus on a screen? Have you heard of “deep reading”? What is the Ljubljana Manifesto?

In this episode, you’ll hear a conversation in English between Massimo Salgaro, a professor of German literature in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, and Adriaan Van der Weel, a professor of Book Studies at Universiteit Leiden in the Netherlands. Professor Van der Weel inaugurated on 17 January for the first seminar of Digital Spritz, a series of meetings on Digital Humanities organized by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. In the first episode, titled “The Screen Challenge”, Van der Weel focuses on the differences between reading printed texts and reading on screens.

Happy listening!

The “Inclusioni” Podcast is Now Live!

Posted on April 8, 2024October 15, 2024 by martina

Our Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures is the first at the University of Verona to launch its own podcast channel, now available on major podcast platforms. Thanks to a collaboration with Fuori Aula Network, we present Inclusioni, a podcast dedicated to inclusion and accessibility in their broadest sense.

Inclusioni is part of the Excellence Project “Inclusive Humanities” and is curated by Giovanni Tallarico and Martina Cerpelloni. Using an accessible language, we will share insights from the Department’s research through interviews and short segments, with a particular focus on the digital realm and the promotion of diversity.

Stay tuned as the trailer for our podcast will be released soon, providing more details on topics that will be explored in the first episodes. We will also announce the official launch date for the first podcast episode.

Connect with us on Spotify and … stay tuned!

Enrolment Open for the ISL (Italian Sign Language) Introductory Workshop

Posted on April 7, 2024October 15, 2024 by martina

Registrations are now officially open for the “Laboratorio di avviamento alla LIS – Lingua dei Segni Italiana”, organized by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures as part of the Excellence Project Inclusive Humanities: Perspectives for Development in Research and Teaching of Foreign Languages and Literatures (2023-2027).

The workshop offers students the opportunity to gain a foundational understanding of issues related to interaction and communication with deaf individuals, with particular attention to linguistic, social, and cultural aspects.

Upon attending at least 70% of the activities and passing the final exam, participants will receive 3 CFU:

– Type D for all Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs in the Languages area;

– Type D or F only for the Master’s Degree in Linguistics (LM39) at the Department of Cultures and Civilizations – University of Verona.

For the calendar and more information, visit this link.

To enrol, please fill out the registration form. Registrations are open until Thursday, 4 April.

Contact person: Prof. Manuel Boschiero
Email: manuel.boschiero@univr.it

“The Guilt of Being a Woman: Ophelia Between Rewritings and Iconography”

Posted on April 4, 2024October 15, 2024 by martina

The seminar “The Guilt of Being a Woman: Ophelia Between Rewritings and Iconography”, led by Sandra Pietrini from the University of Trento, took place on Wednesday, 3 April, as part of the “Accessing Ophelia” project, a sub-project within the literary scope of “Inclusive Humanities. Development Perspectives in Research and Teaching of Foreign Languages and Literatures” (2023-2027).

The event, organized by Dr. Emanuel Stelzer from the department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, delved into the figure of Ophelia, one of the main female characters in Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet. Over the centuries, Ophelia—through the rewritings of the tragedy and in iconography—has been taken as a symbol of virginal and innocent purity, of a lunar femininity destined to succumb. Through a historical overview aimed at identifying the characteristics assumed by the character in various eras and contexts, the seminar sought to offer a piece to help better understand Shakespeare’s attitude towards women, as well as to identify the meaning behind certain traits attributed to Ophelia in the centuries that followed, when the reinterpretation of her figure, often central to the tragedy’s pathos, created deep resonances in the collective imagination.

The “Open Lessons” Initiative Comes to a Close

Posted on March 27, 2024October 15, 2024 by martina

The initiative “Lezioni Aperte” (Open Lessons) came to a close on Tuesday, 26 March, with a session led by Prof. Sabrina Piccinin. This program, introduced this academic year through the “Inclusive Humanities” project, offered high school students an insight into university life.

The final lesson, part of the course “Teaching Languages (Methods and Techniques for Developing Linguistic and Communicative Skills in a Foreign Language)”, marked the twenty-sixth session available to students in their last three years of high school (grades 11, 12, and 13). It provided a direct and tangible experience of the topics and methods of the degree programs offered by the Department.

“Lezioni Aperte” attracted over 60 participants, allowing students to engage with the university environment and connect in person with future peers, fostering reflections and discussions that might not have otherwise occurred.

The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures looks forward to welcoming these students back as officially enrolled members of the Department and are excited to continue this initiative for the 2024/2025 academic year.

Live Performance at Songlines Event

Posted on March 27, 2024October 15, 2024 by martina

On Monday, 25 March, the event “Songlines: The Ancient Secret to Our Planet’s Oldest Surviving Culture” featuring Joaquin Rudd and Fred Leone took place at Santa Marta university campus

Joaquin Rudd, son of Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Xavier Rudd, shares his father’s passion for primitive music and atmospheres. Fred Leone, a member of the Garrwa and Butchulla tribes of Queensland, serves as a Songman, a guardian of the linguistic and cultural traditions of Aboriginal peoples, which he transmits through musical practice. To ensure that the identities of the Garrwa and Butchulla tribes remain part of the international collective memory, Leone has transcribed and set to music oral stories and songs from Aboriginal tribal ceremonies, incorporating their sounds and instrumentation.

During the event, Rudd and Leone discussed and performed the sounds of the Australian Aboriginal tribal cultures, with Leone serving as their custodian and spokesperson. The event concluded with a live performance by Joaquin Rudd on the didgeridoo.