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A warm welcome to Ibrahima Diagne, Visiting Professor from the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar (Senegal). Prof. Diagne, welcomed to our department by Massimo Salgaro, is funded by the UNITAFRICA project of the Italian Ministry of University and Research. The goal of UNITAFRICA is to strengthen academic cooperation between Italy and Africa, promoting the […]
Introducing Olboblo, the new podcast from our department and the official audio guide for the exhibition of the same name, “Olboblo. Arte potenziale” (Potential Art). This project is the result of an agreement between the Academy of Fine Arts of Verona and the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, developed within the “Inclusive Humanities” Excellence […]
Have you ever heard of vicarious trauma? If you are not sure what it means, tune in to the nineteenth episode of Inclusioni, now online. Vicarious trauma is a phenomenon that stems from the empathetic engagement between someone in a helping profession—such as an interpreter—and those who have directly experienced a trauma. In contexts of […]
The eighteenth episode of Inclusioni—the podcast channel of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Verona—is now online on all major platforms. The episode is titled “Ambassadors of Freedom: the historical experience of Ukrainian women in international politics and diplomacy.” In this episode, we explore an often overlooked yet fundamental chapter […]
European University Language Centres and inclusion: these were the core themes of the workshop “Communication and Inclusion in EULCs: building on our research”, co-funded by the MUR (Ministry of University and Research) as part of the PRIN 2022 project. The workshop, which took place on Friday, June 27, at the Santa Marta campus, provided an […]
How often do we stop to reflect on how women—particularly those living in war-torn countries or under the international spotlight—are perceived and portrayed? Today, the focus shifts specifically to Ukrainian women: are they caring mothers or ruthless witches? And what is the truth behind these labels? To explore these complex nuances, in the seventeenth episode […]