As part of the MoCoSvi – Mobility for International Development Cooperation project implemented by the University of Verona, the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures will host for a period of 3 months Prof. Lacina Yéo, Associate Professor of German and Global Studies at Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny Abidjan-Cocody (Ivory Coast), with the aim of promoting a scientific and educational exchange between the two partner universities.
Lacina Yéo will carry out teaching activities in the area of Germanistics, as well as research intercultural exchanges between Africa and Europe, bringing insights and encounters on the topics of the role of African Germanistics in cultural transfers between Africa and Europe and culture and sustainable development in German-African literary relations.
The lecturer’s visit is part of a strategic line promoted by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures’ project of excellence on Inclusive humanities (2023-2027). “The Inclusive humanities promoted by our department aim to fill a cultural and scientific gap”, explains Massimo Salgaro, professor of German Literature. “To date, most of the research in academia comes from Western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic (Weird) countries, and the proposed models are based on the Western canon; with the Inclusive humanities project, the department intends instead to focus on marginalized groups, minority languages and World literature and its non-Western users.
Thanks to Prof. Yéo, it was also possible to sign an agreement between the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and his department in Abidijan for purposes related to the Inclusive Humanities Excellence Project 2023-2027.