Research Units Unit of Pisa Francesca RomoliPrincipal Investigator Read the full profileX Francesca Romoli is an Associate Professor of Slavistics at the University of Pisa. She completed her studies at the University of Florence and at La Sapienza University of Rome. She was a Visiting Fellow at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität in Würzburg (DE) and Visiting Professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (EL). She serves on the scientific committees of the series “Europe in between” (FUP) and the CESECOM (Centre for Central, Balkan and Eastern European Studies). She has participated in various national and international research groups and has presented at numerous conferences in Italy and abroad. Her main research interests lie in the scriptural culture of the East Slavic Middle Ages, the lexicon of culture and, above all, the figure, literary heritage, and cultural legacy of Maximus the Greek. She has authored around seventy essays, published in scholarly journals and volumes, and two monographs and is editor of around ten volumes and journal sections. She is the creator and PI of the PRIN 2022 PNRR “MaximHum” (P2022837KN). Marco BiasioResearch Fellow Read the full profileX Marco Biasio holds a PhD in Slavic Linguistics from the University of Padua (Italy) and the University of Novi Sad (Serbia). Since 2018, he has presented his work at more than fifty scientific conferences in Italy and abroad, and has authored more than thirty contributions, including journal articles, volume and proceedings articles, and encyclopaedia entries. His current research interests include Slavic morphosyntax, formal semantics, pragmatics, the history of linguistics, the philosophy of language, and the literary heritage of Maximus the Greek. He has been an external collaborator of the research groups Slavicus since 2022 and PaVeDa – Pavia Verbs Database since 2023. He is currently a member of the editorial board of the Italian journal “Ricerche Slavistiche”. Nuova serie (ISSN 0391-4127) and has served as the chair of the Slavic Linguistics Society Executive Board since 2022. Within the PRIN 2022 PNRR “MaximHum” (P2022837KN) he collaborates as research fellow in the unit of Pisa. Alessandro GoffiResearch Fellow Read the full profileX Alessandro Goffi holds a degree in Russian Language and Literature from the University “Carlo Bo” of Urbino and the University “Ca’ Foscari” of Venice, with a dissertation about the Russian lexical influence on the Azerbaijani and Kalmyk languages. He worked as a translator, interpreter, and subtitler. He was awarded an Overseas Scholarship at the Astrakhan State University (Russian Federation) and an Erasmus Mundus Scholarship at the Azerbaijan University of Languages of Baku (Azerbaijan). He has authored one scientific article and participated in two international conferences. His main research interests are Slavic Philology and Contact Linguistics. Within the PRIN 2022 PNRR “MaximHum” (P2022837KN) he collaborates as research fellow in the unit of Pisa. Letizia RicciResearch Fellow Read the full profileX Letizia Ricci holds a degree in Digital Humanities from the University of Pisa. She is co-editor of some scientific papers about the XML-TEI encoding activities of historical postcards and semantic analysis of terms in medieval Latin for AIUCD – Italian Association of Digital Humanities conferences. She collaborated in the ERC-Ars Nova project “European Ars Nova: Multilingual Poetry and Polyphonic Song in the Late Middle Ages” for the XML-TEI marking activity of the critical editions of the 14th century poetic texts in Italian, French and Latin. Her academic interest is the interaction between web technologies and philology. Within the PRIN 2022 PNRR “MaximHum” (P2022837KN), she collaborates as research fellow in the unit of Pisa. Teresa LombardiPhD Student Read the full profileX Teresa Lombardi holds a degree in Russian Literature and Slavic Philology from the University of Florence. She is currently undertaking a PhD in Slavistics at the University of Pisa. Since 2023, she has presented her research at three international and doctoral conferences in Italy. Her main research interests are the cultural exchanges between Muscovy and Italy in the 15th-16th centuries, Slavic philology, Slavic folklore, feminine figures in Russian literature and history. Within the framework of the PRIN 2022 PNRR “MaximHum” (P2022837KN), she is currently collaborating as a research fellow in the unit of Pisa. Unit of Bologna Alberto AlbertiAssociated PI Read the full profileX Alberto Alberti is an Associate Professor of Slavic Philology at the University of Bologna. He completed his studies at the University of Bologna and at La Sapienza University of Rome. Member of the editorial board of the journal “Studi Slavistici” since 2004, he serves on the scientific committees of the series “Europe in between” (FUP) and the CESECOM (Centre for Central, Balkan and Eastern European Studies). He has presented at numerous conferences in Italy and abroad. His main research interests lie in the textual criticism of the Slavic Scriptures, with particular reference to the text of the Gospels. He has authored many essays published in scholarly journals and volumes, and one monograph devoted to the Bulgarian 14th century. Within the PRIN 2022 PNRR “MaximHum” (P2022837KN) he is the associated PI of the research unit of Bologna. Unit of Chieti – Pescara Maria Chiara FerroAssociated PI Read the full profileX Maria Chiara Ferro, an Associate Professor of Slavistics at the University of Chieti-Pescara, completed her studies at the University of Florence and earned her PhD at La Sapienza University of Rome. She was a Visiting Researcher in Saint Petersburg and Visiting Professor in Szeged (Hungary). She serves on the scientific committees of the series “Europe in between” (FUP) and “Testi&Traduzioni” (Universitalia). She is a member of the CESECOM (Centre for Central, Balkan and Eastern European Studies). She has taken part in various national and international research groups and has presented at conferences in Italy and abroad. Her main research interests lie in the writing production of the East Slavic Middle Ages, the intellectual lexicon of Russian language, and issues concerning the teaching of Russian language and culture within the Italian university context. She has authored around fifty essays published in scholarly journals and volumes, one monograph, and two handbooks and is editor of five volumes and journal section. Within the PRIN 2022 PNRR “MaximHum” (P2022837KN) she is the associated PI of the research unit of Pescara. Natalia GusevaResearch Fellow Read the full profileX Natalia Guseva, PhD in Philology, completed her studies at the Kazan State Pedagogical Institute (Russian Federation) and received her doctorate from Saint-Petersburg State University (Russian Federation). She was an Adjunct Professor of Russian Language and Translation at the University of Chieti-Pescara (Italy) and at the University of Macerata (Italy). Her main research interests focus primarily on Translation Studies, Intercultural Communication, Corpus Linguistics and Contrastive Pragmatics. She has presented her work at conferences in Italy and abroad. She has published several essays in peer-reviewed journals and volumes in Russia and Italy and one co-authored textbook. She participated in the SEAH (Sharing European Architectural Heritage) project where she contributed to the corpus formation. Within the PRIN 2022 PNRR “MaximHum” (P2022837KN) she collaborates as research fellow in the unit of Chieti-Pescara. Beatrice BindiPhD Student Read the full profileX Beatrice Bindi holds a degree in Slavic Philology from the University of Florence. She is currently undertaking a PhD in Slavic Philology and Linguistics at the University of Chieti-Pescara. Thanks to a DAAD scholarship, she spent six months researching at the University of Heidelberg. She is involved in the updating and maintenance of CESECOM (Centre for Central, Balkan and Eastern European Studies). Since 2022, she has presented her research at six international and doctoral conferences in Italy and abroad. Her main research interests are Slavic Philology, Linguistics (especially Historical Lexicology), Semantics and History of Ideas, Digital Humanities. Within the PRIN 2022 PNRR “MaximHum” (P2022837KN), She is currently collaborating as a research fellow in the unit of Pescara within the PRIN 2022 PNRR “MaximHum” (P2022837KN).
13 June 2024, University of Pisa (IT) – First National Seminar PRIN 2022 PNRR P2022837KN “Humanistic Italy and sixteenth-century Muscovy in dialogue. Digitization and digital mapping of the work of Maximus the Greek” 2 July 2024 13 June 2024, University of Pisa (IT) – First National Seminar PRIN 2022 PNRR P2022837KN “Humanistic Italy and sixteenth-century Muscovy in dialogue. Digitization and digital mapping of the work of Maximus the Greek” The first national seminar of the MaximHum project working group was held in Pisa on 13 June. The speakers were…
29 May 2024, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Slavic Studies, Moscow (RU) – International Seminar “14th Cyrillo-Methodian Roman Readings” 2 July 2024 29 May 2024, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Slavic Studies, Moscow (RU) – International Seminar “14th Cyrillo-Methodian Roman Readings” On 29 May 2024, the “MaximHum” project was discussed by Francesca Romoli, Maria Chiara Ferro and Alberto Alberti at the…
28 May 2024, Catania (IT) – 13th Annual National Conference of the Association for Humanistic Informatics and Digital Culture (AIUCD) “Me.Te. Digitali. Mediterraneo in rete tra testi e contesti” 2 July 2024 28 May 2024, Catania (IT) – 13th Annual National Conference of the Association for Humanistic Informatics and Digital Culture (AIUCD) “Me.Te. Digitali. Mediterraneo in rete tra testi e contesti” On 28 May, at the 13th annual national conference of the Association for Humanistic Informatics and Digital Culture (AIUCD), the…
16 May 2024, Daugavpils University, Daugavpils (LT) – International Research Conference “XXVII Slavic Readings” 2 July 2024 16 May 2024, Daugavpils University, Daugavpils (LT) – International Research Conference “XXVII Slavic Readings” On 16 May 2024 Francesca Romoli and Maria Chiara Ferro presented the project “MaximHum” at the international research conference “XXVII…
13 May 2024, HSE University, Moscow (RU) – Workshop “Innovations in the Orthodox culture of Muscovy and the Kievan metropolis in the 16th century” 2 July 2024 13 May 2024, HSE University, Moscow (RU) – Workshop “Innovations in the Orthodox culture of Muscovy and the Kievan metropolis in the 16th century” On 13 May, Francesca Romoli took part in the workshop “Innovations in the Orthodox culture of Muscovy and the Kievan…
4-5 December 2023, University of Malaga, Malaga (ES) – VIII International Conference on Translation “Horizons of Translation. Translating travels, adventures, experiences” 16 January 2024 4-5 December 2023, University of Malaga, Malaga (ES) – VIII International Conference on Translation “Horizons of Translation. Translating travels, adventures, experiences” In the theme of translation as a travel between worlds and cultures, but also in the specular and inverse theme…