2016-2018

June 2018 – May 2019
Project: Narration in English L2 for children and adolescents in informal acquisition contexts: innovative and inclusive approaches for local library networks by Dr. Elisa Bertoldi.

13 – 14 September 2018
International Conference: Transcending the Postmodern: Portrayals of the Human in Late Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Century Fiction. Lecture Hall of the School of Humanities, Palazzo Balbi Cattaneo, University of Genoa.

September 2018
Foundation of The Partnership Studies Eco-Linguistics Circle (PSEC) of the University of Udine, a group of students, researchers and teachers who are interested in “eco-linguistics”. The group is part of the Partnership Studies Group of the University of Udine, directed by Prof. Antonella Riem.

30 June 2018
Artistic project of the Partnership Studies Group ART entitled Living Bodies@Blurring Realities in the context of Conoscenza in Festa 2018. The project dialogues with the city of Udine through installations and performances centred on the connection between the physicality of the body and the immaterial and blurred frame of the digital. Coordinated by DMAV, artists Tiziana Pers and Isabella Pers, choreographer and performer Mattia Mantellato and the Scuola Italiana Cantastorie (“Italian Storytelling School”) with Piera Giacconi.

19 February 2018
Homage to a traveller: remembering Pierluigi Cappello. Gusmani Hall, Palazzo Antonini, University of Udine. “Pierluigi Cappello: a poet on the track of light”. A day in memory of the Friulian poet. Speakers: Antonella Riem, Franco Fabbro, Vincenzo della Mea, Gianmario Villalta, Nicola Crocetti, Angela Urbano, Giampaolo Gri, Anselmo Paolone, Aldo Colonnello, Isabella Pers, Tiziana Pers and Paolo Medeossi. Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine, “Conversations, visions and readings. Pierluigi Cappello: a poet on the track of light”. Speakers: Giuseppe Bevilacqua, Paolo Comuzzi, Marco D’Agostini, Augusta Eniti, Paolo Medeossi and Marco Turello.

March – May 2017
Cycle of Seminars on Partnership with the participation of: Laura Cimetta (English teacher and digital trainer F.V.G.), Alessandro Rinaldi (DOF Consulting), Piera Giacconi (Piccola Scuola Italiana Cantastorie), Loretta Innocenti, Maria Sestito, Nicholas Jose (Professor and writer, Western Sydney University), Nella Maccarrone and Mattia Mantellato (dancer, choreographer and performer, University of Udine).

19-21 Aprile 2017
International conference: Living Together on this Earth: Eco-sustainable Narratives and Environmental Concerns in English Literature/s. Gusmani Hall, Palazzo Antonini, University of Udine.

October – December 2016
Cycle of Seminars on Partnership with the participation of: Coral Ann Howells (Professor Emerita, University of Reading – Senior Research Fellow, Institute of English Studies, University of London), Anne Mullen (University of Laval, Quebec, Canada), Gail Jones (Professor and writer, Western Sydney University), Dianna Cannizzo (freelance writer, teacher trainer), Paolo Bartoloni (National University of Ireland, Galway). University of Udine.

17 June 2016
International conference: Rethinking literature in a globalised world and in a digital era. Conference Room ‘Ignazio Ambrogio’, University of Roma Tre

15 April 2016
International conference: La vera ricchezza delle nazioni: cultura e valori dell’economia di cura (The Real Wealth of Nations: Cultures and Values of a Caring Economy). Gusmani Hall, Palazzo Antonini, University of Udine.