Curriculum Vitae
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FORTUNA SARA
POSITION
Assistant Professor at the University Guglielmo Marconi of Rome
(Ricercatore a tempo determinato)
Qualification as Associate Professor
WORK EXPERIENCE
2008-2014
Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Language at the Faculty of Literature
University Guglielmo Marconi of Rome
2004-2007
“Professore a contratto” in Philosophy of Language at the Faculty of Philosophy
University “La Sapienza” of Rome
2006-2007
1994-2005
2004
1998-1999
1994-1999
1994-
“Assegno di ricerca” at the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy
University of Catania
Journalist activity as an expert of Germany (Internazionale, Avvenire, apbiscom);
Membership of the Ordine dei giornalisti di Roma as “pubblicista”
Organisational work for the online philosophy magazine rescogitans.it (a project
fundend by Fondazione Mondadori)
Participation to an experimental didactic project funded by the CNR (National
Research Council) and coordinated by prof. Enrico Berti: writing of 14 hypertexts
on contemporary philosophy
Multiple engagement for the Enciclopedia multimediale delle scienze filosofiche, a
project sponsored by RAI (the Italian public Radio-Television broadcasting):
editing, revision, translations, organisation and realisation of interviews.
Translation from German, English and French of texts of philosophical, cultural
and journalistic topics.
EDUCATION AL TRAINING
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2000-2001
1999
1998
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FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN/UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA
Post-doc Fellow (fellowship funded by the EU)
FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN
Visiting fellow at the Department of Romance Philology (funded by a
fellowship of the University “La Sapienza” of Rome).
UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO, UNIVERSITY “LA SAPIENZA” OF
ROME; UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA
PhD degree in Philosophy of Language.
1992
UNIVERSITY OF HARVARD
Visiting fellow of the Summer School. Courses of Linguistics and
Creative Writing (partially funded by a fellowship of the Fondazione
RUI).
1993
UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN
Visiting fellow at the Department of Linguistics.
1993
1988
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PERSONAL SKILLS:
Mother tongue(s)
Other language(s)
English
UNIVERSITY “LA SAPIENZA” OF ROME
“Laurea in Filosofia” (equivalent to a B.A. and an M.A. degree in
Philosophy), 110/110 Summa cum Laude. GPA 4.0.
LICEO GINNASIO “GIULIO CESARE” ROME
“Maturità classica” 60/60
analytical, reliable,cooperative,flexible,productive,amiable,esponsible,versatile
Italian
UNDERSTANDING
SPEAKING
WRITING
Listening
Reading
Spoken interaction
Spoken production
Proficient
Proficient
Proficient
Proficient
Proficient
INSTITUTIONAL TOEFL OF HARVARD note 614
French
Proficient
Proficient
Proficient
Proficient
Proficient
Proficient Level of German (Understanding, speaking and writing
Communication skills
Organisational / managerial skills
Good communication skills in oral and written form gained through my experiences as teacher,
journalist and researcher often working in interdisciplinary teams. ; I´m used to listen attentively in
order to be able to provide well thought-out solutions to my students and colleagues, to negotiate
differences, to find common solutions. I can speak confidently and effectively in public.
Good organisational and managerial skills gained through the organisation of several international
conferences and workshops and the participation to many research groups.
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Job-related skills
Computer skills
Other skills
Driving licence
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Good command of writing processes, effective gathering of appropriate information (also gained
through my experience as a journalist); I write clearly and precisely and identify easily the
informational resources needed in different situations, meet deadline, give feedback and support
(through my tutorial activity I have got the skills of coaching, problem solving, motivating and
supporting).
Good command of Microsoft Office™ tools
I manage projects effectively (conferences, workshop, editorial and research projects); I can identify
problems, analyse issues, develop strategies, create new interpretative models (research, academic,
journalistic and free writing)
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TEACHING:
Philosophy of Language, Semiotics, Sociolinguistics, Glottodidactics,
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS :
Philosophy of Language, Aesthetics, History of linguistics ideas, Italian Studies, Film Studies, Gender Studies.
Conferences (organized)
(
Berlin, April 2008 “The Power of Disturbance. Around Elsa Morante´s Aracoeli” (with Manuele Gragnolati)
Berlin , April 2009 “Dante’s Plurilingualism. Authority, Knowledge, Subjectitity” (with M. Gragnolati and J. Trabant); funded
by the Thyssen Foundation.
Honours and awards
2007 Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2010 Grant for the translation and publication costs of the book Wittgensteins Philosophies des Kippbilds
Associate member of the Berlin Institute for Cultural Inquiry; member of the SFL (Association of Italian philosophers of
Memberships
Language; member of the Italian Kant Society; member of the Italian fellows of the A. v. Humboldt Foundation.
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