Biancamaria Rizzardi

ACADEMIC CAREER:
1984: Degree in English Language and Literature, with honours (cum laude), University of Bologna, (Italy)
1986: PhD in Foreign Modern Languages and Literature, with honours (cum laude), University of Urbino, (Italy)
1986: Winner of a post for Senior Lecturer (Ricercatrice) of English Literature and Language, University of Trento, Italy
1999: Winner of the national competition for Associate Professors, Pisa University
2001: Winner of the national competition for Full Professors. In this role, she teaches English Literature and Postcolonial Literatures, Department of Philology, Linguistic and Literature, University of Pisa.

APPOINTMENTS:
17/09/2020 – 2022: GEV-VQR: Member of the Group of Experts for Evaluation. scientific area n.10, Ancient History, Philology, Literature and Art History. National Agency for the Evaluation of Research Institutes.
04/2019–05/2019: Visiting Professor, University of Toulouse, Jean Jaures, Toulouse (France).
2018- Present: Scientific Coordinator of the Library Modern Languages and Literatures, Antiquities, Philosophy and History, History of the Arts– University of Pisa. (Italy)
2018-Present: member of the jury of the "Lord Byron Porto Venere Golfo dei poeti" International Prize for Poetry and Fiction
01/2014–08/2017: President of the Corso di Laurea in Lingue e Letterature Straniere, University of Pisa, (Italy)
12/2017– 10/2020: Vice President of the PhD Course in Linguistic Disciplines and Foreign Languages, University of Pisa, (Italy)
12/2017–05/2018: Visiting Professor University of Toulouse Jean Jaures, Toulouse (France)
10/09/2013–25/09/2013: Director of the Summer School in Literary Translation, University of Pisa, (Italy)
2012–2013: Member of the National Scientific Qualification Committee, Ministry of Education, University and Research, Rome (Italy)
2008–Present Jury member of the Dubbing Film Festival prize, Rome (Italy)
11/2007–11/2016: Founder and Director of the Master Course in Translation of Postcolonial Texts: Literatures, Criticism, Theatre and Cinema, University of Pisa, (Italy)
2004–2011: Member of the Didactic Commission in the Faculty for the M.A. course in Translation of Literary Texts, University of Pisa, (Italy)
1997–2014: Member of the organizing board for the Specializing Course in “Text Linguistic and Literary Translation” (LTTL), University of Pisa, (Italy)
1995–Present: Member of the board of the Ph.D on Foreign Languages and Literatures, now Philology, Literature and Linguistics, University of Pisa, (Italy).

RECENT VISITING RESEARCHER:
London University (UK) - 11/ 2019-12/2019
Universitè. de Toulouse Jean Jaures (FR) - 04/2017- 05/2017; 11/2016-12/2016
Newcastle University (UK) - 07/2016-08/2016
London University (UK) - 07/ 2015-08/2015
Toronto University (Canada) - 07/2014-08/2014
McGill University (Canada) - 06/2014-07/2014

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
International Awards:
1990: Winner of the Canadian Government Award (Faculty Enrichment Programme)
1987: Winner of the Canadian Government Award (Faculty Enrichment Programme).

RECENT RESEARCH PROJECTS:
May 2019: MUIR, FISR call, "Special Supplementary Fund for Research with the Universities of Bologna, Bari and Toulouse Jean Jaures (FR) -
Member for three times of PRA, University Research Project, Pisa in 2019-2022, 2017-2019, and 2015-2016

RECENT SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEES
2022: Member of the scientific committee of the Associazione Nazionale Docenti di Anglistica International Conference:” Always Connect: Transdisciplinarity and Intercultural Contact in Literary Discourse”
2021: Speaker at some International Conferences in: Rome (28/29 april 2021) "Dante e gli altri classici: da Petrarca a Soyinka", in Bari (13/14 May 2021) "Dietro al mio legno che cantando varca"; in Pisa (10/11 May 2021) "Dante a Pisa: Incontri internazionali dedicati a M. Santagata"; in Vicenza (3 July 2021) “Le rotte di Dante nel mondo. Letture, traduzioni e riscritture di Dante”;