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Beatrice Tottossy (beatrice.tottossy@unifi.it)Full Professor of Finno-Ugric philology (Disciplinary Scientific Area, 10: Ancient History, Philology, Literature and Art History). Department of Education, Languages, Intercultures, Literatures and Psychology of the University of Florence.
PREVIOUS POSITIONS AND ACADEMIC EDUCATIONAssociate Professor of Finno-Ugric philology (Univ. of Florence, 1998-2017); Lecturer in Hungarian language (Univ. of Florence, 1986-1998); Research Fellow for the National Research Council (CNR) and Italian government abroad (Rome, 1990-1994, 1996), MA degree in Philosophy (Univ. of Siena, 1992), Collaboration with the Chairs of Philosophy (Budapest ELTE, Roma Tor Vergata, 1983-1985), MA degree in Philosophy, with Habilitation to teach History, Budapest, 1981).
RESEARCH INTERESTSHungarian and comparative literature, Theory (Aesthetics, Literary Ontology, Computational Literary Studies) and literary history (Italian-Hungarian literary and cultural studies, Memory and Trauma Studies, Cultures of Dissent, Writers/Scholars correspondence), Theory and practice of the scholarly digital editing.
PROJECTS AND RESPONSABILITIES– 2021-2024: Head of the Inter-University Center for Hungarian and Central-Eastern European Studies (CISUECO).– 2020-to date: Scientific co-director of the journal Studi Finno-Ugrici (Anvur, class A).– 2017-to date: Management committee member for Italy of the COST Action CA16213, "New Exploratory Phase in Research on East European Cultures of Dissent".– 2016-to date (with Maurizio Ceccarelli): Electronic edition of Charles de Tolnay correspondence from 1919 to 1981 (Casa Buonarroti Foundation, Florence).– 2019-to date (Dept. PhD programme, Supervisor): "The memory of dissent in contemporary Hungarian women writers".– 2017-2021 (University Strategic Doctoral Program, Supervisor): "Experiments and Applications of AI for the Digital Humanities: Cognitive Computing and the Study of Literary Epistolography".– 2013-2016 (Aggregate partner): "EMMA - European Multiple MOOC Aggregator" (CIP-ICT-PSP-2013-7, Grant Agreement N°: 621030, coord. Rosanna De Rosa, University of Naples Federico II).– 2012-2016 (Invited researcher): "Critical edition of theoretical works (1930-1937) of József Attila" (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund, Id. 105626).– 2013-2015 (Coord. RU): LLP/Grundtvig Programme "HUNGAROBOX - Survey of Hungarian online glossaries and vocabulary exercises”.– 2011-2013 (Aggregate partner): "ECLAP - European Collected Library of Artistic Performance" (CIP-ICT-PSP-2009.2.2, Grant Agreement N° 250481, coord. Paolo Nesi, Univ. of Florence); “Information Technologies for Performing Arts, Media Access and Entertainment” 2012: member of the International Programme Committee and of the ECLAP Conference Organizing Committee (General chair P. Nesi), Co-Chair in the “Workshop: Open Access 2002-2012”.– 2007-to date: Coordinator of the Research Unit of the Inter-University Center for Hungarian and Central-Eastern European Studies, active at the University of Florence. – 2005-2010 (Scientific supervisor): "Progettazione e gestione di contenuti on-line specifici nell’Area umanistica straniera: editoria telematica e siti dedicati".– 2002-to date: principal investigator within research groups that have benefited, from two-year projects (since 2018 annual) from the University of Florence Research Fund (topics: memory, trauma, dissent and translation studies; literary ontology and aesthetics studies; literary studies in the digital).
INSTITUTIONAL TASKS AND ROLES– Member of the PhD Committee in Comparative Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Florence. Since 2003 to 2021, she mentored 22 visiting PhD students (with programs in the disciplinary area of Finno-Ugric Philology and Comparative literary and cultural studies), from Hungary, Finland, Estonia, Poland, and Romania. Member of the examining boards of doctoral theses: 2013, Univ. of Bologna - Sorbonne Université (Comparative Literature Studies), 2019, Univ. of Palermo (CLIL methodology).– 2008-to date: Coordinator of a curriculum in “Italian-Hungarian bilateral studies”, at the BA and MA level, with the award of the double degree (Univ. of Florence / Budapest ELTE, BA and MA; Univ. of Florence / Univ. of Debrecen, BA and MA).– Since 2015-2020: she is qualified as Disciplinary Expert of Evaluation (National Agency for the Evaluation of the University System and Research, ANVUR).– 2000-2020: Promoter and coordinator of the “Electronic scholarly publishing project” (since 2004: “Open Acces / Open Science Project”) at the Department; scientific and editorial director of the journal “LEA - Lingue e Letterature d’Oriente e d”Occidente” (2002-2005: Carocci editore / Firenze University Press; since 2012: Firenze University Press), scientific and editorial director of Diamond Open Access Series “Biblioteca di Studi di Filologia Moderna” (since 2004, Firenze University Press), editorial director of the journals “Journal of Early Modern Studies” (since 2011, FUP), “Studi irlandesi. A Journal of Irish Studies” (since 2011, FUP), “Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali / Working Papers in Linguistics and Orientale Studies” (since 2015, FUP), director of The Open Access Publishing Workshop (research, training and production), chair of the Editorial Coordination of the Dept. (until 2019).
– 2018: member of the Working Group established for the evaluation of Open Access issues in the specific sector of higher education (Ministry of Education, University and Research, MIUR).– 2017-2018: component of the Technical Advisory Commission aimed at the evaluation of the Higher Schools for Linguistic Mediators (MIUR).– 1999-2017: Person in charge of the IT services at the Dept. and BA and MA degree courses.
SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATIONS– since 1989-to date: membership of the Inter-University Center for Hungarian and Central-Eastern European Studies (CISUECO); since 2007, coord. RU at the Univ. of Florence; since 2008, member of the CISUECO Advisory Committee (2008), and its Delegate at the National Assembly for the Scientific Boards (CUN Area 10).– since 1990-to date: member of the International Association for Hungarian Studies.– since 1997-to date: Society of Literates (Szépírók Társasága, Budapest).– since 2015-to date: Società Attila József (József Attila Társaság, Budapest).– Other: Member of Editorial Board of “Lettera internazionale” (1984-2014); “THL2-Teaching Hungarian Language” (Budapest, Univ. Karoli, 2005-); “Partitura” (Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia, 2006-); Member of Editorial Committee of "Italianistica Debreceniensis" (University of Debrecen, Hungary, 2019-).
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INSTITUTIONAL TASKS AND ROLES– Member of the PhD Committee in Comparative Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Florence. Since 2003 to 2021, she mentored 22 visiting PhD students (with programs in the disciplinary area of Finno-Ugric Philology and Comparative literary and cultural studies), from Hungary, Finland, Estonia, Poland, and Romania. Member of the examining boards of doctoral theses: 2013, Univ. of Bologna - Sorbonne Université (Comparative Literature Studies), 2019, Univ. of Palermo (CLIL methodology).– 2008-to date: Coordinator of a curriculum in “Italian-Hungarian bilateral studies”, at the BA and MA level, with the award of the double degree (Univ. of Florence / Budapest ELTE, BA and MA; Univ. of Florence / Univ. of Debrecen, BA and MA).– Since 2015-2020: she is qualified as Disciplinary Expert of Evaluation (National Agency for the Evaluation of the University System and Research, ANVUR).– 2000-2020: Promoter and coordinator of the “Electronic scholarly publishing project” (since 2004: “Open Acces / Open Science Project”) at the Department; scientific and editorial director of the journal “LEA - Lingue e Letterature d’Oriente e d”Occidente” (2002-2005: Carocci editore / Firenze University Press; since 2012: Firenze University Press), scientific and editorial director of Diamond Open Access Series “Biblioteca di Studi di Filologia Moderna” (since 2004, Firenze University Press), editorial director of the journals “Journal of Early Modern Studies” (since 2011, FUP), “Studi irlandesi. A Journal of Irish Studies” (since 2011, FUP), “Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali / Working Papers in Linguistics and Orientale Studies” (since 2015, FUP), director of The Open Access Publishing Workshop (research, training and production), chair of the Editorial Coordination of the Dept. (until 2019).– 2018: member of the Working Group established for the evaluation of Open Access issues in the specific sector of higher education (Ministry of Education, University and Research, MIUR).– 2017-2018: component of the Technical Advisory Commission aimed at the evaluation of the Higher Schools for Linguistic Mediators (MIUR).– 1999-2017: Person in charge of the IT services at the Dept. and BA and MA degree courses.
SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATIONS– since 1989-to date: membership of the Interuniversity Centre of Hungarian and East-Central Europe Studies (CISUECO); since 2007, coord. RU at the Univ. of Florence; since 2008, member of the CISUECO Advisory Committee (2008), and its Delegate at the National Assembly for the Scientific Boards (CUN Area 10).– since 1990-to date: member of the International Association for Hungarian Studies.– since 1997-to date: Society of Literates (Szépírók Társasága, Budapest).– since 2015-to date: Società Attila József (József Attila Társaság, Budapest).– other: Member of Editorial Board of “Lettera internazionale” (1984-2014); “THL2-Teaching Hungarian Language” (Budapest, Univ. Karoli, 2005-); “Partitura” (Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia, 2006-); Member of Editorial Committee of "Italianistica Debreceniensis" (University of Debrecen, Hungary, 2019-).
