Events
September 30, 2022
Caffè Scientifico “BRAIN UNITO – Best Researchers are in UniTo” [IT]
UNIGHT – European Researchers’ Night 2022, University of Turin (UniTo), Turin (Italy)
– Website
September 30, 2022
Stand “Segni, Senso, Comunicazione / Signs, Meaning, Communication” [IT]
UNIGHT – European Researchers’ Night 2022, University of Turin (UniTo), Turin (Italy)
– Website
June 6, 2022
Presentation “Communication for Food Protection – COMFECTION” for “The experience of our MSCA Fellows” [IT]
MSCA@UniTo Information Session, University of Turin (UniTo), Turin (Italy)
March 14, 2022
Lecture “Veganismo digital: prácticas, representaciones, significaciones” [ES]
Workshop Reflexiones en torno al veganismo desde las ciencias sociales, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC), Santiago (Chile)
February 24, 2022 – June 9, 2022
“Ideologia e Semiotica / Ideology and Semiotics” [IT/EN]
Advanced Seminars in Semiotics (AY 2021/2022), organized and directed by Simona Stano
University of Turin (UNITO), Turin (Italy)
– Programme
– Registration
– Streaming
December 21-22, 2021
Conference “Nuovi media, nuovi miti / New media, new myths” [IT/ES]
Organized in collaboration with the Centre for Interdisicplinary Research on Communication CIRCe (CIRCe), the Department of Philosophy and Educational Sciences (UniTo), the ERC projects FACETS and NeMoSactI, and Polo del 900-Museo Diffuso della Resistenza
– Programme
– Registration – in person participation (deadline: 48h prior to the event)
– Streaming (active on Dec 21-22, 2021)
December 21, 2021
“Il mito, ieri e oggi” [IT]
Keynote Lecture – Conference “Nuovi media, nuovi miti”
University of Turin, in collaboration with Polo del 900-Museo Diffuso della Resistenza (Italy) and the European Union
– Programme
– Registration – in person participation (deadline: 48h prior to the event)
– Streaming (active on Dec 21-22, 2021)
December 9, 2021
“Between (In)Edibility and (Un)Eatability: Food Products and Communication Strategies” [EN]
Lecture, IMCA Seminars, Lugano University (USI)
– Abstract
November 11, 2021
“Food for Thought: Nourishment, Culture, Meaning” [EN]
Book presentation – Seminar “#Semioboomer”
Lexia
– Programme
– Book webpage
– Follow on Facebook
– Follow on YouTube
October 3, 2021
“Nuovi cibi, vecchi pregiudizi” [IT]
with Matteo Bordone, Food & Science Festival 2021, Mantova (Italy)
September 24, 2021
COMFECTION at “Sharper – European Researchers’ Night”
Valentino Castle (Turin), Italy
June 14-15, 2021
International Conference “Foodologies: Nourishment, Language, Communication” [EN/FR/ES]
organized in collaboration with the University of Turin (Italy), New York University (US), and the European Union
– General description
– Dedicated webpage
– Programme
– Book of Abstracts
June 14-15, 2021
“Foodologies” [EN]
Keynote Lecture – International Conference “Foodologies: Nourishment, Language, Communication”
University of Turin (Italy), in collaboration with New York University (US) and the European Union
May 28, 2021
“Semiosis in Digital Communication. The Foodsphere Between Disinformation and Misinformation” [EN]
Lecture – International Conference Semiosis in Communication III: Culture, Communication and Social Change
NUPSPA, Bucharest (Romania)
– Programme
– Abstract / Book of Abstracts
– Video
February 5, 2021
Presentation of the journal “Lexia” (CIRCe – DFE) [IT]
Journal Presentation – Roundtable Riviste di semiotica organized by Ocula on the occasion of its 20th anniversary
– Zoom session
– Video
December 18, 2020
“Il Natale è servito: miti, riti, traduzioni” [IT]
Plenary Lecture – Roundtable Semiotica del Natale (in collaboration with the ERC project NeMoSanctI)
University of Turin (Italy)
– Programme
– Link to the online session (Lexia YouTube channel)
November 24 and 27, 2020
“Buono da Pensare” – COMFECTION at the European Researchers’ Night 2020 [IT]
Project Presentation and Activities of Public Engagement with primary school students – “Good morning Torino!”, Sharper – European Researchers’ Night 2020
Turin (Italy)
November 13-15, 2020 [Postponed to June 17-19, 2022 due to COVID-19]
“Myth Between the Past and the Present: Knowledge, (Meta)Language, Communication” [EN]
Lecture – 4th International Conference Semiotics and Visual Communication: Myths Today
Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol (Cyprus)
November 10, 2020
“Il corpo nudo. Immaginari, culture, politiche” [EN]
Plenary Lecture – Webinar Immagini del corpo/Immaginari della salute
University of Turin, Turin (Italy)
November 10, 2020
“Communication for Food Protection (COMFECTION)” [IT]
Plenary Lecture – Symposium CIRCe | Linee di ricerca sulla comunicazione
University of Turin, Turin (Italy)
October 24, 2020
“Nostalgia di un futuro passato: percorsi semiotici tra pre- e post-gastromania” [IT]
Video-Lecture – XLVIII AISS Conference Futuro passato
Associazione Italiana di Studi Semiotici / Italian Association for Semiotic Studies (Italy)
– Programme – Video
– Abstract – Link to the session
October 4, 2020
“Relazioni pericolose. Dal pangolino alle penne lisce, come la pandemia ha cambiato il nostro rapporto col cibo” [IT]
Plenary Lecture – Food & Science Festival 2020
Mantua (Italy)
July 6, 2020
“Semiotica dell’alimentazione contemporanea: come la comunicazione influenza le nostre abitudini e attitudini alimentari” [IT]
Plenary Lecture – Nutrimi, The Digital Forum on Nutrition
Milan (Italy)
June 30, 2020
“Nutrire la fiducia. Il cibo dopo la pandemia” [IT]
Online workshop – Labont, University of Turin, and EIT Food
Participants:
- Introduction: Tiziana Andina, University of Turin;
- Chair: Fausto Corvino, University of Turin;
- Stakeholders: Cecilia Bergamaschi, CIRFOOD; Alessandro Chiessi, Azienda Agricola Chiessi; Vito Carlo Liberio, I Nobili di Balsignano; Daniela Ropolo and Enrico Capellino, CNH Industrial; Simone Siliani, Banca Etica; Raoul Romoli Venturi, Ferrero Italia; Gianni Vergnano, Cascina Gilli;
- Academics: Maurizio Ferraris, University of Turin; Nicola Perullo, University of Gastronomic Sciences; Simona Stano, University of Turin;
- Press: Antonella De Santis, Gambero Rosso.
University of Turin (UNITO), Turin (Italy)
May 29, 2020
“Contro Natura” [IT]
Lecture by Dario Bressanini and Beatrice Mautino – Course in Semiotics of Food Cultures held by our PI Simona Stano
University of Turin (UNITO), Turin (Italy)
June 4-5, 2020 [Postponed to May 27-30, 2021 due to COVID-19]
“Semiosis in Digital Communication. The Foodsphere Between Disinformation and Misinformation” [EN]
Lecture – International Conference Semiosis in Communication III: Culture, Communication and Social Change
NUPSPA, Bucharest (Romania)
June 4-5, 2020 [Cancelled due to COVID-19]
“Éloge de la Nature : Éléments pour une analyse des gastrosphères contemporaines” [FR]
Lecture – Sixième Convention Internationale d’Histoire et des Cultures de l’Alimentation / Sixth International Convention on Food and Drink Studies
IEHCA, Tours (France)
April 30, 2020 – June 12, 2020 [via Webex and Moodle due to COVID-19]
“Semiotica delle culture alimentari / Semiotics of Food Cultures” [IT]
Academic course (32h, 6CFU) – AY 2019/2020 (MA in Communication and Media Cultures)
University of Turin (UNITO), Turin (Italy)
March 18, 2020 [Cancelled due to COVID-19… new activities addressed to primary schools coming soon!]
“Una mela al giorno… cibo, salute, cultura e comunicazione / An Apple a Day… Food, Health, Culture, and Communication” [IT]
Public engagement addressed to primary schools – Educational project Bambine e bambini un giorno all’Università
Città di Torino (Turin municipality) and University of Turin, Turin (Italy)
March 25 – June 17, 2020 [via Webex due to COVID-19]
“Semiotica delle culture: (ri)letture, sviluppi, sfide / Semiotics of Cultures: (Re)readings, Developments, Challenges” [IT]
Advanced Seminars in Semiotics (AY 2019/2020), organized and directed by Simona Stano
University of Turin (UNITO), Turin (Italy)
– Updated Programme (COVID-19 outbreak) (PDF)
– Original Programme (PDF)
March 6, 2020
“La pareidolia facciale come effetto di senso discorsivo e culturale: Il caso del cibo / Facial Pareidolia as Discoursive and Cultural Meaning Effect: The Case of Food” [IT]
Plenary Lecture – Meetings on Meaning / Incontri sul Senso 2019/2020 (Advanced Doctoral Seminar) DEEP FACETS
University of Turin (UNITO), Turin (Italy)
– Programme (PDF)
– Abstract
– Video
January 28, 2020
“The Emergence of the Face in Food Visual Patterns” [EN]
Plenary Lecture – ERC FACETS International Symposium Transhuman Visages: Artificial Faces in Arts, Science, and Society
Polish Institute of Advanced Studies (PIAST), Warsaw (Poland)
January 8, 2020
“Cibo, Linguaggio e Cultura / Food, Language and Culture” [IT]
Plenary Lecture – Seminar Gastronomadismo. Cibo, autenticità e differenze [Gastronomadism: Food, Authenticity, and Differences]
University of Turin, Turin (Italy)
October 15, 2019
“Beyond Nutrition: Values, Narratives, Myths” [EN]
Plenary Lecture – International Conference Food for Thought: Nourishment, Culture, Meaning
New York University, New York (United States)
October 14-15, 2019
“Food for Thought: Nourishment, Culture, Meaning”
International Conference organized and directed in collaboration with Amy Bentley
New York University, New York (United States)
September 27, 2019
COMFECTION at the European Researchers’ Night 2019 [IT/EN]
Project Presentation and Activities of Public Engagement – European Researchers’ Night 2019
Turin (Italy)
September 24, 2019
“La semiotica di Ugo Volli, radici e germogli” [IT]
Plenary Lecture (with Jenny Ponzo) – Symposium Excellence Matters
University of Turin, Turin (Italy)
September 11, 2019
“Between Semeiotics and Semiotics: The Body as a Signifying Text” [EN/ES]
Paper Presentation – XIV World Congress of Semiotics Trayectorias / Trajectories
International Association of Semiotic Studies (IASS-AIS), Buenos Aires (Argentina)
September 10, 2019
“Discursive Trajectories: Food at the Intersection of Science and Communication” [EN/ES]
Paper Presentation – XIV World Congress of Semiotics Trayectorias / Trajectories
International Association of Semiotic Studies (IASS-AIS), Buenos Aires (Argentina)
September 4, 2019
“Beyond Taste: Gastro-anomy, Orthorexic Societies, and Food Myths” [EN]
Plenary Lecture –International Conference Culture and Comunication of Taste
New Bulgarian University (NBU), Sozopol (Bulgaria)”
June 11, 2019
“Ciudad, migraciones y gastronomías emergentes: de la materia alimentaria a los procesos de significación” [ES]
Plenary Lecture – International Conference Ciudad, Imaginarios y Narrativas
Universidad de Lima (ULIMA), Lima (Peru)
– Programme (PDF)
– Abstract
– Interview
June 7, 2019
“Il crudo e il cotto (2.0). Discorso mitico e strategie di dissimulazione autoriale tra passato e presente” [IT]
Plenary Lecture – Meetings on Meaning / Incontri sul Senso 2018/2019 (Advanced Doctoral Seminar) On Anonymous Meaning
University of Turin (UNITO), Turin (Italia)