Activities and publications
Conferences and talks
03-05/09/2025 - Panel “Sources and layers of knowledge in the Arabic linguistic tradition” organized by Simona Olivieri (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) and Francesco Binaghi (Sorbonne Université) at ALiF 2025 - 6th Arabic Linguistics Forum, University of Vienna, September 3-5, 2025
Panel contributions:
- “At the crossroad between Qurʾān and speech of the Arabs”, Giovanni Carrera and Salvatore Simone Termini (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
- “Scholars as authorities: The Role of citation and transmission”, Simona Olivieri (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
- “Sources and references in late grammatical texts (7th/13th century onwards)”, Francesco Binaghi (Sorbonne Université) and Manuel Sartori (Aix-Marseille Université)
03-04/04/02025 - “Grammatization” and the Transmission of Grammatical Knowledge from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, University of Naples “L’Orientale”
Simona Olivieri (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) and Margherita Farina (Laboratoire d'histoire des théories linguistiques, CNRS). “The Notion of Predicate in the Syriac and Arabic Linguistic Traditions”. Invited talk at the workshop “Grammatization” and the Transmission of Grammatical Knowledge from Antiquity to the Middle Ages [ITA], University of Naples “L’Orientale”, April 3-4, 2025.
18/02/2025 - DSAAM PhD programme, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Olivieri, Simona. “Metalanguages and Ideological Constructions”. Presented at the 3rd teaching block of the PhD programme in Asian and African Studies of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, February 18, 2025.
18/12/2024 - “Department Research Day - DSAAM”, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Olivieri, Simona. “Codifying culture: The scholarship behind Classical Arabic’s legacy”. Presented at the Department Research Day, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, December 18, 2024.
12/12/2024 - “Bayerisches Orientkolloquium”, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
Olivieri, Simona. “Arabic Grammarians’ Narratives of Grammar(s)”. Invited talk at the Bayerisches Orientkolloquium [DEU], Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, December 12, 2024.
28-30/08/2024 - “Foundations of Arab Linguistics”, Keio University
Olivieri, Simona. “Language Legacy and Language Ideology: Primary Sources and Corpus Planning”. Conference paper presented at the Foundations of Arab Linguistics 7, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, August 28, 2024.
The next edition of the conference, “Foundations of Arabic Linguistics 8", will be hosted by Simona Olivieri and the ALiDiM project at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice in September 2026.
Publications
- Olivieri, Simona. “Pathways of Knowledge Transmission: From the Greek to the Arabic Tradition”. In “La Connexion abbasside. Circulation des théories linguistiques entre les savants grecs, syriaques et arabes du VIIIe au Xe siècle”, edited by Lionel Dumarty and Margherita Farina. Special issue, “Histoire Épistémologie Langage” 46, no. 2 (December 6, 2024): 73-89.
- Olivieri, Simona. “The Language Legacy: Primary Sources and Corpus Planning in Classical Arabic”. “Quaderni Di Studi Arabi” 19, no. 1-2 (2024): 271-90.
- Olivieri, Simona. “Traditions Blending in: Contributions to the Arabic Linguistic Thinking”. “Folia Orientalia” 61 (2024): 21-44.
Team members’ other activities and publications
Publications
- Termini, Salvatore Simone. “Some Morpho-Syntactic Aspects of Negation in Takrouni Arabic (Tunisia)”. “Maydan: Rivista sui mondi arabi, semitici e islamici” 4 (2024): 43-65.
Events
27/03/2025 - Thematic seminar, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Villa, Massimo. “La teoria grammaticale etiopica: tradizione e originalità del Sawāsəw". Lecture at Simona Olivieri’s course “Thematic Seminar” on Linguistic traditions, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, March 27, 2025,
18/02/2025 - DSAAM PhD programme, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Olivieri, Simona. “Commitment to Integrity: Good Research Practice to Conduct Responsible Research”. Presented at the 3rd teaching block of the PhD programme in Asian and African Studies of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, February 18, 2025.
14-15/11/2024 - “ERC Days @Ca’ Foscari”, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Silvia De Bianchi, Bianca De Divitiis, Elena Pettinelli, Donato Giovannelli, Roberta Raffaetà, Daniel Omodeo, and Simona Olivieri. “Mappare l’universo: una prospettiva multidisciplinare”. Roundtable at the ERC Days@Ca’ Foscari - “The Future of European Researchers’ Competitiveness: Fundamental Research and the European Research Council (ERC)”, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, November 14-15, 2024.
Simona Olivieri. “'Meet the mentor': Incontri one-to-one per la discussione di proposte ERC StG, CoG, AdV e SyG”. Mentoring session at the ERC Days@Ca’ Foscari - “The Future of European Researchers’ Competitiveness: Fundamental Research and the European Research Council (ERC)”, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, November 14-15, 2024.
30/10/2024 - “Department Research Day - DSAAM", Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Emiliano Fiori, Simona Olivieri, and Joseph Sanzo. “Writing and Presenting an ERC Proposal: Tips and Tricks from Three PIs”. Presented at the Department Research Day, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, October 30, 2024.
01/10/2024 - Webinar on the Preparation of Successful Applications for Current Calls of the European Research Council (ERC), University of Maribor, online event
Simona Olivieri. “How to Write a Successful Project Proposal? The View of an ERC Grantee from the Humanities”. Presented at the webinar on the preparation of successful applications for current calls of the European Research Council (ERC), online event, University of Maribor, October 1, 2024.