PAOLO DI GIOVINE

Paolo Di Giovine
Curriculum Vitae
STUDIES
- 1979 B.A. in Human Sciences at the University of Rome "La Sapienza", aEended the courses
- 1984-86 Doctorate in LinguisKcs at the University of Pisa.
ACADEMIC POSITION
- 1987 Full professor of Dialectology in the University of Basilicata (Potenza), Faculty of “LeEere e
Filosofia”
- 1991 up to now. Full professor of GloEologia e linguisKca (i.e. LinguisKcs) in the University of
Rome "La Sapienza", Faculty of “LeEere e Filosofia”.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
- 1990-1991: Director of the Department of “Scienze storiche, linguisKche e filologiche” -
University of Basilicata (Potenza)
- 1992-1994: Head of the Commission for DidacKcs of “Corso di Laurea in LeEere”, Faculty of
LeEere e Filosofia, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
- 1994-1996: Director of the Department of “Studi gloEoantropologici”, University of Rome "La
Sapienza"
- 1997-2003: Head of the Doctorate in “LinguisKca storica e Storia linguisKca italiana”, (“Historical
LinguisKcs and Italian LinguisKc History"), University of Rome "La Sapienza"
- 2002-2005: Director of the Department of “Studi gloEoantropologici e Discipline musicali”,
University of Rome "La Sapienza"
- 2004-2007: member - from 2005 head - of the Research board of the Faculty of LeEere e
Filosofia, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
- 2007-2009: as representaKve of the Faculty of LeEere e Filosofia, member of the Research board
of the Confederate University AUGE, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
- 2008-2010: Director of the Department of “Scienze dei segni, degli spazi e delle culture”,
University of Rome "La Sapienza"
- 2010-2015: Director of the Department of “Scienze documentarie, linguisKco-filologiche e
geografiche”, University of Rome "La Sapienza".
- 2014-2021: Head of Master course in “LinguisKca” (“LinguisKcs”), University of Rome "La
Sapienza".
- 2015-2018: Head of the Doctorate in “LinguisKca” (“LinguisKcs”), University of Rome “La
Sapienza” (in agreement with the University of RomaTre).
- 2023-2025: Member of the Programme board for the PhD courses of the University of Rome "La
Sapienza".
He has promoted many Erasmus programs in partnership with German professors (Technische
Universität Dresden), Dutch professors (Utrecht University), Swiss professors (UniversiKes of Basel,
Fribourg, Lugano), Spanish professors (Universidad Complutense Madrid).
ORGANIZATION OF CONGRESSES
- Organizer of an InternaKonal Congress in Honor of late Gerhard Rohlfs (Potenza-Picerno,
December 2nd-3rd, 1988)
- Organizer of the annual Congress “LinguisKca storica e sociolinguisKca” of “Società italiana di
GloEologia” (Rome, October 22nd-24th, 1998)
- Organizer of the InternaKonal Congress “Dinamiche sociolinguisKche in aree di influenza greca:
mutamento, variazione e contaEo - SociolinguisKc Dynamics under the Greek Influence: LinguisKc
Change, VariaKon and Contact” (Rome, September 22nd-24th, 2014).
- Organizer of the InternaKonal Congress “Lingua e storia. Walter Belardi a cento anni dalla
nascita”, Rome, December 14th-15th, 2023.
- Organizer of the InternaKonal Congress “Lingue anKche e sistemi scriEorî in contaEo”, Roma, May
27th-28th, 2024.
PLACES OF PUBLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES
He published his scienKfic contribuKons in important Italian journals – e.g. in some A-class journals
as "Archivio gloEologico italiano", "Studi e Saggi linguisKci", "Incontri linguisKci", "L'Italia
dialeEale", "Riv. di Filol. e di Istruz. Class.", "Lingua e SKle", "Bollekno di ItalianisKca", "Il Veltro".
He published arKcles in many books and proceedings abroad (e.g. in the Festschrilen for Bernhard
Forssman and for Anna Morpurgo, in the Festgabe for Jerzy Kuryłowicz, in “Romanische
Sprachgeschichte”, in the Proceedings of the Indogermanische Gesellschal, Los Angeles 2010, in
the series “Trends in LinguisKcs”, De Gruyter Mouton).
EDITOR
- 1991 (with N. De Blasi and F. Fanciullo). Le parlate lucane e la dialeEologia italiana - Ak del
Convegno di Studi in memoria di Gerhard Rohlfs (Potenza-Picerno, 2-3 dic. 1988). GalaKna:
Congedo editore.
- 1997 (with F. Fanciullo). E. Radtke, I dialek della Campania. Roma: Il Calamo
- 2000 (with P. Cipriano e R. D'Avino). LinguisKca storica e sociolinguisKca, Ak del Convegno della
Società Italiana di GloEologia (Roma, 22-24 oEobre 1998). p. 1-206, ROMA: Editrice Il Calamo.
- 2014 (with V. Gasbarra). Dinamiche sociolinguisKche in aree di influenza greca. Mutamento,
variazione e contaEo, Ak del Convegno internazionale (Roma 22-24 seEembre 2014), "Linguarum
Varietas" 5 (2016).
MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
- from 1984 up to now: member (following cooptaKon) of "Società Italiana di GloEologia"
2002-2005 Secretary of "Società Italiana di GloEologia"
2007-2010 Chairperson of "Società Italiana di GloEologia"
- from 1988 up to now: member "Sodalizio GloEologico Milanese"
- from 1990 up to now: member (following cooptaKon) of "Indogermanische Gesellschal"
- from 2002 up to now: member (following cooptaKon) of the “Philological Society” (London)
- from 2002 up to now: member of “Società di LinguisKca italiana”
- from 2013 up to now: member "Società Torricelliana di Scienze e LeEere" (Faenza)
- from 2022 up to now: member (following cooptaKon) of the "World Philology Union" (Oslo).
ASSIGNMENTS AS EDITOR/MEMBER OF SCIENTIFIC BOARDS, REFEREE
Co-editor in chief of the Journal “Ricerche LinguisKche”
Member of the ScienKfic Board of:
"AION - Sez. LinguisKca"
“LinguisKca e leEeratura”
"Bollekno di ItalianisKca".
Official referee - MIUR (from 2009 up to now)
Referee for the “European Science FoundaKon” (from 2011 up to now)
From 2014 to 2017 member of the ANVUR CommiEee for assessment of ScienKfic Journals (Area
10).
MEMBER OF COMPETITIVE EXAMINING COMMISSIONS/NATIONAL HABILITATION
He was elected to be a member of Commissions
- for Full Professor SSD L09A > L-LIN/01 (GloEologia e linguisKca) and L06A (Filologia anatolica),
- for Associate Professor SSD L-LIN/01 (GloEologia e linguisKca)
He was appointed to be a member of Commissions
- for Researcher (Siena stranieri, Messina, Roma “La Sapienza”)
- for PhD courses – way in and way out.
He was a member of confirmaKon Commissions – Full and Associate Professor – in SSD L-LIN/01
and alike.
In 2013 he was appointed in the NaKonal HabilitaKon Commission – SC 10/G1, GloEologia e
linguisKca – where he had the posiKon of chairperson.
In 2018 he was appointed in the NaKonal HabilitaKon Commission – SC 10/G1, GloEologia e
linguisKca – where he had the posiKon of chairperson.
RESEARCH FIELDS
Indo-European morphology. Indo-Iranian linguisKcs and philology. Albanology. Germanic studies.
Classical languages. Romance dialects – with special reference to Gallo-Romance, Italo-Romance,
Rhaeto-Romance, Balkan-Romance. AcousKc phoneKcs. SociolinguisKcs.
COORDINATION OF NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS (compeKKve calls)
• Principal InvesKgator (PI)
- NaKonal PRIN Research Project: Ancient languages and wriKng systems in contact: a touchstone
for language change (2017)
• Coordinator of a local research unit in the following projects:
PNRR: co-PI of “Sapienza University – Rome” unit of PE5 – Spoke 3, WP4 & 5.
MURST (ex 40 %) / NaKonal PRIN Research Projects
- Mutamento Kpologico nella funzionalità dei morfemi verbali nelle lingue indoeuropee (1999)
- Mutamento Kpologico nella funzionalità dei morfemi verbali nelle lingue indoeuropee (II parte)
(2001)
- ConKnuità e disconKnuità nello sviluppo del laKno e dell'albanese (2003)
- ContaEo tra varietà e mutamento nella diacronia linguisKca del Mediterraneo nord-orientale
(2008)
- Rappresentazioni linguisKche dell'idenKtà. Modelli sociolinguisKci e linguisKca storica (2010-11)
- MetalinguisKc texts as a privileged data source for the knowledge of ancient languages (2020)
- Non-finite verbal forms in ancient Indo-European languages: diachronic, synchronic and crosslinguis
Kc perspecKves (2022).
FIRB: NegoKaKng project “Europa e Mediterraneo dal punto di vista linguisKco: storia e
prospekve” – naKonal coordinator: Paolo Ramat (2001).
He also coordinated University projects / projects for major equipment.
INVITED SPEAKER IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES
He held reports in many naKonal and internaKonal congresses, e.g.
- “XIV Convegno del C.S.D.I.” (Ivrea, 17-19 oct. 1984),
- "Sodalizio gloEologico milanese" (17.4.1989 and 10.2.1997)
- “VIII Convegno Internazionale di LinguisK” (Milan 10-12 sept. 1992),
- Congress on the Indo-European Verb (Genua, 18.4.2000),
- Congress “Mutamento Kpologico nella morfosintassi delle lingue indoeuropee” (Viterbo 2001),
- “ XXXI Convegno della Società Italiana di GloEologia” (Pisa, October 26th-28th, 2006)
- Congress of the Indogermanische Gesellschal, 2010 (UCLA - Los Angeles)
- InternaKonal Congress, Zürich (2011) – pertaining to G. I. Ascoli
- InternaKonal Congress, Pisa (2011) – pertaining to C. Merlo.
- “XL Convegno della Società Italiana di GloEologia” (Trento, October 22nd-24th, 2015).
- Inaugural speech at "Sodalizio GloEologico Milanese" (Milan, January 22nd, 2024)
He also held lectures and conferences in many Italian UniversiKes and in Dresden T.U.
(Deutschland) - lectures in English and German.
He held three seminars in the “Corsi di aggiornamento in discipline linguisKche della SIG (San
Daniele del Friuli – Udine)” and two lectures in the Advanced Seminar of Germanic Philology in
Turin (2009 and 2017).