Curriculum vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Family name, First name: MANETTI, Giovanni
Researcher unique identifier(s): orcid.org/0000-0003-4320-214X
Date of birth: 6 January 1949
Nationality: Italian
URL for web site: URL for web site: www.giovannimanetti.it
- EDUCATION
1973 MA in Humanities
University of Pisa, Italy
- CURRENT POSITION(S)
2019 Honoray Professor
2002 – 2019 Full Professor of ‘Semiotics’ and ‘Theory and History of Semiotics’
Department of Social, Political and Cognitive Sciences, Univerrsity of Siena, Italy
- OTHER POSITIONS
1998 – 2002 Associate Professor in Semiotics, University of Siena, Italy
1983 – 1998 Researcher in Semiotics, University of Bologna (until 1992) and University of Siena, Italy
- TEACHING ACTIVITIES
1992 – present Professor of Semiotics, Theory and History of Semiotics, University of Siena, Italy
- ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
“Knowledge though Signs. Ancient Semiotic Theories and Practices”, 16-19 Giugno 1992, San Marino, Italia.
“Forme della testualità”. Teorie, modelli, storia e prospettive”, 6-8 ottobre, 2000, Castiglioncello (Li), Italia, XXVIII Convegno dell’Associazione Italiana di Studi Semiotici (in collaborazione con Paolo Bertetti e Alessandro Prato).
“Semiotica: Testi esemplari”, 5-7 ottobre, 2001, Castiglioncello, (Li), Italia, XXIX Convegno dell’Associazione Italiana di Studi Semiotici (in collaborazione con Paolo Bertetti e Alessandro Prato).
“Guerre di segni. Semiotica delle situazioni conflittuali”, 8-10 novembre, 2002, Castiglioncello, (Li), Italia, XXX Convegno dell’Associazione Italiana di Studi Semiotici (in collaborazione con Paolo Bertetti e Alessandro Prato).
“Semiofood. Comunicazione e cultura del cibo”, 3-5 ottobre, 2003, Castiglioncello, (Li), Italia, XXXI Convegno dell’Associazione Italiana di Studi Semiotici (in collaborazione con Paolo Bertetti e Alessandro Prato).
“Sintomo, segno, simbolo”, 26-28 novembre 1998, Siena, Italia, Convegno dell’Associazione “Simbolo, conoscenza, società”.
“Il contagio e i suoi simboli. Fenomeni di contaminazione nei corpi, nella cultura, nella società”, 14-16 Giugno 2000, Siena, Italia, Convegno dell’Associazione “Simbolo, conoscenza, società”.
“Animali, angeli, macchine. Come comunicano e come pensano”, 12-14 settembre 2002, Siena, Italia, Convegno dell’Associazione “Simbolo, conoscenza, società”.
- INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES (if applicable)
2002 – present Director of the Master Program in Strategies and Techniques of Communication, University of Siena, Italy
1998 – 2001 Director of the Ma Program in Communication Studies, University of Siena, Italy
2010 – 2015 Director of the Doctoral Council in Semiotics, School of Humanities, University of Siena, Italy
2004 – 2007 Director of the Department of Communication Sciences, University of Siena, Italy
2006 – 2014 Director of the Master in Business Communication, University of Siena, Italy
- COMMISSIONS OF TRUST
2006 – present Member of the Jury of the “Sainati Award”, established by the University of Pisa and by the ETS publishing house.
2001 – 2013 Director of the Studies and Researches Center about Communication at Castiglioncello (University of Siena, University of Pisa, University of Bologna, Italy.
2006 – 2013 President of the Jury of the “Castiglioncello Communication Award”.
1999 – 2003 President of Italian Association of Semiotic Studies (AISS)
1996 – 2000 President of the Association “Symbol, Knowledge, Society”.
1997 – 2011 Member of the Jury of the” Castiglioncello Philosophical Award”.
Reviewer for many journals, including Paradigmi, Versus, Blityri, Semiotica.
Reviewer for the national evaluation of university research quality (VQR).
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- MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES (if applicable)
1973 –member of the International Association for Semiotic Studies
Affiliated to all major semiotic associations in the world.
- EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES AND SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
2012 – present Director (with Stefano Gensini – University of Rome, “La Sapienza”) of the scientific journal Blityri. Studi di storia delle idee sui segni e le lingue (Pisa, ETS Publisher).
2002 – present Director (with Adriano Fabris – University of Pisa) of the editorial series “Comunicazione e oltre” (Pisa, ETS Publisher).
2001 – present Member of the scientific committee of the journal Symbolon
1996 – 2000 Director of the first series of the journal Symbolon.
1976 – present Member of the scientific committee of the journal Versus. Quaderni di studi semiotici.
– Holds the regular column of advertising “Consumi in scena” in the magazine Nuovo consumo.
International relations
Jawaharlal Nehru University, Nuova Dehli, India
ENS, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
Université de Lille, France
Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris-IV), France
University of Paris III – Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris
Université Jean Moulin, Lyon 3
Universidade Nova sede Lisboa, Portogallo
Universitat de Barcelona, Spagna
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spagna
Università di San Marino, Italia
His main interests are:
1) Theory of Enunciation and General Theories of Language
2) Theory of Sign in classical antiquity;
3) Analysis of Language Advertising;
4) Semiotic Theory of Humor;
These studies have been published in a series of edited volumes, Italian and international journals and monographs. These topics have also been the subject of conferences and seminars some of which he has organized (Nuova Delhi, San Marino, Siena, ecc.), and others participated in (Parigi, Barcellona, Roma, Urbino, Bologna, Milano, Napoli, ecc.).