Chiara BARTOLETTI

EDUCATION

Sept. 2023-ongoing: PhD Candidate in Critical Food Studies and Political Ecology (XXXIX Cycle)

Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Dept. of Asian and North African Studies - Supervisor: Prof. Daniele Brombal; Co-supervisors: Prof. Sigrid Wertheim-Heck (Wageningen University); Prof. Renata Soukand (Ca' Foscari University of Venice) 

Sept. 2012-July 2013: Visiting student at Fudan University (Shanghai), Department of Chinese Language and Literature

Sept. 2010-Feb. 2013: M.A. in Interpreting and Translation for Publishing and for Special Purposes (Ca' Foscari University of Venice)

Grade: 110/110 cum laude (First Class Honours)

Sept. 2007-July 2010: B.A. in Cultural and Linguistic Mediation (Ca' Foscari University of Venice)

Grade: 110/110 cum laude (First Class Honours)

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

Sept. 2023-ongoing: 3-year PhD full scholarship, Italian Ministry of University/Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Sept. 2013-Sept.2016: PhD full scholarship (interrupted) from Shanghai Municipality, Fudan University (People's Republic of China)

Sept. 2011-Dec. 2011: Full scholarship from Ca' Foscari University for an advanced training program in Chinese language and culture, Shaanxi Normal University (People's Republic of China)

Sept. 2007: Best First-Year Student Award in my degree program

ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

May - July 2025: Visiting researcher at Beijing Normal University, Beijing (PRC), sponsored by Prof. Liu Gengyuan. Field research in Lijiang and Dali counties, Yunnan (People's Republic of China)

Oct. 2024: Junior Expert for IAK Agrar Consulting GmbH (Leipzig, Germany), Lead report writer for the 10th Sino-German Agricultural Week (21–23 October 2024, Yancheng, Jiangsu, PRC).

Jul. 2024: Field research in Beijing and Lijiang county, Yunnan (People's Republic of China)

Sept. 2024-June 2025: Teaching Assistant Senior for the MA courses Contemporary Chinese Society and Political and Social Research in Contemporary China, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Dept. of Asian and North-African Studies

Sept. 2019-June 2023: Extensive experience as responsible lecturer for Chinese language courses in the BA and MA programs at the University of Bergamo, the University of Insubria, and the University of Milano-Bicocca.

Sept. 2013-ongoing: Consecutive Interpreter IT<>CH

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 

2025: (Agro)Ecologies in Transition: Agriculture and Biocultural Diversity in Yunnan. 20th AISC (Italian Association of Chinese Studies), Sept. 11–13, University of Bologna, Italy

2024: Does an Agroecology Movement Exist in China? Forms, Drivers, and Trajectories Based on the Foodthink Case. Conference of the Italian Society for Geographic Studies "Beyond Globalization - Transitions", Dec. 6, University of Florence, Italy. 

2024: Exploring the Potential of Resistance for Sustainability Transformations. Insights from China’s Alternative Food Practices (with Mengmeng Cui). 25th Biennial Conference of EACS (European Association for Chinese Studies), Aug. 27-30, Tallin University, Estonia.

CONFERENCE, SEMINAR AND PANEL ORGANIZATION

2025: Scientific Committee of the seminar "Environmental Humanities for Systemic Change", Apr. 28 and May 5-6, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy.

2025: Scientific Committee of the PhD Symposium “Interregnum: Delving into the Possibilities of the In-between”, Apr. 14-16, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy.

2025: Scientific Committee of the workshop "Beyond the Lens and the Questions: Navigating Bias and Methods in Qualitative Research", Apr. 1-2, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy.

INVITED LECTURES

2024: “Veganism in China: Intercultural Contaminations and Social Movement”. Lecture for BA course on Chinese Culture organized by prof. Maria Teresa Trucillo, April 29, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy.

2024: “Veganism in China: A Movement and Identity at the Margins?”. Lecture for MA course in Chinese linguistics organized by Prof. Simona Gallo, April 22, University of Milan, Italy. 

2024: “Chinese Women in Italy: Roles and Social Dynamics” within the seminar “The Different Cultural Backgrounds of Incarcerated Women”, part of the project funded by Regione Lombardia “Violence Experienced as a Root of Deviant Behaviour in Women”, April 19, University of Milan, Italy. 

RESEARCH GROUPS

2024-ongoing: member of the political ecology cluster of Lab on Area studies for Sustainability Transformations (LAST), Ca' Foscari University (Italy).  

MEMBERSHIPS IN ASSOCIATIONS

Agroecology Europe, since 2025

AISC (Associazione Italiana di Studi Cinesi [Italian Association fo Chinese Studies]), since 2013

EACS (European Association of Chinese Studies), since 2015

ESC (European Sociological Association), since 2025

SEB (Society for Ethnobotany), since 2025

ACADEMIC DUTIES

Dec. 2024-Dec. 2026: Student Representative of the PhD Program in Asian and African Studies, Ca' Foscari University of Venice.