Caterina CARPINATO

Position
Full Professor
Telephone
041 234 6326
E-mail
carpinat@unive.it
Academic discipline
Modern Greek Language and Literature [HELL-01/D]
Website
https://www.unive.it/web/en/19197/people/carpinat(personal record)
Office
Department of Humanities
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.humanities
Where: Malcanton Marcorà
Research Institute
Research Institute for Digital and Cultural Heritage
Research Institute
Research Institute for International Studies

Office hours

Prof. Caterina Carpinato receives in the studio on the first floor of Palazzo Marcorà Malcanton, by appointment, on Thursdays from 12.30 p.m. (or on g-meet by prior arrangement by email, carpinat@unive,it) or on another day depending on availability.

Teaching activity current year

FILOLOGIA, LINGUISTICA E LETTERATURA ITALIANA [FM40]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LETTERE [FT3]
Laurea

LETTERE [FTR3]
Laurea

LINGUE E LETTERATURE EUROPEE, AMERICANE E POSTCOLONIALI [LMR3]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE, CIVILTÀ E SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LT10]
Laurea

LINGUE, CIVILTÀ E SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LTR10]
Laurea

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Laurea

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LTR40]
Laurea

SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LM5]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

SCIENZE DELL'ANTICHITÀ: ARCHEOLOGIA, LETTERATURE E STORIA [FMR2]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

STUDI ITALIANI E MEDITERRANEI [FTR6]
Laurea

Teaching activity previous years

SCIENZE DELL'ANTICHITÀ: LETTERATURE, STORIA E ARCHEOLOGIA [FM2]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

FILOLOGIA, LINGUISTICA E LETTERATURA ITALIANA [FM40]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

SCIENZE DELL'ANTICHITÀ: ARCHEOLOGIA, LETTERATURE E STORIA [FMR2]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LETTERE [FT3]
Laurea

LETTERE [FTR3]
Laurea

LINGUE E LETTERATURE EUROPEE, AMERICANE E POSTCOLONIALI [LM3]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LM5]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE E LETTERATURE EUROPEE, AMERICANE E POSTCOLONIALI [LMR3]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE, CIVILTÀ E SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LT10]
Laurea

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Laurea

LINGUE, CIVILTÀ E SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LTR10]
Laurea

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LTR40]
Laurea

SCIENZE DELL'ANTICHITÀ: LETTERATURE, STORIA E ARCHEOLOGIA [FM2]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

FILOLOGIA, LINGUISTICA E LETTERATURA ITALIANA [FM40]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LETTERE [FT3]
Laurea

LINGUE E LETTERATURE EUROPEE, AMERICANE E POSTCOLONIALI [LM3]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LM5]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE, CIVILTÀ E SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LT10]
Laurea

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Laurea

SCIENZE DELL'ANTICHITÀ: LETTERATURE, STORIA E ARCHEOLOGIA [FM2]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

FILOLOGIA E LETTERATURA ITALIANA [FM4]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

FILOLOGIA, LINGUISTICA E LETTERATURA ITALIANA [FM40]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LETTERE [FT3]
Laurea

LINGUE E LETTERATURE EUROPEE, AMERICANE E POSTCOLONIALI [LM3]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LM5]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LINGUE, CIVILTÀ E SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LT10]
Laurea

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Laurea

Activities and research skills

Academic discipline
Lingua e letteratura neogreca [HELL-01/D]
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare (SSD) affine
CIVILTA BIZANTINA [L-FIL-LET/07]
Geographic areas in which the research experience mainly applies
Internazionale: Balcani,Europa
Known languages
greco (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
inglese (scritto: intermedio parlato: intermedio)
francese (scritto: base parlato: base)
Participation in editorial boards of scientific journals/book series
Collana di letteratura neogreca, Bulzoni editore, Roma,
Comitato scientifico dei Quaderni di Medioevo Romanzo e Orientale
RIVISTA DI LETTERATURA COMPARATA ITALIANA, BIZANTINA E NEOELLENICA
Trasmissions. Studies on conditions, process and dynamic of textual trasmissions, De Gruyter
Participation as referees of national and international research projects
Sono stata referees progetti di ricerca nazionale e internazionali
Sono stata in una commissione internazionale per un posto di ruolo di seconda fascia (Università di Berlino) e in più commissioni di concorso in Grecia.
Sono referee anonima di riviste nazionali e internazionali.
Sono stata membro di commissione di valutazione per l'Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency.
Main departmental research areas and fields
Area: Archeologia ed arti Linea: Archeologia e storia delle arti antiche
Area: Filologia e Lingua Linea: Lingua e letteratura neogreca
Area: Filologia e Lingua Linea: Storia e filologia bizantina
Area: Letteratura Linea: Poesia
Area: Letteratura
Area: Lingue e letterature dell’Africa settentrionale e del Vicino oriente Linea: ebraica
Area: Lingue e letterature dell’Asia Minore e del Caucaso Linea: turca
Area: Lingue e letterature europee Linea: neogreca
Area: Lingue e letterature europee
Area: Storia e Antropologia Linea: Storia delle civiltà antiche
Traduzione letteraria dal neogreco
Description:
Literary translation
Keywords:
Humanities
Analisi testuali
Description:
Textual analysis
Keywords:
Humanities
ricerche storico-letterarie
Description:
research in historical and literary field
Keywords:
Humanities
didattica della lingua greca
Keywords:
Humanities
Didattica del neogreco e questioni lessicografiche
SSD:
L-LIN/20
Epica greca alle origini del volgare
SSD:
L-LIN/20
Filellenismo italiano
SSD:
L-LIN/20
Lessicografia neogreca
SSD:
L-LIN/20
Letteratura greca alle origini del volgare
SSD:
L-LIN/20
Traduzione letteraria dal greco
SSD:
L-LIN/20
ArchaeoSchool for the Future: A Sustainability Approach
Funding body:
European Commission
Type:
Erasmus+
Role in the project:
PT
Sito di progetto:
http://archaeoschool.eu/
Starting date:
Year: 2015 Length in months: 44
Other members of the research group:
Lorenzo CALVELLI
Archaeoschool for the future
Funding body:
UE
Type:
Erasmus+
Role in the project:
PT
Starting date:
Year: 2015 Length in months: 36
Docente a costo zero per l'Ateneo con un mandato specifico per la didattica del neogreco agli studenti universitari
Funding body:
Ministero dell'Educazione e degli Affari Religiosi di Grecia
Type:
Altri finanziamenti per prestazioni di didattica/formazione
Role in the project:
LD
Starting date:
Year: 2010 Length in months:
Il greco nelle scuole del Veneto fra antico e futuro
Funding body:
Fondazione Cassamarca
Type:
Altri finanziamenti per progetti di ricerca
Role in the project:
NS
Starting date:
Year: 2010 Length in months:
Premio di studio alla memoria di N. M. Panagiotakis
Funding body:
Ministero della Cultura di Grecia, Ministero della Cultura di Cipro
Type:
Altri finanziamenti per progetti di ricerca
Role in the project:
LD
Starting date:
Year: 2009 Length in months:
Promozione della lingua e cultura neogreca
Funding body:
Ministero della Cultura e dell'Istruzione Repubblica di Cipro
Type:
Altri finanziamenti di ricerca
Role in the project:
LD
Starting date:
Year: 2011 Length in months:
Tempo e spazio nei romanzi di Alessandro nelle tradizioni ebraica, neogreca e turca
Funding body:
Finanziamento di Ateneo per i progetti PRIN 2009 non finanziati ma valutati positivamente
Type:
Altri finanziamenti di ricerca
Role in the project:
PT

Publication highlights

Caterina Carpinato Leggere, scrivere e parlare greco a Venezia in MEDIOEVO GRECO, vol. 26, pp. 115-121 (ISSN 1593-456X)
2026, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5112827


Caterina Carpinato Nova Graeca Mediaevalia: Πόλεμος της Τρωάδος. Sulla fortuna del mito troiano in greco volgare in LE FORME E LA STORIA, vol. XIX, pp. 77-96 (ISSN 1121-2276)
2026, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5112668


caterina carpinato Γιατί, πως και που διδάσκουμε (Νέα) Ελληνικά στην Βενετία (1994-2024). Σύντομη επισκόπιση (2018-2025), nel volume Η διδασκαλία της νεας ελληνικής στα Πανεπιστήμια του εξωτερικού σήμερα. Προκλήσεις και προοπτικές. , Η διδασκαλία της νεας ελληνικής στα Πανεπιστήμια του εξωτερικού σήμερα. Προκλήσεις και προοπτικές., Atene, ΗΡΟΔΟΤΟΣ, pp. 35-48
2026, Book Article - ARCA card: 10278/5122807


Caterina Carpinato Il lago dello Zero e i canali di Venezia in Nikos Chuliaràs, La neve che conoscevo, Venezia, Molesini Editore Venezia, pp. 9-16 (ISBN 9791281270305)
2026, Prefazione/Postfazione - ARCA card: 10278/5123671


Caterina Carpinato Facsimile edition, Nikolaos Loukanis, Iliad. Athens, 1979. Gennadius Library, PA 4019.A2 1526a , Gennadios Library 100 A Century of Inspiration, Atene, Gennadius Library, pp. 177-177 (ISBN 978-960-99945-9-0)
2026, Schede di Catalogo, repertorio o corpus - ARCA card: 10278/5122829


List of publications

Curriculum vitae

SHORT CV CATERINA CARPINATO 

1.     biography: Caterina Carpinato is Full Professor (Modern Greek Language and Literature); she is a graduate in classical literature at the University of Catania (1987), has a PhD in Greek and Latin Philology (Master's level), has been Associate Professor at Ca' Foscari University of Venice since 2002 and Researcher since 1998. She spent periods of training in Greece, with IKY scholarships in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States (Washington D.C.). She has carried out research and teaching activities in other national and international locations.

2.     research interests: 1. fortune; translation and ideological function of the recovery of ancient elements in the modern Greek language and culture 2. history of neo-Greek lexicography and Venetian publishing in vernacular Greek 3. Greek literature at the origins of the vernacular 4. relations between Italian culture and neo-Greek culture 5. scientific research applied to Greek theory and glottodidactics; history of Greek studies (from ancient to modern) 6. literary translation, theatrical and cinematographic translation, and the history, theory and practice of translation. She deals with the promotion of Greek studies in the diachronic sense and organizes initiatives for the study of the Modern Greek Language in classical Lyceum schools, helping to activate TFA (Tirocinio Formativo Attivo; Active Placement Training for Teachers) for the qualification to teach Modern Greek.

3.     publications, conferences, scientific committees: She is the author of numerous scientific publications and literary translations; she has been invited to international and national conferences with lectures published in the proceedings; she has organised initiatives (conferences, meetings, exhibitions, concerts) to promote knowledge of modern Greece in Italy. She has acted as a commissioner in selection panels for professors in Greek universities and at the University of Berlin. She has been the MIUR (Ministry of Education, University and Research) representative in graduation commissions at Scuole Superiori per Traduttori ed Interpreti (High Schools for Translators and Interpreters). She is a member of scientific committees of international journals and series.

4.     funding: She works with international research groups and has received funding for various projects (cataloguing of translations from Italian into Greek for the Centro della Lingua Greca; Prin 2005; Erasmus+ 2015-2018). She coordinates Erasmus exchanges with international universities; she conceived and promoted 5 editions of the Premio internazionale di studio alla memoria di N. M. Panagiotakis (International Study Award in memory of N. M. Panagiotakis). She has received funding for research and teaching from the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs of Greece and the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus.

5.     institutional roles: She was Deputy Rector for the Third Mission (she was in charge of the Third Mission for the Department of Humanities at Ca' Foscari University of Venice (of which she was Deputy Director 2003-2006) and represents the Department of Humanities in the Scientific Council of the Centro Linguistico di Ateneo (University Language Centre). She has been appointed as an evaluator (GEV) by the Hellenic Quality Assurance and has served as President of the Commission (Department of Translators and Interpreters, Corfu; Department of Theatre Studies: Athens, Nafplio, Patras). She has assumed the role of Secretary for Consulta Universitaria Bizantino Neogreco and for Associazione Nazionale di Studi Neogreci. Since 2017 she has been vice-president of Ateneo Veneto. Since 2018 she has conducted scientific activities within Tempo Forte, at the Italian Embassy in Greece, to promote cultural initiatives and educational activities of bilateral exchange between Italy and Greece.

6.     additional notes (prizes and other). In 2011 she obtained the Label Europeo delle Lingue in recognition of the quality of the project Il greco nel Veneto fra presente e futuro. In 2018 she received the Label Europeo delle Lingue for the project Archaeoschool for the future, considered as one of the best projects in the field of innovation for language learning for period 2015-17.