Cecilia Cozzi
biography
UNITN - College of Merit “Bernardo Clesio”
Trento ITALY
SUMMARY
After finishing
her Honours BA in the Department of Humanities at the University of Trento in
2014, she is now completing an MA at the same institution in the "Bernardo
Clesio" College of Merit, whom she will discuss on December 14th. She has
been also hired by Carleton University as Instructor for “Introduction to Greek
II” and “History of Ancient Rome” courses for winter term starting on January
2017. Her research interests focus on the noteworthy characters of Greek literature
and history, taking them back to the broader audience’s attention.
EDUCATION
• 2014 – present: Masters degree in Philology and
Literary Criticism, University of Trento.
Thesis title: Circe, Aphrodite and Hecate: Three steps in Medea’s journey in
Apollonius Expected completion: October 2016 Supervisors: L. Belloni (University
of Trento), S. Downie (Carleton University).
• 2014: Bachelor
degree with Honours in Historical and Philological Studies, University of
Trento.
Thesis title:
Thessaly in the ΠερίΠολιτείας attributed to Herodes Atticus supervisor: M.
Giangiulio score: 110/110 with honors.
• 2011: Graduated high school at the Liceo Classico
"Rinaldini" of Ancona.
Degree focused on Classical Studies;
score 100/100.
RESEARCH INTEREST
Greek religion, Greek myth, Hellenistic literature,
Archaic poetry and its relationship with cult and religion.
PUBLICATIONS
• 2016: March: academic article Hecate: on the
Centrality of a forgotten goddess (Corvus journal, Carleton university).
• 2014: historical fiction novel ‘Aspasia, storia di una donna’ (David and
Matthaus).
Presented at
Turin Book Fair, May 2014.
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
• 2015: special
prize for “Jeunes Auteurs”
World Literary Awards, Paris, I Edition.
• 2015: special literary prize “Profumo d’autrice”
Literary Prizes of the City of Cattolica, Pegasus
Literary Awards VII.
• 2014:
admission to the “Bernardo Clesio” College of Merit, University of Trento,
For MA degree in
Philology and Literary Criticism
• 2011: first
place admission in Humanities, “Bernardo Clesio” College of Merit,
University of
Trento.
RESEARCH AND STUDY ABROAD
• 2016
April-July: Visiting Student Researcher at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Scholarship from
University of Trento to complete 3 months of research and writing towards MA
thesis in English language. Supervisors: L. Belloni (Trento) and S. Downie
(Carleton).
• 2016
JanuarySeptember: Research internship in the ISIG Research Institute,
University of Trento.
Topic: “Homeric
quotations in memorial sources about the First World War” Supervisor: M.
Mondini
• 2015
September-December: scholarship for study at Carleton University, Ottawa,
Canada.
Completion of
course work towards MA degree.
• 2013
September-December: research term at the University of Cambridge (UK).
Research towards
Bachelor thesis.
• 2013-present:
member of the Laboratory of Ancient History Labsa, University of Trento.
Supervisors: M. Giangiulio, E. Franchi, G. Proietti.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
• Latin and
Ancient Greek (years of study: 5 at high school, 5 at university)
• Italian (first
language)
• English (IELTS
7.5 – speaking, reading, writing)
• French (reading knowledge)
• Spanish (reading knowledge)
ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC LECTURES, SEMINARS AND CULTURAL
EVENTS
• 2014, 2015, 2016-present:
TEDxTrento events, Trento Italy.
Volunteer participation as
Storyteller and Blogger.
http://tedxtrento.com/blog/
• 2016 November 12: public
lecture delivered on “Fascination and magic: the encounter of Circe and Medea”
at the cultural club “Unitre Numana” Numana Italy.
• 2016 November 12:
delivered public lecture to students of first, second, third classes of Middle
School on their school time. Topics: “a look to the inhabitants of the
Olympus”, “Strenght and intelligence: famous heroic couples” and “ Democratic
Athens and Pericles: an ambiguous relationship” Numana Italy.
• 2016 July 27: moderator of
the public lecture for “Sapere d’estate 2016” with professor F. Pontani.
Topic: “Beyond Ithaca: stories of Odysseus after the Odyssey 2016 July 20:
moderator of the public lecture for
Falconara Marittima Italy.
• 2016 July 20: moderator of
the public lecture for “Sapere d’estate 2016” with professor M.Mondini
Topic: “The forgotten
sacrifice: young people during the Great War”
Falconara Marittima Italy.
• 2016 April 8: meeting with
students of High School “L.Cambi” Falconara Marittima Italy.
Topic: “Aspasia, Pericles
and Classical Athens narrated by Cecilia Cozzi”.
• 2016 March 30: delivered
public lecture to students, first, second and third classes
Topics: “The feminine in the
Odyssey: Odysseus’ women”,“Odysseus’ myth: story of a hero”, “A journey between
women of the myth: Medea and Antigone” Middle school Renaldini, Numana Italy.
• 2016 March 11: delivered
public lecture for “ meeting with the authors” with Unitre, Falconara Marittima
Italy.
Topic:
“Aspasia, Pericles and Athens in 5th century”.
• 2016 March 8: delivered
public lecture for “Marzodonna 2016”, Baden Powell Cultural Center Camerano
Italy.
Topic: “ Sappho, the Greek
nightingale”.
• 2016 March 5: delivered
public lecture for “Marzodonna 2016”, Falconara Marittima Italy.
Topic: “ The feminine in the
Odyssey: Odysseus’ women”.
Presented at
Cultural Center Pergoli Falconara Marittima Italy.
• 2015 October 20: On the
occasion of the fifteenth Edition of the Italian Language Week is celebrated
annually throughout the world, the Dante Alighieri Society of Ottawa, in
collaboration with the National Congress of Italian Canadians (National Capital
District) and Villa Marconi, evening of italian
literature and presentation of her historical
novel, published in Italy, "Aspasia, story of a woman".
• 2015 July 8: delivered
public lecture, Baden Powell Cultural Center Camerano Italy.
Topic: “ Love during
mythical times: stories of women”.
• 2015 March 7: delivered
public lecture for cultural event “Marzodonna
2015”
Topic: “Passion, Madness and Love: being a woman in the ancient world”
Presented at Cultural Center Pergoli Falconara Marittima Italy.
• 2015 March 2: delivered
public lecture for the “School of Hellas” project
Topic: “Pericles, Aspasia
and Pheidias: three great faces of the 5th century BC” High school Liceo
Classico “Prati” of Trento Italy.
• 2014 July: creation of “Aspasia Channel” on YouTube
Topic: analysis of the
history and culture of Athens and Greece in the 5th century BC.
• 2014 April 17, March 26
and 13: cycle of three seminars dedicated respectively to Antigone, Julius
Caesar and Apuleius at Trento University Italy.
Topic: “Discussing the
ancient: the great characters”. Lectures given by Professors:
G. Ieranò (Greek literature and drama) on “Antigones: why was she wrong?”;
E. Migliario (History of ancient Rome) on “Iulius Caesa. between history and myth”;
G. Moretti (Latin literature) on “Apuleius: a successful intellectual between
different worlds”.
• 2014 March 28: public lecture delivered on historical fiction novel ‘Aspasia, storia di una donna’,
(David and Matthaus, 2014)
Presented at Cultural Center Pergoli Falconara Marittima Italy.
Last update on 12/12/2016
Iscritta al primo anno del corso di laurea in Studi Storici e filosofici letterari nell'a.a. 2011/2012 si è laureata a luglio 2014 ed è stata riconfermata al Collegio anche per il percorso magistrale. Attualmente è iscritta al corso di laurea magistrale in Filologia e critica letteraria.