ITALIAN BEYOND ITALY: THE ADVENTURES OF AN INGENIOUS LANGUAGE 意大利之外的意大利文：一門天才語言的精彩旅程

EVENT DETAILS:

  • Date: October 23rd, 2026 (Friday)
  • Time: From 7 PM
  • Fee: Free event (Registration required)
  • Venue: Dante Alighieri Society, Room 702, 7/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

The lecture will be held in English followed by a Q&A session at the end. All Italian students and Italian lovers are welcome to join! The event will be followed by and Italian refreshment buffet.

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ABOUT THE TALK

The Italian language has for centuries played an important international role in Europe and the Mediterranean, serving literature and culture in general (visual arts, architecture, etc.), as well as commerce and diplomacy. The peak of its spread coincided with the great age of the Renaissance, when Italian-style sonnets—often written directly in Italian—were composed in the courts of France, Spain, and England, and official communications between European powers and the Ottoman Empire were conducted in Italian. Meanwhile, simplified forms of the language served as a lingua franca across North African ports. The international success of Italian persisted in the centuries that followed, driven by commedia dell’arte and opera, and continues to this day through fields such as gastronomy, design, and fashion.

This talk will trace this fascinating history by highlighting, through selected case studies, how the Italian “genius” radiated abroad from a linguistic perspective. It will also explore the cross-cultural contacts and hybridizations between Italian language and culture and those of other regions—a fruitful encounter that has enabled, and continues to enable, Italian to spread as an instrument of peace, fostering ideas, projects, and creativity far beyond Italy’s borders.
 
幾個世紀以來，意大利文一直在歐洲和地中海地區發揮著重要的國際性作用，服務於文學以及更廣義上的文化領域（如視覺藝術、建築等），同時也廣泛應用於商業和外交。意大利文傳播最為廣泛的時期當屬輝煌的文藝復興時代。彼時，法國、西班牙和英國的宮廷紛紛創作意大利風格的十四行詩，其中不少直接以意大利文寫成；歐洲各國與奧斯曼帝國之間的官方溝通也使用意大利文。與此同時，一些簡化的意大利文變體也成為北非港口的交流工具。意大利文的國際影響力延續至之後幾個世紀，隨著即興戲劇和歌劇的發展不斷擴大，並活躍於美食、設計和時尚等領域，直至今天。
 
本次講座將帶領大家回顧這段引人入勝的歷史，通過分析若干精選案例，展現“天才”意大利文在海外的傳播和發展過程。同時，講座也將關注意大利語言和文化同其他語言和文化之間的交流與融合：正是這種美好的相遇，使意大利文得以、並仍在繼續作為一種和平的工具，傳播到遠離意大利的地方，用於構思、設計與創造。
 
 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Born in Rome in 1977, Daniele Baglioni completed his university studies at Sapienza University of Rome, where he earned his degree in Literature (2000) and his PhD in Historical Linguistics and History of the Italian Language (2004). After teaching as an adjunct professor at the Universities of Cassino (2004–2005), L’Aquila (2004–2005), and Sapienza (2005–2006), and receiving several research grants for stays abroad (Cyprus 2002–2003, Tunis 2005), he held a post-doctoral fellowship at the Italian Institute of Human Sciences (SUM) in Florence (2006–2008) and a research fellowship at Sapienza University (2009–2011).

Since September 2011, he has been at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, serving first as a researcher, then from 2018 as an associate professor, and since 2020 as a full professor, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in History of the Italian Language, Italian Linguistics, Italian Dialectology, and Stylistics and Metrics. Since October 2023, he has served as Head of the Department of Humanities.

He is the author of approximately 90 academic publications, including 3 monographs and 4 edited volumes. He has organized 3 international conferences and spoken at around 50 conferences in Italy and abroad (half of them as an invited speaker). He has also served as a visiting professor at the Universities of Regensburg (academic year 2013–2014) and Zurich (academic year 2018–2019).

He serves on the scientific committees of the journals “Studi linguistici italiani” and “Romanica Olomucensia”. He collaborates with the “Lessico Etimologico Italiano” (as an editor from 2000 to 2016, and as an entry reviewer from 2016 to the present). Since 2021, he has been a resident corresponding member of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, where he coordinates courses organized by the “I Lincei per la scuola” Foundation for secondary school teachers. In the past, he has also collaborated with the Dante Alighieri Society (2004–2009) and RAI Storia (2011–2012).

Daniele Baglioni，1977年出生於羅馬，畢業於羅馬大學，於2000年獲得文學學士學位，2004年獲得歷史語言學和意大利語言史博士學位。他曾先後在卡西諾大學（2004-2005）、拉奎拉大學（2004-2005）和羅馬大學（2005-2006）任教，其間獲得多項資助前往國外進行研究（塞浦路斯2002-2003；突尼斯2005）。之後，他於2006-2008年在佛羅倫斯的意大利人文科學研究所擔任博士後研究員，於2009-2011年在羅馬大學擔任研究員。

他自2011年9月起在威尼斯大學任教，先後擔任研究員、副教授，2020年升任正教授，主要教授課程包括意大利語史、意大利語語言學、意大利語方言學、文體學和格律學等課程，自2023年10月起擔任威尼斯大學人文學院院長。

他撰寫了約90篇學術論文，其中包括3部專著和4部編著。他主導組織了三項重要的國際會議，並受邀參加超過五十場意大利和國際研討會。他還曾在德國雷根斯堡大學（2013-2014）和瑞士蘇黎世大學（2018-2019）任客座教授。

他擔任《意大利語言研究》和《奧洛穆茨羅曼語研究》兩本重要期刊的科學委員會委員，並長期參與《意大利語詞源詞典》的編纂工作（2000-2016擔任編輯，2016年至今擔任詞條審校）。自2021年起，擔任威尼托科學、文學與藝術學院常駐通訊院士，並在該院負責協調“林琴科學院·學校”項目面向中學教師開設的課程。此外，他還曾與但丁協會（2004-2009）及意大利廣播電視公司歷史頻道（2011-2012）開展合作。