Federica CICCI

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Sept.2019-March 2024: Ph.D.
International DOuble Degree Program between the Department of Asian and North Africa Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Supervisor: Laura De Giorgi), and Institute of Chinese Studies, Universität Heidelberg (Supervisor: Joachim Kurtz).
Research project: “Caring Women:Transnational Activism and Humanitarian Relief Efforts during Wartime China (1937-1945).”
Magna Cum Laude.

Sept.2016-Oct.2018: M.A. in Languages, economies and institutions of Asia and North Africa, Department of East Asian Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy.
Thesis: “The mobilization of Chinese women in the War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945): new models of female activism.”
110/110 con lode.

Sept.2017-Jan.2018: Exchange Student, Renmin University of China, Beijing, PRC.
Subjects: Advanced Chinese Language, International Management, Management Communication.

Feb.2017-Jun.2017: Exchange Student, Xi’An Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, PRC.
Subjects: Advanced Chinese Language, Family and Society in China, Politics and Government of China, Doing Business in China.

Sept.2015-Oct.2016: Exchange Student, Capital Normal University, Beijing, PRC.
Subjects: Intermediate-advanced Chinese Language.

Sept.2013-Oct.2016: B.A. in Languages, culture and societies of Asia and Mediterranean Africa, Department of East Asian Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy.
Thesis: “Translation into Italian from the Chinese article ‘The economic, commercial, scientific and technological exchanges between Italy and the city of Guangzhou in the mid-Qing Dynasty’ by Leng Dong and Wu Doyan.”
110/110 con lode.

Sept.2008-Jun.2013: Classical High School Degree.
Institute of Higher Education Liceo G.Mazzatinti, Gubbio (PG), Italy.
96/100

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES
March 2024-Now: Adjunct Professor.
"History of Asia and Southeast Asia", Roma Tre University.

Sept.2022-Sept.2023: Teaching Assistant Senior, Department of East Asian Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy.
Collaboration and support of the teaching staff in the preparation of extracurricular activities for the courses “History of China 1” and “Chinese Contemporary Society”; assistance and support in the preparation and correction of the final tests.

March 2023-May 2023: Faculty Tutor, Ca' Foscari School of International Education (CFSIE).
Providing tutoring classes of Italian language and culture within the QEM program (Erasmus Mundus Joint Diploma)

Sept.2019-Sept.2021: Teaching Assistant Senior, Department of East Asian Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy.
Collaboration and support of the teaching staff in the preparation of extracurricular activities for the courses “History of China 1” and “History of China 2”; assistance in the preparation and correction of the final tests; support in receiving students for all types of questions, clarifications and insights.

Febr.2018-Jun.2018: Faculty Tutor, Department of East Asian Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy.
Providing tutoring sessions in “Legal Institutions of Eastern Asia” with specific reference to Asian legal theory, constitutional organization and civil and commercial law.

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Sept.2019: 3-year Ph.D. full scholarship, Italian Ministry of University/Ca' Foscari University of Venice.

Nov.2020-Sept.2021- Financial contribution with EU funds Erasmus+ at Universität Heidelberg.

Apr.2018: Awarded the third prize at “Chinese Speech Contest”, sponsored by the China East Normal University of Shanghai, in collaboration with the Department of East Asian Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Winner of a six-month scholarship at ECNU.

Sept.2017-Jan.2018: Awarded the “Overseas” Program by Ca’ Foscari University, Venice.

Feb.2017-Jun.2017: Awarded the “Overseas” Program by Ca’ Foscari University, Venice.

Sept.2015-Oct.2016: Scholarship awardee from Confucius-Hanban Institute and awarded the “Overseas” Program by Ca’ Foscari University, Venice.

MEMBERSHIP
Associazione Italiana per gli Studi Cinesi (AISC)
Società Italiana per lo Studio della Storia Contemporanea (SISSCO)
European Association of Chinese Studies (EACS)
Società Italiana di Storia Internazionale (SISI)
Società Italiane delle Storiche (SIS)

MEMBERSHIP OF EDITORIAL COMMITTEES OF JOURNALS AND PUBLISHING SERIES
Member of the editorial board of the journal DEP. Deportate, Esuli e Profughe. Rivista di Studi sulla Memoria Femminile (Deportees, Exiles and Refugees. Journal of Women's Memory Studies) ISSN: 1824-4483

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Italian: native speaker
English: advanced (C1 level, CLA Ca' Foscari University, Venice)
Chinese: advanced (HSK 5 level, Hanban-Confucius Institute, Venice)
German: elementary (B1 level, CLA Ca' Foscari University, Venice)
French: elementary (Delf A2)
Arabic: elementary

ORGANIZED CONFERENCES
Sept. 21-23, 2023- "Politics, Ideology, and Scientific Development: The Role of Science, Medicine, and Technology in the Construction of the Modern Chinese State", 19th AISC (Italian Association of Chinese Studies) Conference, La Sapienza University, Rome.

Oct. 21, 2022- “Women’s transnational activism in the Twentieth Century: framing the Chinese case in a global perspective”, International Conference, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy.

PRESENTED PAPERS
June 17, 2024- International Workshop, University of Birmingham “Navigating the Politics of Gender and Sexuality in PRC, from Historical Insights to Contemporary Perspective”: Inter arma caritas: Women’s humanitarian activities in the Red Cross during wartime China (1937-1945)

June 14, 2024- Chinese Feminism Reading Group, University of Freiburg: Caring Women: Transnational Activism and Humanitarian Relief Efforts in Wartime China (1937-1945). 

Sept. 21-23, 2023- 19th AISC Conference (La Sapienza University, Rome): Nelle mani degli altri:Pratiche medico-missionarie e attività di soccorso femminili durante la Seconda guerra mondiale in Cina.

June 28-29, 2023: International Workshop "Service–Duty–Care: Theorizing Civic Engagement from Asia to Europe and beyond", Ca’ Foscari University of Venice: The Power of Care:Women's Relief Work during wartime China (1937-1945).

March 27, 2023- Workshop per il gruppo di coordinamento giovani studiosi AISC “Sfide e Criticità nelle Ricerche sulla Cina: Metodologie, fonti e approcci teorici”: Note d’Archivio: la mobilitazione delle donne missionarie cattoliche in Cina durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale [Archive notes: the mobilisation of Catholic women missionaries in China during the Second World War].

Febr.8, 2023- International History of East Asia Seminar, Hilary Term 2023, University of Oxford: In the name of the Chinese Red Cross: Women’s activism, gender roles and humanitarian relief efforts during wartime (1937-1945).

Aug.24-27, 2022- 24th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS) (Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic): In the name of the Chinese Red Cross: Women’s activism, gender roles and humanitarian relief efforts during wartime (1937-1945).

Nov.26.27, 2021- Online 15th Annual Conference on Asian Studies: "Continuity and Change" (Palacký University Olomouc): Moving toward a modern humanitarianism: Chinese women’s activism in the Red Cross during wartime (1937-1945).

Nov. 18-20, 2021- 18th AISC (Italian Association of Chinese Studies) Conference (University of Turin): Nel nome della Croce Rossa Cinese: Umanitarismo, Partito Comunista e Attivismo femminile durante la guerra (1937-1945) [In the Name of the Chinese Red Cross:
Humanitarianism, the Communist Party and Women's Activism during the War (1937-1945)]

Nov. 17-18, 2021- 2nd International Ph.D. Student Symposium (Ca’ Foscari University, Venice): In the name of the Chinese Red Cross: “feminine” virtues in humanitarian discourses during wartime (1937-1945).

Sept. 2-3, 2021- Online International Conference “East Asia on the Move: Shifting Dynamics”: Moving toward a modern humanitarianism: Chinese women’s activism in the Red Cross during wartime (1937-1945).

May 20-22, 2021- Online International Conference “Dilemmas of Modernity 200 Years of Central Europe Cultures and Societies”: The birth of the Modern Humanitarianism: the Long Path of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Febr.6-7, 2020- Ph.D. workshop “Asian and North African Studies in a Globalized and Interconnected World” (Sapienza University, Rome): Women at war: beyond the national boundaries for a sustainable international peace.

SUMMER SCHOOLS
June 28-29, 2023: International Workshop Service – Duty – Care: Theorizing Civic Engagement from Asia to Europe and beyond, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (It was financed through the Swiss National Science Foundation funded Eccellenza project “Quiet Aid: Service and Salvation in the Balkans-to- Bengal Complex”)

June 13-17, 2022- VIU (Venice International University) International Ph.D. Academy: The State of the Art of Area Studies.

Sept. 30, 2021- International Graduate Summer School in Gender History (University of Naples Federico II): Chinese Women at War Struggling for Freedom: the case of Zhou Meiyu and the nursing educational programs.

Aug. 25-28, 2021- Scuola Estiva SIS: Ambiente. Storie, conflitti, movimenti in una prospettiva di genere.