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Full Professor of English Language and translation (L-LIN/12)
Director of CERLIS, the Research Cenre on Specialized Languages (www.cerlis.it) of the University of Bergamo, Italy
skype: stefania maci
Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures
ph./fax: ++39 35 205 27 46
ACADEMIC PROFILE
Stefania M. Maci is Full Professor of English Language and Translation at the University of Bergamo - Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures.
She is Fulbright Distinguished Chair at the University of Pittsburgh
She is Director of CERLIS (Research Centre on Languages for Specific Purpose) and MA coordinator if the TSCE's programme
She is currently involved in national and international research projects on academic English and legal discourse genres, with particular regard to:
Medical Discourse (Medical poster presentations; Metadiscursive and argumentative strategies of medical English across genres and cultures; evidentiality).
Tourism discourses (Promotional and specialised traits in English for tourism; The web-language of tourism; Legal and managerial linguistic aspects in specialised tourism texts).
Legal Language (Italian and English arbitral awards; Witness hearings in arbitral awards; Plain language movement).
Recent publications include:
the monographs Translating Tourism (Routledge, 2025); The Language of Tourism (Hoepli, 2020); The MS Digby 133 Mary Magdalene (Peter Lang, 2017);
the coedited volumes The Routledge Handbook of Discourse and Disinformation (2023); The Routledge Handbook of scientific communication (2022); Corpus Linguistics and translation for the Digital Humanities (Bloomsbury, 2022); Gender Issues. Translating and Mediating Languages, Cultures and Societies (Peter Lang, 2021); The language of tourism (2018), open-access; Ways of Being, Ways of Seeing (Peter Lang, 2017); Insights into Medical Communication (Peter Lang, 2015);
and the papers: The impact of AI on translation: An overview. International Journal of Language Studies (2025); egotiating Power Dynamics in Medical Encounters as Private Sector “Business Interactions (co-authored, 2025); “Living-with-dying”: the elderly’s language of terminal illness (2021); The narrative of the anti-vax campaign on Twitter (2021); "We’re three old guys.” Ageist discourse in Hollywood movies – a case study (2020); Parents’ narrative about congenital heart diseases: Acquiring knowledge and sharing empathy (2019)
She is member of the editorial board of:
- Research in Corpus Linguistics (RiCL; https://ricl.aelinco.es)
-The Cerlis Series (http://dinamico.unibg.it/cerlis/page.aspx?p=257)
She is currently serving the board of CADAAD, Corpus Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines
AFFILIATION
Università degli Studi di Bergamo
Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Culture Straniere.
Piazza Rosate 2
24129 Bergamo, Italy
Ph: and Fax: ++39 (0)35 2052-746
e-mail: stefania.maci@unibg.it
Skype: stefaniamaci
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Applied Linguistics, Pragmatics, Academic Writing, English for Specific Purposes, Academic English, English as the World's Language, Corpus Linguistics and Discourse Analysis, Evidentiality, Linguistic Politeness, Semantics, Languages and Linguistics, Language Variation and Change, Historical Linguistics, Middle English, Sociolinguistics, English language, Media Studies
RESEARCH PROJECTS
INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS
PRIN 2022 Enhancing ESP competence in educational and professional contexts via Augmented Reality - PRIN 2022 (DD MUR n. 104 del 02.02.2022) funded by EU –NextGenerationEU, CUP F53D23004810006 - start date: 5/10/25; Duration: 24 months. PI: P. Anesa
KA203 European Project: TRAILS Teaching Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) in the EHEA. (project n.2018-1-FR01-KA203-048085). Project information is available here: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects/eplus-project-details/#project/2018-1-FR01-KA203-048085).
Knowledge Dissemination across media in English: continuity and change in discourse strategies, ideologies, and epistemologies (2015-2017). National Research project (Prot. 2015TJ8ZAS/2015)
Tension and change in English domain-specific genres (2008-2009). National Research project (Prot. 2007JCY9Y9/2007)
International Commercial Arbitration Practices: A Discourse Analytical Study (2007-2008). International scientific coordinator: Prof. V. Bhatia
Identity and Culture in English Domain-Specific Discourse (2006-2007). National research Project (Prot. 2005109911/2005).
LOCAL PROJECTS
Progetto Italy® (Italian TALented Young ®esearchers - Asian Arbitration Law (2013-2014).
KEYNOTE TALKS
25-27 October 2023
University of Messina: Research Methodologies in English Linguistics: Foundations and New Directions
Keynote talk: Discourses of tourism
26 September 2023
University Ca Foscari – Venice
Keynote talk: The language of tourism promotion
6-7 July 2023
University of Ferrara: FIR conference: Ironbridge Gorge Museum & site
Keynote talk: Rhetorical strategies in the discourse of Tourism promotion
16 June 2023
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: PhD summer School
ROUNDTABLE speaker
14 June 2023
Free University of Bözen: PhD summer School
Keynote talk: Discourse analysis and Specialised discourse – introducing and analysing language in use
18-20 May 2023
Ljubljana University: 3rd International Conference of the Slovene Association of LSP Teachers
Keynote talk: The LSP curriculum. From theory to practice
17 May 2023
Cattolica University: Tell the World – Workshop
Keynote talk: Made in Italy. The promotion of the Brand Italy
12 October 2022
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Maratona Digitale. Le Digital Humanities nei cinque Dipartimenti di Eccellenza 2018-2022
Invited Talk: Corpora e software in ambito linguistico
6-7 June 2022
University of Ferrara: 5th Colloquium Translation and Gender
Keynote Talk Gender issues and Translation
13 May 2022
University of Palermo
Keynote Talk: From general discourse to LSP
13 March 2022
University of Pisa
Seminar Dalla terra, per la Terra: percorsi di descrizione e traduzione intorno a linguaggi per usi special
Keynote Talk La comunicazione green nei blog
24 February 2022
University of Ferrara
Keynote Talk: Insights into the professional, promotional and digital languages of tourism and inclusion
12 November 2021
University of Primorska
Keynote Talk: Tourism discourse in post Covid-19 contexts
3 November 2021
University of Essex
Keynote Talk: LSP Translation. From specialized languages to specialized translation. An overview
7 September 2021
University of Calabria
Keynote Talk: Tourism discourse in pre and post Covid-19 contexts
3 September 2021
Free University of Bözen-Bolzano
6th annual LSPHE Conference
Keynote Talk: New trends in teaching application in higher education contexts
28-30 June 2021
University of Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia
International Conference on Language, Tourism, and Education
Keynote Talk: The language of tourism across time
3 June 2021
University of Essex
Keynote talk: LSP Translation
22 April 2021
University of Trento
Workshop: Tourism Discourse
Keynote talk: Tourism Discourse on the Web
13 April 2021
University of Ferrara
Keynote Talk: Tourism e-communication
30 March 2021
University of Palermo
Keynote talk: LSP Translation. When LSP meets translation studies
3 September 2020 -> Postponed to 2021 due to Covid-19
Libera Università di Bolzano
Keynote Talk: LSP Teaching. Old issues and new frontiers
14 April 2018
Università di Cagliari
Department of Philology, Literature and Linguistics
Keynote Talk: Corpus Linguistics Tools in Discourse Analysis. WMatrix.
2 March 2018
Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia
Department of Comparative linguistic and cultural studies. School of Business, Languages and Entrepreneurship for international exchanges
Conference: Towards an intercultural and socially-inclusive mediation.
Keynote talk: “The farm is a place of peace to relax”. The act of mistranslation.
10 November 2017
Università di Trento
Department of Humanities and Philosophy. Workshop of English Language for the BA in Modern Languages
Keynote Talk: “Introducing CDA and a CDA framework for visual analysis”
25-27 February 2016
Università del Salento
TAC Conference: Tourism Across Cultures: Accessibility in Tourism Communication
Keynote Talk: “Perception or Perspective? Adjusting the representation of Italy and the UK for the tourist”
20 April 2015
Seconda Università di Napoli
Department of Pediatric clinic. Workshop of English Language for Nursing Science -
Keynote Talk: “Academic Poster Presentation. Mapping the Genre”
28 November 2014
Università di Pisa
Workshop English for Specific Purposes and Tourism Discourse
Keynote Talk: “Meaning-making in web 2.0 tourism discourse”
26 March 2013
Università Federico II di Napoli
PhD School
Keynote talk: “A critical introduction to CDA”
7 December 2010
Università Federico II di Napoli
MA in European Modern Languages and Literatures
Keynote talk: “A critical introduction to critical discourse analysis. Concepts, historical context and methods”
SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEES
1. 2023-2024
o International Conference: Food x Language: Adapting and representing food across media and genres in English and in Spanish/Lengua y comida: adaptaciones y representaciones de la comida a través de los medios de comunicación y de los géneros textuales en inglés y español - University of Venice Ca’ Foscari. (17-18 October 2024) - Scientific Committee
o 18th NooJ International Conference, University of Bergamo (5-7 June 2024) - Scientific and Organizing Committee
o 9th Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr2024) Edgehill University (5-6 July 2024 (online) - Scientific Committee
2. 2022-2023
o ABC Regional Conference - University of Naples (12 -14 January 2023)
Scientific Committee
o 8th Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr2024) Edgehill University (6-8 July 2023 (online) - Scientific Committee
o International symposium AI: Challenges and potentialities. A Discourse analysis perspective- University of Bergamo (19-20 September 2023) - Scientific and Organizing Committee
o XXXI AIA CONFERENCE University of Calabria (Rende, 13-16 September 2023) - Scientific Committee
3. 2021-2022
o The language of covid – University of Bari (24-26 November, 2022)
Scientific Committee
o 9th CADAAD conference – University of Bergamo (6-8 July 2022) (https://www.cadaad.info/) Scientific and Organizing Committee
o CILC2022 International Conference of Corpus Linguistics – University of Bergamo (26-28 May, 2022) Scientific and Organizing Committee
o 7th Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr2024) Edgehill University (8-9 July 2022 (online) - Scientific Committee
o XXX AIA CONFERENCE University of Catania (15-17 September 2022) - Scientific Committee
4. 2020-2021
o 6th Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr2024) Edgehill University (2-3 July 2021 (online) - Scientific Committee
o ILLA, University of Bergamo (15-16 December, 2021) - Scientific Committee
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5. 2019-2020
o TRAILs multiplier event (8 May 2020) 2nd International Conference of the Slovene Association of LSP Teachers (14-16 Maggio 2020) - Scientific and Organizing Committee
o CILC2020 International Conference of Corpus Linguistics – Bergamo University (21-23 May, 2020) postponed to 6-7 May 2022 due to Covid-19 - Scientific and Organizing Committee
o CERLIS11 Gender and profession in the Translation – Bergamo University (25-27 June, 2020) postponed to Sept 2021 due to Covid-19 - Scientific and Organizing Committee
o 5th Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr2024) Edgehill University - Scientific Committee (cancelled due to Covid-19)
6. 2018-2019
o International Conference: Specialised discourse and multimedia: Linguistic features and translation issues (University of Salento, Lecce 14-16 February 2019) https://specialiseddiscourse.wixsite.com/2019 - Scientific Committee
o International conference: MAG 2019 - Metadiscourse in Digital Communication: What has changed? (Bergamo, 27-29 June 2019) - Scientific and Organizing Committee
o AIA CONFERENCE Thinking out of the box in language, literature, cultural and translation studies: questioning assumptions, debunking myths, trespassing boundaries (Padova, 5-7 September 2019) - Scientific Committee
o 3rd Valencia/Napoli Colloquium on Gender and Translation, Valencia (October 2019)
o 4th Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr2024) Edgehill University (22nd June 2029) (online) - Scientific Committee
7. 2017-2018
CERLIS 2018: Scholarly Pathways: Knowledge Transfer and Knowledge Exchange in Academia (University of Bergamo, 21 - 23 June 2018). (http://dinamico.unibg.it/cerlis/page.aspx?p=286 ) Scientific and Organizing Committee
8. 2016-2017
1st International Conference of the Slovene Association of LSP Teachers: Languages for Specific Purposes: Opportunities and Challenges of Teaching and Research; Rimske Terme Thermal Resort, Slovenia (18-20 May 2017)(http://www.sdutsj.edus.si/englishconference2017.html)
Scientific Committee
9. 2015-16
9th CERLIS International Conference: Ways of Seeing, Ways of Being: Representing the Voices of Tourism (University of Bergamo, 23 - 25 June 2016) (http://dinamico.unibg.it/cerlis/page.aspx?p=278) Scientific and Organizing Committee
10. 2014
International conference: Asian Arbitration Discourse (University of Bergamo, 18 - 19 September 2014) http://dinamico.unibg.it/cerlis/page.aspx?p=277 Organizing Committee
11. 2013-2014
8th CERLIS Conference: The Language of Medicine Scientific and Organizing Committee
12. 2012-2013
LModE-5 - Transatlantic Perspectives on Late Modern English Organizing Committee
13. 2011-2012
7th CERLIS Conference – CERLIS 2012 (Bergamo, 21-22 June 2012), I Corpora nella Ricerca e nella Didattica dei Linguaggi Specialistici. Organizing Committee
14. 2010-2011
6th CERLIS Conference – CERLIS 2011 (Bergamo, 23-25 June 2011), Genre Variation in English Academic Communication. Organizing Committee
15. 2009-2010
5th CERLIS Conference – CERLIS 2010 (Bergamo, 22 June 2010), Legal Discourse in Context. Organizing Committee
16. 2008-2009
Researching Language and the Law - Bergamo University, 18-20 Jun. 2009. Organizing Committee
17. 2007-2008
Trading Identities. Commonality and Individuality in English Academic Discourse - (CERLIS); Bergamo University 19-21 Jun. 2008. Organizing Committee
18. 2006-2007
2 ICEHD, 2nd international Conference on English Historical Dialectology -Bergamo University, 23-25 Aug. 2007. Organizing Committee
19. 2005-2006
4th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics - Bergamo University, 21-25 Aug. 2006. Organizing Committee
20. 2004-2005
15th European Symposium on Language for Special Purposes. New Trends in Specialized Discourse - Bergamo University, 29 Aug.- 2 Sept. 2005. Organizing Committee
DEPARTMENTAL WORKSHOPS
2023
15-18 December 2023 NooJMasterclass University of Bergamo
2018
Digital humanities
a. 23 March 2018: Visualising Data
b. 13 September 2018: Digital humanities beyond the basics
c. 26 October 2018: Technologies and methodologies in the digital humanities: digging into data
2019
Translation studies
5 April 2019: Machine translation. Translation Memories systems. Terminology collection and Management. Machine translation and Post-editing
ACADEMIC SERVICE
1 June 2024 - present
MInisterial Research Evaluation expert - National coordinator - Area 10 (Foreign Languages and Literatures; Comparative Literature)
1 Oct 2019 - present
Full Professor of English Language and Translation – University of Bergamo
12 Oct 2015 - 14 Nov 2021
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education and Student Affairs)
1st Oct 2014-30 Sept 2019
Associate Professor of English Language and Translation – University of Bergamo
1st Feb 2005 – 30th Sept 2014
Senior Lecturer of English Language and Translation – University of Bergamo
01/09/2003 - 31/01/2005
Researcher of English Language and Translation – University of Bergamo
a.a. 2002-03
o Researcher of English Language and Translation at the University of L’Aquila
o On-line tutor on line of IT and Didactics of SSIS – University of Venice
ACADEMIC MEMBERSHIPS
AIA – Associazione Italiana di Anglistica
AELINCO – Spanish Association of Corpus Linguistics
AIUCD - Associazione per l'Informatica Umanistica e la Cultura Digitale
BAAL - British Association of Applied Linguistics
Critics-L – Centres for Research Into Texts/Talk Information, and Communication in Society
DiscourseNet
ESSE – European Society for the Study of English
IPrA – International Pragmatics Association
SLIN – Storia della Lingua Inglese in Italia
2007- 2015: e-bibliography coordinator of the Italian Association for the studies of English (Regione Lombardia)
SCHOLARSHIPS AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
a.a. 1990-91: UCL – University College of London (GB)
a.a. 1994-95: Warwick University (Coventry – GB) - Erasmus Project
a.a. 1995-96: special award conferred by Accademia Olimpica of Vicenza
a.a. 2022-23: Association for Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Award for the Best WAC Edited Collection: The Routledge Handbook of Scientific Communication,
a.a. 2021-22: Literati Award for the publication: "Living with dying: the elderly's language of terminal illness"
a.a. 2011-12: 25x1000 - University of Bergamo Research Award
a.a 1995-96: Special Mention conferred by Accademia Olimpica of Vicenza
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