We don't need to write more on his career or on his death last 19 February. We can remember him for who he is: a "World Heritage".
ARRIVEDERCI MAESTRO!
Born in Alessandria (Piemonte), Italy, January 5, 1932.
Academic Degrees
1954 - Laurea in Philosophy at the University of Torino.
1961 - Libero Docente in Aesthetics.
1975-2007 - Ordinario (Full Professor) of Semiotics, University of Bologna
2008 - Professor Emeritus, University of Bologna
1985 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Katolieke Universiteit, Leuven.
1986 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Odense University, Danmark.
1987 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Loyola University, Chicago.
1987 - Doctor Honoris Causa, State University of New York.
1987 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Royal College of Arts, London.
1988 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Brown University.
1989 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Paris, Sorbonne Nouvelle.
1989 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Liège.
1990 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Sofia.
1990 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Glasgow.
1990 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
1992 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Kent University, Canterbury
1993 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Indiana University.
1994 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Tel-Aviv.
1994 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Buenos Aires
1995 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Athens
1995 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Laurentian University at Sudbury (Ontario)
1996 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
1996 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University Ovidius, Constanta.
1996 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Santa Clara (California)
1996 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Tartu
1997 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Grenoble
1997 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha.
1998 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Lomonosov University of Moscow.
1998 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Freie Universität, Berlin.
2000 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Université du Quebec, Montreal
2001 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Open University
2002 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Rutgers University
2002 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Jerusalem
2002 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Università di Siena
2004 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon
2005 - UCLA Medal
2005 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Università Mediterranea, Reggio Calabria
2007 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Univerza v Ljubljani
2008 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Uppsala
2009 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Pontifical Institute, Toronto.
2010 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad de Sevilla
2010 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Paris II
2013 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad de Burgos
2014 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidade de Rio Grande do Sul
Academic Appointments
1961-4 Lecturer in Aesthetics at the University of Torino, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia and at the Politecnico of Milano, Facoltà di Architettura.
1966-69 Associate Professor of Visual Communication, Facoltà di Architettura, University of Firenze.
1969-71 Associate Professor of Semiotics, Facoltà di Architettura, Politecnico di Milano.
1969 Visiting Professor New York University
1971 -. Editor of VS-Semiotic Studies.
1971-75 Associated Professor of Semiotics, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, University of Bologna.
1972 Visiting Professor Northwestern University
1972-79 Secretary General of the IASS/AIS (International Association for Semiotic Studies);
1979-83 Vice-President of IASS/AIS. Now Honorary President.
1975 Visiting Professor UC-San Diego
1976 Visiting Professor New York University
1976-77, 1980-83: Director of the Istituto di Discipline della Comunicazione e dello Spettacolo, University of Bologna.
1977 Visiting Professor Yale University
1978 Visiting Professor Columbia University
1980 Visiting Professor Yale University
1981 Visiting Professor Yale University
1983/88 Director of the Istituto di Discipline della Comunicazione, University of Bologna.
1984 Visiting Professor Columbia University
1986/02 Director of the PhD Program in Semiotics, University of Bologna.
1989 -... President of the International Center for Semiotic and Cognitive studies, University of San Marino.
1989-95 Member of the CSEO (Executive Scientific Committee) of the University of San Marino
1990 Tanner Lecturer, Cambridge University.
1992/93 Professeur étranger, Collège de France, Paris.
1993 Norton Lecturer, Harvard University.
1993-98: Chair of Corso di Laurea in Scienze della Comunicazione, University of Bologna.
1996 Professeur étranger, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris
1996 Visiting Fellow of The Italian Academy, Columbia University, New York.
1998 Goggio Lecturer, University of Toronto.
1999 - President of the Scuola Superiore di Studi Umanistici, University of Bologna.
2002 Weidenfeld Lecturer, Oxford
2002-05 President of the Consiglio Scientifico of the Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane
2006-2010 President of the Comitato dei Garanti of the Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane
2008 Richard Ellmann Lecturer, Emory University
Memberships
1965.... Honorary Trustee of the James Joyce Association.
1994 -. Honorary President of the IASS/AIS
1991 - . Honorary Fellow, Rewley House (now Kellogg College), Oxford.
1992 Member of the International Forum of Unesco
1992 - Member of the Académie Universelle des Cultures, Paris.
1994 - Member of the Academy of Sciences of Bologna.
1998 - Member of the Academia Europea de Yuste
1998 - Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
2002 Honorary Fellow, St: Anne’s College, Oxford.
2003…… Member of the Council of Advisors of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina
2006 Foreign Member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences
2011 Member of Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
2011 Membre Associé de l’Académie Royale de Belgique
2011 Foreign member of the Russian Academy of Literature. Member of the editorial board of Semiotica, Poetics Today, Degrès, Structuralist Review, Text, Communication, Problemi dell'informazione, Word & Images, VS etc.
Awards
1981: Premio Strega, Premio Anghiari, Premio Il Libro dell'anno (Italy).
1982: Prix Medicis Etranger (France) .
1983: Columbus Award of the Rotary Club, Florence.
1985: Marshall McLuhan Award - Unesco Canada and Teleglobe.
1989: Premio Bancarella (Italy)
1992: René Wellek Prize by American Comparative Literature Association
1999 Crystal Award, World Economic Forum, Davos.
2000 Premio Principe de Asturias, Oviedo
2000 Dagmar and Vaclav Havel Vision 97 Foundation Award
2002 Austrian State Award for European Literature
2002 Prix Mediterranée Etranger (France)
2004 Gran Gagliaudo d'Oro della Città di Alessandria
2005 Kenyon Review Award (U.S.A.)
2007 Prize 2007 of the City of Budapest
2007 Premio Internazionale Diritti Umani Città di Orvieto
2007 Premio Letterario Giorgio Calcagno, Almese
2007 McKim Medal of The American Academy in Rome
2011 Cesare Pavese Award, Santo Stefano Belbo
2012 Treaties of Njimegen Medal
2012 Man of the Year – Art Museum of Tel Aviv
2013 Premio Medaglia D’Oro alla cultura italiana in Argentina
2014 Gutenberg Preis, Mainz
Decorations
1981: Honorary Citizen of Monte Cerignone
1985: Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettre (France)
1993: Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur (France).
1995: Golden Cross of the Dodecannese, Patmos (Greece).
1996 Cavaliere di Gran Croce al Merito della Repubblica Italiana
1999 Orden pour le Merite für Wissenschaften und Künste (Germany)
2001 Transcendent Satrape du Collège de Pataphysique
2003 Officier de la Legion d'Honneur (France)
2009 Grosse Verdienstkreuz mit Stern des Verdiensrordens des Bundesrepublik Deutschland
2010 Honorary Citizen of Nizza Monferrato
2011 Honorary Citizen of San Leo
2011 Commandeur de la Legion d’Honneur (France)
2013 Honorary citizen of Torre Pellice
LECTURES - In addition to lectures and seminars given in Italian universities and cultural institutions, he has given lectures, seminars and working sessions at the following institutions:
ARGENTINA - Universidad de La Plata, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad de Cordoba, Universidad de Rosario, Universidad de Tucuman.
AUSTRALIA - University of Sydney, Monash University-Melbourne, Griffith University-Brisbane, University of Queensland-Brisbane, Murdoch University-Perth, University of Perth.
AUSTRIA - University of Vienna
BELGIUM - Université Libre de Bruxelles, Université de Liège, University of Antwerp, Katolieke Universiteit, Leuven, Palais des Beaux Arts, Bruxelles.
BRAZIL - McKenzie University-São Paulo, Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade do Estado-Rio de Janeiro, Pontificia Universidade Federal-Rio de Janeiro, Escola de Deseno Industrial-Rio de Janeiro, Universidade de Porto Alegre, Universidade de Recife, Universidade de Bahia, Universidade de Curitiba.
BULGARIA - University of Sofia.
CANADA - University of Toronto, Université de Montreal, Université du Québec, Carleton University-Ottawa, Harbourfront Lectures-Toronto.
CHINA – Beijing University, Institute for Social Sciences.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA - Writers Union, Prague, Vize 97.
DENMARK - University of Aarus, University of Odense, University of Roskilde.
EGYPT- Bibliotheca Alexandrina
ESTONY – Tartu and Tallinn Universities
FRANCE - Ecole Pratiques des Hautes Etudes, Université de Paris III, VII and VIII, Université de Perpignan, Colloques de Royaumont, Institut International de Philosophie, Collège de France, Sorbonne Paris I. Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, Université Stendhal, Grenoble, Université de la Franche Comté, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
GERMANY - Freie Universität-Berlin, Technische Universität-Berlin, Ruhr Universität-Bochum, University of Hamburg, Universität Konstanz, University of Dresden.
GREECE - University of Athens.
HOLLAND - University of Amsterdam, University of Nijmegen.
HUNGARY - University of Budapest.
INDIA – Institut Français de Pondicherry; Nehru University Delhi
IRELAND - University College, Dublin.
ISRAEL - University of Tel Aviv; University of Jerusalem.
JAPAN - Japan Foundation, Tokyo.
POLAND - University of Warsaw.
PORTUGAL - Universidade de Lisboa, Universidade de Coimbra, Universidade do Porto.
SLOVENIA – University of Ljubljana
SPAIN - University if Madrid, University of Barcelona, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Universidad de Sevilla, Alhambra de Granada..
SWEDEN - Nobel Foundation. Uppsala University.
SWITZERLAND - University of St. Gall.
TUNISIA - Université de Tunis.
TURKEY – Bosphorus University
U.K. - University of London, University of Oxford, University of Reading, University of Cambridge, Kent University, University of Glasgow, Weindenfeld Lectures, Oxford..
U.R.S.S. and Russia - Writers Union, Moskow, Tibilisi, Taskent, University of Human Sciences Moskow, Russian National Library of Saint-Petersburg, Lomonosov University Moskow.
U.S.A. - New York University, The City University of New York, Brooklyn College, Columbia University, Barnard College, Yale University, Harvard University, Cornell University, Christian Gauss Seminars-Princeton, Cooper Union-NY, Kent University, Tulsa University, UC-Los Angeles, UC-Berkeley, UC-Santa Barbara, San Francisco State College, Stanford University, Riverside University-California, Amherst College, University of Buffalo, Southern California University, Indiana University-Bloomington, University of Illinois-Urbana, University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, University of Texas-Austin, University of Colorado-Boulder, University of Kansas, Iowa University, Lehmann College-CUNY, Annenberg School of Communication-Philadelphia, Ann Arbor University, Vanderbilt University-Nashville, Society of Fellows-Columbia University, Society of Fellows-NYU, Pierpont Morgan Library, Pen Club-NY, University of Houston-Texas, Rutgers University, Maison Française-Columbia U., Maison Française-NYU, Casa Italiana-Columbia U., The New York Institute for the Humanities, Johns Hopkins University, University of Atlanta, Porto Rico University, Brown University, Jewish Museum-NY, Smithsonian Institution-Washington, Library of Congress-Whashington, Poetry Center Y-NewYork, Farleigh Dickinson University, New School of Social Sciences NY, Art Institute of Chicago, Folger Shakesperare Library in Washington, Bryn Mawr College (Philadelphia), Public Library New York, Rochester University. ONU, Beineke Library at Yale.
VENEZUELA - Universidad de Caracas, Universidad de Merida, Universidad de Maracaibo, Universidad de Barquisimeto.