RUOCCO Monica

- Full Professor at the Università degli studi di Napoli L'Orientale
- Professore Associato at the Università degli studi di Napoli L'Orientale where she is professor of Arabic Language and Literature for graduated and post-graduated students.
- "Professore Associato" at the Faculty of "Lettere e Filosofia" of the University of Palermo.
- “Ricercatore” at the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures of the University of Lecce, where she is professor of Arabic Language and Literature for graduated and post-graduated students.
- “Cercheur associé” in the reesearch board EA 1734 (Etudes arabes et Orient contemporain) at the “Université Paris III” (Sorbonne Nouvelle) since 2003.
- Member of the directive Council and representative for Italy of the European Association for the Modern Arabic Literature (EURAMAL) dal 2005.
- Participation at conferences in Italy, Europe and in the Arab world.
EDUCATION:
- Post-graduate biannual grant for a research about: “Recent trends in Modern Arabic Literary Criticism” at the Istituto Universitario Orientale (Naples) (1996-1998).
- Ph.D. in “Studies on Middle East and Maghreb” with a thesis about “Politica, cultura letteratura: per una definizione dell'intellettuale arabo. L'esempio della rivista al-Adab (1953-1986)” (Politics, Culture, Literature: a Definition of the Arab Intellectual through the lebanese review al-Adab (1953-1986). (22/12/1994).
- Certificate of “Preparation to Research in Arabic Language” (Institut Français d’Etudes Arabes de Damas - I.F.E.A.D) (1994).
- Certificate of Literary Arabic and Arabic-French/French-Arabic Translation (Université Paris III - La Sorbonne Nouvelle) (1991).
- Diploma of Arabic and Islamic Studies (Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi e di Islamistica - Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at Rome) (1991).
- Diploma of Arabic Language by the “Institute of Arabic Language for Foreigners” of Damascus (1989).
- Laureate in “Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne” (Foreign Modern Languages and Literatures: Arabic), 110/110 cum laude (Istituto Universitario Orientale – Naples) (1988).
- Diploma of Arabic Language by the University of Ayn Shams (Cairo) (1987).

SCIENTIFIC EXPERIENCE:
- Participation at the Summer School of the New York University with a lecture about “Arab representations of the West during the XIX century Egyptian nahda (1798-1930)” (Lecce, 12 june 2007)
- Member of the Board of Examiners for the PhD thesis at the Inalco (Institut des Langues et Civilisations Orientales) in Parigi for the discussion of Mme Abourachid about «La revue libanaise Shi’r et l’une de ses figures : Ounsi el-Hage. Catalogage et analyse de contenu de la revue Shi’r et étude de l’œuvre poétique de Ounsi el-Hage» (9 december 2006).
- Member of the College of Doctorate in "Linguistic, Literary and Cultural Studies" (Dip. of Lingue e Letterature Straniere and Dip. of Filologia, Linguistica and Letteratura) of the University of Lecce from 2004-2005.
- Member of the directive Council of the Italian Society for the Studies on the Middle East (SeSaMO) 2001-2007.
- Chief redactor of the review Oriente Moderno published by the “Istituto per l’Oriente” (since 1994).
- Partecipation at the seminar about the metodologies of teaching Arabic as foreign language (Centro Studi per i Popoli Extra-europei Cesare Bonacossa – University of Pavia (Pavia, 12-14 aprile 1999).
- Professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures of the Istituto Universitario Orientale (Naples) (aa.aa. 1998-2002).
- Grant for a field research from the “Centre d’Etudes en Sciences Humaines et Sociales” – CESHS (ex IRMC), Rabat – Morocco (1998).
- Participation to the project “Forum per l’intercultura” organized by the European Union and Caritas of Rome (1994-2000).
- Teacher of Arabic Language (I, II and III level) at the Istituto per l’Oriente “C. A. Nallino” (Rome) (1994-1999).
- Participation to the “Cycle Doctoral” at the École Contacts et échanges culturels en Méditerranée (Université de Provence a Aix-en-Provence - France) (1993).
- Grant of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a one-year stage in Syria (a.a. 1989-1990).
- Grant of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a six months stage in Egypt (a.a. 1986-1987).

RESEARCH PROJECTS
- Coordinator of the Project “Sguardi di pace. Incontri tra le culture del Mediterraneo orientale”, Università degli Studi di Lecce, Regione Puglia (Lecce 3-4 maggio 2007).
- PRIN 2005: Tradizioni e motivi epici e cavallereschi nelle culture orientali, Università degli Studi di NAPOLI "L'Orientale"
- Histoire de la littérature arabe moderne, University of Paris III (La Sorbonne Nouvelle) (2002-)
- The Ibn Ishaq Translation Programme, UNESCO, Culture Sector, Division of Arts and Cultural Enterprise (2003-2004)
- Corpus Bilingue italiano-arabo, Operative Programme “Linguistica” (Cluster 18 del MURST), the Dipartimento di Studi Asiatici dell’Istituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli (2002-2003).
- Conflitti e culture del Mediterraneo, “Forum per i Problemi della Pace e della Guerra” - Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche of the University of Florence (1997-1998)
- Repertorio degli scrittori arabi contemporanei, I. Camera d’Afflitto,CNR (1994-1997).