SOMMAIOLO Paolo

PAOLO SOMMAIOLO
Napoli, 03/08/1959
Via J.F. Kennedy n. 365
80125 Napoli (ITALIA)
Tel. (casa): ++39/081/570.89.77
Tel. Cell.: 339/31.48.736
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Ricercatore in Discipline dello Spettacolo
Facoltà di Lingue e Letterature Straniere
Università degli Studi di Napoli”L’Orientale”
Dipartimento di Studi Letterari, Linguistici e Comparati
Palazzo Santa Maria Porta Coeli, via Duomo, n. 219
Napoli (ITALIA)
Tel. (Università): ++39/081/6909833
Fax Università: ++39/081/6909834
E-mail (Università): psommaiolo@unior.it



ACADEMIC CAREER
1990 – Degree (BA Hons) in Foreign and Modern Languages and Literature, University of Naples “L’Orientale”, final mark 110/110 cum laude

1991-1994 – Ph.D. in History of Modern and Contemporary Theatre, University of Salerno, University of Naples "Federico II" (partner), University of Naples “L’Orientale” (partner).

1996-1998 - Post-doctoral Fellowship in the History of Theatre and Performing Arts, University of Naples “L’Orientale”.



TITOLI
October 1992-June 2000 - Teacher of French as a Foreign language in state secondary schools (municipality of Naples).

July 1, 2000 - Researcher in Performing Arts, (SSD L-ART/05), School of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Naples “L’Orientale”. Tenured position since 7/1/2003.


COURSES TAUGHT
Academic year 1999-2000 - History of Italian Theatre, School of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Naples “L’Orientale”.

Academic year 2000-01 - History of Theatre, School of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Naples “L’Orientale”.

Academic year 2001-02 - History of Italian Theatre, School of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Naples “L’Orientale”.

Academic year 2002-03 - Theatre of cultural minorities, School of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Naples “L’Orientale”.

Academic year 2003-04 - History of Modern and Contemporary Theatre, School of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Naples “L’Orientale”.

Academic year 2004-05 - Academic year 2008-2009 - History of Theatre and Performing Arts, School of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Naples “L’Orientale”, BA degree course in Arts, Computing and Multimedia Languages.

Academic year 2009-10 - History of Modern and Contemporary Theatre, School of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Master Degree in European and American Languages and Literatures.

Academic year 2010-11 - History of Modern and Contemporary Theatre, School of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Naples “L’Orientale”, BA degree course in Languages, literatures and cultures of Europe and the Americas.

Academic year 2012-18 - History of Modern and Contemporary Theatre, Department of European Literary, Linguistics and Comparative Studies, University of Naples “L’Orientale”, BA degree course in Linguistic and Cultural Mediation.

Academic year 2019-23 - History of Modern and Contemporary Theatre, Department of European Literary, Linguistics and Comparative Studies, University of Naples “L’Orientale”, BA degree course in Linguistic and Cultural Mediation.



ACADEMIC ASSIGNMENTS
2012-2015: member of the Commission "Passages, transfers, curriculum and order changes", CdL in Languages, literatures and cultures of Europe and the Americas (EA).

2015-2020: President of the Commission "Passages, transfers, curriculum and order changes", CdL in Linguistic and Cultural Mediation (MC).

2016-2021: member of the Commission for evaluating requests for appointment as subject expert, CdL in Linguistic and Cultural Mediation (MC).

2018-2019: member of the Quality Assurance (AQ) management group, CdL in Linguistic and Cultural Mediation (MC) – class L-12.

2018-2019: member of the University Research Funds Allocation Commission, Department of Literary, Linguistic and Comparative Studies.

8/1/2019 – 20/10/2019: effective member of the University Disciplinary Board.

From 10/21/2019 -: appointed member of the Academic Senate as representative of the University's researchers, with Rectoral Decree n. 1026 of 10/21/2019.


From 2021-22: member of the Quality Assurance Management Group for the Master's Degree in Languages, Literatures and Cultures of Europe and the Americas.



INSTITUTIONAL ROLES
2005-2011: Member of the Ph.D. School in History of Modern and Contemporary Theatre, University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Department of European Literary and Linguistic Studies. Coordinator Prof. Claudio Vicentini (until 28/02/2011) and Prof. Lorenzo Mango (from 1/03/2011).

2012-2018: Member of the Ph.D. School in History of Modern and Contemporary Theatre, University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Department of European Literary, Linguistics and Comparative Studies, Coordinator Prof. Lorenzo Mango.

From March 2019 - : Member of the Ph.D. School in Literary, Linguistic and Comparative Studies, University of Naples "L'Orientale", Department of Literary, Linguistic and Comparative Studies, coordinator Prof. Carlo Vecce (prof.ssa Rossella Ciocca from the XXXV cycle).

2011-2023: member of the Scientific Committee of "Acting Archives Review", a six-monthly online magazine of studies on the actor and acting, authorization from the Court of Naples n. 82 of 21/10/2010, ISSN: 2039-9766, site: www.actingarchives.it.

Since 2015 member of the University Theater Council (CUT)

Since 2021 member of the Sigismondo Malatesta Association, a private cultural institution which since 1988 has promoted initiatives in various Italian cities in the following fields: literature, theatre, cinema, economics, historical and social sciences, cultural heritage.

Since 2022 member of the European Association for the Studies of Theater and Performance (EASTAP)



RESEARCH INTERESTS
2001-2004: Head of the Scientific Research Project “Acting and dramatic techniques in Raffaele Viviani’s Theatre”, University of Naples "L'Orientale", Department of Western European Literary and Linguistic Studies, (SSD L-ART/05: Performing Arts).

2006-2007: Head of the Scientific Research Project “Theatre and Dream. Stage representations of dreams through writing and performance”, University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Department of European Literary and Linguistic Studies, (SSD L-ART/05: Performing Arts).

2008-2009: Head of the Scientific Research Project “Theatre and Dream: staging the oniric experience in modern and contemporary theatre”, University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Department of European Literary and Linguistic Studies, (SSD L-ART/05: Performing Arts).

2010-2013: Head of the Scientific Research Project “Writing and staging the oniric experience in the 20th century European theatre”, University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Department of European Literary and Linguistic Studies, (SSD L-ART/05: Performing Arts).

2014-2016: Head Scientific Research Project "Naples and his theatrical tradition: contemporary reviews", University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Department of Literary, Linguistic and Comparative Studies, (SSD L-ART/05: Performing Arts).

2016-2017: Head Scientific Research Project "Contemporary scenes: the Mimmo Borrelli theater", University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Department of Literary, Linguistic and Comparative Studies, (SSD L-ART/05: Performing Arts).

Member of the Naples Research Unit in the MIUR Project COFIN 2003 “Acting theories in the modern and contemporary age. An archive of acting manuals and treatises”. Head of the Research Project: Professor Claudio Vicentini, University of Naples "L'Orientale".

Member of the Naples Research Unit in the MIUR Project COFIN 2005 “Acting for the theatre: acting theories in the modern age. An archive of acting manuals and treatises). Head of the Research Project: Prof. Claudio Vicentini, University of Naples "L'Orientale".

Member of the Research Project “Acting Archives. Archivio Internazionale dei trattati di recitazione”, Cofinanced by Regione Campania, Regional Law 13/04, University of Naples "L'Orientale", 2009-2010: filing of research findings, contacts with Italian and foreign institutions.

Member of the Scientific Research Programme of Relevant National Interest (PRIN 2009), “Acting theories and the art of directing. An archive and a catalogue of sources”. Scientific Coordinator Prof. Lorenzo Mango, University of Naples "L'Orientale", (from 10.17.2011 - to 10.17.2013).

2016-2017: Proposing coordinator of the annual research (tipologia B): 144/5000 "A contemporary cultural heritage to be safeguarded. The spectacular production of the United Theaters of Naples. Creation of a digital archive", University of Naples "L'Orientale", decreto n. 639,fondi del POR Campania FSE 2007 – 2013/ POR Campania FSE 2014 – 2020, Asse IV – Capitale Umano, Asse V – Transnazionalità ed Interregionalità.