Professor Cecilia Robustelli of Unimore Appointed to the Academic Body of the Accademia della Crusca
Professor Cecilia Robustelli, from the Department of Studies on Language and Culture at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, has been appointed by the College of Academicians of the Accademia della Crusca, which met in an extraordinary session, as one of 11 new Italian corresponding academicians of the prestigious institution.
"I am grateful to the Accademia della Crusca for this appointment as an Academician, which I consider a generous recognition of my research in the field of Italian linguistics—ranging from historical syntax and European language policy (also in my role as the Academy's delegate to the European Federation of National Institutions for Language [ www.efnil.org ], of which I am now Vice-President) to studies on sexist language and, more broadly, inclusive language. This is an area where my academic commitment meets my civic engagement in support of cultural change, for which language is a powerful instrument,” said Professor Robustelli. “In my twenty-five years of service at the Department of Linguistic and Cultural Studies at our university,” she continued, “I have always sought to enrich my teaching with the outcomes of my research and international experiences, in order to foster scientific reflection on language and to encourage a conscious use of language among the hundreds of students who have attended my courses—among which I’d like to mention ‘Language, Linguistics and Gender’—and who have enriched me in turn with their lively and insightful observations. For this reason, I would like to share the satisfaction of this recognition with them.”
The academic body of the Accademia della Crusca now consists of 114 academicians, divided into three categories: ordinary academicians (48), corresponding academicians (29 Italian and 37 foreign), and the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, who is an honorary academician.
Cecilia Robustelli is Full Professor of Italian Linguistics at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Since 2001, she has collaborated with the Accademia della Crusca on issues related to its language policy at the European level, as the Academy’s delegate to the European Federation of National Institutions for Language (EFNIL), of which she is currently Vice-President. She also works on matters concerning linguistic sexism and gendered language. She has collaborated with the European Commission’s DGT and DGI, as well as with central Italian state institutions (Chamber of Deputies, Department for Equal Opportunities at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Ministry of Education, University and Research - MIUR). Her roles have included: member of the Expert Group on Language (2015–16), the Technical Committee of the Creative Project (2017–18), and the Technical Working Group for drafting the Guidelines for the implementation of paragraph 16, article 1 of Law 107/2015 (2015–17). She coordinated the Working Group for Gender-Respectful Communication in Public Administration (2017–18), established by Ministerial Decree no. 508 of 19 July 2017, and co-authored the Guidelines for Gender Use in Administrative Language for MIUR (2018). At Unimore, she founded the GLIC Laboratory (Gender, Language, Communication). She is a member of the editorial boards of specialist journals, has published books and essays, and has written entries and chapters for encyclopaedias published by the Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, the Accademia della Crusca, and Treccani. Among her key publications are: Guidelines for Gender Use in Administrative Language, Florence, City of Florence and Accademia della Crusca, 2012; Women, Grammar and the Media, Rome, 2024; and Italian Language and Gender Issues, Rome, 2018. She serves on the Scientific Committee of the Tuscan Order of Journalists and the Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts of Modena. She has also been a member and Chair of the Equal Opportunities Committee (CPO) of the Union of Municipalities of Valdera, and is currently a member of the CPO of the Regional Council of Tuscany.
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