CIRCGE

(approved by the Board of Directors on 06/06/2019, minutes no. 100)

The “Interdisciplinary Research Center on Gender Cultures: Culture, Language, Economy, Law and Politics (CIRCgE)” was established at the University of International Studies of Rome in July 2019.

Objectives and target audience

The aim of the Center is to encourage the growth and diffusion of gender cultures, understood as cultures of integration, tolerance and the fight against all forms of discrimination.

The Center aims to be a place of meeting and cultural comparison to support and increase synergies between the academic world and civil society. From this perspective, the main recipients of the Centre's activities are identified as sector players, public and private political decision makers who carry out activities to direct and support gender policies, the national and international scientific community (Universities and research centres) ) engaged in teaching and research activities relating to gender issues; in teachers of schools of all levels; in NGO workers, journalists and all those civil society professionals who deal with gender issues in various capacities and in different contexts.

Areas of activity

The Center intends to promote, develop and coordinate research projects relating to the topic; transversal networks for the exchange of interdisciplinary data and information between those involved in the field of gender cultures; promotes interdisciplinary collaboration initiatives also with other national and international universities, bodies, institutes and research bodies. It promotes dissemination initiatives, study days, seminars, conferences, post-graduate and ongoing training activities. It also promotes discussion and related scientific publications in the relevant research areas. It carries out socio-cultural initiatives by inspiring concrete actions of integration and combating every form of discrimination in social life, also adhering to the objectives of the third mission - social impact of the university, aimed at communicating and disseminating knowledge through a direct relationship with the territory and with all its actors. The Center may include, according to the procedures set out in the Statute, professors, researchers and lecturers from the University of International Studies of Rome and/or other universities interested in the thematic areas pertaining to the Centre; professionals who work in Italian, European and international institutions, organizations and bodies and who carry out their professional and/or research activities in the field pertaining to the Centre; renowned experts in the scientific fields of interest to the Center and public and private institutions operating in the sector.

Research committee

Scientific chair

Antonella Ercolani
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
OF POLITICS
AND PSYCHO-SOCIAL DYNAMICS
UNINT

Steering committee

Simonetta Bartolini 
FACULTY OF INTERPRETING 
AND TRANSLATION UNINT

Stefania Cerrito 
FACULTY OF INTERPRETING 
AND TRANSLATION UNINT

Giada Mainolfi 
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS UNINT

Laura Mori 
FACULTY OF INTERPRETING 
AND TRANSLATION UNINT

Luciano Nieddu 
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS UNINT

Lucilla Pizzoli 
FACULTY OF INTERPRETING 
AND TRANSLATION UNINT

Sara Trucco 
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS UNINT

Members

Lorenzo Blini 
FACULTY OF INTERPRETING 
AND TRANSLATION UNINT

Danilo Breschi 
FACULTY OF SCIENCE 
OF POLITICS 
AND PSYCHO-SOCIAL DYNAMICS 
UNINT

Myriam Caratù 
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS UNINT

Maria Serena Felici 
FACULTY OF INTERPRETING 
AND TRANSLATION UNINT

Andrea Gentili 
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS UNINT

Marzia Martino 
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS UNINT

Ulderico Parente 
FACULTY OF SCIENCE 
OF POLITICS 
AND PSYCHO-SOCIAL DYNAMICS 
UNINT

Fabio Proia 
FACULTY OF INTERPRETING 
AND TRANSLATION UNINT

Mariagrazia Russo 
FACULTY OF INTERPRETING 
AND TRANSLATION UNINT

Najla Kalach

UNINT LECTURER

Angelo Iacovella

UNINT LECTURER

E-mail: circge@unint.eu

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