!!!Massimo Leone \\ %%(float:left;margin-left:20px;margin-right:30px;) [{Image src='Leone_Massimo_2022 - Foto accademica_small.jpg' alt='Massimo Leone' height='230'}] %% [{AcadMemberDataPlugin}] \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ __Present and Previous Positions__ *January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2024 Director of the Center for Religious Studies, “Bruno Kessler” Foundation, Trento, Italy *1. Nov. 2018 Full Tenured Professor of Philosophy of Communication, Cultural Semiotics, and Visual Semiotics, Department of Philosophy and Educational Sciences, University of Torino, Italy *Adjunct Professor at the Catholic University “Andrés Bello”, Caracas, Venezuela (UCAB) *2019 - 2024 Recipient of a 2018 ERC-Consolidator Grant *2022 - 2024 Recipient of a 2022 Proof of Concept Grant *Permanent Part-Time Full Professor of Semiotics, Department of Chinese Literature and Language, University of Shanghai, China *2018 - 2021 Vice-Director for Research, Department of Philosophy and Educational Sciences, University of Torino, Italy *Member of the Council of the Doctoral Program in Humanities, University of Torino, Italy *Member of the Council of the National Doctoral Program in Religious Studies, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia *Editor-In-Chief of the journal Semiotica (Walter De Gruyter) \\ __Fields of Scholarship__ [{AcadMemberFOScholarshipPlugin}] \\ __Honours and Awards__ *2023 Winner of an ERC Proof-of-Concept Grant: 150.000 Euros *2022 Winner of a FARE Research Competitive Call: 280.000 Euros *2022 Winner of a HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN Grant: 2.695.600 Euros *2019 Winner of an ERC Consolidator Grant: 2.000.000 Euros *2017 Winner of a Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Global Fellowship (with Dr Simona STANO): 176,203.80 Euros *2017 Shortlisted for ERC Consolidator Grant (Final Interview) *2016 MIUR-DAAD Joint Mobility Program: “CONTAGIONS. Proposal for the Constitution of an Italian - German Network of Young Scholars for the Study of Viral Misinformation and Hate-Speech in Present-Day Communication”: 9.765 Euros *2015 Comparative Analysis of Conspiracy Theories (COST): 660.000 Euros *2014 “Hochschuldialog mit Südeuropa”: 16.000 Euros *2014 Intensive Erasmus Programme: 31.650 Euros *2013 Consortium of Euro-Mediterranean Universities: 10.000 Euros *2012 Consortium of Italian-Argentinian Universities: 17.700 Euros *2011 European Science Foundation Research Conferences Scheme: 40.000 Euros *2010 Cooperlink Summer School with the New Bulgarian University (Italian Ministry of University and Research): 42.000 Euros *2009 Cooperlink Summer School with the New Bulgarian University (Italian Ministry of University and Research): 35.000 Euros *2009 EU LLP Curriculum Development (with the Universities of Lapland, Tartu, and the New Bulgarian University): 269.000 Euros *2008 Cooperlink Summer School with the New Bulgarian University (Italian Ministry of University and Research): 10.000 Euros *2006 Research Project on “Urban Writing and Re-Writing” (Italian Ministry of University and Research): 100.000 Euros \\ %%columns-900 %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/paper_content_pencil_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Curriculum Vitae |User/Leone_Massimo/CV] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/book_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Publication list|User/Leone_Massimo/Publications] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/camera_noflash_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Leone_Massimo/Highlight] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/database_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Other information|User/Leone_Massimo/OtherInformation] %% %% [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW edit mleone}][{ALLOW upload mleone}][{ALLOW comment All}]