izv. prof. dr. sc. Eliana Moscarda Mirković

Teaching

undergraduate

• Extra-Curricular Activity (263288) - Lecturer in charge
• Italian Literature in 14th Century (146931) - Lecturer in charge
• World Literature in Translations (255190) - Lecturer in charge

graduate

• Cultural and literary heritage in tourism (245649) - Lecturer in charge
• Italian language I-1 (88905) - Lecturer in charge
• Italian language I-2 (88919) - Lecturer in charge
• Language Learning Strategies (201343) - Lecturer in charge
• Multicultural Aspects of Literature (201340) - Lecturer in charge
• Practice (202538) - Lecturer in charge
• Practice-Double Degree (275150) - Lecturer in charge
• Realism in Italian Literature in 1930s. Neorealism (201334) - Lecturer in charge
• Teaching Italian Literature (227534) - Lecturer in charge

Consultations

Prior notice to email: eliana.moscarda.mirkovic@unipu.hr

Biography

Eliana Moscarda Mirković holds the position of Associate Professor of Italian Language and Literature at the Juraj Dobrila University of Pula in Croatia. She graduated with honours (summa cum laude) from the University of Trieste in Italy and obtained her MSc from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, Croatia. Her master's thesis focused on "The role of memory in the prose of Italian authors of Istria and Kvarner." She earned her Ph.D. at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb with a doctoral thesis titled "Multilingual, intercultural, and intertextual polyphony in the literary production of Carolus. L. Cergoly." She has authored numerous scientific articles published in academic journals worldwide. Additionally, she has written three monographs exploring Istrian writers who compose and publish in Italian, multilingualism in literature and linguistic constructions of the Istriot language. Her academic engagements extend to delivering conference presentations at both national and international levels. Actively involved in academic communities, she serves as a member of several associations and university boards. As the principal investigator, Dr. Moscarda Mirković leads the international research project "Linguistic and Cultural Memory Archive of Istria." Moreover, she assumes the role of chief editor for the scientific journal Studia Polensia and directs the Graduate Double Degree Diploma (ITALI) program in collaboration with the University for Foreigners of Perugia, Italy. Her comprehensive expertise in Italian literature and linguistic studies has solidified her position as a distinguished academic figure with a notable impact on the field.

List of select publications

Plurilinguistic, intertextual, intercultural polyphony in the literary production of Carolus L. Cergoly, Pula: Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, 2016 (monograph)

The multiple routes of memory. Autobiographical paths in women's writing of Istria and Kvarner, Pula: Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, 2014 (monograph)

On the footsteps of culinary traditions in Galižana. Cultural, historical and linguistic aspects, Università Popolare di Trieste; Unione Italiana di Fiume, 2015 (monograph)

Study of the Italian imaginary. An interdisciplinary perspective, Prospero Editore, Asti (Italy) 2019., ISBN  978-88-85491-72-4 (monograph)

Look at Italian Imaginary. Linguistic, literary and cultural aspects, Pula: Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, 2019, ISBN  978-953-8278-25-9 (miscellanea).

Professional memberships

Research interests:

Literary criticism, multilingualism and multiculturalism in literary works, critical reviews on translated literary works, dialectology (linguistic and philological studies of the Istriot dialect of Galižana).

Member of associations:

A.I.S.L.L.I. (International Association for Studies of Italian Language and Literature)

International Association of Italian Teachers - AIPI

ICLA - International Comparative Literature Association

ATINER - Athens Institute for Education and Research

Croatian Association of Applied Linguistics

Pietas Iulia - Society of Studies and Research

Rete per l'eccellenza dell'italiano istituzionale (R.E.I.) - Network of Excellence for Institutional Italian Language

Research Center of the Linguistic and Cultural Heritage of Istria

List of select projects

International Research Project: Archivio della memoria linguistica e culturale istriana / Archive of Istrian Linguistic and Cultural Memory

• Supported by: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic, Università Popolare di Trieste (Italy) 
• Project duration: 2018-2020
• Scientific field: Humanities - Philology
• Institutions: Juraj Dobrila University of Pula (Croatia), University of Triest (Italy)
• Principal Investigators: Eliana Moscarda Mirković (Juraj Dobrila University of Pula-Croatia), Franco Crevatin (University of Triest-Italy)

International Research Project: Sulle orme della tradizione culinaria gallesanese. Aspetti culturali e storico-linguistici / In the footsteps of the culinary tradition of Galižana. Cultural and historical-linguistic aspects

• Supported by: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic, Università Popolare di Trieste
• Project duration: 2013-2015
• Scientific field: Humanities - Philology
• Institutions: Università Popolare di Trieste (Italy), Italian Union of Rijeka (Croatia)
• Principal Investigator: Eliana Moscarda Mirković (Juraj Dobrila University of Pula-Croatia)

International Research Project: Višerazinski pristup govornom diskursu u jezičnom razvoju / Multilevel approach to discourse in language development

• Supported by: Hrvatska zaklada za znanost
• Project duration: 2018-2022
• Scientific field: Social Sciences - Speech-language pathology
• Institutions: Universiry of Zagreb (Croatia), "Sorbonne" University of Paris (France), University of Wien (Austria), University of Osijek (Croatia), Juraj Dobrila University of Pula (Croatia), Institute for Croatian Language and Linguistics (Croatia)
• Principal Investigator: Gordana Hržica (University of Zagreb-Croatia)

International Research Project: Službena dvojezičnost u slovenskoj i hrvatskoj Istri - primjer prevođenja administrativnih tekstova / Official bilingualism in the Slovene and the Croatian Istria: the traslation of administrative texts

• Supported by:  Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia 
• Project duration: 2018-2019
• Scientific field: Humanities - Philology
• Institutions: University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), University of Koper (Slovenia), Juraj Dobrila University of Pula (Croatia)
• Principal Investigators: Ivana Lalli Paćelat (Juraj Dobrila University of Pula-Croatia), Mojica Kompara (University of Maribor-Slovenia)

International Research Project: Storia della Letteratura della Comunità Nazionale Italiana / History of the Literature of the Italian National Community

• Supported by:  Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic, Università Popolare di Trieste (Italy)
• Project duration: 2005-2008
• Scientific field: Humanities – Philology
• Institutions: Università Popolare di Trieste (Italy), Italian Union of Rijeka (Croatia): Society of Studies and Research Pietas Iulia (Pula-Croatia)
• Principal Investigator: Nelida Milani Kruljac

International Research Project: Civiltà istriana. Ricerche e proposte / Istrian civilization. Research and Proposals

• Supported by:  Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic, Università Popolare di Trieste (Italy)
• Project duration: 2005-2008
• Scientific field: Humanities – Philology
• Institutions: Università Popolare di Trieste (Italy), Italian Union of Rijeka (Croatia): Society of Studies and Research Pietas Iulia (Pula-Croatia)
• Principal Investigator: Nelida Milani Kruljac

Scientific project: Književnice na talijanskom jeziku u Istri i Kvarneru / The Authoresses of the Italian Ethnic Community in Istria and Kvarner

• Supported by: Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia 
• Project duration: 2002-2006
• Scientific field: Humanities – Philology
• Institutions: Juraj Dobrila University of Pula (Croatia)
• Principal Investigator: Elis Deghenghi Olujić (Juraj Dobrila University of Pula-Croatia)

International Research Project: L’italiano fra i giovani dell’istro-quarnerino / The Italian Language Spoken by the Young People in Istria and Kvarner Region

• Supported by:  Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic, Università Popolare di Trieste (Italy)
• Project duration: 2001-2003
• Scientific field: Humanities – Philology
• Institutions: Università Popolare di Trieste (Italy), Italian Union of Rijeka (Croatia), Society of Studies and Research Pietas Iulia (Pula-Croatia)
• Principal Investigator: Nelida Milani Kruljac

Past employments

from 2019 to present - Director of the Graduate Double Degree ITALI with the University for Foreigners of Perugia (Italy)

from 2020 to present - Director of the mono-curricular Bachelor and Master Degrees in Italian Language and Literature

from 2017 to 2021 - Editor in Chief of Studia Polensia - Journal of Faculty of Interdisciplinary, Italian and Cultural Studies

from 2001 to 2021 - Court Interpreter for Italian Language

from 2017 to 2020 - Vice Dean of Faculty of Interdisciplinary, Italian and Cultural Studies, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula

from 2017 to 2019 - Head of Section Italian Studies - Faculty of Interdisciplinary, Italian and Cultural Studies, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula

from 2017 to present - Assistant Professor - Faculty of Interdisciplinary, Italian and Cultural Studies, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula

from 2007 to 2018 - Erasmus Coordinator - Faculty of Interdisciplinary, Italian and Cultural Studies, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula

from 2012  to 2016 - Postdoctoral fellow - Senior Teaching Assistant - Department of Studies in Italian Language and Department of Interdisciplinary, Italian and Cultural Studies, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula

from 2008 to 2012 - Teaching Assistant - Department of Studies in Italian Language, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula

from 2007 to 2008 - Research Assistant - Department of Studies in Italian Language, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula

from 2003 to 2007 - Research Assistant - Department of Humanities, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula

from 1998 to 2002 - Teacher of Italian Language and Literature and Latin Language - Secondary School „Leonardo da Vinci“ in Buie

from 1996 to 1997 - Journalist - Newspaper “La Voce del Popolo”