Professor; Associate Chair - Graduate
Carr Hall, Room 214, 100 St. Joseph Street Toronto, Ontario M5S 1J4
416-978-5807
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Areas of Interest
- History of Italian Language
- History of French Language
- Italian Lexicography
- French Lexicography
- Italian Language and Religion
- French Language and Religion
- European Linguistic Policies
- Italian and French Protestant Literature (16th century)
- Linguistic Aspects of Jesuit Relations (17th century)
Biography
FRANCO PIERNO (Laurea in Storia della lingua, Pavia; Doctorat en linguistique et philologie romanes, Strasbourg; Habilitation en Linguistique Italienne, Strasbourg) is a Full Professor (Italian Linguistics) and an "Accademico della Crusca" (Florence). Before coming to Toronto, he taught at the universities of Strasbourg, Basel, and Neuchâtel. He has also been invited as Visiting Researcher by the following academic institutions: John Carter Brown Library (Brown University; Visiting Fellow); "Fondation Maison Sciences de l'Homme" (Paris; "Directeur d'Études Associé"); Universität Dresden (Senior Fellow).
Education
- Habilitation, University of Strasbourg
- Doctorat, University of Strasbourg
- Laurea, University of Pavia
- Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Episcopal Seminary of Pavia
Awards
- 2023 Appointed to the Accademia della Crusca
- 2022 Excellence/Small Group Award University of Toronto
- 2019 Senior Fellow University of Dresden (Germany)
- 2019 Excellence/Small Group Award Faculty of Science and Arts – University of Toronto
- 2018 Connection Grant Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- 2018 Excellence/Small Group Award Faculty of Science and Arts – University of Toronto
- 2017 Research Grant ECOLE PRATIQUE DES HAUTES ETUDES-MAISON DES SCIENCES DE L’HOMME (PARIS)
- 2017 Research Grant LE STUDIUM (ORLEANS-TOURS)
- 2016 Research Grant the SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA
- 2015 Research Grant SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA
- 2014 Dean’s Excellence Award Faculty of Science and Arts – University of Toronto
- 2013 Excellence/Small Group Award Faculty of Science and Arts – University of Toronto
- 2012 Research Grant SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA
- 2012 Aid to Research Workshop SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA
- 2012 Faculty Exchange Fellowship Ontario-Baden Wurttemberg
- 2012 Dean’s Excellence Award Faculty of Science and Arts – University of Toronto
- 2011 Research Grant Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- 2010 Excellence/Small Group Award Faculty of Science and Arts – University of Toronto
- 2009 Scholar in Residence. Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Foundation Fellow John Carter Brown Library (Brown University – Providence, RI)
- 2009 Dean’s Excellence Award Faculty of Science and Arts – University of Toronto
- 2007 Publication Subvention Fellowship University of Strasbourg (France)
- 2004 Prix de thèse des Universités de l’Académie de Strasbourg University of Strasbourg (France)
- 2001 Fellowship of Herzog August Bibliothek Herzog August Bibliothek
- 2001 Scholarship Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs
- 2000 Fellowship (Bourse George Regard) University of Geneva (Switzerland)
Publications
- Convergenze plurilingui. Incroci e convivenze linguistiche tra Medioevo e prima età moderna. (De Gruyter : 2024)
- Le diciture della Storia. Testi e studi offerti ad Angelo Stella dagli allievi (Salerno : 2018)
- La Parola in fuga. Lingua italiana ed esilio religioso nel Cinquecento. (Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura : 2018)
- L'italiano alla prova. Lingua e cultura linguistica dopo l'Unità (Franco Cesati Editore : 2016)
- The Church and the Languages of Italy before the Council of Trent (Pontifical Institute for Mediaeval Studies : 2015)
- Bernardino Ochino, Apologi (Vecchiarelli (Cinquecento. Testi e studi di letteratura italiana) : 2013)
- Stampa meretrix. Scritti quattrocenteschi contro la stampa (Venezia: Marsilio : 2011)
- Postille Spiritual et Moral (Venise, 1517) (Bibliothèque de Linguistique Romane : 2008)
- Italofonie. Risvolti identitari e culturali della lingua italiana nei piccoli Stati e nelle realtà territoriali esigue. Atti della giornata di studi internazionale del 15 marzo 2007 (Consiglio d’Europa). (Publications du Conseil de l’Europe : 2008)
- Aspects lexicographiques du contact entre les langues dans l’espace roman. (Université de Strasbourg : 2008)
Administrative Service
Associate Chair - Graduate, Department of Italian Studies, 2021-2023