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Marcel Danesi is known for his
work in language, communications, and semiotics. He is a frequent
lecturer, writes extensively, and is the editor of Semiotica.
Danesi is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the
University of Toronto.
After teaching Italian for many years,
Marcel now teaches semiotics and communications courses which draw
hundreds of students each year. His program is evolving into one
of the largest in the world. He is also a guest professor in
Lugano, Switzerland each year.
One of the most significant aspects of
Marcel’s work is his effort to make the ideas of semiotic theory
accessible to a broad range of interests. Although known as
semiotic scholar with publications in academe, he writes for
non-academic audiences as well, and frequently appears as a guest
on Canadian public television.
Marcel, along with Linda
Rogers, is the editor of the new series, Language and
Communication, of which Poetic Logic is the first
volume. Marcel, Linda, and François Tochon
are editors of the International
Journal of Applied Semiotics – the publication of the
American Education Research Association’s Special Interest Group
on Semiotics and Education.
Amilcare
A. Iannucci has taught in three countries and is the author of
numerous scholarly articles and books. Currently, he is a
professor of Comparative Literature
at the University of Toronto, where he also works closely
with the Centre for Medieval Studies
and directs the Humanities Centre.
Amilcare has given
over one-hundred and fifty guest lectures and seminars throughout
North America and Europe. Furthermore, he has acted as a visiting
professor at John Hopkins, McGill, UCLA, Calabria, Rome (Tor
Vergata), Siena, and Venice.
Over the years,
Amilcare has taken a especial interest in Dante. He has served as
the vice president of the Danta Society of America and has
produced multiple books and an educational videotape on the topic.
Amilcare, along
with Marcel Danesi, is the editor of The Semiotics of Writing.
His other English-language books include: Petrarch’s
Triumphs: Allegory and Spectacle, Saturn from Antiquity to
the Renaissance, and Italian Studies in North America.
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