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2026

Artist Talk: Contemporary Art Today

Dagmar Reichardt and Prof. Claus Friede (Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Hamburg, Germany) held the opening "Artist Talk: Contemporary Art Today - Curatorial Practice, Artistic Research, and International Collaboration" in the frame of the International Gyumri Art Week 2026, Fifth Edition: City and Time, co-organized by Sargis Hovhannisyan (GAW, Armenia), Nazaret Karoyan (ICA, Armenia), Victoria Ilyushkina (CYLAND, Armenia), Gor Margaryan (Muthesius Kunsthochschule, Germany), Jan‑Niklas Thape (Kunstakademie Münster, Germany), Karen Barseghyan (Artzon, Armenia), Vahagn Ghukasyan (Gyumri Branch of the State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia), Irena Popiashvili (Free University of Tbilisi, Georgia), Tigran Mets 11/4, Gyumri, Armenia, ODA: Heritage Room, 8.8.2026, 12:00-14:00.

American University of Rome (AUR): Presentation of the Italo-Anglo-Japanese Biopic by Mujah Maraini-Melehi

Deborah Belford de Furia, Mujah Maraini-Melehi and Dagmar Reichardt at the AUR in Rome, 2026

On 11.6.2026 the acclaimed presentation of the Italo-Anglo-Japanese biopic Haiku on a Plum Tree (2016) by Mujah Maraini-Melehi (scriptwriter and film director) and Deborah Belford de Furia (scriptwriter and film consultant) at the American University of Rome (AUR) took place in the vibrant atmosphere of the campus located on the Gianicolo, one of the classical seven hills of Rome in the heart of the city, close to Trastevere. In the frame of the Fifth International Conference of the Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies, Dagmar Reichardt presented the two film makers on Day 1 of the conference in the frame of Section 1 to the public. Reichardt introduced the scientific definition of Transcultural Cinema to label the arthouse production of the two filmmakers by pinpointing female lines of tradition in the history of Italian-related cinema. To round up the panel session, Haiku on a Plum Tree was shown to the international film experts, professional audience, scholars and movie fans in the Auriana Auditorium of the AUR. Read more about this film online on KulturPort.De, published on 1.7.2026.

Dacia Maraini, "One of the Most Influential Intellectuals of our Time"

Italian author Dacia Maraini at the annual international book fair „Buch Wien“, 2025. Foto: © C.Stadler/Bwag; Lizenz: CC-BY-SA-4.0

Literary critic Luigi Saitta (RAI 1), former head of department of TG1 (the flagship television newscast produced by the state-owned Italian public broadcaster RAI), calls Dacia Maraini “one of the most influential intellectuals of our time.” The former chief editor in charge of society, culture, and entertainment, overseeing the book section on TG1 for 13 consecutive years, refers in his article about Maraini in the German online magazine KulturPort.De to Dagmar Reichardt's 680-page volume, which deals with literary translation, Translation Studies, and Dacia Maraini's complete works after ten years of research.

Luigi Saitta: "Dacia Maraini, eine der prägendsten Intellektuellen unserer Zeit", online publication on www.kultur-port.de, 8.1.2026.

Opening Address by Rector John McCourt, 2nd International Congress of Transcultural Studies, Riga

Rector John McCourt about Dagmar Reichardt's & Raffaele Tumino's Congress

Opening Address by Rector John McCourt, 2nd International Congress of Transcultural Studies, Riga held in the frame of the congress Give and Take: Transdisciplinary Spaces of “Cohesive Netting” From Glocal History to Digitalization, Augmented Realities, and AI-Techniques, 1st International Congress of Transcultural Studies [formally the very first international conference on the research field of Transcultural Studies ever held in Latvian academia], initiated, co-organized and presented by Dagmar Reichardt (Latvian Academy of Culture, Latvia) and Raffaele Tumino (University of Macerata, Italy), Latvian Academy of Culture, presented on the opening of the congress at the Latvian Academy of Culture’s Theatre House “Zirgu Pasts”, Dzirnavu iela 46, Riga, Latvia, 30.6.2026, 15:00-15:30 h.

The Prix Erica 2026 goes to Iain Chambers

The Prix Erica 2026—European Media, Culture, and Science Award goes to Iain Michael Chambers, presented by Dagmar Reichardt at the Latvian Academy of Culture, riga, on 30.6.2026

On June 30th, 2026, the Prix Erica 2026—European Media, Culture, and Science Award, sponsored by the Swiss foundation Fondation Erica Sauter based in Geneva, was awarded to the British sociologist, historian and Cultural Studies scholar Iain Michael Chambers for the publication of his last book The Mediterranean Question (authored with Marta Cariello, Punctum Books, 2025) in recognition of his scholarly and scientific achievements. The ceremonial award presentation took place in Riga, Latvia during the opening of the 2nd International Congress of Transcultural Studies entitled Give and Take: Transdisciplinary Spaces of “Cohesive Netting” From Glocal History to Digitalization, Augmented Realities, and AI-Techniques, co-organized and presented by Dagmar Reichardt (Latvian Academy of Culture, Latvia), Raffaele Tumino (University of Macerata, Italy), and Costantino Maeder (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium), at the Latvian Academy of Culture’s Theatre House “Zirgu Pasts”, Dzirnavu iela 46, Riga, Latvia, 30.6.2026, 15:00-19:00 h.

2025

Award Ceremony for Italy's Most Popular Female Writer Dacia Maraini

An evening with Dacia Maraini and the Associazione Antonello da Messina, festive award ceremony co-organized and directed by Dagmar Reichardt (President of the Fondation Erica Sauter, Genève) and Milena Romeo (President of the Associazione Antonello da Messina, Messina-Roma), jointly hosted at the Forum Austriaco (Rome), award ceremony of the 2. Prix Erica: European Media, Culture, and Science Award as well as the Premio Antonello da Messina in the frame of a roundtable co-presented with Milena Romeo, Dacia Maraini (guest of honour), Belén María Herández-González (Universidad de Murcia, Spain), and Rino Caputo (Università Tor Vergata Roma, Italy), Forum Austriaco di Cultura Roma, Viale Bruno Buozzi 113, 00197 Rome/Italy, 10.10.2025, 15:00-19:00 h.

Academic Publisher Acclaims Dacia Maraini as "Internationally Renowned Author"

Facebook announcement, Peter Lang Publisher, 10.12.2025

"Two months ago today, on 10 October 2025, the book presentation and award ceremony of our internationally renowned author Dacia Maraini took place at the library of the Austrian Cultural Institute in Rome, featuring her latest work Le tante traduzioni dell opera di Dacia Maraini.

The book presentation marked the crowning conclusion of a total of eight years of work on this volume. The book is Volume 16 in the series Transcultural Studies - Interdisciplinary Literature and Humanities for Sustainable Societies.

The event not only found the attention of the national Italian press, but also resulted in two television features and a radio broadcast.

Dacia Maraini's latest title: www.peterlang.com/document/1288809

Discover the series: www.peterlang.com/senies/tsil

#PeterLangPublishing #AcademicBooks"

(Facebook announcement, by Peter Lang Publisher, 10.12.2025)

Academic Seal Award of the University of Macerata to Wolfgang Welsch

With Wolfgang Welsch, Raffaele Tumino, Rita el-Khayat, and Simone Betti

On the opening of the 1st International Conference on the Research Field of Transcultural Studies in Italy dealing with the bilingual (English | Italian) topic Borderlands, Mobility, and Rights in the Age of Glocalization: Transculturality as a (Re-) Constructive Method" | "Terre di frontiera, mobilità e diritti nell’era della glocalizzazione. La transculturalità come metodo (ri-) costruttivo, initiated, co-organized and presented by Dagmar Reichardt (Latvian Academy of Culture, Riga), Raffaele Tumino (University of Macerata), and Simone Betti (Dean of the Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism Sciences, University of Macerata), the leading contemporary researcher of Transcultural Studies and German philosopher Prof. em. Dr. phil. Wolfgang Welsch was awarded the Academic Seal of the University of Macerata in recognition of his intellectual, publicistic and research achievements in the field of Transcultural Studies. Together with the Moroccan psychiatrist and anthropologist Rita el-Khayat, who was honored for her ongoing commitment to combating gender-based violence, both professors received this commendation on Wednesday, April 9th, 2025 in the Aula Magna of the Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism Sciences at the Luigi Bertelli Educational Center of the University of Macerata, Italy, 9.4.2025.

Follow-up of the 1st International Congress of Transcultural Studies

Iain Chambers (left), Dagmar Reichardt (center), and Raffaele Tumino (right), Macerata University, Italy, 2025

During the conclusive conference wrap-up (on April 10th, 2025) of the analytic concept regarding "Transculturality as a (Re-) Constructive Method", presented by Dagmar Reichardt in the frame of the 1st International Congress of Transcultural Studies in Italy, Borderlands, Mobility, and Rights in the Age of Glocalization: Transculturality as a (Re-) Constructive Method, initiated, co-organized and presented by Dagmar Reichardt (Latvian Academy of Culture, Riga), Raffaele Tumino (University of Macerata), and Simone Betti (Dean of the Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism Sciences, University of Macerata), Dagmar Reichardt is already discussing new plans for the continuation of the inaugural conference and lecture series on the topic of Transcultural Studies, alongside keynote speaker Iain Chambers (left) and conference director Raffaele Tumino (right) at the University of Macerata, Dipartimento di Scienze della Formazione, dei Beni Culturali e del Turismo, Polo Didattico Luigi Bertelli, Aula Magna, Via Luigi Bertelli 1, Macerata, Italy, 10.4.2025, 18:30-19 h.

Higher Education Forum in Osaka 2025

Education Panel, Osaka, The 7th World Congress of Education

Translation, Foreign Language Acquisition and Transculturality: The Japanese Experience of Italophone Writer Dacia Maraini, in the frame of The 7th World Congress of Education (WCE-2025), Session 04: Higher Education Forum (II), coordinated by Miranda Liu, 11.-13.11.2025, Grand Prince Hotel Osaka Bay, Place: Yamato B, Fifth Floor, Osaka, Japan, 12.11.2025, 13:30-17:10 h.

Lecture at Hilo, Hawaii about "The Transculturality of an Open Concept of Translation"

Lecture about "The Transculturality of an 'Open' Concept of Translation: The Case of Italian Female Writer Dacia Maraini"

Dagmar Reichardt presented the topic of The Transculturality of an "Open" Concept of Translation: The Case of Italian Female Writer Dacia Maraini, in a Themed Session (Panel: Literary Humanities) in the frame of the 23rd International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities about Oceanic Journeys: Multicultural Approaches in the Humanities (University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, United States of America, 25-27 June 2025). View this lecture about Transcultural and Translation Studies on YouTube by following the link below.

MDRN Research Lab of the University of Leuven

Family Fictions Conference (group photo)

Dagmar Reichardt participated at Panel 5 (Matriarchy) of the International MDRN Congress Family Fictions: Generations and Genealogies in European Culture, organized by the Literary Studies Department of the Catholic University of Leuven, coordinated by Dr. Fatima Borrmann for the MDRN Research Lab, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Justus Lipsiuszaal, Erasmushuis, Blijde Inkomststraat 21, 3000 Leuven, Belgium, 15th-17th May 2025, 9:00-18:00 h.

2024

Book Presentation at the International Frankfurt Book Fair 2024

Book preview of the title Le tante traduzioni dell'opera di Dacia Maraini: Studi, analisi e d approcci comparatistici con testi originali dell'autrice e con un laboratorio di traduzioni letterarie presented by Dagmar Reichardt, with a voice message and greeting by Dacia Maraini, co-organized by Peter Lang Publisher, 18.10.2024, 14:30-15:30 h, International Frankfurt Book Fair presenting Italy as the Guest of Honor 2024 ("Verwurzelt in der Zukunft" |"Radicati nel futuro" | "Roots in the Future"), Peter Lang Publisher, booth G48 in Hall 4.0.

Dacia Maraini: "Land of Women"? - The "Translation" of Violence, Gender and Language in Literature

International Frankfurt Book Fair Italy Guest of Honor 2024

Together with Peter Lang Group editor, Professor Dagmar Reichardt, the cosmopolitan author, poet and playwright from Italy Dacia Maraini gives a lecture (in German and Italian language) on the topic of "Land of Women"? - The "Translation" of Violence, Gender and Language in Literature ("Land der Frauen"? - Die "Übersetzung" von Gewalt, Geschlecht und Sprache in Literatur). - Meet one of Italy's most important voices and a feminist pioneer on Friday, October 18th, 2024, 2:30-3:30 p.m., at the International Frankfurt Book Fair presenting Italy as the Guest of Honor 2024 ("Verwurzelt in der Zukunft" |"Radicati nel futuro" | "Roots in the Future"), at booth G48 in Hall 4.0.

Find more information:

https://www.peterlang.com/dacia-maraini-im-autorinnengespraech/

https://connect.buchmesse.de/newfront/sessions/4526

https://www.facebook.com/events/1057327236042677/?active_tab=discussion

https://www.infoaipi.org/news/dettaglio/?id=89

https://exilpen.org/dacia-maraini-autorinnengespraech-20241018/

Literary Evening with Dacia Maraini

"Serata letteraria con Dacia Maraini in conversazione con Dagmar Reichardt", interview with Dacia Maraini (online via Zoom), organized, coordinated and moderated by Prof. Anastasija Gjurcinova, University SS. Cirillo e Metodio of Skopje, Italian Department, and the Ambassy of Italy in Skopje, in the frame of the 24th Settimana della lingua italiana nel mondo, Europe House Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia, 16.10.2024, 19:00-22:00 h.

Prize "Targa Antonello" awarded to Pietro Frassica (University of Princeton)

In the frame of the symposium Vita e spettacolarizzazione della vita. Verso il centenario dei Quaderni di Serafino Gubbio di Luigi Pirandello, organized by Lia Fava Guzzetta, Giorgio Forni, Francesco Galatà and Maria Melania Vitale, special guest Prof. Pietro Frassica (University of Princeton) received the prize "Targa Antonello" granted by the Association Antonello da Messina in cooperation with the Rectorate of the Università di Messina, Accademia dei Pericolanti, Messina / Italy, 29.4.2024, 9:00 -18:00 h.

Reflections and Practices for Inclusion

Dagmar Reichardt with Iain Chambers 2024

Narrazioni migranti di un mare transculturale. Riflessioni e pratiche per l'inclusione, co-teaching unit held together with Prof. Iain Chambers (Università di Napoli L'Orientale) coordinated by Professor Raffaele Tumino (Università di Macerata), online webinar at University of Macerata, Macerata, Italy, on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 for further preparing a prospective Transcultural Networking Program.

Rosa Balistreri: To the one Whose Passion is Never Estinguished

View the poster of the new Rosa Balistreri Museum: Casa di Rosa, Licata

"Rosa Balistreri: A colei la cui passione non si spegne mai", greetings from Dagmar Reichardt read by Sicilian poet Piero Carbone on the occasion of the opening of the new Rosa Balistreri Museum ("La casa di Rosa") with its Center for Sicilian and Mediterranean Culture (Centro Studi Cultura siciliana e mediterranea), Via Martinez 42, Licata / Italy, 21.3.2024, 10:30 h.

View the reviews of this event:

Nicola Scardina: "Licata, cultural laboratory inaugurated: Casa di Rosa", in: NewSicily [Italian-English web-portal], 24.3.2024.

Nicola Scardina: "Rosa Balistreri – Erinnerung an die sizilianische Protestsängerin", in: Kultur-Port.De [German web-portal], 27.3.2024.

2023

A prospective Transcultural Network Program

With Rector John McCourt and Prof. Raffaele Tumino

First Meeting with Rector Prof. John McCourt (first foreign Rector of an Italian university) and Professor Raffaele Tumino, Co-Editor-in-chief of the Italo-English review Transculturale (Scientific periodical of ANVUR Area 10 - Class A) at the Rectorate of Macerata University, Italy, on Monday, November 20, 2023 preparing a prospective Transcultural Networking Program.

Endorsement of "The Round Dance" by Carmine Abate

Half-title of the novel "The Round Dance" by Carmine Abate

Opening endorsement by Dagmar Reichardt for the English version of the book by Carmine Abate, The Round Dance: A Novel, New Brunswick, Camden - Newark, New Jersey - London - Oxford, Rutgers University Press, 2023, with a foreword by Francesco Altimari, translated from Italian into English by Michelangelo La Luna (original title: Carmine Abate, Il ballo tondo, Milano, Mondadori, 1991).