UMBERTO ECO - CURRICULUM VITAE.
(January 2005)
Born in Alessandria (Piemonte), Italy, January 5, 1932.
Academic Degrees
1954 - Laurea in Philosophy at the University of Torino.
1961 - Libero Docente in Aesthetics.
1975 - Ordinario di Semiotica at the University of Bologna.
1985 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Katolieke Universiteit, Leuven.
1986 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Odense University, Danmark.
1987 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Loyola University, Chicago.
1987 - Doctor Honoris Causa, State University of New York.
1987 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Royal College of Arts, London.
1988 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Brown University.
1989 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Paris, Sorbonne Nouvelle.
1989 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Liège.
1990 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Sofia.
1990 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Glasgow.
1990 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
1992 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Kent University, Canterbury
1993 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Indiana University.
1994 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Tel-Aviv.
1994 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Buenos Aires
1995 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Athens
1995 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Laurentian University at Sudbury (Ontario)
1996 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
1996 Doctor Honoris Causa, University Ovidius, Constanta.
1996 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Santa Clara (California)
1996 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Tartu
1997 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Grenoble
1997 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha.
1998 Doctor Honoris Causa, Lomonosov University of Moscow.
1998 Doctor Honoris Causa, Freie Universität, Berlin.
2000 Doctor Honoris Causa, Université du Quebec, Montreal
2001 Doctor Honoris Causa, Open University
2002 Doctor Honoris Causa, Rutgers University
2002 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Jerusalem
2002 Doctor Honoris Causa, Università di Siena
2004 Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Franche Comté, Besançon
2005 UCLA Medal
Academic Appointments
1961-4 Lecturer in Aesthetics at the University of Torino, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia and at the
Politecnico of Milano, Facoltà di Architettura.
1966-69: Associate Professor of Visual Communication, Facoltà di Architettura, University of Firenze.
1969-71 Associate Professor of Semiotics, Facoltà di Architettura, Politecnico di Milano.
1969 Visiting Professor: New York University
1971-75 Associated Professor of Semiotics, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, University of Bologna.
1972 Visiting Professor Northwestern University
1975 -. Full Professor of Semiotics, University of Bologna.
1975 Visiting Professor UC-San Diego
1976 Visiting Professor New York University
1976-77, 1980-83: Director of the Istituto di Discipline della Comunicazione e dello Spettacolo, University
of Bologna.
1977 Visiting Professor Yale University
1978 Visiting Professor Columbia University
1980 Visiting Professor Yale University
1981 Visiting Professor Yale University
1983/88 Director of the Istituto di Discipline della Comunicazione, University of Bologna.
1984 Visiting Professor Columbia University
1986/02 Director of the PhD Program in Semiotics, University of Bologna.
1989 -... President of the International Center for Semiotic and Cognitive studies, University of San Marino.
1989-95 Member of the CSEO (Executive Scientific Committee) of the University of San Marino
1990 Tanner Lecturer, Cambridge University.
1992/93 Professeur étranger, Collège de France, Paris.
1992/93 Norton Lecturer, Harvard University.
1993-98: Chair of Corso di Laurea in Scienze della Comunicazione, University of Bologna.
1996 Professeur étranger, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris
1996 Visiting Fellow of The Italian Academy, Columbia University, New York.
1998 Goggio Lecturer, University of Toronto.
1999 - President of the Scuola Superiore di Studi Umanistici, University of Bologna.
2002 Weidenfeld Lecturer, Oxford University
2002 - President of the Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane
Scientific Appointments
1965.... Honorary Trustee of the James Joyce Association.
1972-79: Secretary General of the IASS/AIS (International Association for Semiotic Studies);
1979-83: Vice-President of IASS/AIS
1994 -. Honorary President of the IASS/AIS
1971 -.. Editor of VS-Semiotic Studies.
1991 - . Honorary Fellow, Rewley House I (now Kellogg College), Oxford.
1992-93 Member of the International Forum of Unesco
1992 - Member of the Académie Universelle des Cultures, Paris.
1994 - Member of the Academy of Sciences of Bologna.
1998 - Member of the Academia Europea de Yuste
1998 - Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
2002 Honorary Fellow, St: Anne’s College, Oxford.
2003…… Member of the Council of Advisors of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Member of the International Academy of Philosophy of Art. Member of the editorial board of Semiotica, Poetics Today, Degrès, Structuralist Review, Text, Communication, Problemi dell'informazione, Word & Images, etc.
Literary Awards and Decorations.
1981: Premio Strega, Premio Anghiari, Premio Il Libro dell'anno.
1981: Honorary Citizen of Monte Cerignone
1982: Prix Medicis Etranger (France) .
1983: Columbus Award of the Rotary Club, Florence.
1985: Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettre (France)
1985: Marshall McLuhan Award - Unesco Canada and Teleglobe.
1989: Premio Bancarella
1993: Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur (France). 2003, Officier.
1995: Golden Cross of the Dodecannese, Patmos (Greece).
1996 Cavaliere di Gran Croce al Merito della Repubblica Italiana
1999 Orden pour le Merite für Wissenschaften und Künste (Germany)
1999 Crystal Award, World Economic Forum, Davos.
2000 Premio Principe de Asturias, Oviedo
2000 Dagmar and Vaclav Havel Vision 97 Foundation Award
2001 Transcendent Satrape du Collège de Pataphysique
2002 Austrian State Award for European Literature
2002 Prix Mediterranée Etranger (France)
Other Activities
1954-I959: Editor for Cultural Programs, RAI, Italian Radio-Television, Milano.
1959-1975: Non fiction senior editor, Casa Editrice Bompiani, Milano.
1962-...: Columnist for Il giorno, La stampa, Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, L'Espresso, Il Manifesto.
Member of the Council for the United States and Italy.
Member of the Aspen Institute, Italy
Collaborations with Unesco, Servizio Programmi Sperimentali of RAI, Centro di Fonologia Musicale-Milano, Triennale-Milano, Expo 1967-Montreal, Fondation Européenne de la Culture, Europalia (Bruxelles), European Commission.
LECTURES
In addition to lectures and seminars given in Italian universities and cultural institutions, he has given lectures, seminars and working sessions at the following institutions:
ARGENTINA - Universidad de La Plata, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad de Cordoba, Universidad de Rosario, Universidad de Tucuman.
AUSTRALIA - University of Sydney, Monash University-Melbourne, Griffith University-Brisbane, University of Queensland-Brisbane, Murdoch University-Perth, University of Perth.
AUSTRIA - University of Vienna
BELGIUM - Université Libre de Bruxelles, Université de Liège, University of Antwerp, Katolieke Universiteit, Leuven, Palais des Beaux Arts, Bruxelles.
BRAZIL - McKenzie University-São Paulo, Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade do Estado-Rio de Janeiro, Pontificia Universidade Federal-Rio de Janeiro, Escola de Deseno Industrial-Rio de Janeiro, Universidade de Porto Alegre, Universidade de Recife, Universidade de Bahia, Universidade de Curitiba.
BULGARIA - University of Sofia.
CANADA - University of Toronto, Université de Montreal, Université du Québec, Carleton University-Ottawa, Harbourfront Lectures-Toronto.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA - Writers Union, Prague, Vize 97.
DENMARK - University of Aarus, University of Odense, University of Roskilde.
EGYPT- Bibliotheca Alexandrina
FRANCE - Ecole Pratiques des Hautes Etudes, Université de Paris III, Université de Perpignan, Colloques de Royaumont, Institut International de Philosophie, Collège de France, Sorbonne Paris I. Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, Université Stendhal, Grenoble, Université de la Franche Comté, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Paris VIII, Paris VII.
GERMANY - Freie Universität-Berlin, Technische Universität-Berlin, Ruhr Universität-Bochum, University of Hamburg, Universität Konstanz, University of Dresden.
GREECE - University of Athens.
HOLLAND - University of Amsterdam, University of Nijmegen.
HUNGARY - University of Budapest.
IRELAND - University College, Dublin.
ISRAEL - University of Tel Aviv; University of Jerusalem.
JAPAN - Japan Foundation, Tokyo.
POLAND - University of Warsaw.
PORTUGAL - Universidade de Lisboa, Universidade de Coimbra, Universidade do Porto.
SPAIN - University if Madrid, University of Barcelona, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao.
SWEDEN - Nobel Foundation.
SWITZERLAND - University of St. Gall.
TUNISIA - Université de Tunis.
U.K. - University of London, University of Oxford, University of Reading, University of Cambridge, Kent University, University of Glasgow, Weindenfeld Lectures, Oxford..
U.R.S.S. and Russia - Writers Union, Moskow, Tibilisi, Taskent, University of Human Sciences Moskow, Russian National Library of Saint-Petersburg, Lomonosov University Moskow.
U.S.A. - New York University, The City University of New York, Brooklyn College, Columbia University, Barnard College, Yale University, Harvard University, Cornell University, Christian Gauss Seminars-Princeton, Cooper Union-NY, Kent University, Tulsa University, UC-Los Angeles, UC-Berkeley, UC-Santa Barbara, San Francisco State College, Stanford University, Riverside University-California, Amherst College, University of Buffalo, Southern California University, Indiana University-Bloomington, University of Illinois-Urbana, University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, University of Texas-Austin, University of Colorado-Boulder, University of Kansas, Iowa University, Lehmann College-CUNY, Annenberg School of Communication-Philadelphia, Ann Arbor University, Vanderbilt University-Nashville, Society of Fellows-Columbia University, Society of Fellows-NYU, Pierpont Morgan Library, Pen Club-NY, University of Houston-Texas, Rutgers University, Maison Française-Columbia U., Maison Française-NYU, Casa Italiana-Columbia U., The New York Institute for the Humanities, Johns Hopkins University, University of Atlanta, Porto Rico University, Brown University, Jewish Museum-NY, Smithsonian Institution-Washington, Library of Congress-Whashington, Poetry Center Y-NewYork, Farleigh Dickinson University, New School of Social Sciences NY, Art Institute of Chicago, Folger Shakesperare Library in Washington, Bryn Mawr College (Philadelphia).
VENEZUELA - Universidad de Caracas, Universidad de Merida, Universidad de Maracaibo, Universidad de Barquisimeto.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. BOOKS
1956 Il problema estetico in San Tommaso. Torino: Edizioni di Filosofia.
2d revised ed.: Il problema estetico in Tommaso d'Aquino. Milano: Bompiani, I97O.
Translations:
The Aesthetics of Thomas Aquinas. Cambridge: Harvard U.P., 1988 (Revised).
Le problème esthétique chez Thomas d'Aquin. Paris: PUF, 1993 (Revised).
Zetemata Aisthetikes ston Thoma Akinati. Athena: Ekdoseis Gnose, 1993.
Estetici problem u Tome Akvinskoga. Zagreb: Nakladni Zavod Globus 2001
1959 "Sviluppo dell'estetica medievale." In Momenti e problemi di storia dell'estetica.
Milano: Marzorati.
Translation:
Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages. London-New Haven: Yale U.P., 1985.
2d revised ed.: Arte e bellezza nell'estetica medievale. Milano: Bompiani, 1987.
Translations:
Arte e Beleza na estetica medieval. Lisboa: Presença, 1989.
Arte e beleza na estetica medieval. Rio: Globo, 1989.
Kunst en Schoonheid in de Middleeuwen. Amsterdam:Bakker, 1989.
Arte i bellesa en l'estética medieval. Barcelona: Destino, 1990
Kunst und Schonheit im Mittelater. München: Hanser, 1991
Umetnosti i lepo u estetici srednjeg veka. Novi Sad: Svetovi 1992.
Techne kai kallos sten Aisthetike tou Mesaiona. Athena: Ekdoseis Gnose, 1992.
Sztuka i piekno w Sredniowieczu. Kraków: Znak, 1994
Art et beauté dans l'esthétique médiévale. Paris: Grasset, 1997.
Arte y belleza en la estética medieval. Barcelona: Lumen 1997.
Menas ir grozis vduramziu estetikoje. Vilnius: Baltos Lakos, 1997.
Sanat ve Güzellik. Instanbul: Can Yayinlari, 1998.
Umení a krasa ve stredoveké estetice. Praha: Argo, 1998.
Arta si frumosul in estetica medievala. Bucuresti: Meridiana, 1999.
Chusei bigakushi. Tokyo: Jiritsu shobo 2001
Műveszet és szépség a középkori esztétikában. Budapest: Európa Könyvkiadó 2002.
Middelalderens Aestetik. Copenhagen: Forum 2003.
1962 Opera aperta. Milano: Bompiani (2d revised edition 1967according to the French edition 1965, 1971,
4th revised edition 1976. This first edition also contained Le poetiche di Joyce, then as a different book).
Translations:
L'Oeuvre ouverte. Paris: Seuil, I965 (revised translation).
Obra abierta. Barcelona: Seix & Barral, 1966(from the 1962 ed.)
Otvoreno Djelo. Sarajevo: Veselin Maslesa, 1966 (from the 1962 ed.)
Obra aberta. São Paulo: Perspectiva, I968 (from the 1967 ed.)
Opera Deschisa. Bucuresti: Editura Pentru Literatura Universala, 1968 (from the 1967 ed.)
Dzielo Otwarte. Warszawa: Czytelnik, 1973 (from the 1967 ed.)
Das Offene Kunstwerk. Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, 1973 (from the 1967 ed. with the essay on Joyce).
Obra abierta. Barcelona, Caracas, Mexico: Ariel, 1979 (from the 1976 ed.)
Hirakareta Sakuhin. Tokyo: Seidosha, 1984 (from the 1976 ed.)
The open work. Cambridge: Harvard U.P., 1989 (from the 1976 ed., with other essays added).
Obra aberta. Lisboa: Difel, 1989 (from the 1976 ed.).
