[last update: March 2005]

Personal info:

Gino Roncaglia,  Born in Rome (Italy) 01/11/1960, living in Rome, Largo Ettore De Ruggiero, 16 (00162); e-mail roncaglia@mclink.it; roncagl@unitus.it

Current position:

 Full-time researcher in Philosophy and appointed professor (‘affidamento’) of Humanities computing, Dept. of Humanities, TusciaUniversity.

Education:

1978 – High school graduation at Liceo Scientifico Statale "A. Avogadro", Rome, with full marks (60/60)

1984 – Degree in Philosophy at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, with full marks (100/100 cum laude). Full marks (30/30 cum laude) in all the 19 exams. The dissertation dealt with Modality in Leibniz' Essays on Logical Calculus of April 1679, had as tutor Prof. T. Gregory and as co-tutor Prof. C. Cellucci; its central part has been published by the international journal “Studia Leibnitiana” (cf. publications)

1985-86 – Post-graduate school in Humanities computing at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”

1993 – PhD in Philosophy at the University of Florence with a dissertation on Modality and the nature of copulative ‘est’ in XVII century German Scholastics; tutors prof. M.L. Dalla Chiara, A. Maierù, M. Mugnai. The dissertation has been published in 1996 (cf. publications).

Career:

1983-1996: documentarista bibliotecario at the Historical Archives of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Part of the work consisted in the implementation of the electronic archive system.

1996 – : Full-time researcher in Philosophy, Dept. of Humanities, TusciaUniversity, Viterbo

1999 – : appointed professor (‘affidamento’) of Humanities computing, Dept. of Humanities, TusciaUniversity

2002 – : appointed professor (‘affidamento’) of Multimedia application for the sharing of knowledge, Dept. of History and culture of texts and documents, TusciaUniversity, Viterbo

2004 – : appointed professor (‘affidamento’) of Elements of digital publishing, University of Venice “Ca’ Foscari”

Other work and teaching experiences:

 1986-1995 teaching experience in seminars on History of medieval Philosophy, Logic, Introduction to philosophy at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”

1995-2000 Scientific consultant and author for the TV program ‘MediaMente’, broadcasted by the Educational section of Italy’s national broadcasting service RAI.

2000-2001 Scientific consultant and author for the TV distance learning program ‘Multimedi@scuola’, broadcasted by the Educational section of Italy’s national broadcasting service RAI

2001-2002 Scientific consultant and author for the TV distance learning program ‘Emilio’, broadcasted by the Educational section of Italy’s national broadcasting service RAI

2002-2003 Scientific consultant for the web culture portal of Regione Campania

2002 – onwards: teacher of Web communities and knowledge sharing for the Florence master in multimedia (FlorenceUniversity – RAI)

2003 - onwards Scientific consultant for the TV program ‘Explora – La TV delle scienze’, broadcasted by the Educational section of Italy’s national broadcasting service RAI

Has delivered lessons or lectures for: Accademia della Crusca, ARCI, AREA Science Park, ASPI, Associazione Italiana Biblioteche, Associazione Stampa Romana, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Camera dei Deputati, Casa Editrice Laterza, Centro di Studi Americani di Roma, Comune di Reggio Emilia, Comune di Roma, Comunità Europea, Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura, Consorzio Gioventù Digitale, Consorzio Hermes, Consorzio Nettuno, ENAIP, ENEL, Federazione Nazionale della Stampa, Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, Formez, Galassia Gutenberg, IFNIA, IRRSAE Liguria, Mizar, Mediaevo, RAI, Provincia di Viterbo, Regione Campania, Regione Emilia-Romagna, Regione Lazio, Sfera, Tecnopolis, Università dell'Aquila, Università di Bologna, Università di Firenze, Università di Napoli, Università di Pavia, Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Università di Roma II, Università di Roma III, Università di Sassari, Università di Trento, Università di Udine, Università di Urbino, and for a number of high schools.

Has published articles on digital culture for the Sunday culture supplement of the Italian newspaper Il sole 24 ore.

Conferences

• International conference "Le teorie della modalità", S. Gimignano Dec. 5-8 1987 (paper on compossibilitas and incompossibilitas in Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas).
• "V Internationaler Leibniz-Kongress", Hannover Nov. 14-19 1988 (paper on the theory of opposition before Leibniz).
• "First International Conference of the Leibniz Society of Spain", Madrid Sept. 20-22 1989 (paper on "Quine's argument against possible individuals and Leibniz's modal ontology").
• Conference "L'insegnamento della logica a Bologna nel XIV secolo", Bologna Sept. 11-13 1990 (paper on the liar paradox in the Questiones on De Interpretatione by Mesino de Coderonchi ").
• Conference "La ricerca filosofica in Italia oggi", Pontignano Nov. 11-14 1991 (paper on modal logic in XVII century German Scholastics).
• "Xth European Symposium on Mediaeval Logic and Semantics", Nijmegen Jun. 22-26 1992 (paper on "Syncategoremata and mental language in Mesino de Coderonchi's Questiones on De Interpretatione").
• International conference "La 'nouvelle physique' du XIVe siècle", Nice, Sept. 3-5 1993 (paper on "Sophismata physicalia in Mesino de Coderonchi's Quaestiones on De Interpretatione").
• Conference"Terzo convegno di studio sul pensiero medievale: Istituzioni scolastiche e metafisica", Pavia Sept. 13-16 1993 (paper on modal theories in German Protestant Scholastics).
• "International Symposium on Logic and Semantics in Late Medieval Theology", Helsinki, Jan. 10-11 1994 (paper on "Modal Logic and the Theological Debate in Germany, 1570-1670").
• Conference "Hérésie, stratégies d’écriture et institution ecclésiale - L'eucharistie (problème du signe et de la vérité)", Nice, Mar. 31 1995 (paper on "Rôle de la copule et formule eucharistique ").
• Conference "Il paese della telematica. Dallo stupore alla partecipazione", Roma Jun. 30 – Jul. 1 1995 (paper on “Digital libraries: past, present and future”)
• Conference "Filosofia e informatica", Roma, Nov. 23-24 1995 (paper on “The web and the dissemination on philosophical knowledge”).
• Conference "Comunicare la filosofia", Viterbo Mar. 26 1996 (paper “Five thesis on computer aided learning”)
• Conference "Archivi della memoria e nuove risorse per la ricerca", Aosta Jun. 24-28 1996 (paper on "Electronic texts and digital libraries ").
• Conference "Pensiero medievale e modernità", Roma Sept. 12-13 1996 (paper on "Medieval logic tradition in Germany in the time of the theologische Streitigkeiten").
• Conference "Internet e le Muse. Ricerca e didattica delle discipline umanistiche e nuove tecnologie", Milano Nov. 14-15 1996 (paper on “Critical editions, electronic editions and web editions”)
• Conference "Giocando s’impara. Il gioco e la ricerca dall’Università medievale alla didattica a distanza”, Roma Oct. 7-8 1997 (paper on "The rules and praxis of logic games in medieval universities”)
• International conference "La tutela della proprietà intellettuale”, S. Marino Oct. 10 1997 (paper on “Internet, copyright and the classics”)
• International conference "Le comunità virtuali e i saperi umanistici. Una cultura per il nuovo millennio", Milano Nov. 26-28 1997 (paper on “Hypertext and reasoning”)
• International conference “The Development of Modern Logic”, Helsinki, Jun. 4-6 1998 (paper on “The Evolution of Melanchthon's Logic”)
• Conference nazionale "Le risorse dell’italianistica per il 2000”, Roma Dec. 18, 1998 (paper on “digital libraries: the Manuzio project”)
• Conference "Cinquant’anni di storiografia filosofica in Italia: un bilancio”, Torino Oct. 18-22 1999 (paper on "Italian studies on logic and dialectic between Humanism, Reform and Counter-Reform)
• Conference "Millennium Bug", Roma Dec. 15 1999 (paper on "The millennium Bug as a cultural event")
• Conference "Theatralia volant… Digitalia manent?", Reggio Emilia Nov. 17 1999 (paper on “Digital memories between archive and re-creation”)
• Conference "Il computer a scuola: istruzioni per l'uso", Torino May 11 2000 (paper on "Computer aided learning: after the first steps?")
• Conference "Informatica umanistica e riforma degli ordinamenti didattici", Trieste, Nov. 16 2000 (paper "Some thoughts on Humanities computing ")
• Conference "Quali e-book per la didattica e la ricerca", Viterbo, May 8 2001 (paper on "Are e-books really books? Eight thesis on what e-books shouldn’t be")
• Conference “Internet e la politica”, Saint-Vincent, May 18-19 2001 (paper on “Politics on the web”)
• Conference “Italianistica e nuove tecnologie”, Roma, Sept. 28 2001 (paper on “E-books: an experience”)
• International conference “Le risorse elettroniche: definizione, selezione, catalogazione”, Roma, Nov. 26-28 2001 (paper on “Rethinking the conference”).
• Conference “Forum Web”, Assisi, Feb. 28 2002 (paper on “The future of the web”)
• Conference “Rivoluzione connettiva e sicurezza”, Latina, Mar. 18 2002 (paper of “After 9-11: the role of the web”).
• Conference "Conservare il Novecento: oltre le carte", Ferrara, Apr. 5 2002 (paper on "From paper to bits: changes in reading ")
• Conference "Didattica delle discipline umanistiche e trasformazione digitale. Mutamenti e resistenze", Trento, Jun. 21 2002 (paper on "Humanities Computing in Italy")
• International conference "Lingua italiana e scienze", Firenze, Feb. 6-8 2003 (Paper on "Italian language and computer science")
• Conference "Libri elettronici, due anni dopo: interfacce e usabilità", Viterbo, may 29 2003 (paper on "E-books, two years later")
• Workshop "I libri elettronici. Pratiche della didattica e della ricerca", Napoli, June 20 2003 (paper on "E-books as a teaching tool")
• International conference "Archivi informatici per il Patrimonio Culturale", Roma, Nov. 17-19 2003 (paper on "From printed books to e-books: cultural costs and benefits")
• Conference "Il libro tra presente e futuro" Roma, Senato della Repubblica, April 23 2004 (paper on "The future of the book")
• Converence "Blog ergo sum. Individui, idee, politica", Roma, June 17 2004 (paper on "Political Weblogs")
• International Conference "La letteratura necessaria", Viterbo, Nov. 24-26 2004 (paper on "Literature and the Web")
• Workshop "Open archives e comunicazione scientifica", Firenze, Feb. 16 2005 (paper on "Open archives and other forms of web publishing")
• Conference "Le teche della lettura. Leggere in biblioteca al tempo della rete", Milano, March 17-18 2005 (paper on “Reading on electronic media”)

Memberships / Affiliations

1988 – onwards: Italian Society of Logic and Philosophy of Science (SILFS) (secretary1990-1993, boarding committee 1990-1999)

1988 – onwards: Leibniz Gesellschaft

1991 – onwards: Società Italiana per lo Studio del Pensiero Medievale.

1995 – onwards: Società Italiana di Filosofia Analitica.

1994 – onwards: co-founder and Vice-Presidentof Liber Liber, the association promoting the Manuzio Project, Italian counterpart of the Gutenberg Project.

1996 – co-founder of E-text s.r.l., a private company operating in the field of web design and digital publishing.

Main research fields:

• History of logic (with special emphasis on modal logic) between Middle Age and Leibniz
• Humanities computing (with special emphasis on hypertexts, e-books and digital publishing, and on the use of Internet as a cultural medium).