StefMaci

A new chapter begins today: I continue my academic journey at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Deeply grateful to @unibg.it for all the opportunities, experiences, colleagues and friendships — and to @unive.it for this new challenge. Looking forward to what comes next in Venice!

It will be great indeed! Thanks to @tonymcenery.bsky.social and @markmcglashan.com for the trust, and to Daniela Cesiri for her warm hospitality. Really looking forward to it!

So happy to be part of this great team! #CL2027

My #fulbright testimony at the General Consulate of Italy in Philadelphia

Happy to share this CfP.

Honored to be invited by the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia to speak at: “80 Years of Fulbright – Continuing the Transatlantic Dialogue between Italy and the US” A great opportunity to reflect on academic exchange and international collaboration. April 16, 2026, Philadelphia.

On February 23, 2026, I will be speaking at the University of Pittsburgh for the Distinguished Italian Fulbright Lecture “Tourism Goes Digital.” The talk examines live virtual guided tours as an emerging communicative practice in tourism and digital technologies.

Excited to be a keynote speaker at Vital Signs (University of Parma, 10–11 Feb 2026). My (online) talk: “AI and the Reconfiguration of Linguistic Structures and Communicative Norms in Medical Discourse.” How is AI reshaping medical English and the norms of healthcare communication? Let’s discuss.

📘✨ Happy to share that my chapter “Revenge porn: a new form of online gender-based violence discourse. A case study” has just been published in Discourse Approaches to Gender-Based Violence 🎉 (De Gruyter Mouton) 🗣️💻 🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...

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On December 5th I’ll be in Chieti–Pescara for the Languaging Diversity conference, where I’ll talk about accessibility in tourism. I’ll be sharing reflections on how live virtual guided tours can help make travel experiences more inclusive and open to everyone. ✨

Thrilled to teach my Fulbright module at the University of Pittsburgh this upcoming term: Analyzing Tourism Communication in Transforming Media Ecosystems We’ll explore how tourism storytelling changes across traditional and digital media. #Fulbright #TourismCommunication #DigitalMedia

“ideological alignment, rather than actor prominence, plays a central role in structuring online discourse and shaping the spread of information in polarized environments “ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨 we are excited to launch the Call for Papers for the Corpora and Discourse International Conference 2026. Deadline 16 November 2025. Submit your abstracts here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/cad-2026/cal.... Please share widely! #CADS2026

I am so pleased to announce that I have been awarded a @ukri.org Future Leaders Fellowship www.ukri.org/news/ukri-an... to undertake the project 'A Multi-Dimensional Understanding of the Digital Far Right'.

Large Language Models (LLMs) can mirror expert judgment but often rely on word patterns rather than reasoning. A new study introduces epistemia, the illusion of knowledge that occurs when surface plausibility replaces verification. PNAS: ow.ly/sobq50Xcv9f www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Excited to announce my new book Translating Tourism (Routledge), co-authored with Cinzia Spinzi 🌍✈️ The book explores how tourism discourse is translated, adapted, and mediated. 📖 30% discount code: 3FVRD2MJ3 📚 Free inspection copies available for instructors. 🔗 www.routledge.com/Translating-...

That’s me in Turin at the 32nd AIA conference, speaking of digital tourism

Guess what #UAB #barcelona #genderandtranslation #internationalconference

Guess what #UAB #barcelona #genderandtranslation #internationalconference

What happens when you use AI to tag 8546 images in a 1.5m word corpus of UK news about Islam? How accurate is the tagger? What's the relationship between images and words? My new Cambridge Element with @hannaschmueck.bsky.social and Yufang Qian is now free to access www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Still buzzing after an amazing #CL2025 conference. Great research, great people, great chats. Thanks @robbielove.org and all the organisers for making it happen!

In case you missed the QR code during my talk on Geometric Multivariate Analysis @cl2025.co.uk: You can find slides, code, and data at osf.io/9p25y

Me (again) explaining how gender neutrality can be realized in grammatical-gendered languages #CL2025

That’s me, speaking about Climate Change #CL2025

So sorry to say goodbye! #CL2025

Ready, set, go! Pascual’s promising talk is live now! #CL2025

I was looking forward to this presentation! #CL2025

What counts? An inspiring talk about the wonder of numbers by @proftaylor.bsky.social and @journolinguist.bsky.social #CL2025

Ladies and gentlemen, I’m a Fullbrighter! CANNOT BELIEVE MY EYES 🤩🤩🤩

“Any corpus is like the Emerald City - you need to go inside & poke around a bit” 🏰 In her plenary @cl2025.co.uk @hankslizzy.bsky.social takes us along the yellow brick road to LANA-CASE, tackling representativeness: what (register), who (demographics), and how (authenticity) 📚🎓 #cl2025

This morning I was honoured to give the opening plenary at the #CL2025 conference - thanks to everyone who came along and engaged!

Even the stairs are beautiful! #CL2025

Simply super talk by @hankslizzy.bsky.social #CL2025 taking us on a journey on the yellow brick road of corpus creation and representativeness by means of a reflection on prototypicality

Impossible to get lost😊 #CL2025

The concorDANCE at #CL2025!!!

How to refresh a bunch of linguists #CL2025

CL and context. Great kick-off talk by @gavinbrookes.bsky.social #cl2025

Here we go #CL2025

🎉 Just 6 days to go until Cerlis2025 kicks off! We’re counting down to an exciting conference packed with insightful talks and stimulating discussions. 📅 Check out the full programme here: 👉 sites.google.com/unibg.it/cer...

Great time and company at the PRIN-CLAVIER 2025 Conference, Tropea @stefmaci.bsky.social

Naples, here I come! 3rd international CIRLaM conference “Artificial intelligence in medical communication: current challenges, future directions” My plenary talk is: Standardizing Care, Simplifying Context: The Impact of AI on Medical Discourse. #cirlam2025

Beautiful Salamanca

Off to CILC2025 in Salamanca! Presenting on AI and medical discourse with a talk titled: “From doctor to algorithm: How AI is reshaping communication in medicine” Let’s chat about chatboxes, algorithms, and language in healthcare.

The countdown to CERLIS 2025 has officially begun! We’re putting the finishing touches on a rich and exciting programme—ready to share with you by next week. Stay tuned for updates, abstracts, and keynotes! #CERLIS2025

Thrilled to return to Ca’ Foscari University tomorrow—my Alma Mater—with a talk titled “Chip chip Hooray! How food is presented to children.” We’ll dive into the linguistic and visual strategies behind food marketing for young audiences. Curious minds welcome!

Off to Catania for the PhD seminar where I will be speaking about the discourse of arbitration

Glad to announce I will be panelist at the SCOT( Smart Community Tourism) webinar about Co-Creating Tourism Values through Regeneration on 14 June at 10 CET If you are interested in it, and would like to participate, please register for free here scotwebinars.org/events/volum...