Naples - ICHL22 - Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Naples
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ICHL 2015
The
University
of
Naples
Federico
II
is
one
of
the
oldest
Italian
Universi7es
(a9er
Bologna
and
Padua),
and
the
first
public
University
in
Europe,
established
in
1224
by
Frederick
II
Hohenstaufen,
King
of
Sicily
and
Holy
Roman
Emperor
•  The
University
has
long‐standing
and
solid
interna7onal
links,
spanning
from
Europe
to
the
Americas,
Asia
and
Africa,
with
leading
research
projects
and
interna7onal
PhD
programmes
in
various
fields
of
the
Humani7es
(e.g.,
Classical
and
Modern
Philology,
Economics
and
Law)
and
Science
(e.g.,
Engineering,
Gene7cs
and
Molecular
Biology).
•  Nowadays
the
University
offers
courses
in
all
academic
disciplines,
leading
to
one
hundred
and
fi9y‐five
graduate
level
degrees,
with
94.510
students,
which
makes
it
the
biggest
University
in
Southern
Italy,
with
108
libraries
spread
over
the
various
Facul7es,
with
on‐
line
consulta7on
and
numerous
other
facili7es.
Linguistics in Naples
a large, lively, close-knit linguistic community spread over 2 main institutions
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Department of Modern Philology, with a long
tradition and well-established reputation in
Philology, Historical Linguistics, Dialectology &
Typology, mainly focused on Romance and
Germanic
Università degli Studi di Napoli L'Orientale
The Oriental University (formerly School of
Oriental and African languages) with a strong
tradition of studies in African, Japanese/
Chinese, Slavic & Indo-Aryan Linguistics and
Philology as well as endangered languages of
the Americas, especially Meso-America
•  The
University
Campus,
its
facili6es
and
the
University
Conference
Centre(s)
•  There
are
three
major
campuses,
located
in
the
historical
centre
and
its
Northern
and
Western
outskirts.
The
Faculty
of
Arts
is
in
the
historical
centre
of
the
city,
near
the
Faculty
of
Law,
the
Senate
House
and
the
main
administra7ve
offices.
•  The
University
has
several
Conference
Centres,
located
in
different
areas
of
the
centre
of
the
city
and
in
the
islands
(Capri
‐
Villa
Orlandi
and
Procida
‐
Collegio
delle
Orsoline).
The
main
University
Conference
Centre,
where
major
Conferences
are
hosted,
is
on
the
seafront
(Via
Partenope)
(see
website
at
h^p://www.centrocongressi.unina.it/).
All
Conference
centres
are
well
equipped
with
all
the
highest
level
audio‐visual
technology
and
support
facili7es
(e.g.,
Overhead
Projector
&
Screen,
Flipchart,TV
&
Video,
Fax,
Photocopying
D
V
D,
LC
D
Projector,
PA
System,
Radio
Microphones,
Wifi/wired
access)
for
large
scale
conferences.
•  They
are
also
well‐served
by
good
hotels
and
bed
&
breakfasts
of
varying
price
within
walking
distance,
with
special
discounts
for
University
events
(h^p://www.unina.it/
studen7didaeca/campusfederico2/alberghi/alberghi.jsp).
The
city
of
Naples
and
its
surroundings
The
underground
‘art
subway’
sta6ons
•  The
city
takes
the
form
of
an
amphitheatre
on
the
sea
with
Vesuvius,
the
coastal
mountains
and
the
islands
of
Capri,
Ischia
and
Procida,
and
Capo
Miseno
as
its
landmarks.
Situated
at
the
centre
of
the
Mediterranean,
the
main
town
of
the
Campania
Region
and
"capital"
of
Italy's
Mezzogiorno,
Naples
extends
over
an
area
of
117.27
square
km
and
has
a
popula7on
of
about
1,020,120
inhabitants.
•  Its
history
is
well‐known.
The
territory
was
first
colonized
in
900
B.C.
by
Greek
colonizers
(hence
the
name
of
Neapolis,
the
new
city
as
opposed
to
Palepolis,
the
old
city).
It
has
undergone
several
domina7ons,
traces
of
which
can
be
seen
in
the
various
remnants,
sca^ered
through
the
centre
of
the
city
and
its
nearby
surroundings
(the
towns
of
Pozzuoli,
Herculaneum
and
Pompei).
The
city
is
an
open‐air
archaelogical
museum,
with
dis7nct,
easily
iden7fiable
layers,
spanning
over
2500
years
of
history:
the
original
Greek
nucleus,
the
Greco–
Roman
city,
the
medieval
city,
the
Swabian
and
then
Aragonese
city,
and
finally
the
city
of
the
19th
and
20th
centuries.
Its
historical
centre
is
nowadays
included
in
the
UNESCO's
World's
Heritage
list.
The
Pausilypon
Archaelogical
park
•  The
city
of
Naples
will
also
host
the
2013
Universal
Forum
of
Cultures,
sponsored
by
UNESCO.
Transport connections
Naples is easily reached by air, train, coach, and sea
•  international airport not far
from the centre of the city,
with direct daily
connections to main
European hubs
•  international train station,
with high speed train
connections to other
Italian cities
Excursions/Tours
Naples
is
within
easy
reach
of
some
of
the
world's
most
famous
archaeological
sites
(Pompei,
Herculaneum,
the
Stabian
Villas,
the
Sybil
Antrum),
coastal
resorts
(Sorrento,
Amalfi,
Positano)
and
islands
(Capri,
Ischia,
Procida),
that
can
be
visited
in
one
day
trips.