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Danilo Aprigliano

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Education, teaching, writing, research, civic work. For the formal, numbered version – the one selection boards ask for – write to me and I will send the PDF.

Education

  • Teaching qualification for the A-12 and A-22 competition classes (Italian, history and geography in secondary schools), 2023
  • Doctorate in Philology and Literary Criticism, University of Siena, 2017: Romance philology, with a thesis on Watriquet de Couvin and the education of the prince, accompanied by a critical edition sample
  • First-level master’s in Public History and New Media, University of Milan with the Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, 2019
  • Master’s degree in Modern Literature, University of Milan, 2013, 110/110 with distinction
  • Google Certified Educator for the classroom use of Workspace for Education

School teaching

  • Teacher of Italian and history at the Civico Polo Scolastico «A. Manzoni» in Milan, competition class A-12, since 2021, tenured since 2023
  • Teacher of humanities at the Lindbergh Flying School in Milan, competition class A-12, from 2018 to 2021
  • Member of the school council and class coordinator
  • One-to-one tuition in Latin and Italian for secondary school, final exams and university, since 2011

University teaching

  • Supplementary teaching in Contemporary History, University of Milan, 2024/2025
  • Cultore della materia (adjunct teaching status) in Romance philology, University of Milan, from 2013 to 2018
  • Collaboration on the «Brick History» course of Professor Giulia Bassi, University of Milan, 2025: public history with LEGO bricks as a tool for historical narrative
  • Collaboration on the Public History course of Professor Emanuele Edallo, University of Milano-Bicocca, from 2022 to 2024: lessons, teaching materials, examinations

Writing and publishing

  • Author for Cast Edutainment and the Gli Ascoltabili podcast label, Milan: episodes for Demoni Urbani, La mia storia and Folco Files
  • Collaborator of the Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli since 2019: digital exhibitions, web area, editorial area
  • Founder and editor of Galápagos, a cultural magazine created to open Italian cultural debate to the world
  • Author of «Il punto cieco», on politics, history, schools and artificial intelligence
  • Collaboration with Milanese magazines and publishing projects
  • Freelance webmaster, from 2011 to 2019: sites for associations, professionals and cultural projects
  • The deposited texts are on Academia

Research and public history

  • Historical research on the Resistance and anti-fascism
  • Schools officer of the FIVL, the Italian Federation of Volunteers for Freedom
  • Public talks on the memory of the Resistance and on democratic culture, among them the Milanese commemorations of 25 April
  • Speaker at the Rencontres de l’Archet, Fondazione Centro Studi Natalino Sapegno, 2018: the relation between text and image in medieval manuscripts

Civic work