Curriculum Vitae Federico Beltrame

EMPLOYMENT

• 08/2022-05/2025 Teaching Assistant of Chinese Language at University of Colorado, Boulder

• 01/2020-06/2020 Chinese Language teacher at “Istituto Tecnico Statale Marco Polo” (Verona, VR, Italy)

EDUCATION

• 08/2022-05/2025 Master of Arts of Asian Languages and Civilizations at University of Colorado, Boulder

• 11/2020-10/2021 Master “53° CORCE Fausto De Franceschi”-Internationalization of Enterprise at ITA–Italian Trade Agency (Governmental agency that supports the business and the development of Italian companies abroad and promotes the attraction of foreign investment in Italy). Admission only by scholarship obtained after passing some selection tests (written exam, oral exams in Chinese, Spanish and English language, conversation with the adjudicating board). Master’s program: 600 hours of lessons and 4 months of internship

• 09/2017-07/2019 Master's Degree Programme in Language and Civilisation of Asia and Mediterranean Africa at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Thesis: “Shījīng 詩經. Introduzione generale e traduzione degli “Inni ancestrali di Zhou.” Grade: 107/110.

• 09/2014-07/2017 Bachelor's Degree Programme in Language, Culture and Society of Asia and Mediterranean Africa at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Grade: 110/110 cum laude.

• 08/2016-01/2017 Student of Chinese language at Shoudu Shifan Daxue 首都师范大学 (Capital Normal University) of Peking thanks to Hanban scholarship.

• 09/09-06/2014 High school diploma at ITES Luigi Einaudi (Verona, VR, Italy). Grade: 100/100

PUBLICATIONS

• “Re Wen 文王.” In Shijing 诗經. Libro della poesia, vol.4: Canti cortesi maggiori Daya 大雅 e Inni Song 頌, edited by Giorgio Casacchia, 13-35. Venezia: Cafoscarina, 2024.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

• “Is Xin Sheng Minor Literature?”, 26th Annual CU Boulder Asian Studies Graduate Association Conference (CUBASGA), Boulder, CO, 22-23 February 2025.

• “Zhuangzi's Observations on Language in ‘Qi wu lun’”, Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society/Western Branch, Tempe, AZ, 31 October-2 November 2024.

• “Is ‘Qi wu lun’ Targeting Language?”, 25th Annual CU Boulder Asian Studies Graduate Association Conference (CUBASGA), Boulder, CO, 24-25 February 2024.

LINGUISTIC SKILLS

• Mothertongue: Italian

• Other languages: English (advanced, TOEFL 2024: 104), Spanish (advanced), Chinese (advanced), French (elementary), Japanese (elementary)