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Gualtiero Boaglio is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Romance Studies, University of Vienna, where he has been teaching since 1985. He was appointed as associate professor in 2009 following his habilitation in Italian Philology. He has held significant administrative roles including Director of the Romance Studies Program (2010-2012), Deputy Head of the Institute (2014-2016), and Vice Director of Studies (2018-2022). Currently serving as Erasmus mobility coordinator for several Italian universities, he teaches courses on Italian linguistics, regional studies, and language contact phenomena.
Boaglio's research focuses on historical linguistics, particularly language policy and planning in the Habsburg Empire, historical sociolinguistics, multilingualism, and Italian literature of the 18th-19th centuries. His work examines language conflicts in Italian-speaking regions of the Habsburg Monarchy, historical multilingualism in Central Europe, and the evolution of the Italian language. He has conducted extensive research on language ideology, critical discourse analysis, and the historical development of Italian linguistic identity.
His scholarly output reveals a consistent trajectory examining multilingualism in Central Europe across historical periods, with recent work connecting Habsburg-era language policies to contemporary European multilingual contexts. Boaglio's publications demonstrate expertise in historical linguistics, particularly regarding the Italian-speaking territories within the Habsburg Empire, with special attention to Istria, Trieste, and Dalmatia. His research bridges linguistic analysis with cultural and political history, focusing on how language policies reflected and shaped power dynamics in multi-ethnic empires.
- Scholarship from the Federal Ministry of Science and Research/Vienna (1986-1987)
- Scholarship from the Academy of Sciences (2000)
Boaglio has supervised over 60 Master's and Diploma theses covering diverse topics in Italian linguistics, cultural studies, and historical analysis. His students' research spans regional Italian varieties, language contact phenomena, historical multilingualism, and contemporary sociolinguistic issues. He has coordinated international exchange programs including Erasmus mobility for the University of Padova, Siena, Urbino, and Trieste, facilitating academic collaboration between Austrian and Italian institutions. His administrative roles have included representing the Doctoral Study Conference and participating in curriculum development for Romance Studies programs.
