Luca RIGOBIANCO

Luca Rigobianco is a researcher in Glottology and Linguistics at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, affiliated with the Department of Humanities. He serves as Department Delegate for Internal Communication. His qualifications include a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Padua (2011) and extensive postdoctoral research experience across multiple institutions. His primary research focuses on historical linguistics, Indo-European studies, and digital epigraphy with an emphasis on ancient Italian languages like Etruscan and Latin.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Literature (Ca' Foscari University)
• Master's Degree in Linguistics (University of Padua)
• PhD in Linguistics (University of Padua)

Research Interests:

Rigobianco explores linguistic reconstruction of fragmentary languages, ancient writing systems, and computational methods in epigraphy. Key areas include:

• Language contact phenomena in ancient Italy
• Morphosyntactic analysis of Etruscan and Sabellic languages
• Digital tools for epigraphic data management

Grants & Projects:

• Principal Investigator for Languages and Cultures of Ancient Italy (PRIN 2020)
• Lead on SaInAT-Ve (Sacred Inscriptions of Venetia)
• European Commission-funded project (Seal of Excellence 2017)

Awards:

Recipient of the European Commission's H2020-MSCA-IF-2016 Seal of Excellence (2017).

Professional Activities:

Member of editorial boards for journals like Ariodante and Cultural Anthropology. Serves on scientific committees for major research initiatives. Active in international conferences as keynote speaker.

Teaching:

Current courses include Historical Linguistics and Ethnolinguistics at the master's level, alongside foundational linguistics modules for undergraduate programs.