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Massimiliano Canzanella

@mcanzanella.bsky.social
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Neapolitan language activist, Writer, Lecturer and English Teacher at Bellahouston Academy, Glasgow, Scotland. www.canzanella.net

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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I am thrilled and massively grateful to be part of Elle Charisse's ‘knowledge capsule’. Through 180+ episodes, the Speaking Tongues Podcast showcases an amazing array of ingenuity, capturing the very heart of diversity and humanity. youtu.be/xBkA-4e44UU?si… #linguanapoletana #neapolitanlanguage
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🇮🇹 Episode 180. Speaking the Neapolitan language with Massimiliano Canzanella
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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Have you listened to the newest episode of @vocalfriespod.bsky.social yet? Better catch up because we’re releasing a second April episode on Monday! www.buzzsprout.com/1930383/epis...
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Language and Health in Action - The Vocal Fries
Carrie and Megan talk with Drs Lynnette Arnold and Anna I. Corwin about their new co-edited book (with Jennifer R Guzmán and Emily Avera), Language and Health in Action (ebook), along with two authors...
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Hugely grateful to Dr Enza De Francisci for endorsing my Neapolitan language preservation work on her @glasgow.ac.uk website. 🙏 🙏 🙏 translatingpirandello.gla.ac.uk/en/follow-on/
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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Oh, and, women, especially nonwhite ones, are expendable, not worth naming, because we are less than human to him. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump posts graphic video of woman’s killing in Florida
President’s post on Truth Social is in keeping with a pattern of using shocking video to sow fear about immigration and justify mass deportation
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UMassLinguistics @umasslinguistics.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The women using ancient dance to tell new stories
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The Norwich women using ancient dance to tell modern stories
Anne Tiburtius says her dance company is a "living example" of how art can break down barriers.
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Thanks so much to Dr Santiago Betancor Falcón from the University of Gran Canaria in Spain 🇪🇸 for his interest in my language activism and literary work in defence of the Neapolitan language.
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
never learned a word of English. “A perfect example of American assimilation”, as the Boss himself put it whilst receiving the Ellis Island Family Heritage Award in 2010. In this article from a million years ago, I glance through the Parthenopean roots of Springsteen’s lyricism.
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Bruce Springsteen’s maternal grandparents (originally from Vico Equense, a stone’s throw from Naples) remained speakers of Neapolitan throughout the rest of their lives in the States. Nonna Adele, in fact… www.napoliunplugged.com/neapolis-new...
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From Neapolis to New Jersey: genealogy of a lyrical alchemist - Napoli Unplugged
From Neapolis to New Jersey - there is a crystal clear connection between Bruce Springsteen’s Melancho-Rock and Neapolitan music, language and songs.
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
From right to left, representatives of the Basque (Euskara), Mapuche, Welsh, Neapolitan and Gaelic language who took part in KORRIKA SCOTLAND 2026. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🙏💙 🏃 🏃‍♂️ 🏃
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
In addition, this year the organisers generously allowed representatives of minoritised languages to take part in the relay and carry the symbolic wooden baton - the ‘lekukoa’. Needless to say, carrying the baton for the Neapolitan language was an absolutely amazing honour. 🙏
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Thanks so much to Dylan Inglis from the University of Edinburgh and KORRIKA Scotland for having the Neapolitan language at this marvellous event last Saturday in Edinburgh. 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️ 🏃🏻 KORRIKA is aimed at supporting and promoting the preservation of the Basque language (Euskara) through a relay-race. 🎈
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Ae fond kiss and then we sever - N’atu vaso e ce spartimmo MASTODASCIA tron.co.uk/shows/mastodascia/ #ScotsLanguage #NeapolitanLanguage www.canzanella.net www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjBf...
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Ae fond kiss and then we sever - N’atu vaso e ce spartimmo
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Coming in 2027. 🌹
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
A taster of the spellbinding opening - in Scots - by Derrick McClure. From MASTODASCIA - Tron Theatre, Glasgow 17 October 2025. #ScotsLanguage #NeapolitanLanguage
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Neil McClelland @neilmcc91.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
History International Summer School 2026, University of Glasgow 10. Social History in Italian Renaissance Short Stories Supervisor: Neil McClelland Please share! 🙂 #History #Glasgow #EarlyModern #SkyStorians #MedievalSky #Naples #Napoli #UniversityofGlasgow #UoG www.gla.ac.uk/study/visiti...
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University of Glasgow - Study - Visiting students - International Summer School - Our courses - History Summer Research Project (open)
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
You've been telt, by AI an aw.
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The Vocal Fries @vocalfriespod.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
I meant to post this yesterday, but I got into the cleaning zone. Is my place still messy? Yes, but hush
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
🌷Carrie and Megan, thank you so much for what you do! Being on The Vocal Fries was truly an amazing honour. 🙏
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The Vocal Fries @vocalfriespod.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
2. The Italian N-Word, where we talk with @mcanzanella.bsky.social about the Neapolitan language and how it is perceived in Italy www.buzzsprout.com/1930383/epis...
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The Italian N-Word - The Vocal Fries
Megan and Carrie talk with Massimiliano Canzanella about the Neapolitan language and how it is perceived in Italy.Asian languages and the LA fires
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The Vocal Fries @vocalfriespod.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
It's that time of year again! our top 5 episodes for 2025 5. Peven Stinker, where we talk smack about Pinker www.buzzsprout.com/1930383/epis...
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Peven Stinker - The Vocal Fries
We have a few things to say about Pinker.Part of the War on ScienceThe Language InstinctPinker on Race RealismCo-authored paper on overregularizationThe Open Letter to the LSAThe article that Carrie w...
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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lawandlanguage.org · 09/01/2025
Congrats @draliaamir.bsky.social
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
(PhD, Glasgow) performed a bilingual reading of MASTODASCIA in Neapolitan."
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Thanks for the mention, THE SOCIETY FOR ITALIAN STUDIES. 🙏 "As a way of drawing attention to lesser-spoken languages, such as southern Italian considered a ‘vulnerable’ language by UNESCO, Massimiliano Canzanella and Neil McClelland italianstudies.org.uk/2025/12/09/r...
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Report: 'Pirandello and Modern Italian Writers: From Page to Stage', 1 December 2025 (Glasgow) - The Society of Italian Studies
Pirandello and Modern Italian Writers: From Page to Stage On Monday 1st December 2025, in the Advanced Research Centre at the University of Glasgow, we launched our hybrid panel, ‘Pirandello and Moder...
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
MASTODASCIA and the Neapolitan Language are coming to London! ✈️ 🇬🇧 MASTODASCIA e ’a Lengua Napulitana vèneno a Londra! 🔨 🪛 🪓
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
An excerpt from the reading of my bilingual play MASTODASCIA (CARPENTER) at the Translation Studies Symposium (University of Glasgow Advanced Research Centre) organised by Dr Enza De Francisci. Read by PhD candidate Neil McLelland (Glasgow University) and myself. youtu.be/tPjSR6M2ACc?...
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MASTODASCIA - Translation Studies Symposium organised by Dr Enza De Francisci University of Glasgow.
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Dr Pauline Henry-Tierney @drpaulinehenry.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Really looking forward to speaking at #IPCITI2025 tomorrow! My keynote, ‘Translating Rape’ will be hybrid. See below for details to register.
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
A fantastic opportunity to promote my bilingual play MASTODASCIA (Neapolitan with English translation) amongst academics from every corner of the world. 🙏🏻
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Yesterday, with my friend, lead actor and PhD candidate Neil McClelland, at the Translation Studies Symposium organised by Dr Enza De Francisci at the University of Glasgow.
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
A fantastic opportunity to promote my bilingual play MASTODASCIA (Neapolitan with English translation) amongst academics from every corner of the world. 🙏🏻
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Accussì se fa. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Way to go. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Gaelic and Scots now recognised as official languages
The milestone is one of a number of new measures taking effect on St Andrew's Day from the Scottish Languages Act.
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻Tazin!
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I cannot thank @tazinabdullah.bsky.social and the whole @languageonthemove.bsky.social Team enough. You have literally put our language and the plight of its speakers on the world linguistics map. And thank you, @lauraskh.bsky.social, for your deeply humbling words. 🙏
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
I am delighted and honoured to have been invited - courtesy of Dr Enza De Francisci - to present my bilingual play MASTODASCIA (Neapolitan with English translation) at the Translation Studies Symposium which will be held next 1 December at the University of Glasgow.
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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lawandlanguage.org · 11/11/2025
I've started a Starter Pack for the Language on the Move research community 🥳 For members of the research group, contributors to the blog/podcast. Please shout out if you're part of the LOTM community and I'll add you/tag suggestions (or lmk if you're on there but would prefer not to be)
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Successo di “Mastodascia” a Glasgow. "La risposta straordinaria del pubblico dimostra quanto sia sentita l'esigenza di tutelare e tramandare il nostro patrimonio linguistico." www.giornalediplomatico.it/comites-succ...
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Comites: successo di “Mastodascia” a Glasgow lettura scenica bil
GD - Glasgow, 18 ott. 25 - Sold-out al Tron Theatre per Mastodascia, lettura scenica bilingue napoletano-inglese appena andata in scena. L'iniziativa,
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Thank you to everyone who came out to see my bilingual play MASTODASCIA last night! A fantastic audience and a beautiful array of languages with Scots and Neapolitan being the jewels in the crown. 👑 Huge thanks to Derrick McClure for being such mesmerising chorus. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🙏 💙
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
A salient snippet from my Neapolitan lecture at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland last Wednesday.
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Miercudì chistu lloco, a l’Università ’e Edimburgo. Grazie assaie ô Dr Daniela Sannino ca m’ ’a mmitato e ô Dipartimento ’e Lengue e Culture Europèe ca ospitarrà l’evento.
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
This coming Wednesday, at the University of Edinburgh. Huge thanks to Dr Daniela Sannino for inviting me and the Department of European Languages and Cultures for hosting the event.
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Neapolitan, Scots, Yiddish, Ainu and Romani are on the way out. Unless we do something about it, of course. blog.gts-translation.com/2023/03/21/f...
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Five Languages You Didn't Know Were Close to Extinction - GTS Blog
by Kevin Carneglia Did you know there are around 6,500 languages spoken in the world today? Many of them are actually close to extinction. Some of them have as little as one speaker left in the entire...
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
So what’s a Deus Ex Machina? And why is one featuring Maradona’s Napoli jersey being delivered to the Tron Theatre in Glasgow? 🎭 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🌋 www.tron.co.uk/shows/mastod... 🎟 🎫
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Pe accattà ’e bbigliette ncoppa a internet: www.tron.co.uk/shows/mastod... 🎫 🎟️ Oppure pe telèfono: +44 (0)141 552 4267. MASTODASCIA è finanziato c’ ‘o contribbuto ’e COMITES Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Thanks for sharing news of my play, Bellahouston Academy! 🙏 Never a day goes by when I don’t feel fortunate and proud of teaching at Bella. ❤️
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Tickets are now on sale! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ⚽️ 🇦🇷 💙 📚 🔨 🪚 🪜 www.tron.co.uk/shows/mastod...
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Mastodascia - Tron Theatre
Mastodascia is adapted from the classic Scottish play Sailmaker by Alan Spence.
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
With Neil McClelland, this morning we went to see the Changing House that on the 17th October 2025 will host a performance of the tragedy in two acts Mastodascia (Carpenter). Mastodascia is produced with the contribution of COMITES Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Cu Neil McClelland stammatina simmo state ô Teatro Tron ’e Glasgow pe vedé ’a Changing House addó ô 17 ’e Uttobbre pròssimo se rappresentarrà ’a traggedia dinto a duie atte Mastodascia.
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Mastodascia - Fri 17 October 2025 - Tron Theatre, Glasgow. Tickets on sale soon!
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Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
«Nosotros tenemos más necesidad de Che Guevara, del lenguaje y de revolucionarios de la literatura que de letrados de la revolución». Julio Cortázar
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Tazin Abdullah @tazinabdullah.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Listen to Distinguished Professor Ingrid Piller's inspiring words about using the resources researchers are given to "pay it forward" as she accepts her 2025 Alexander-von-Humboldt Professorship Award on this @languageonthemove.bsky.social post. ⬇️ www.languageonthemove.com/alexander-vo...
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Alexander-von-Humboldt-Professorship Awards 2025
Dear Language-on-the-Move Community, It is with immense gratitude and excitement that I write this special news item about a recent career development: I’ve been awarded an Alexander-von-Humboldt P…
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