ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

1. Name Surname

 : Maria Pia Ester CRISTALDI

2. Date of Birth

 : 30.11.1987

3. Title

 : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi

Contact Information

: mariapia.cristaldi@uskudar.edu.tr

4. Educational Background

Degree Department University Year
BSc İletişim ve Dil Bilimleri Calabria Üniversitesi (İtalya) 2010
MSc İletişim ve Dil Bilimleri Calabria Üniversitesi (İtalya) 2014
PhD İletişim Bilimleri- Gazetecilik programı Marmara Üniversitesi 2021

5. Academic Titles

Degree Department University Year
Assistant Professor Yeni Medya ve İletişim Üsküdar Üniversitesi 2023

6. Supervised Theses

7. Publications

7.1. Papers published in internationally refereed journals (Scopus Indexed)

  1. CRISTALDI M. P. E., Embracing new citizens: the education of D/deaf pupils in the Late Ottoman Empire, Paedagogica Historica, (2023), (), 1-19, .

7.2. Papers published in other internationally peer-reviewed journals

  1. CRISTALDI M. P. E., Stampa e lingua comune tra i turchi degli Imperi Ottomano e Russo, GIORNALE DI STORIA CONTEMPORANEA, (2024), 2(2), 99-121, .
  2. CRISTALDI M. P. E., Greek modes and Turkish sounds . Music as a means of intercultural exchange between Orthodox Christians and Muslims in the Ottoman Empire, Occhialì- Rivista Italiana sul Mediterraneo Islamico, (2019), 4(4), 38-46, .

7.3. Assertions presented in international scientific congresses and published in the proceedings

  1. Cristaldi M. P. E., Usul-i Cedid: The Modernisation of Turkish Language Teaching in the Late Ottoman Empire, International Inter-Association Conference on the History of Language Learning and Teaching 2025, (05.06.2025), Como- İtalya
  2. CRISTALDI M. P. E., Usul-u Cedide: The Modernisation of Language Teaching in the Late Ottoman Empire, International Conference on the History of Language Learning and Teaching – ICHoLLT 2025”, (05.06.2025), Como, İtalya
  3. CRISTALDI M. P. E., “WE DO NOT NEGOTIATE”: ITALIAN ENTREPRENEUR FABRIZIO CORONA’S NEW MEDIA STRATEGY BLENDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM, GOSSIP AND STORYTELLING”, İFİG 12th International Communication Days / Media and Communication Studies in the Digital Age Symposium, (14.05.2025), İstanbul- Türkiye
  4. CRISTALDI M. P. E., “We do not negotiate”: Italian entrepreneur Fabrizio Corona’s new media strategy blending investigative journalism, gossip and storytelling., IFIG International Communication Days, (14.05.2025), İstanbul, Türkiye
  5. CRISTALDI M. P. E., "YOU SHALL SPEAK MY LANGUAGE: MIND THE LANGUAGE GAP IN THE ERA OF AI", NEWPATH SYMPOSİUM, (06.03.2025), İstanbul- Türkiye
  6. CRISTALDI M. P. E., "YOU SHALL SPEAK MY LANGUAGE: MIND THE LANGUAGE GAP IN THE ERA OF AI ", NEWPATH Symposium​​, (06.03.2025), İstanbul, Türkiye
  7. CRISTALDI M. P. E., THE SIXTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE HISTORY OF THE LANGUAGE SCIENCES, THE SIXTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE HISTORY OF THE LANGUAGE SCIENCES, (26.08.2024), Tiflis, Gurcistan
  8. CRISTALDI M. P. E., CARLUCCI A. F., BECOMING TURKISH: THE FIGURE OF MEVLANA JALALUDDIN RUMI BETWEEN NATIONALISATION AND POPULAR CULTURE, 10th INTERNATIONAL BLACK SEA COASTLINE COUNTRIES SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY, (07.04.2024), Samsun, Türkiye
  9. CRISTALDI M. P. E., CARLUCCI A. F., BECOMING TURKISH: THE FIGURE OF MEVLANA JALALUDDIN RUMI BETWEEN NATIONALISATION AND POPULAR CULTURE, 10th INTERNATIONAL BLACK SEA COASTLINE COUNTRIES SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY, (07.04.2024), Samsun, Türkiye
  10. CRISTALDI M. P. E., CARLUCCI A. F., THE ROLE OF ONLINE PRESS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE UYGHUR IDENTITY AND COLLECTIVE MEMORY, 9th INTERNATIONAL MODERN SCIENCES CONGRESS, (16.01.2024), BAKÜ- AZERBAYCAN
  11. CRISTALDI M. P. E., CARLUCCI A. F., THE ROLE OF ONLINE PRESS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE UYGHUR IDENTITY AND COLLECTIVE MEMORY, 9th Asia Pacific International Modern Sciences Congress, (16.01.2024), BAKÜ- AZERBAYCAN
  12. CARLUCCİ A. F., CRISTALDI M. P. E., Education as a Cornerstone of Political Relations: Turkey and the Sufi Communities in Post-Soviet Central Asia, CESS Central Eurasian Studies Society Conference, (15.08.2023), Bloomington- Indiana University
  13. Cristaldi M. P. E., Ergün S., Özay S., GİRİSİMCİ GAZETECİLİK ÖRNEKLERİNİN GAZETECİLİK İLKELERİ AÇISINDAN İNCELENMESİ, 10. Uluslararası İletişim Günleri ‘Dijital Kapitalizm ve İletişim, (16.05.2023), İstanbul- Türkiye
  14. BEI G., CRISTALDI M. P. E., Alımlama, Benimsenme ve Yenilik: Tanzimat Döneminden İtibaren Osmanlı Görsel Sanatlarında Yeni bir Söz Varlığı/Reception, Appropriation, and Innovation: A New Vocabulary of Ottoman Visual Arts in the Tanzimat Era, 26. Ortaçağ ve Türk Dönemi Kazıları ve Sanat Tarihi Araştırmaları Sempozyumu, (19.10.2022), University of Mersin- Mersin- Mersin
  15. Cristaldi M. P. E., Quando i Linguisti Iniziarono a Parlare Turco. La Linguistica nell’Impero Ottomano del Diciannovesimo Secolo, NONWESTLIT Seminars on Comparative Literature, (08.04.2022), Bologna Üniversitesi- Bologna- İtalya
  16. Cristaldi M. P. E., Linguistic Renewal and the Emergence of the Press in the Late Ottoman Empire, Casa Italia İtalyan Kültür Merkezi Konferans Serisi, (07.04.2022), Ankara- Türkiye
  17. CRISTALDI M. P. E., Between Linguistic Standardisation and Nationalism: Descriptions and Grammars of the Turkish Language from the Late Ottoman to the Early Turkish Republican Era, Documenter et décrire les langues d’Asie: histoire et épistémologie, (26.01.2022), SHESL Conference- Paris- Fransa
  18. Cristaldi M. P. E., Multilinguismo e stampa. Per un profilo della vita culturale della comunità italofona nel tardo Impero Ottomano, Conversazioni Italo- Ottomane/İtalyan- Osmanlı Konuşmaları, (07.10.2021), Ankara- Türkiye
  19. Cristaldi M. P. E., The Riddle between the Byzantine and Islamic Worlds, INTERNATIONAL MEDIEVAL CONGRESS University of Leeds, (05.07.2021), Leeds Üniversitesi- Leeds- Birleşik Krallık
  20. CRISTALDI M. P. E., Including new citizens: the education of deaf/mute subjects in the Late Ottoman Empire, Graduate Colloquium in Ottoman Studies, (26.09.2020), Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies &Marmara Üniversitesi- online
  21. Cristaldi M. P. E., Material Forms, the Senses, and the Acquisition of Knowledge in Medieval Islamic Riddles, INTERNATIONAL MEDIEVAL CONGRESS University of Leeds, (01.07.2019), Leeds Üniversitesi- Leeds- Birleşik Krallık
  22. CRISTALDI M. P. E., Turkish first’: the language policy of Turkey, the cultural interpretations of Islam and the Sunni Syrian community in Istanbul, Postgraduate Symposium ‘Muslims in the UK and Europe, (06.06.2019), University of Cambridge- Cambridge- Birleşik Krallık
  23. Cristaldi M. P. E., The Greek alphabet, magic and horses: an analysis on the charms used in Greek horse medicine and in curse tablets related to the context of horse races., Conference 'The Language of Magic', (22.05.2019), Pescara- İtalya
  24. CRISTALDI M. P. E., Translations of the Word Paraclete, International Conference Traductio et Traditio Mediaevales, (13.04.2019), Jaume I University- Morella- İspanya
  25. CRISTALDI M. P. E., Can language standardisation be biased? The case of the Turkish language during the Late Ottoman and the Early Turkish Republican eras, Conference Linguistic Diversity: Celebrating Difference, (12.04.2019), University of Cork- Cork- İrlanda
  26. CRISTALDI M. P. E., Riddle as teaching tool in Medieval Byzantium and Islam, Medieval Cultures Seminar Series, (05.12.2018), Queen's University- Belfast- Birleşik Krallık
  27. CRISTALDI M. P. E., Teaching by Question and Answer: The Riddle in Byzantium and Islamic Worlds, 2nd Annual Edinburgh International Graduate Conference on Late Antique, Islamic, and Byzantine Studies Conference, (30.11.2018), Edinbugh- Birleşik Krallık
  28. CRISTALDI M. P. E., Katundi Ynë: A bridge between common cultures in Mediterranean Europe, 3rd International Conference on Social and Economic Sciences (ICSES), (15.10.2017), Atina- Yunanistan

7.4. International books or chapters

  1. CRISTALDI M. P. E., Documenter et décrire les langues d’Asie : histoire et épistémologie, (2025), ISBN: 979-10-91587-23-5.
  2. CRISTALDI M. P. E., OSMANLI VE ERKEN CUMHURİYET DÖNEMİ GAZETELERİNDE TÜRK DİLİNİN KURUMSALLAŞMASINA DAİR BİR ANALİZ, (2024), ISBN: 978-625-98117-3-4.
  3. BEI G., CRISTALDI M. P. E., ALIMLAMA, BENİMSENME VE YENİLİK: TANZİMAT DÖNEMİNDEN İTİBAREN OSMANLI GÖRSEL SANATLARINDA YENİ BİR SÖZ VARLIĞI, (2023), ISBN: 978-975-17-5730-2.

7.5. Papers published in national peer-reviewed journals

7.6. Assertions presented in national scientific congresses and published in the proceedings

  1. CRISTALDI M. P. E., You Shall Speak My Language: Mind the Language Gap in the Era of AI, Languages, Cultures, Communications, (05.06.2025), Veliko Tarnovo- Bulgaristan
  2. CRISTALDI M. P. E., "Il caleidoscopico mondo della stampa ottomana tra società civile e minoranze linguistiche", Book Launch Conversazioni Italo-Ottomane/ İtalyan- Osmanlı Konuşmaları/ Italo-Ottoman Conversations., (05.03.2024), Ankara-Türkiye
  3. CRISTALDI M. P. E., ERGÜN S., ÖZAY S., GİRİSİMCİ GAZETECİLİK ÖRNEKLERİNİN GAZETECİLİK İLKELERİ AÇISINDAN İNCELENMESİ, 10. Uluslararası İletişim Günleri ‘Dijital Kapitalizm ve İletişim, (16.05.2023), Uskudar University- Istanbul- Turkey

7.7. Other publications

Books published by national publishers

Book chapters published by national publishers

8. Projects

  1. CRISTALDI M. P. E., Avrupa Birliği Projesi, NONWESTLIT Modernizing Empires, Araştırmacı, (Tamamlanma Tarihi :31.08.2026),
  2. CRISTALDI M. P. E., Ana B., Irene C., Wafaa E. B., Isabelle F., Francesco G., Cristiano L., Patrizia M., Luigi M. M., Marco N., Lucia R., Settimio S., Violini L., Diğer Uluslararası Kuruluşlar (World Bank, WHO, FAO, Yurt Dışı Üniversiteler vb.), Giornali e riviste italiane nel Mediterraneo/Akdeniz'de İtalyan gazeteler ve dergiler, Danışman, (Tamamlanma Tarihi :30.11.2025),

9. Administrative Duties

  1. Koordinatör / Coordinator - Erasmus Koordinatörlüğü (Enstitü / Fakülte / MYO) (2025-Continues)
  2. Koordinatör / Coordinator - Erasmus Bölüm Koordinatörlüğü (2023-Continues)
  3. Komisyon Üyesi / Member of Commission - Uluslararası Öğrenciler Akademik Komisyonu (2023-Continues)
  4. Öğrenci Kulübü Danışmanlığı / Head of Student Club - ERASMUS VE ULUSLARARASI ÖĞRENCİLER KULÜBÜ (2024-Continues)
  5. Post Doktora Araştırmacı- Bologna Üniversitesi (Modern Kültürler, Edebiyatlar ve Diller Bölümü) (2021-2022)

10. Scientific Memberships

  1. CESS: Central Eurasian Studies Society üyeliği(2022)
  2. MESA (Middle East Studies Association) üyesi(2021)

11. Awards

  1. YTB, YTB İbn Haldun Sosyal Bilimleri Doktora Bursu (2014- 2019), (2014)

12. Coourses recently given

Academic Year Semester Course name Hours Number of Students
Theoretical Application
2024-2025 Spring Göstergebilim (Master) - Group 1 3 0 13
Göstergebilim (Master) - Group 1 3 0 12
Vocational English II (Undergraduate) - Group 1 1 2 3
Gazetecilik Tarihi (Undergraduate) - Group 2 3 0 34
Mezuniyet Projesi II (Undergraduate) - Group 1 1 4 6
Mesleki İngilizce II (Undergraduate) - Group 1 1 2 89
İngilizce Sunum Becerileri (Undergraduate) - Group 1 3 0 24
Italian II (Undergraduate) - Group 1 3 0 14
İtalyanca II (Undergraduate) - Group 1 3 0 15
Fall Italian I (Undergraduate) - Group 1 3 0 51
İtalyanca I (Undergraduate) - Group 1 3 0 46
Mezuniyet Projesi I (Undergraduate) - Group 1 1 4 10
İletişim Tarihi (Undergraduate) - Group 2 3 0 181
Mesleki İngilizce I (Undergraduate) - Group 1 1 2 82
İngilizcede Yazma Becerileri (Undergraduate) - Group 1 3 0 54

Created: 05.12.2025