Iren Boyarkina (AA1E-4A7E-92D7)

Curriculum Vitae

Iren Boyarkina

Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Iren Boyarkina

Citation names

Boyarkina, Iren

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: AA1E-4A7E-92D7

Education

	Degree	Classification
2015/05/05 Concluded	PhD in foreign languages and literatures (Dottorato di Ricerca) Major in English and American literarure Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy "Musical Metaphors and Parables in the Narratives of Olaf Stapledon" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013/10/05 Concluded	Teaching English to adults (Master Universitario) Major in English University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
2003/02/03 Concluded	PhD course in world literatures (Dottorato di Ricerca) Major in English and American literarure Belorusskij gosudarstvennyj pedagogiceskij universitet imeni Maksima Tanka, Belarus
1990/09/01 - 1996/06/26 Concluded	English language and literature, German language and literature (Laurea Magistrale) Major in English language and literature, German language and literature, methods of teaching, pedagogics, politics, economy, history. Minsk State Linguistic University, Belarus "The works of Anne Tyler" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1996/06/16 Concluded	Bachelor of Arts (Bachelor) Major in English language and literature, German language and literature Minsk State Linguistic University, Belarus

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019 - 2022	Visiting Professor (University Teacher)	Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Italy

2019 - 2020	Visiting Professor (University Teacher)	Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy

2018 - 2019	Visiting Professor (University Teacher)	Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy

2018 - 2019	Tutor (University Teacher)	Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Italy

2018 - 2018	Visiting Professor (University Teacher)	Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
	Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza Dipartimento di Studi Europei Americani e Interculturali, Italy
2009 - 2010	Tutor (University Teacher)	Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy
	Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Italy
2003 - 2004	Visiting Professor (University Teacher)	Belorusskij gosudarstvennyj pedagogiceskij universitet imeni Maksima Tanka, Belarus

1996 - 1996	Invited Assistant (University Teacher)	Grodzenskij dzyarzhauny universitat imya Yanki Kupaly, Belarus

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2020 - 2020	Science Fiction Narratives of Olaf Stapledon F2020 Visiting scholar l	Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2022 - 2023	Scientific, literary and cultural heritage of Olaf Stapledon ARUS Post-doc Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal	Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Book	Boyarkina, Iren. Together to the Stars: Utopia and Dystopia in English and Russian Science Fiction Literature.. Minsk, Belarus: IVC. 2021. Published
Book chapter	Boyarkina, Iren. "Alternative History and George Orwell’s Novel 1984". In Sakharov Readings 2023: Environmental Problems of the XXI Century. Minsk, Belarus, 2023. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "Passages through Spacetime: Science and Fiction”". In Passages Through Enclosures and the Spacetime Continuum in English and American Science Fiction., edited by Boyarkina, Iren. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishers, 2022. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "“Passages through the Spacetime Continuum in Contact by Carl Sagan”.". In Passages Through Enclosures and the Spacetime Continuum in English and American ScienceFiction., edited by Boyarkina, Iren. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishers, 2022. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "“Passages through the Spacetime Continuum: Telepathy, Time Travel, and Symbiosis in Stapledon’s Star Maker and Last and First Men" .". In Passages Through Enclosures and the Spacetime Continuum in English and American Science Fiction., edited by Boyarkina, Iren. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishers, 2022. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "Posthumanism: Alternative Realities and Artificial Intelligence in Greg Egan’s Science Fiction".". In Sakharov Readings 2022: Environmental Problems of the XXI Century. Minsk, Belarus, 2022. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "POSTHUMANISM: ALTERNATIVE REALITIES AND AI IN SCIENCE FICTION BY G. EGAN AND R. MORGAN: POSSIBLE IMPACTS OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES ON SOCIETY AND HUMAN NATURE". In Sakharov Readings 2022: Environmental Problems of the XXI Century. Minsk, Belarus, 2022. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "Empathy and Human Feeling in the Short Stories of O. Henry and Anton Chekhov”". In Connections and Influences Between the American and Russian Short Story,.. United States: Lexington books, 2021. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "Didactic Implications of Intersemiotic Translation: Analysis of Multimedia Storytelling as a Didactic Method.". In Didactic Implications Sakharov Readings 2021: Environmental Problems of the XXI Century.. Minsk, Belarus, 2021. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "Specialised Tourist Discourse”". In Sakharov Readings 2021: Environmental Problems of the XXI Century. Minsk, Belarus, 2021. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "“Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Olaf Stapledon’s Sirius”". In Romantic Weltliteratur of the Western World. New York, United States: Peter Lang, 2020. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "“Estrangement and Estranged Worlds in the Novels The Heart of the Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov, Aelita by Alexey Tolstoy and The Shape of Things to Come by H.G. Wells”. In The World of Languages and Literatures: A Contemporary Outlook. N. Bakic-Miric, M. Loncar-Vujnovic, M. Jakovljevich (Eds.),". In The World of Languages and Literatures: A Contemporary Outlook. N. Bakic-Miric, M. Loncar-Vujnovic, M. Jakovljevich (Eds.). United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishers, 2020. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "“La crisi e la trasformazione sociale e culturale nei romanzi Aelita di Alexei Tolstoj, Cuore di cane di Mikhail Bulgakov e The Shape of Things to Come di H.G. Wells” in Crisi e Trasformazione, (Eds.) Giovanetti M. e V. Mini Roma: Universitalia, 2020". In La Crisi e la trasformazione. Roma, Italy: Universitalia, 2020. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "The Concept of the World State by H.G. Wells and its Evolution in the Science Fiction Narratives by Olaf Stapledon and Ivan Yefremov.” In Science Beyond Boundaries,". In Science Beyond Boundaries. Pristina, Serbia: University of Pristina, 2020. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "“Artificial Intelligence, Cyborgs and Immortality: Bioethics in Science Fiction Novels” in Sakharov Readings 2020: Environmental Problems of the XXI Century, Minsk: Byelorussian State University Press, 2020.". In Sakharov Readings 2020: Environmental Problems of the XXI Century.. Minsk, Belarus, 2020. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "The Theories of Lev Vygotsky and Michail Bakhtin and their Elaborations in CLIL and SLA Studies” in Sakharov Readings 2020: Environmental Problems of the XXI Century". In Sakharov Readings 2020: Environmental Problems of the XXI Century. Minsk, Belarus, 2020. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "The Role of Interaction in Second Language Acquisition”". In Sakharov Readings 2020: Environmental Problems of the XXI Century. Minsk, Belarus, 2020. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "“Translating Metaphor: Some Controversial Issues.” In Multilinguismo: Innovacion y Nuevos Retos en la Investigacion y la Docencia, Oviedo: University of Oviedo". In Multilinguismo: Innovacion y Nuevos Retos en la Investigacion y la Docencia, Oviedo: University of Oviedo. Oviedo, Spain: University of Oviedo press, 2019. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "Some Important Issues of Linguistic Training of Ecologists for Professional International and Intercultural Communication on Ecological and Related Issues,” in Sakharov Readings 2019: Some Important Issues of Linguistic Training of Ecologists for Professional International and Intercultural Communication on Ecological and Related Issues,”,". In Sakharov Readings 2019: Environmental Problems of the XXI Century. Belarus, 2019. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "Some Problems of Bioethics Raised in the Science Fiction Novels by Ivan Yefremov and Herbert George Wells” nvironmental Problems of the XXI Century,". In Sakharov Readings 2019: Environmental Problems of the XXI Century. Belarus, 2019. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "Some Acute Problems of Bioethics Raised in the Soviet Science Fiction". In Some Acute Problems of Sakharov Readings 2019: Environmental Problems of the XXI Century. Minsk, Belarus, 2019. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "Ideological Control and Human nature in the Dystopian Society: George Orwell’s Novel 1984". In Critical Insights: Inequality. United States: Grey House, 2018. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "Science Fiction and Society: A Critical Study”". In Literature and Society: Challenges and Prospects, (ed.) Prayer Elmo, AuthorsPress. India, 2016. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "Le cittá del futuro in Last and First Men di Olaf Stapledon,”". In La Città. Italy: Universitalia, 2015. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "The Theme of a Woman’s Destination in Anne Tyler’s Novels”". In Women. Education. Democracy.. Belarus, 1999. Published
Conference abstract	Boyarkina, Iren. "Alternative Realities and AI in the works of G. Egan and R. Morgan: Possible Impacts of Digital Technologies and AI on Society and Human Nature.". Paper presented in ICRAELLL, Wah, 2022. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "The Cities of the Future in British and Spanish Science Fiction”". Paper presented in Arts and the City, Budapest, 2019. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "The Concept of the World State by H.G. Wells and its Evolution in the Science Fiction Narratives by Olaf Stapledon and Ivan Yefremov.”". Paper presented in Science Beyond Boundaries, Pristina, 2019. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "“Music in the Science Fiction Narratives by Olaf Stapledon”,.". Paper presented in Mensageiros das Estrelas, Lisbon, 2016. Published
Conference paper	Boyarkina, Iren. "Posthumanism: Alternative Realities and Artificial Intelligence in Greg Egan’s Science Fiction“". Paper presented in Actual Environmental Problems, Minsk, 2022. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "Specialised Ecological Discourse: the Use of Intersemiotic Translation and Multimedia Storytelling”..". Paper presented in International Conference “Ecological education and steady development: state of the art, goals, problems, and perspectives.”, Minsk, 2022. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "Meeting the Unknown: Military Scenarios in Science Fiction about Extraterrestrial Contacts". Paper presented in Meeting the Unknown: Military Scenarios in Science Fiction about Extraterrestrial Contacts.” In MCWE2020: The 2nd International Conference on Military Culture and War Experience, Military Academy “Ferdinand I"., Budapest, 2020. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "English in the Military Context: An Effective Interaction of CLIL and SLA.". Paper presented in MCWE 2020: The 2nd International Conference on Military Culture and War Experience, Military Academy “Ferdinand I, Budapest, 2020. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "Olaf Stapledon and Doris Lessing: Continuity in English SF Literature". Paper presented in 8th IASTEM International Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2015, 2015. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "“Artistic Peculiarities of the Novel about a Woman and her Family and its Modifications in the 20th Century American Literature”, proceedings of the 7th International Conference “Slavonic Literatures within the World Context”, Minsk, Belarusian State University, 2005.". 2004. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "“Principles of the Fabula Composition in the Novels by Ann Tyler”, in The Interaction of Literatures in the World Literary Process: Problems of Theoretical and Historical Poetics, proceedings of the International Scientific Conference, Grodno: Grodno State University Press, 2000". Paper presented in The Interaction of literarures in the world literary process, 2000. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "Some Artistic Peculiarities of the Creative Method of Ann Tyler”, in Acute Issues of Russian Language and Literature: Theory and Methodology of Teaching". Paper presented in Acute Issues of Russian Language and Literature: Theory and Methodology of Teaching, 1999. Published Boyarkina, Iren. "“Russian Reminiscences in the Fiction by Ann Tyler”, in The Interaction of Literatures in the World Literary Process: Problems of Theoretical and Historical Poetics, proceedings of the International Scientific Conference,". 1998. Published
Edited book	Boyarkina, Iren; Goscilo H; Jakovljevich M; Magnavita de Carvalho Alexey; Djukic L. Passages Through Enclosures and the Spacetime Continuum in English and American Science Fiction. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishers, 2022. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishers. 2022. Published • Editor
Journal article	Boyarkina, Iren. "L'influenza positiva di alcuni sport sull’apprendimento e second language Acquisition”". Zbornik Radova Filozofskogo Fakulteta-Univerzitet u Pristini, 2021, vol. 51, issue 1, 51 1 (2021): Open access • Published Boyarkina, Iren. "James Joyce and the Scientific Romances of H. G. Wells and Olaf Stapledon”". Foundation: the International Review of Science Fiction, 2021. (138) 138 (2021): Published Boyarkina, Iren. "The Rise of Feminism in the Works by Henry James: Some Narratological Insights.”.". Zbornik Radova Filozofskogo Fakulteta-Univerzitet u Pristini, 2021, 51, (3). 51 3 (2021): Published Boyarkina, Iren. "Dagli anni settanta a oggi: i nuovi orizzonti della linguistica cognitiva e la sua applicazione in CLIL, SLA e studi di traduzione, didattica delle lingue e letteratura". Zbornik Radova Filozofskogo Fakulteta-Univerzitet u Pristini, 50 4 (2020): Published Boyarkina, Iren. "The Destiny of Life and Mind in the Universe in the Works by Arthur Clarke and Olaf Stapledon”". Zbornik Radova Filozofskogo Fakulteta-Univerzitet u Pristini, 2019, vol. 49, issue 3. 49 3 (2019): Open access • Published Boyarkina, Iren. "Nature against the human species: Science in the apocalyptic novels by James Ballard and Olaf Stapledon,". Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Prištini 49 4 (2019): Open access • Published Boyarkin O.,; Boyarkina, Iren. "Boyarkin, O., Boyarkina I. “Solar neutrinos as indicators of the Sun’s activity” in International Journal of Modern Physics A, Vol. 34, No. 33 (2019)". International Journal of Modern Physics A, Vol. 34, No. 33 (2019) 34 33 (2019): Published Boyarkina, Iren. "“Utopia in the Future Histories of H. G. Wells and W. O. Stapledon”". Foundation: the International Review of Science Fiction 129 (2018): Published Boyarkina, Iren. "Music in the Science Fiction Novels by Olaf Stapledon,”". British Fantasy Society Journal (BFS) (2018): Published Boyarkina, Iren. "“A Christmas Carol and the Genres of Science Fiction and Fantasy”,". British Fantasy Society Journal (BFS) (2018): Published Boyarkina, Iren. "“Violence against Women in Italy: An Interdisciplinary Approach”. In E.G. University of Washington, USA, Feb. 2017.". E.G (2017): Published Boyarkina, Iren. "Per Aspera ad Astra: Challenges and Conflicts of Spirit in Sirius by Olaf Stapledon”". Postgraduate English Journal 33 (2016): Published Boyarkina, Iren. "“Doris Lessing and Olaf Stapledon: Continuity in English SF Literature”". International Journal of Arts and Sciences, 8 (3), 2015 8 3 (2015): Published Boyarkina, Iren. "“Some Artistic Peculiarities of the Novels The Bostonians by Henry James and The Age of Innocence by Edit Wharton,”". Vesti 2 (2009): Published Boyarkina, Iren. "The Origins of the American Literary Feminist Movement. The Bostonians by Henry James.”". Vesti 2 (2008): Published
Translation	Boyarkin O. Translation of the text book: Boyarkin O. Advanced Particle Physics, volume 1. New York, United States: Francis and Taylor. 2011. Boyarkin O.. Advanced Particle Physics, volume 2. New York, United States: Francis and Taylor. 2011. Published

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023	Occurences and reoccurences in Ulysses by James Joyce.	XVII James Joyce Italian Foundation International Conference in Rome University of Rome e (Rome, Italy)
2023	Alternative history and George Orwell’s 1984	Sakharov Readings 2023: Environmental Problems of the XXI Century, Byelorussian State University, International Sakharov Ecological University (Minsk, Belarus)
2022	“Translating Political Discourse of the Opposition: Digital Technologies to Spread Lies, Misinformation and Fake News"	30th AIA conference University of Catania (Catania , Italy)
2022	Natural sciences in Ulysses by James Joyce	XVI James Joyce Italian Foundation International Conference in Rome,. University of Rome 3 (Rome , Italy)
2022	Specialised Ecological Discourse: the Use of Intersemiotic Translation and Multimedia Storytelling”.	International Conference “Ecological education and steady development: state of the art, goals, problems, and perspectives. Byelorussian State University (Minsk, Belarus)
2022	English Science Fiction Literature and Society	2nd International Conference on Linguistics, Literary and Pedagogical Turns University of Wah (Wah, Pakistan)
2022	Posthumanism in Greg Egan’s Science Fiction".	Sakharov Readings 2022: Environmental Problembyes of the XXI Century Byelorussian State University, International Sakharov Ecological University (Minsk, Belarus)
2022	Ulysses and Relativity theory	28th International James Joyce Symposium. Trinity College, University of Dublin (Dublin , Ireland)
2022	Utopias and dystopias of Olaf Stapledon	International Conference “Between Fiction and Society" IULM University of Milan (Milan, Italy)
2022	Hope, post-individualism, and communism in the works of Greg Egan and Olaf Stapledon	22nd USS International Conference, University of Brighton (Brighton, United Kingdom)
2022	Utopia in the works of Olaf Stapledon	International Conference of the Fantstic in the Arts (ICFA). The Global Fantastic. International Conference of the Fantstic in the Arts (ICFA). (United States)
2022	Posthumanism, Post-body and Post-living in the Science Fiction Novels of Olaf Stapledon, Rochard Morgan and Greg Egan	“The “Posthum3n: Entanglements and Intersections in a Posthuman World”, University of Porto (Porto)
2022	“What if we were living in the world of “1984”?	International Conference of ‘What if?...’ World History /Alternative History, 2022 University of Porto (Porto)
2021	“‘Relativity in “Wandering Rocks”’, chaired the panel “A Quantum of Joyce".	International James Joyce Symposum 2021. University of Triest. University of Triest (Triest, Italy)
2021	Organized and chaired the panel “Intersections of Human/Non-human/Artificial Intelligence in American Science Fiction”, presented a paper “Contemplations on the Concept of Human/non-Human in American Science Fiction”	26th Biennial AISNA Conference (Italian Association of North American studies University of L'Aquila (L'Aquila , Italy)
2021	“English Language Learning and Teaching: Current Methodologies, the Role of Technologies and AI.	International Conference on Recent Advances in English Language Literature and Linguistics (ICRAELLL) University of Wah (Wah, Pakistan)
2021	“Alternative Realities and AI in the works of G. Egan and R. Morgan: Possible Impacts of Digital Technologies and AI on Society and Human Nature	International Conference on Recent Advances in English Language Literature and Linguistics (ICRAELLL) University of Wah (Wah, Pakistan)
2021	“Posthumanism: Alternative Realities and Artificial Intelligence in Greg Egan’s Science Fiction“.	XI International Scientific Conference “Actual Environmental Problems”, Byelorussian State University. Byelorussian State University (Minsk, Belarus)
2021	Organization & chairing the panel “Posthumanism: Alternative Realities, Cyborgs, AI in science fiction. Between Utopia and Dystopia”, paper presentation “Digital Alternative realities, cyborgs and AI in the sf novels of Greg Egan and Richard Morgan.	21st International Utopian Conference, University of Porto, University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2020	The Theories of Lev Vygotsky and Michail Bakhtin and their Elaborations	University of Liverpool (Liverpool , United Kingdom)
2020	Relativity in the Wandering Rocks	XIII James Joyce Italian Foundation International Conference in Rome0. University of Rome3, (Rome , Italy)
2020	“Artificial Intelligence, Cyborgs and Immortality: Bioethics in Science Fiction Novels”	Sakharov Readings 2020: Environmental Problems of the XXI Century, International Sakharov Environmental Institute, Belarusian State University, (Minsk, Belarus)
2020	The Theories of Lev Vygotsky and Michail Bakhtin and their Elaborations in CLIL and SLA Studies”	43Sakharov Readings 2020: Environmental Problems of the XXI Century Byelorussian State University, International Sakharov Ecological University (Minsk, Belarus)
2020	The Role of Interaction in Second Language Acquisition”	Byelorussia State University, International Sakharov Ecological University (Minsk, Belarus)
2020	Meeting the Unknown: Military Scenarios in Science Fiction about Extraterrestrial Contact	MCWE2020: The 2nd International Conference on Military Culture and War Experience, Military Technical Academy “Ferdinand I" MCWE2020: The Military Technical Academy “Ferdinand I", Bucharest, (Bucharest, Romania)
2020	English in the Military Context: An Effective Interaction of CLIL and SLA	MCWE2020: The 2nd International Conference on Military Culture and War Experience, Military Technical Academy ¿Ferdinand I" Military Technical Academy Ferdinand I (Bucharest, Romania)
2019	The views n communism in the Science Fiction Novels by Wells, Tolstoy and Bulgakov	Communism and Science Fiction. International Conference on Science Fiction American University in Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
2019	Music in the Narratives of James Joyce and Olaf Stapledon	XII James Joyce Italian Foundation International Conference in Rome University of Rome 3 (Rome, Italy)
2019	Utopia in the Novels by HG. Wells, Olaf Stapledon and Ivan Yefremov	Communism and Science Fiction”. International Conference on Science Fiction. American University in Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
2019	“Some Important Issues of Linguistic Training of Ecologists for Professional International and Intercultural Communication on Ecological and Related Issues,	Sakharov Readings 2019: Environmental Problems of the XXI Century International Sakharov Ecological University, Byelorussian State University (Minsk , Belarus)
2019	Some Problems of Bioethics Raised in the Science Fiction Novels by Ivan Yefremov and Herbert George Wells	Sakharov Readings 2019: Environmental Problems of the XXI Century, Byelorussian State University, International Sakharov Ecological University (Minsk, Belarus)
2019	Some Acute Problems of Bioethics Raised in the Soviet Science Fiction	Byelorussian State University, International Sakharov Ecological University (Minsk, Belarus)
2019	The cities of the Future in the Science Fiction Novels of H.G. Wells and Olaf Stapledon	Arts and the City”. International Conference. Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Károli Gáspár University, Budapest, 2019. (Budapest, Hungary)
2019	The improvement of human species in the Narratives by Mary Shelley, Olaf Stapledon and Richard Morgan	“Trauma and Posthumanity. Representation in the Time of the Posthuman: Transhuman Enhancement”. International Conference University of Zaragoza (Zaragoza , Spain)
2019	On some neglected aspects of violence in gender violence	Captivating Criminality 6. Metamorphoses of Crime: Facts and Fictions.” University of Chieti Pescara (Pescara, Italy)
2019	La crisi e la trasformazione sociale e culturale nei romanzi Aelita di A.Tolstoj e il Cuore di cane di M.Bulgakov	Crisis and Transformation”, International Conference, University of Rome “Tor Vergata, University of Rome Tor vergata (Rome , Italy)
2019	Climate change in The making of the Representative for Planet 8 by Doris Lessing	Utopia, Dystopia and Climate Change”. The 20th Conference of the Utopian StudiesSociety. Monash University (Florence, Italy)
2019	The Concept of the World State in the Works of H.G.Wells and Olaf Stapledon	Science Beyond Borders II”, International Scientific Conference University of Pristina (Pristina, Serbia)
2019	“Passages through the Space-time Continuum in American Science Fiction Literature.”	University of Ragusa, AISNA (Ragusa, Italy)
2019	Positive influence of certain sports on cognitive abilities and Second Language Acquisition	University of Rome La Sapienza (Rome, Italy)
2018	“Translating Metaphor: Some Controversial Issues.”	Multilinguismo: Innovacion y Nuevos Retos. International Congress Un8versity of Oviedo (Oviedo, Spain)
2018	Updating and Modernising Dickens: A Christmas Carol and Science Fiction	Dickens Adapting, Dickens Adapted. International Symposium University of Brunel (London , United Kingdom)
2018	Frankenstein: on the Crossroads of Literature and Film	International Bicentenary Conference on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein University of Venice Ca' Foscary (Venice, Italy)
2018	Bridging the Victorian-Modernist Divide: The Art of James Joyce and the Narratives by H.G Wells and Olaf Stapledon	International Conference “Bridging Victorian and Modern” University of Birmingham (Birmingham , United Kingdom)
2018	The Art of James Joyce and the Narratives by Wells and Stapledon	The Art of James Joyce. 26th International James Joyce Symposium. University of Antwerp (Antwerp , Belgium)
2018	Nature against the human species in the sf novels of J. Ballard and Olaf Stapledon	Nature and Narrative. International Scientific Conference, American University of Saint Luis in Madrid, American University of Saint Luis in Madrid (Madrid , Spain)
2018	The new worlds in the Science Fiction Novels of Wells, Tolstoy, Bulgakov	University of Graz (Graz, Austria)
2017	Music in the novels of James Joyce and Olaf Stapledon	X International James Joyce Conference. James Joyce Society University of Rome3, (Rome , Italy)
2017	Frankenstein: Fear and the Unfamiliar. On the crossroads of film and literature	University of Birmingham (Birmingham , United Kingdom)
2017	Gender violence in Italy.	Historicising Violence: The Contested Histories of Present Day Conflict”. University of Notre Dame-University of New Castle. University of Notre Dame, University of New Castle (Rome, Italy)
2017	Science in the Apocalyptic novels of J Ballard and Olaf Stapledon	J.G. Ballard and the Sciences. . Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge (Cambridge , United Kingdom)
2017	The Destiny of Life and Mind in the Universe in the Works by Arthur Clarke and Olaf Stapledon	2017: A Clarke Odyssey. A Conference Celebrating a Century of Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Canterbury Christ Church University, The British Society for Literature and Science (Canterbury , United Kingdom)
2016	Music in the Science Fiction Narratives by Olaf Stapledon”	Mensageiros das Estrelas. University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2016	Utopias of H.G. Wells and Olaf Stapledon	. Anticipations: H. G. Wells, Science Fiction and Radical Visions”. International Scientific Conference. H.G. Wells Society (Woking, United Kingdom)
2016	Utopias in the novels of H.G. Wells and O. Stapledon	A Day in the Broomley Libriary with H. G. Wells” H.G. Wells Society (United Kingdom)
2016	Redefining Metaphor. Conceptual Metaphor Theory	Redefining Allegory: The meaning of Allegory Now”, International Scientific Conference at the University of London Queen's Mary Queen's Mary University of London (London, United Kingdom)
2016	The cities of the future in English and Spanish science fiction literature	II Congreso Internacional de Jovenes Hispanistas, the University of Valladolid. University of Valladolid (Valladolid , Spain)
2015	Le cittá del futuro in Last and First Men di Olaf Stapledon,”	International Scientific Conference University of Rome Tor vergata (Rome , Italy)
2015	Doris Lessing and Olaf Stapledon: Continuity in English SF Literature”	IJAS IJAS (Florence, Italy)
2015	Olaf Stapledon and Doris Lessing”	8th IASTEM International Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2015 IASTEM (Oxford, United Kingdom)
2015	“From the 1970s till Now: New Horizons in the Cognitive Linguistics”	VIII International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference Horizons University of Rome Tor vergata (Rome , Italy)
2005	Artistic Peculiarities of the Novel about a Woman and her Family and its Modifications in the 20th Century American Literature	7th International Conference “Slavonic Literatures within the World Context” Byelorussian State Pedagogical University (Minsk, Belarus)
2000	Principles of the Fabula Composition in the Novels by Ann Tyler”	The Interaction of Literatures in the World Literary Process: Problems of Theoretical and Historical Poetics, Grodno State University (Belarus)
1999	Some Artistic Peculiarities of the Creative Method of Ann Tyler”,	Acute Issues of Russian Language and Literature: Theory and Methodology of Teaching, Byelorussian State University (Minsk, Belarus)
1999	The Theme of a Woman’s Destination in Anne Tyler’s Novels”	Women. Education. Democracy, Envilla University, United States Embassy (Minsk , Belarus)
1998	Russian Reminiscences in the Fiction by Ann Tyler”	The Interaction of Literatures in the World Literary Process: Problems of Theoretical and Historical Poetics, Grodno State University (Grodno, Belarus)