Umberto Eco
1932 to 2016
9 documented presences
8 places
Quo Fuit places 9 dated presences for Umberto Eco across 8 places, from 1932 to 2001. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Umberto Eco (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Umberto Eco was documented, and when
5 January 1932exact date
Piedmontattested
“Eco was born on 5 January 1932 in the city of Alessandria, in Piedmont in northern Italy.”
source: Wikipedia: Umberto Eco
1959year
Milanattested
“In 1959, following his return to university teaching, Eco was approached by Valentino Bompiani to edit a series on "Idee nuove" (New Ideas) for his eponymous publishing house in Milan.”
source: Wikipedia: Umberto Eco
1975year
University of Bolognaattested
“Following the publication of A Theory of Semiotics in 1975, he was promoted to Professor of Semiotics at the University of Bologna.”
source: Wikipedia: Umberto Eco
1977 to 1978period
Yale Universityattested
“From 1977 to 1978 Eco was a visiting professor at Yale University and then at Columbia University.”
source: Wikipedia: Umberto Eco
1977 to 1978period
Columbia Universityattested
“From 1977 to 1978 Eco was a visiting professor at Yale University and then at Columbia University.”
source: Wikipedia: Umberto Eco
1988year
University of Bolognaattested
“In 1988, Eco founded the Department of Media Studies at the University of the Republic of San Marino, and in 1992 he founded the Institute of Communication Disciplines at the University of Bologna, later founding the Higher School for th…”
source: Wikipedia: Umberto Eco
1988year
University of the Republic of San Marinoattested
“In 1988, Eco founded the Department of Media Studies at the University of the Republic of San Marino, and in 1992 he founded the Institute of Communication Disciplines at the University of Bologna, later founding the Higher School for th…”
source: Wikipedia: Umberto Eco
1992 to 1993period
Harvard Universityattested
“From 1992 to 1993, Eco was a visitor at Harvard, as the Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry.”
source: Wikipedia: Umberto Eco
2001 to 2002period
St Anne's College, Oxfordattested
“In other words, don't buy it if you are not Einstein." From 2001 to 2002, Eco was the Weidenfeld Visiting Professor in Comparative European Literature at St Anne's College, Oxford.”
source: Wikipedia: Umberto Eco
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Places Umberto Eco is documented in
University of Bologna2 presences · 1975 to 1988Columbia University1 presence · 1977Harvard University1 presence · 1992Milan1 presence · 1959Piedmont1 presence · 1932Yale University1 presence · 1977
St Anne's College, Oxford1 presence · 2001
University of the Republic of San Marino1 presence · 1988
Other places tied to Umberto Eco in the record
In each of these, a source puts Umberto Eco and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Umberto Eco was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1954year
University of Turinmentioned
“Umberto's father urged him to become a lawyer, but he entered the University of Turin (UNITO), writing his thesis on the aesthetics of medieval philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas under the supervision of Luigi Pareyson, for which…”
source: Wikipedia: Umberto Eco
1961 to 1964period
University of Milanmentioned
“Earning his libera docenza in aesthetics in 1961, Eco was promoted to the position of lecturer in the same subject in 1963, before leaving the University of Turin to take a position as lecturer in Architecture at the University of Milan…”
source: Wikipedia: Umberto Eco
1969year
Milanmentioned
“In 1969 he left to become Professor of Semiotics at Milan Polytechnic, spending his first year as a visiting professor at New York University.”
source: Wikipedia: Umberto Eco
1969year
Polytechnic University of Milanmentioned
“In 1969 he left to become Professor of Semiotics at Milan Polytechnic, spending his first year as a visiting professor at New York University.”
source: Wikipedia: Umberto Eco
1969year
New York Universitymentioned
“In 1969 he left to become Professor of Semiotics at Milan Polytechnic, spending his first year as a visiting professor at New York University.”
source: Wikipedia: Umberto Eco
1971year
University of Bolognamentioned
“In 1971 he took up a position as associate professor at the University of Bologna and spent 1972 as a Fulbright scholar at Northwestern University .”
source: Wikipedia: Umberto Eco
1971year
Northwestern Universitymentioned
“In 1971 he took up a position as associate professor at the University of Bologna and spent 1972 as a Fulbright scholar at Northwestern University .”
source: Wikipedia: Umberto Eco
1980 to 1984period
Yalementioned
“He returned to Yale from 1980 to 1981, and Columbia in 1984.”
source: Wikipedia: Umberto Eco
1991year
Guangzhou, Chinamentioned
“The Bologna program resulted in the first conference in Guangzhou, China, in 1991 entitled "Frontiers of Knowledge".”
source: Wikipedia: Umberto Eco
1995year
Milanmentioned
“In 1995, during a presentation at the Milan Triennale University, he declared: "I have seen several multimedia works, and I personally collaborated in the drafting of a publication of this type.”
source: Wikipedia: Umberto Eco
2000year
Timbuktumentioned
“In 2000, a seminar in Timbuktu was followed up with another gathering in Bologna to reflect on the conditions of reciprocal knowledge between East and West.”
source: Wikipedia: Umberto Eco
2000year
Bolognamentioned
“In 2000, a seminar in Timbuktu was followed up with another gathering in Bologna to reflect on the conditions of reciprocal knowledge between East and West.”
source: Wikipedia: Umberto Eco
2007year
Brusselsmentioned
“This, in turn, gave rise to a series of conferences in Brussels, Paris and Goa, culminating in Beijing in 2007.”
source: Wikipedia: Umberto Eco
2007year
Beijingmentioned
“This, in turn, gave rise to a series of conferences in Brussels, Paris and Goa, culminating in Beijing in 2007.”
source: Wikipedia: Umberto Eco
2011year
Documented at the same place, the same year
Edward SaidColumbia University · 1977Joan CrawfordColumbia University · 1977Liv TylerColumbia University · 1977Mario Vargas LlosaHarvard University · 1992Daniel BellHarvard University · 1992River PhoenixHarvard University · 1992Roger ScrutonHarvard University · 1992
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