UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1318 | Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement

Submission information

Submission Number: 1318

Submission ID: 21186

Submission UUID: b9325f8d-f7a1-4640-b8f4-6492f631ef0b

Submission URI: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal

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Created: Fri, 08/22/2025 - 01:27 PM

Completed: Fri, 08/22/2025 - 01:28 PM

Changed: Thu, 10/30/2025 - 02:42 PM

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Language: English

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Research Mentor Information

Primary Research Mentor Name Silvia Valisa

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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) svalisa@fsu.edu

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FSU College (if applicable) Arts and Sciences

FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation Modern Languages and Linguistics

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Overall Project Details

Title of the Project Sonzogno Project - Newspaper Il Secolo (1866-1927)

Project Keywords update homepage - research through newspaper articles (Italian)

Are you currently looking for research assistants? No

Number of Research Assistants Needed 1

Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) Open to all majors.
Required: Intermediate to advanced reading knowledge of Italian

Project Location: On FSU Main Campus

If the project location is off campus, does the research assistant(s) need to provide their own transportation? No, the project is remote

Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s): Partially Remote

Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work? 5

Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work? Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)

Overall Research Project Description The Sonzogno Project gathers a series of digital and print-based initiatives devoted to the study of Italian publishing house Sonzogno. The two main digital components are an OMEKA website gathering data about the year 1885 publication records of the firm, and an FSU libraries managed Repository of the Sonzogno-owned daily newspaper Il Secolo (1866-1927), the most important daily newspaper in the 19th century in Italy.

Research Tasks The student will assist professor in updating Main Page of Research website as well as an OMEKA site showcasing a previous DH project. Most of the research hours will be devoted to browsing through different issues of Il Secolo to find interesting material to post on social media and/or on a dedicated page on the Sonzogno Project Homepage. Student will become familiar with a digital resource that is being used internationally and with the history of Italian journalism. Student need to have intermediate to advanced understanding of written Italian.

Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Student need to have intermediate to advanced understanding of written Italian.
Fluency in computer-based resources such as Omeka and similar archival applications is a plus.
Students need to be interested in journalism, literature, and Italian history.

Mentoring Philosophy I like to state clearly my expectations from the start, so that the mentee has a clear idea of what they are being asked to do and within which timeline. At the same time, I highly value individual experience and initiative, and I am very open to feedback and to input on the part of the mentee.

Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable): https://progettosonzogno.create.fsu.edu/

Please add any additional information here (if applicable): the link above (https://progettosonzogno.create.fsu.edu/) leads to a series of pages that are related and that explain different part of my project.
For a sample of my scholarship, see
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3f8449v2

Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable? Yes

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Roundtable Info

Day: Wednesday, September 3
Start Time: 3:00
End Time: 3:30
Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/6746013616

UROP Program Elements

Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication Yes

UROP Performance Evaluation Yes

Materials Grant Yes

UROP Poster Presentation Yes

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Year 2025

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