Author: Alessandro Chidichimo

Alessandro Chidichimo is a specialist in the history of language sciences. His PhD was a reconstruction of the manuscript "De l’essence double du langage" written by the Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure (Prix Charles Bally 2012). In 2015 he launched a successful crowdfunding campaign to finance his research project. He currently works at the University of Geneva.

Alessandro Chidichimo

Alessandro Chidichimo is a specialist in the history of language sciences. His PhD was a reconstruction of the manuscript "De l’essence double du langage" written by the Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure (Prix Charles Bally 2012). In 2015 he launched a successful crowdfunding campaign to finance his research project. He currently works at the University of Geneva.

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Post-Corona University Threads

You have to strike, assholes!!!

June, 2020 / By Alessandro Chidichimo

You ask, “What concrete actions can we take?” You have to strike, assholes! We need to take the example of […]

51 essential rules for doing research

May, 2018 / By Julie Billaud and Alessandro Chidichimo

Be free. Eat sweets. Do not go to university (but use the university to print for free). Resist academic hierarchy.

Essay One-Shots

Reading Not to Perish

April, 2018 / By Alessandro Chidichimo

The “publish or perish” imperative in academia is periodically debated in the newspapers. I think some distance should be taken