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prof. dr. sc. Nikica Mihaljević

Title: Full Professor

Function: Head of the Chair for Italian Literature; Editor-in-Chief of international scholarly journal "Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Splitu"

Location:
209 A
Consultations:

On Wednesday, from 2:00 pm till 3:00 pm.

Public phone number:
021545560
Department:
Department of Italian Language and Literature
PhD graduation year:
2009
H-indeks:
https://www.scopus.com/hirsch/author.uri?accessor=authorProfile&auidList=57148033700&origin=AuthorProfile&display=hIndex

Teaching

Biography

Prof. Mihaljević is employed at the Department of Italian Language and Literature at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split. Her areas of interest include 19th, 20th and 21st century Italian literature, women's literary tradition, comparative studies and ecocriticism. In addition to her scientific and teaching activities, she also serves as the Head of the Department of Italian Language and Literature, Head of the postgraduate doctoral module Literature and Culture, and Editor-in-Chief of the international scientific journal Proceedings of the Faculty of Philosophy in Split. She is the author of nine scientific monographs, five of which are editorial, and over fifty scientific articles. Since 2024, she has been the head of the international project Competence transformation in the university: peer-tutoring as a key element in supporting student development (Peer-Edu), in which the Faculty of Philosophy in Split is one of the partners and collaborator on the project of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split "Mediteran - Hrvatska - Identitet: povijesna i kulturna prožimanja" MEDHRID.

Scientific publications (CroRIS)

Insularity, Plant and Animal World in the Novels of Lorenza Pieri and Lora Tomaš
Mihaljević, Nikica
Filolog (Banja Luka), 16 (2025) str. 441-461, doi: 10.21618/fil2531441m
In the Light of the Pandemic: Linguistic Implications and Teaching Strategies
Filozofski fakultet u Splitu, (2025)
A Woman, a Body, movement vs. Island
Mihaljević, Nikica
Il corpo che abito. Visioni e riflessioni nella letteratura e dintorni., Dykinson, S. L., (2025) str. 346-360
Editorial
Mihaljević, Nikica
Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Splitu, Filozofski fakultet u Splitu, 17 (2024) str. 1-6
The planet in quarantine ; the pandemic and the disease ; literary and interdisciplinary aspects
Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu, (2023)
Galić Kakkonen, Gordana; Mihaljević, Nikica
Zeitschrift für Slawistik, 68 (2023) str. 465-488, doi: 10.1515/slaw-2023-0023
From «Out There» to «Inside the Head», from anorexia to the pandemic: the disease as the source of inspiration in Chiara Gamberale's novels
Mihaljević, Nikica
Il pianeta in quarantena: la pandemia e la malattia, aspetti letterari e interdisciplinari, Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu, (2023) str. 203-220
Sicily in time and space: migration, eco-sustainability, urban environment and alienation in the collection of short stories Sicilia d'autore
Mihaljević, Nikica
Mogućnosti : književnost, umjetnost, kulturni problemi, LXVIII (2023) str. 1-16
Mihaljević, Nikica
Representations, Scenes and Scenarios of Intimacy in Women’s Writing, Pro Universitaria Bukurešt, (2023) str. 96-110
Introduction
Mihaljević, Nikica; Marić, Antonela; Alujević, Marijana
Il pianeta in quarantena: la pandemia e la malattia, aspetti letterari e interdisciplinari, Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu, (2023) str. 7-17
Personality disorder and psychological violence: when being in two appears essential but proves impossible
Mihaljević, Nikica
(2022)
New Trends in Italian Literature: from Ecocriticism to Migrant Literature
Mihaljević, Nikica
Filolog (Banja Luka), 13 (2022) str. 306-325, doi: 10.21618/fil2226306m
Female Characters in the Early D'Annunzio's Short Stories Collections
Mihaljević, Nikica; Naranča, Daniela
Lingua Montenegrina, 29 (2022) str. 493-515
Editorial (Mihaljević, Nikica)
Mihaljević, Nikica
(2022)
The Humor at the Time of COVID 19: the „Time-Out“ in a Public Toilet
Mihaljević, Nikica
The Twelfth International Interdisciplinary Symposium Encounter of Cultures. Book of Abstracts.,(2022) str. 30-31
From "Là Fuori" to "Dentro di Testa", from anorexia to the pandemic: illness as a source of inspiration in Chiara Gamberale's novels
Mihaljević, Nikica
(2021)
Da 'locus amoenus' a 'locus terribilis' : i temi e le questioni ambientali nella collana « Città d'autore » a cura di Gabriella Kuruvilla
Mihaljević, Nikica
(2021)
Mihaljević, Nikica
Performing Memories: Media, Creation, Anthropology, and Remembrance, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, (2021) str. 303-320
Ekokritičko čitanje romana "Con gli occhi chiusi" Federiga Tozzija
Mihaljević, Nikica
Hrvatsko-talijanske filološke studije u čast profesorici emeriti Ljerki Šimunković = Studi filologici croato-italiani in onore della professoressa emerita Ljerka Šimunković, Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu, (2021) str. 107-125
Editorial
Mihaljević, Nikica
Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Splitu, 2021 (2021) str. 1-2
The Oscillation between Abandonment and Discovery: The Function of Real and Metaphorical Space in "L’ Isola dell'abbandono" by Chiara Gamberale
Mihaljević, Nikica ; Kalinić, Antea
Nuevas claves e interpretaciones en la cultura italiana, Dykinson, (2021) str. 129-138
International Scientific Conference "Da Dante ad oggi: malattie, epidemie e pandemie nella lingua, nella letteratura e nella cultura – From Dante to the present day: disease outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics in language, literature and culture" (Split, 23rd–24th September 2021)
Mihaljević, Nikica ; Grozdanić, Jelena
Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Splitu, (2021) str. 205-208
Jhumpa Lahiri, from Places to Non-places, between the Estrangement and the Identification in a City
Mihaljević, Nikica
RSEI - Revista de la Sociedad Espanola de Italianistas,Revista de la Sociedad Española de Italianistas, 14 (2020) str. 161-173, doi: 10.14201
Mihaljević, Nikica ; Božanić, Petra
(2020)
Editorial
Mihaljević, Nikica
Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Splitu, 13 (2020) str. 1-1
One, none or a thousand: Gabriella Kuruvilla's cities
Mihaljević, Nikica ; Carić, Sonja
Idee, forme e racconto della città nella narrativa italiana, Franco Cesati Editore, (2020) str. 153-163
Editorial
Mihaljević, Nikica
Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Splitu, 12 (2019) str. 1-1
Influences of Vittorio Alfieri's works in the tragedies Nepomoceno Orsino and Damiano di Ragusa by Marko Antun Vidović
Mihaljević, Nikica ; Galić Kakkonen, Gordana
Lingua Montenegrina, 12/2 (2019) str. 191-208
"Planine" by Petar Zoranić in the light of ecocriticism.
Galić Kakkonen, Gordana ; Mihaljević, Nikica
(2019)
Editorial
Mihaljević, Nikica
Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Splitu, 11 (2018) str. 1-1
Sara Lorenzetti, Figurations in the void. A re- reading of "Novelle per un anno" by Luigi Pirandello, Metauro, Fano, 2016.
Mihaljević, Nikica
Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Splitu, 11 (2018) str. 203-206
Italian City as a Literary Space in the Context of Mediterranean (1990-2015)
Jurišić, Srećko ; Marić, Antonela ; Mihaljević, Nikica ; Dalmatin, Katarina
Franco Cesati Editore, (2018)
“The centre cannot hold”: Quattro scrittrici migranti interpretano i malanni moderni
Mihaljević, Nikica ; Carić, Sonja
Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu, (2018)
"While travelling, I have finally understood not to be a traveller": the (re)construction of an identity in Ornela Vorpsi's novels
Mihaljević, Nikica
Muyeres dentro y fuera de la academia, Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, (2018) str. 193-206
Philogynous attitudes? Extraordinary representations of female characters in Marin Držić's comedies
Mihaljević, Nikica
Debating the Querelle des femmes. Literature, theatre and education., Volumina.pl, (2018) str. 283-296
Troublesome Cities: Suffocating Neapolitanity in Elena Ferrante's Novels
Mihaljević, Nikica
La città italiana come spazio letterario nel contesto mediterraneo (1990-2015), Firenze, Franco Cesati, 2018., Franco Cesati Editore, (2018) str. 69-78
One, none or one thousand: all Gabriella Kuruvilla's Italian cities
Mihaljević, Nikica ; Carić, Sonja
(2018) str. 153-163
Mihaljević, Nikica ; Galić Kakkonen, Gordana
Select Conference proceedings in collaboration with Voces Del Caribe "Bridges Across Culture", Washington and Jefferson College, (2018) str. 276-294
"Everyone needs a den in which to lick their wounds: it is a fundamental human right". The representation of existential distress through the urban environment in the short stories collection Bologna d’autore edited by Gabriella Kuruvilla
Mihaljević, Nikica
Raudem. Revista de estudios de las mujeres,Raudem, 6 (2018) str. 147-171, doi: 10.25115/raudem.v6i0.2406
"Expressing the Pain" Italian Writers and Poets Interpreting Human Experience: Itineraries Between the 16th and the 21st Century
Chemins de Traverse, (2017)
Mihaljević, Nikica
(2017)
Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF), (2017)
Mihaljević, Nikica
Gender In(Equality): Literary, Linguistic, and Artistic Responses to Gendered Dominance, Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF), (2017) str. 193-220
A Murder in Italian literature: Euthanasia, Death, and the Importance of Corporeality in Accabadora by Michela Murgia
Mihaljević, Nikica
Revista internacional de culturas y literaturas, 20 (2017) str. 188-202, doi: 10.12795/RICL.2017.i20.14
On the margin of space in the literary work of Igiaba Scego: the aesthetics and the heterotopic spaces
Mihaljević, Nikica
Mujeres y márgenes, márgenes y mujeres, Belinde Ediciones, (2017) str. 39-50
Transgenerational spaces in “Adua” by Igiaba Scego
Mihaljević, Nikica ; Carić, Sonja
Personajes femeninos y canon, Benilde ediciones, (2017) str. 289-317
Travelling from Italy to Croatia, following literary influences
Mihaljević, Nikica
(2017)
Editorial
Mihaljević, Nikica
(2017)
Mihaljević, Nikica ; Galić Kakkonen, Gordana ; Carić, Sonja ; Zebić Mitrović, Ivona
Gender (In)equality: literary, linguistic, and artistic responses to gendered dominance, ed. Mihaljević, Nikica et al.,(2017)
Mihaljević, Nikica
Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle,(2016)
Mihaljević, Nikica ; Galić Kakkonen, Gordana
The international journal of social sustainability in economic, social and cultural context, 12 (2016) str. 13-23
Evoluzione periocolosa: studi sul rapporto madre- figlia nella letteratura italiana
Mihaljević, Nikica ; Todorović, Dušica
Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu, (2016)
Globalisation, world literature and translation
Galić Kakkonen, Gordana ; Mihaljević, Nikica
Studi filologici e interculturali tra traduzione e plurilinguismo, Aracne editrice, (2016) str. 215-224
The Dark Side of the Motherhood: The Suffering in "La cattiva figlia" di Carla Cerati
Mihaljević, Nikica
«Dire il dolore». Scrittori e poeti italiani interpreti dell’esperienza umana: itinerari tra XVI e XXI secolo, Chemins de Traverse, (2016) str. 157-182
Mihaljević, Nikica
Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle,(2016)
The desperate search for ripeness as the "art of living" and the condemnation to loneliness and estrangement in "Tra donne sole" by Cesare Pavese
Mihaljević, Nikica
Cesare Pavese: testimonianze, testi e contesti,(2015) str. 143-154
Review of Book of Poetry "Variazioni sulla rosa" by Antonio Catalfamo
Mihaljević, Nikica
Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Splitu, 8 (2015) str. 185-186
Mihaljević, Nikica
bit će unešen naknadno,(2015)
Is the integration of immigrants in Italy possible or not? A reading of Laila Wadia's literary work
Mihaljević, Nikica
Parallelismi linguistici, letterari e culturali, Univerzitet Sv. Ćirila i Metoda u Skopju, (2015) str. 675-685
From Prejudices and Marginalization to Social Integration: Some Examples from Italian Immigrant Literature
Mihaljević, Nikica
-,(2014)
Vulnerable spaces in Neera and Marchesa Colombi's novels
Mihaljević, Nikica
Spazio domestio e spazio quotidiano nella letteratura e nel cinema dall'Ottocento a oggi, Franco Cesati Editore, (2014) str. 29-37
Mihaljević, Nikica
(2014)
The new vision of literature: ecocriticism and immigrant literature
Mihaljević, Nikica
(2014)
Mihaljević, Nikica
Naknadno,(2014)
To be mirrored in the other: from the stereotypes about foreigners in Italy to the perception of the Italians by foreigners
Mihaljević, Nikica
-,(2014)
From Prejudices and Marginalization to Social Integration: Some Examples from Italian Immigrant Literature
Mihaljević, Nikica
Journal of Educational and Social Research,Journal of educational and social research, MCSER Publishing-Sapienza University, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Montenegro, (2014) str. 216-224, doi: 10.5901/jesr.2014.v4n4p216
Mihaljević, Nikica ; Brzica, Anamarija
Innovation, Difference, Irregularity. Literature and Urban Space, Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi / Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, (2013) str. 204-215
Inevitability of pain experience in Margaret Mazzantini's novels
Mihaljević, Nikica ; Petrović, Mira
Academic journal of interdisciplinary studies, 2 (2013) str. 511-523
Encounters of the two cultures, Croatian and Italian one, in Stipe Ivačić's literary work
Mihaljević Nikica
"Susret kultura", zbornik radova, knjiga II, Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Novom Sadu, (2013) str. 1175-1185
The oppressed and the oppressors in Federigo Tozzi's plays
Mihaljević, Nikica
Italica Belgradensia, I (2013) str. 235-248
Mihaljević, Nikica ; Brzica, Anamarija
(2013)
The value of the suffering: the case of Margaret Mazzantini's novels
Mihaljević, Nikica - Petrović, Mira
(2013)
Mihaljević, Nikica - Brzica, Anamarija
Bridges Across Culture,(2013)
The non edited 18th century translation of Metastasio's literary work: Cándido María Trigueros' “ La muerte de Abel”
Mihaljević, Nikica ; Pucciarelli, Tiziana
Insularita' e cultura mediterranea nella lingua e nella letteratura italiana, Franco Cesati Editore, (2012) str. 619-629
Mihaljević Nikica
(2012)
The Moon on the Water
Mihaljević, Nikica
Eum edizioni Università di Macerata, (2012)
Mihaljević, Nikica
ICHSS 2012, MCSER, (2012) str. 209-214
Un italiano in Dalmazia precursore del Risorgimento: l'abate vicentino Bernardino Bicego
Mihaljević Nikica
La letteratura degli Italiani 3. Gli italiani della letteratura, Edizioni dell'Orso, (2012) str. 425-435
Disharmony between man and nature: the alienation of the characters in two Federigo Tozzi's novels
Mihaljević, Nikica
Adriatico/Jadran. Rivista di cultura tra le due sponde, Fondazione Ernesto Giammarco, (2010) str. 226-238
Lost linguistic patrimony in the Mediterranean
Tonkić, Danijel ; Mihaljević, Nikica
Franco Cesati Editore, (2010) str. 87-96
Time of fatalism and spiritism in Arturo Graf and Ksaver Šandor Gjalski: prediction of future events in remembering the past
Mihaljević, Nikica ; Galić, Gordana
Tempo e memoria nella lingua e nella letteratura italiana, Vol. IV: Poesia, autobiografia, cultura,(2010) str. 529-544
Timelessness and non-space in Galović's short stories
Mihaljević, Nikica
Riječ. Časopis za slavensku filologiju,(2010) str. 189-206
Metamorphosis of a character: whose "fault" is it?
Mihaljević, Nikica
Riječ. Časopis za slavensku filologiju,(2010) str. 172-188
The double and his wish: Arturo Graf and Luigi Pirandello
Mihaljević Nikica
Redak, (2010)
Literary exchange among Italian and Croatian authors at the end of 19th and the 20th century
Mihaljević, Nikica
Civiltà italiana e geografie d'Europa, EUT - Edizioni Universita di Trieste, (2009) str. 274-276
Double, mirror, methamorphosis: similarities and differences between some Italian and Croatian writers
Mihaljević, Nikica
(2009)
The devil' presents to Arturo Graf and Ulderiko Donadini: fantastic short story in front of the temptation
Mihaljević, Nikica ; Vukčević, Helena
Riječ : časopis za slavensku filologiju,Riječ (Rijeka), 3 (2009) str. 134-151
Verb tenses in a short story by Arturo Graf
Mihaljević, Nikica ; Tomelić Ćurlin, Marijana
Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Splitu, 1 (2008) str. 195-207
Tense and verbal mood in the short story "Reflective eternity" by Janko Leskovar
Mihaljević, Nikica ; Tomelić Ćurlin, Marijana
Anali Zavoda za znanstveni i umjetnički rad u Osijeku Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti,Anali Zavoda za znanstveni i umjetnički rad u Osijeku, 24 (2008) str. 37-49
Eternal rivalry between the two authors: the literary double in the work of Pirandello and Graf
Mihaljević, Nikica
Il doppio nella lingua e nella letteratura italiana, FF Press, (2008) str. 409-418
Demon and death in Fran Galović’ s and Arturo Graf’ s fantastic short story
Mihaljević, Nikica ; Vukčević, Helena
Riječ, Hrvatsko filološko društvo, (2008) str. 184-200
Romanian linguistic influence in house terminology in Župa on Pelješac peninsula
Tomelić Ćurlin, Marijana ; Mihaljević, Nikica
Čakavska rič - polugodišnjak za proučavanje čakavske riječi,Čakavska rič : polugodišnjak za proučavanje čakavske riječi, 35 (2007) str. 379-396
The oniric oasis of words: the dream motif in the fantastic fiction of some Croatian and Italian authors
Mihaljević, Nikica
Književna smotra,Književna smotra : časopis za svjetsku književnost, 39 (2007) str. 119-127
The Croatian writer Marko Kažotić (Marco de Casotti) and his literary dialogue with the history
Mihaljević, Nikica ; Anušić, Nikola
Adriatico/Jadran, Rivista di cultura tra le due sponde, 2/2005, Atti del II Congresso Internazionale della Cultura Interadriatica, Pescara-Spalato, 2005. / Giammarco, Marilena ; Sorella, Antonio (ur.). - Pescara : Fondazione Ernesto Giammarco , 2006., Fondazione Ernesto Giammarco, (2006)
Portrait as a medium of comunication between Luigi Pirandello and Arturo Graf
Mihaljević, Nikica
Jezik i mediji - Jedan jezik: više svjetova, Hrvatsko društvo za primijenjenu lingvistiku (HDPL), (2006)
Time presence in the literary text: what can we do with it in the class?
Mihaljević, Nikica
I. gimnazija, Split, Stručno vijeće (aktiv) profesora talijanskog jezika,(2006)
Contraddiction in Marko Kažotić' novel "Il berretto rosso ossia scene della vita morlacca": religion and superstition
Mihaljević, Nikica
Mogućnosti,Mogućnosti : književnost, umjetnost, kulturni problemi, 53 (2006) str. 165-172
How to win in a battle against Darwinism and how to create yourself: "Il riscatto" by Arturo Graf
Mihaljević, Nikica
-,(2005)
Transposition of a woman from Graf to Begović
Mihaljević, Nikica
Književna smotra : časopis za svjetsku književnost, 136-137 (2005) str. 131-134
From the metaphor towards an idiomatic expression : cultural component in language learning
Bralić, Snježana ; Mihaljević, Nikica
Semantika prirodnog jezika i metajezik semantike,(2005) str. 101-110
From the metaphor towards an idiomatic expression: cultural component in language learning
Bralić, Snježana ; Mihaljević, Nikica
Sažeci 18. međunarodnog znanstvenog skupa,(2004) str. 10 (hrvatski)-40 (engleski)
Pirandello's poetry
Mihaljević, Nikica
(2003)
Problems in acquisition of Italian language in Croatia
Mihaljević, Nikica
Treccani il libro dell'anno ...,Treccani il libro dellNULLanno ..., 19 (2003)
Pirandello's literary opus in the study of literature in Croatia
Mihaljević, Nikica
Penna d'Autore VIII, 37 ; 11-11,(2003)
The role of computer in foreign languages acquisition
Mihaljević, Nikica
Sophia (Napoli), 5 (2002)
19th century literary tradition influence on Luigi Pirandello's poetry
Mihaljević, Nikica
La Battana, 39 gennaio-marzo (2002)

List of select publications

1. Mihaljević, N., La luna nell’acqua. La metamorfosi nel racconto fantastico tra Italia e Croazia, Macerata, EUM, 2012.

2.. Mihaljević, N. - Todorović, D., Evoluzione pericolosa. Studi sul rapporto madre-figlia nella letteratura italiana, Split, Filozofski fakultet u Splitu, 2016.

3. Mihaljević, N. - Toppan, L., (eds.) «Dire il dolore». Scrittori e poeti italiani interpreti dell’esperienza umana :itinerari tra XVI e XXI secolo, Université de Lorraine, Centre de Recherche L.I.S. (Littératures, Imaginaire, Sociétés), Éditions Chemins de Tr@averse, 2016.

4. Mihaljević, N. (ed.), Gender In(Equality): Literary, Linguistic, and Artistic Responses to Gendered Dominance, Warsaw, IRF Press, 2017.

5. Mihaljević, N. – Carić, S., “The centre cannot hold”: Quattro scrittrici migranti interpretano i malanni moderni, Split, Filozofski fakultet u Splitu, 2018.

6. Jurišić, S. – Marić, A. – Mihaljević, N. – Dalmatin, K. (eds.), La città italiana come spazio letterario nel contesto mediterraneo (1990-2015), Firenze, Franco Cesati, 2018.

 

7. Mihaljević, N. – Marić, A. – Alujević. M. (eds.), Il pianeta in quarantena: la pandemia e la malattia, aspetti letterari e interdisciplinari, Split, Filozofski fakultet u Splitu, 2023.

 

8. Alujević, M. – Marić, A. – Mihaljević, N. (eds.), In ottica della pandemia: risvolti linguistici e strategie didattiche, Split, Filozofski fakultet u Splitu, 2025.

Professional memberships

- Head of Department of Italian Language and Literature

- Head of Postgraduate Doctoral Module "Literature and Culture"

- Editor-in-Chief of international scholarly journal "Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Splitu"

- member of Faculty's Centre CIRCO

- member of Faculty's Publishing Committee.

Member of the following domestic and international associations: A.I.P.I., AATI, EASE, "Italia Nostra", "Dante Alighieri", DARIAH-HR, HFD, ZNAK.

List of select projects

- project leader (at the Institution, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split) Peer-EDU (2024.-2026.)

- project collaborator: Mediteran - Hrvatska - Identitet: povijesna i kulturna prožimanja (MEDHRID)58101 MEDHRID (2025.-2029.)

- research assistant on the project: "Dalmacija od pada Serenissime do nacionalnog buđenja" (2004. - 2006.)

Past employments

2004.- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split: 

          2004.-2011. - research assistant / senior research assistant

          2011.-2017. - assistant professor

          2017.-2023. - associate professor

          2023.-            full professor

Awards and acknowledgments

She received a special recognition from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split for her contribution to progress in the field of international cooperation and scientific publishing in 2024.

Hobbies and interests

trekking, fitness, jogging, swimming, gardening, learning foreign languages.