Attività di Ricerca
Research Interests
- Anglophone literatures (Jhumpa Lahiri; Amitav Ghosh; Arundhati Roy; Namwali Serpell; Yaa Gyasi; South Asian, Middle-Eastern and African areas)
- blue humanities (Water Stories in the Anthropocene: Climate Change-Fiction)
- contemporary British fiction (Cynan Jones; Sarah Moss; Graham Swift)
- environmental humanities
- Irish literature (William Trevor)
- memory and affect studies
- postcolonial theory
- trauma studies
Upcoming Conferences, Events and Workshops
- 28-29 May 2026: I will present a paper titled "Detours of Memory: An Off-Modern Reading of William Trevor’s Fools of Fortune" at the International Conference “Regional Perspectives, Planetary Reach: Themes, Genres, Forms of Narration in Contemporary Irish and Scottish Fiction”, which will be held at the University of Naples “L’Orientale”.
- 18-20 June 2026: I will attend the International Workshop "Ocean Literacies, Literatures of Oceans" at the University of Bremen (Germany).
https://www.uni-bremen.de/bremen-blue-humanities-research-group/aktuelles
- 18 luglio 2026: Collective reading "Dal mare all'oceano". The reading is part of "Essere oceano", a programme conceived to envision and accompany the development of the future Bari Museum of the Sea.
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31 August - 4 September 2026: I will co-convene with Cédric Curtois from the University of Lille a seminar titled “The Poetics and Ethics of Sexual Dissidence in Anglophone Postcolonial Literatures” at the 18th ESSE Conference. This event will take place at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain).
- 31 August - 4 September 2026: I will present a paper titled "From Domestic Crisis to Collective Denial: Ireland’s Culture of Inattention in Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting" at the ESSE Seminar n. 22: “The Response of Anglophone Fiction to the New Age of Denial”, co-convened by Susana Onega and Jean-Michel Ganteau, within the 18th ESSE Conference at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain).
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Principali linee di ricerca
- narrativa britannica contemporanea (Cynan Jones; Sarah Moss; Graham Swift)
- letteratura irlandese (William Trevor)
- letterature di lingua inglese (Jhumpa Lahiri; Amitav Ghosh; Arundhati Roy; Namwali Serpell; Yaa Gyasi; area sud-asiatica, medio-orientale e africana)
- Blue Humanities (Water Stories in the Anthropocene: Climate Change-Fiction)
- environmental humanities
- memory and affect studies
- teoria postcoloniale
- trauma studies
Prossimi convegni
- 28-29 maggio 2026: presenterò una relazione dal titolo “Detours of Memory: An Off-Modern Reading of William Trevor’s Fools of Fortune” alla conferenza internazionale “Regional Perspectives, Planetary Reach: Themes, Genres, Forms of Narration in Contemporary Irish and Scottish Fiction”, che si terrà presso l'Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale".
- 18-20 giugno 2026: parteciperò al Workshop internazionale "Ocean Literacies-Literatures of Oceans" che si terrà presso l'Università di Brema (Germania).
- 18 luglio 2026: reading collettivo "Dal mare all'oceano". Il reading fa parte del programma "Essere Oceano", nato per immaginare e accompagnare il futuro del nascente Museo del Mare di Bari.
- 31 agosto - 4 settembre 2026: organizzerò insieme a Cédric Curtois dell'Università di Lille un seminario dal titolo “The Poetics and Ethics of Sexual Dissidence in Anglophone Postcolonial Literatures” in occasione della 18ª Conferenza ESSE. L'evento si terrà presso l'Università di Santiago de Compostela, in Spagna, dal 31 agosto al 4 settembre 2026 (https://www.esse2026.com/en/index.php).
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31 agosto - 4 settembre 2026: presenterò una relazione dal titolo "From Domestic Crisis to Collective Denial: Ireland’s Culture of Inattention in Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting" al seminario ESSE n. 22: “The Response of Anglophone Fiction to the New Age of Denial”, co-organizzato da Susana Onega e Jean-Michel Ganteau, nell'ambito della 18a Conferenza ESSE presso l'Università di Santiago de Compostela (Spagna).