My primary interest is modern and contemporary Italian poetry, with a focus on experimental forms and women’s production. My intermedia research dialogues with many disciplines, including but not limited to translation, sexuality and gender studies, queer theory, performance studies, digital culture.
For my Doctoral thesis, I have explored the secular exclusion of women from the literary canon, and in particular the implicit separation in between epic and lyric. My major areas of interest related to this project are women’s history, feminist theory, along with psychoanalysis and the discussion around the concept of Subjectivity. In particular, the relevance of the political concept of testimony and representation of reality in a socio-cultural context that marginalises women’s experiences.
I am a member of the Gender and Authority Network, for which I tweet from @WomenCanonOx about our ongoing project and events on #GenderAndAuthority and BOSS (podcast).
You can find out more about my research on my Academia.