University of Edinburgh

Terrorism and Realism in Contemporary Italian Literature: the Victim as a Literary Character and a Cultural Paradigm of the Years of Lead

Academic History:

2016 -  present: PhD Italian, University of Edinburgh

2013 - 2015: MA Italian Studies, Distinction, University of Bologna

2010 - 2013: BA Humanities, Distinction, University of Bologna

Supervisors:

Dr Davide Messina, University of Edinburgh

Professor Federica Pedriali, University of Edinburgh

Research Interests:

• Cultural memory and cultural imaginaries
• Terrorism and political violence
• Italian literature and culture of 20th and 21st Century
• Ethics and political commitment in contemporary Italian culture

Previous Research Projects:

Il caso Moro: la Controcronaca Letteraria di Leonardo Sciascia (MA Dissertation, University of Bologna)

Scholarships:

AHRC DTP 2017-2018, University of Edinbrgh

Fees-only Scholarship 2013-2014, University of Bologna

Conference Organising:

• March 15, 2018, University of Edinburgh, co-organised with Dr Davide Messina, funded by Society of Italian Studies Grant for Conference Organising, Italian Cultural Institute (Edinburgh), University of Edinburgh: 'Years of Lead Reloaded | 40 Years After Also Moro's Kidnapping'

Conference Participation:

• University of Edinburgh (UK), November 15, 2017. UG-LED Italian Research Seminar: 'The Myth of the 'Betrayed Resistance' in 1970s Italy'
• University of South Carolina (USA), February 15-18, 2018. 1968 in Global Perspectives (through a PG Mobility Grant of the University of Edinburgh): '1968 and Political Terrorism in Contemporary Italian and German Literature'
• University of Sussex (UK), April 5-6, 2018. SIS Themed Conference 2018, Resistance in Italian Culture: Literature, Film and Politics: 'Resistance and Left-Wing Terrorism in Contemporary Italian Literature'
• University of Rome "La Sapienza", June 26th - 28th - Past (Im)Perfect Continuous: trans-cultural articulations of the Postmemory of WWII: 'Postmemorial articulations of the Italian Resistance in ideological terms.'

Contact Details:

Address: School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of Edinburgh, 50 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LH

Email: Alessandra.Pdeluca@ed.ac.uk

First published: 25 September 2017