Raffaello Palumbo Mosca Current Position The University of Kent

Raffaello Palumbo Mosca
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of European Culture and Languages
University of Kent
Canterbury, UK
E-mail: [email protected]
Current Position
The University of Kent, School of European Culture and Languages. Fondazione CRT Postdoctoral Research
Fellow.
Education
2011
The University of Chicago. Ph.D. with honors in Italian Language and Literature.
Advisors: Prof. Rebecca West, Prof. Paolo Cherchi, Prof. Justin Steinberg.
2011
University of Turin. Ph.D. in Classic and Modern Cultures; specialization in Contemporary
Italian literature.
Advisors: Prof. Giorgio Ficara, Prof. Enrico Mattioda.
2003
University of Turin. Laurea in Literature and Philosophy.
Laurea 110 out of 110 cum laude and dignità di stampa.
Advisor: Prof. Giorgio Ficara.
Publications
Books under contract
L’invenzione del vero. Romanzi ibridi nell’Italia contemporanea (Rome: Gaffi, 2014).
Chapters in Books
2009
“Prima e dopo Gomorra: nonfiction novel e impegno,” in P. Antonello, F. Mussgnug (eds.),
Postmodern Impegno: Ethics and Commitment in Contemporary Italian Culture (Oxford: Peter
Lang, 2009): 305-326.
2009
“Porcile: lettura attraverso le fonti,” in R. West, A. Maggi (eds.), Scrittori Inconvenienti: Essays
On and By G. Celati and P.P. Pasolini (Ravenna: Longo, 2009): 51-67.
Articles
2013
“Notes on Hybrid Novels and Ethical Discourse,” Modern Language Notes (forthcoming).
2012
“Al di là del romanzo / dentro il romanzo: Signore delle lacrime di Antonio Franchini,” Studi
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Novecenteschi 82 (2011): 513-524.
2011
“Narrazioni spurie: letteratura della realtà nell’Italia contemporanea,” Modern Language Notes
126.1 (2011): 200-223.
2009
“Le corps et le sang de l’Italie: littérature, éthique et société,” Raison Publique 10 (2009): 273280.
2008
“La volontà sommersa dal caso: Gadda e la costruzione dell’io,” Lettere Italiane 60.3 (2008):
420-433.
2007
“Note sul Libro de Natura de Amore di Mario Equicola,” Rinascimento 47 (2007): 288-300.
2007
“La rappresentazione impossibile: appunti sul percorso gaddiano dal Castello di Udine alla
Cognizione del dolore,” Carte Italiane 20 (2007): 161-171.
2006
“Pinocchio: la lettura metafisica di Giorgio Manganelli” Studi Novecenteschi 71 (2006): 154164.
2005
“Gadda e Proust o l’ambiguità del matricida,” Levia Gravia 7 (2005): 113-123.
2004
“La cognizione del dolore: figure e lingua tra due mondi,” Artifara 4.
Cultural Journalism
2009
“Il corpo e il sangue d’Italia.” (Review)
www.minimaetmoralia.it
2011
“Introductory Notes” (with Joel Calahan)
Chicago Review
2012
“Le Nuvole di Timor di Marco Ferrari,” (Review)
www.mentelocale.it
2013
“Exercice d’admiration: su Riviera di Giorgio Ficara”
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2013
“L’amore alla fine del mondo: La produzione di meraviglia di Gianluigi Ricuperati” (Review)
Affari Italiani http://affaritaliani.libero.it
2013
“Un amore infinito per la
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Invited Talks
2013
“Letteratura, etica, diritto.” Università commerciale Bocconi, Milano. (Forthcoming).
2013
“Notes on Hybrid Novels and Ethical Discourse.” Centre for Modern European Literature,
University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK.
2013
“Imagining Real Facts: On Franchini and Saviano.” Italian Studies Research Seminar, University
of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK.
2011
“Ritrattino di Mario Soldati, o dell’umanità dell’arte.” Torino 150, Courmayeur, Italy.
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Raffaello Palumbo Mosca
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of European Culture and Languages
University of Kent
Canterbury, UK
E-mail: [email protected]
Conference Papers
2011
“Lo scrittore coinvolto: per una letteratura engagé oggi” ADI, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
2010
“Sono arrivati gli unni: ibridazione e impegno nel romanzo italiano contemporaneo” University
of Toronto, Toronto (Canada).
2009
“The Blood and the Flesh of Italy: Notes on Literature, Ethics, and Society” New York
University, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, N.Y. (USA)
2008
“Images of a Country: Fiction, Nonfiction and Social Engagement in New Italian Writers”
Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens (France).
2007
“Notes on Mario Equicola’s Libro de Natura de Amore” Sixteenth Century Society,
Minneapolis, MN (USA).
2007
“Amleto e lo spaventapasseri: Gadda e la costruzione dell’io” American Association of Italian
Studies, Colorado Springs, CO (USA).
2005
“La grande guerra nell’opera di Carlo Emilio Gadda: dalla rappresentazione impossibile del
Castello di Udine al depistaggio della Cognizione del dolore” Midwest Modern Language
Association, Milwaukee, WI (USA).
2005
“Appunti sul percorso gaddiano dal Castello di Udine alla Cognizione del dolore,” University of
California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (USA).
Teaching Experience
University of Kent
Present
Teacher for IT312. “Neo-realism and Its Legacy.”
Led class-discussion in English; graded papers.
Autumn 2012 Teacher for IT315 Writing Italy Through the Centuries.
Led class discussions in English; conducted oral exams; graded papers.
Autumn 2012 Teacher for IT 308 Italian Grammar and Culture intermediate level.
Developed the Syllabus; conducted oral and written exams.
University of Turin
2011
External Advisor for a M.A. thesis on Roberto Saviano.
2009-2011
Teaching Assistant for Prof. Giorgio Ficara.
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Conducted oral exams; taught several classes.
The University of Chicago
2008-09
Lecturer of Italian. Three courses of Italian language and culture.
Developed the syllabus; graded papers; conducted oral exams.
2008
Lecturer for “Italian Literature from the XVIII Century to Today.”
Developed the syllabus; conducted oral exams; graded papers.
2004-2008
Lector of Italian. Intermediate level.
Developed specific “cultural activities” (“Italian Opera”; “Twentieth-Century Italian literature.”)
2006
Research and Teaching Assistant for Prof. Rebecca West. “Italian literature from the XVIII
century to today” (undergraduate course.) “Creative Couples and Collaboration in TwentiethCentury Italian literature” (graduate course).
Led class discussions in Italian; graded papers; taught several classes; prepared primary and secondary bibliography.
2004
Lector of Italian. Beginners level.
Conversation classes
Academic Service
2011-
“Cultore della materia,” Italian literature, University of Turin (Turin, Italy).
2009-2011
Co-editor for the Chicago Review.
Selected the prose pieces included in the Italian issue (2011); co-written the “Introductory Notes.”
2007
Co-organizer of the Italian Graduate Student Conference.
Title of the conference: “Parole Da Ridere: Humor, Satire, and Irony in Italian Culture.” Researched for funding;
contacted the keynote speakers; chaired a session.
Reviewing
L’Indice dei libri del mese.
Honors & Awards
2012
Early Career Research Fellowship (Fondazione CRT Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Italian
Studies). University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
2011
Ph.D with honors. The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
2003
Laurea summa cum laude and dignità di stampa.
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Raffaello Palumbo Mosca
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of European Culture and Languages
University of Kent
Canterbury, UK
E-mail: [email protected]
Languages
Italian
Mother Tongue
English
Fluent speaking; good writing; reading.
French
Good speaking; reading.
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