Modern Italian Literature. [ http://frit.lss.wisc.edu/lanello ] Editor

CURRICULUM VITAE
MATTEO GILEBBI, PH.D.
SENIOR LECTURING FELLOW, CULTURAL ADVISOR – DUKE UNIVERSITY
205 Language Building, 413 Chapel Drive, Box 90257, Durham, NC 27708-0257
Email: [email protected]; Phone: 919-660-2436 (office) / 608-335-5674 (mobile)
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EDUCATION
2005-2011
PH.D. IN ITALIAN LITERATURE, French and Italian Dept., UW-Madison.
Dissertation: “La Costellazione Volponi: Marginalità, Sperimentalismo, Avanguardia,
Postmoderno.”
Minor: Critical Theory and Literary Criticism.
2003-2004
VISITING SCHOLAR, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
2002
SPECIALIZATION (ITALIAN M.A.) IN NARRATOLOGY AND NEW MEDIA, Università degli
Studi di Urbino, Italy.
2001
LAUREA (M.A. EQUIVALENT) IN PHILOSOPHY (Cum Laude), Università degli Studi di
Urbino, Italy.
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS &TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2010-PRESENT LANGUAGE COORDINATOR (ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN LEVEL),
Romance Studies Dept., Duke University.
2009-PRESENT CULTURAL ADVISOR, Romance Studies Dept., Duke University.
2009-PRESENT LECTURING FELLOW, Romance Studies Dept., Duke University.
COURSES TAUGHT:
ITALIAN 390 (Topics in Italian Civilization: Biopolitics, Bioethics, Ecoliterature)
ITALIAN 204 (Advanced Italian: Language and Culture through Literature and Film)
ITALIAN 113 (Accelerated Intermediate Italian)
ITALIAN 203 (Intermediate Italian)
ITALIAN 102 (Elementary Italian)
ITALIAN 101 (Elementary Italian)
2006-2008
2005-2008
ITALIAN FLOOR “PIAZZA ITALIA” LANGUAGE PROGRAM COORDINATOR, International
Language Community, UW-Madison.
TEACHING ASSISTANT, French and Italian Dept., UW-Madison.
COURSES TAUGHT:
ITALIAN 453/ILC198 (Special Topics in Italian Studies: Culture, Film, and Language)
ITALIAN 204 (Intermediate Italian)
ITALIAN 201 (Italian for Speakers of Other Romance Languages)
ITALIAN 102 (Elementary Italian)
ITALIAN 101 (Elementary Italian)
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
2007-PRESENT MANAGING EDITOR AND WEBMASTER, L’Anello Che Non Tiene. Journal of
Modern Italian Literature. [ http://frit.lss.wisc.edu/lanello ] Editor: Ernesto
Livorni. Legas Publishing
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2006
EDITORIAL STAFF, Pianeta Volponi. Saggi Interventi Testimonianze: Giornate di
Studio Dedicate a Paolo Volponi: Urbino-Urbania-Cagli, 2-4 Novembre 2004.
Ritrovato, Salvatore, Donatella Marchi. Pesaro: Metauro, 2007.
2004
EDITORIAL STAFF, Giuseppe Ungaretti: Identità e Metamorfosi. Colloquio
Internazionale, Lucca, 4-6 Aprile 2002. Guzzetta, Lia Fava, et al. Lucca: Pacini Fazzi,
2005.
ACADEMIC SERVICE
2006-2009
GAFIS (GRADUATE ASSOCIATION OF FRENCH AND ITALIAN STUDENTS), French and
Italian Dept., UW-Madison.
PROSPECTIVE STUDENT LIAISON
GAFIS SYMPOSIUM READING COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR
GAFIS SYMPOSIUM READING COMMITTEE MEMBER
GAFIS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE MEMBER
GAFIS HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEMBER
2004
COMMITTEE MEMBER Conference “Pianeta Volponi.” Università degli Studi di Urbino,
Urbino, Italy. November 2, 2004.
2002
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE / ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE MEMBER AISLLI
Conference “Identità e diversità nella lingua e nella letteratura italiana.” Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven, Louvein-la-Neuve, Antwerpen and Bruxelles, Belgium. July 1619, 2002.
ACADEMIC HONORS
2007-2008
EXPERIENCED TEACHER GRADUATE AWARD (Alfred and Isabella Panzini Galpin
Scholarship), French and Italian Dept., UW-Madison.
2006-2007
SERVING AND INNOVATION IN TEACHING GRADUATE AWARD (Hugh Smith Prize),
French and Italian Dept., UW-Madison.
PUBLICATIONS (ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS)
2013
“POETS VS BERLUSCONISMO. THE CASE OF POESIA DEL DISSENSO AND CALPESTARE
L’OBLIO.” The Politics of Poetics. Summerfield, Giovanna and Federica Santini (edited
by). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014. (Forthcoming)
“ANIMETAPHORS, TEROMORPHISMS, AND THE ANIMAL QUESTION: THE
INTERPRETATIONS OF GIORGIO AGAMBEN AND MARIO LUZI OF THE HUMAN-ANIMAL
DIVIDE.” Animals and the Posthuman in Italian Literature and Film. Past, Elena and
Deborah Amberson (edited by). New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. (Forthcoming)
2010
“L’ 'INESAURIBILE SEGRETO' DEL NULLA IN POESIE DISPERSE E ALTRE POESIE
RITROVATE DI GIUSEPPE UNGARETTI.” L’Anello che Non Tiene. Journal of Modern
Italian Literature. Volume 22, Fall-Spring 2010.
2008
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS. WIND CHILL
FACTOR: TRANSLATIONS OF THE COLD. Madison: Parallel Press, 2008.
2007
“LA POESIA DELL’ADERENZA. SUGGESTIONI DI LETTURA DA IL RAMARRO DI PAOLO
VOLPONI.” Pianeta Volponi. Saggi Interventi Testimonianze: Giornate di Studio
Dedicate a Paolo Volponi: Urbino-Urbania-Cagli, 2-4 Novembre 2004. Ritrovato,
Salvatore, Donatella Marchi (a cura di). Pesaro: Metauro, 2007: 81-88.
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2004
“LA POESIA IPERTESTUALE IN INTERNET: INTRODUZIONE.” Gli Oggetti di Scrittura II.
Zinna, Alessandro, et al. Urbino: Working Papers and Preprints-International Center of
Semiotic and Linguistic, 2004: 8-11.
“LA TESTUALITÀ DIFFERITA: MURMUR OF THE INTERSTICES, CHILDHOOD IN RICHMOND,
ND
ONYROS (2 ERA).” Gli Oggetti di Scrittura II. Zinna, Alessandro, et al. Urbino:
Working Papers and Preprints-International Center of Semiotic and Linguistic, 2004:
38-44.
PUBLICATIONS (REVIEWS)
2012
DE SIGNORIBUS, EUGENIO, ENRICO CAPODAGLIO E FELICIANO PAOLI (A CURA DI).
DISSENSO E CONOSCENZA. L’OPERA LETTERARIA DI GIORGIO CESARANO. Istmi:
Urbania, 2011. L’Anello che Non Tiene. Journal of Modern Italian Literature. Volume
23, 2011.
2009
VOLPONI, PAOLO. SCRIVO A TE COME GUARDANDOMI ALLO SPECCHIO: LETTERE A
PASOLINI (1954-1975). A cura di Daniele Fioretti. Firenze: Polistampa, 2009.
Triceversa Revista do Centro Ítalo-Luso-Brasileiro de Estudos Linguísticos e Culturais.
V.3, n.1, maio-out. 2009: 296-297.
2002
GENNARO, ROSARIO. “LA RISPOSTA INATTESA. UNGARETTI E IL BELGIO TRA POLITICA,
ARTE E LETTERATURA.” Firenze-Leuven: Franco Casati-Leuven University Press,
2002. Italianistica. Rivista di Letteratura Italiana. XXXIV, 2 (2005): 147-148.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
2013
“INSEGUILO TU STESSO ANIMALE / OLTRE LA SILLABA. ANTISPECIESISM, ECO-CRITICISM,
AND ANIMAL ADVOCACY IN CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN POETRY.” Panel: “Civitas
Innaturalis: Nature and (Post)Humanism in Italian Literature.” SLSA Conference,
Notre Dame, October 3-6, 2013.
“PRESS START AND START LEANING: VIDEOGAMES IN THE ITALIAN CLASSROOM.”
Session 24: “Bridging the Gap: Technology in the L2/FL Classroom.” AAIS
Conference, Strasbourg, May 30 – June 4, 2013.
2012
“LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND VIDEOGAMES: TEACHING AND LEARNING WITH
ASSASSIN CREED 2.” Panel: “Textual Spaces and Virtual Realities in Italian Literature.”
SAMLA Conference, Durham, November 9-11, 2012.
“NELL’ABISSO DELLA QUESTIONE ANIMALE. UMANO E INUMANO IN MACELLO DI
IVANO FERRARI.” Panel: “Animal Representations and Theriomorphism in Modern
Italian Literature.” AAIS Conference, Charleston, May 3-5, 2012.
“DE SIMULACRIS FORTUNAE. CONFLUENZE DI ASPETTI E RAPPRESENTAZIONI DELLA
FORTUNA IN ORBECCHE DI GIRALDI CINZIO.” Panel: “Fortune and ‘Industria’ in Early
Modern Italian Literature.” Carolina Conference on Romance Literatures, Chapel Hill,
March 23-25, 2012.
“ENCAGING WITH WORDS: LANGUAGE AND THE ANIMAL QUESTION IN CURRENT
ITALIAN PHILOSOPHY.” Panel: “Animal Studies, Ecocriticism and Modern Italy.” MLA
Conference, Seattle, January 5-8, 2012.
2011
“POETS VS. BERLUSCONISMO: THE CASE OF CALPESTARE L'OBLIO.” Panel: “The Politics
of Poetics: Poetry and Social Activism in Early-Modern through Contemporary Italy.”
SAMLA Conference, Atlanta, November 4-6, 2011.
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2010
“TWITTARE: MICRO-BLOGGING AND OUT-OF-CLASS COMMUNICATION.” 10th Annual
Instructional Technology Showcase – Duke University. Durham, April 30. Available on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVk_SxJiWtg
“DALL'ADERENZA CORPORALE ALLA MUTAZIONE MALINCONICA: IL RAPPORTO UOMOANIMALE NELLA POESIA DI PAOLO VOLPONI.” Panel: “Animals and Animality.” AAIS
Conference, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, April 22-25, 2010.
“THEORIZING MARGINALITY.” Departmental Colloquium: “The Last Approved
Prejudice.” University of Wisconsin-Madison, French and Italian Dept.,
Madison, March 12, 2010.
2009
“ANIMETAPHORS, TEROMORPHISMS, AND THE ANIMAL QUESTION: GIORGIO AGAMBEN
AND MARIO LUZI’S APPROACHES TO LEBENSPHILOSOPHIE.” Allied and Affiliate
Organizations Session: “Praxis, Lebensphilosophie, Vitalism, Actualism.” MLA
Conference, Philadelphia, December 27-30, 2009.
“L’ ‘INESAURIBILE SEGRETO’ DEL NULLA IN POESIE DISPERSE E ALTRE POESIE
RITROVATE DI GIUSEPPE UNGARETTI.” Symposium “Marinetti and Ungaretti: Futurisms
and Avant-Gardes.” University of Wisconsin-Madison, French and Italian Dept.,
Madison, October 9-10, 2009.
“LA RAGLIA ZUCCHERA, FURFA E CAMURRA: QUESTIONI E SUGGESTIONI SULLA
LINGUA-DETRITO IN GROPPI D’AMORE NELLA SCURAGLIA DI TIZIANO SCARPA.” Panel:
“Italian Intellectuals and the Italian Language,” AAIS Conference, St. John's
University, New York, May 7-10, 2009.
2008
“ADHERENCE TO THE MARGIN: TRANSLATING AND ANALYZING METAPHOR IN FIVE
POEMS BY PAOLO VOLPONI.” Panel: “New Directions in Postwar Italian
Poetry,” MLA Conference, San Francisco, December 27-30, 2008.
2007
“ROSE SHAPED INTERFACE (INTERFACCIA IN FORMA DI ROSA).” GAFIS Symposium
“Books, Texts and Readers in French and Italian Studies.” University of WisconsinMadison, French and Italian Dept., Madison, March 23-24, 2007.
2006
“HYPERPOETRY: SINCRETISMI-IBRIDAZIONI-MARGINI-INTERSTIZI.” Italian Studies
Collective Symposium “Scientifica-mente: The Symbiosis of Literature and Science in
Italian Culture.” Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, University of
Chicago, Chicago, February 25, 2006
2004
“LA POESIA DELL’ADERENZA. SUGGESTIONI DI LETTURA DA IL RAMARRO DI PAOLO
VOLPONI.” Conference “Pianeta Volponi.” Università degli Studi di Urbino, Urbino,
Italy, November 2, 2004.
“HYPERPOETRY ON THE NET: DERIVE E APPROCCI.” Conference “Semiotics of
Machines.” International Centre of Semiotics and Linguistic, Università degli Studi di
Urbino. Urbino, Italy. July 15, 2004.
LANGUAGES
ITALIAN (Native) - ENGLISH (Fluent) - SPANISH, FRENCH and LATIN (Reading
Knowledge).
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INFORMATICS SKILLS
COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND E-LEARNING: Audacity – Blackboard Academic Suite –
Drupal – E-learning Suites – Gradekeeper – Podcast – Linux – Micrograding – Prezi
Digital Presentation – Sakai CLE – Voicethread – WordPress
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
AAIS, American Association for Italian Studies (2008 – Present)
AATI, American Association of Teachers of Italian (2010 – Present)
EASLCE, European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture, and the
Environment (2013)
MLA, Modern Language Association (2008 – Present)
NEMLA, Northeast Modern Language Association (2010 – Present)
SAMLA, South Atlantic Modern Language Association (2010 – Present)
SLSA, Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (2013)
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