Current position
PhD candidate in Global Histories, Cultures and Politics (XXXVIII cycle), at the Department of History and Cultures, University of Bologna. Research project in Political Philosophy with the provisional title: The (dis)articulation of race and class in Britain, 1970s-1980s. Supervisor: Sandro Mezzadra, co-supervisor: Iain Chambers
Education
2022 - Master's Degree in History and Oriental Sciences (University of Bologna), curriculum Global Cultures. Thesis in Critical Theories of Contemporary Capitalism entitled Understanding Changing Conjunctures: On Stuart Hall's Method, supervisor Prof. Sandro Mezzadra, co-supervisor Prof. Iain Chambers. Grade: 110/110 cum laude.
2019 - Bachelor's Degree in Political, Social and International Sciences (University of Bologna), curriculum International Relations. Thesis in History of Political Thought entitled Una cosa da nulla: Antonio Gramsci e la formazione dell'uomo, supervisor prof. Maurizio Ricciardi. Grade: 110/110 cum laude.
Scholarships and research grants
2024 - Scholarship award at the Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies, Naples
2024 - 'Marco Polo' scholarship for a visiting period at King's College London (supervisor: Dr. John Narayan)
2021 - Scholarship for dissertation research abroad. Department of History and Cultures (University of Bologna) for a research period at the Cadbury Research Library (University of Birmingham, UK).
2019 - Scholarship award in favour of deserving students enrolled in the academic year 2018/2019 at the University of Bologna.
Seminars and Conferences
31 October-2 November 2024 - International Conference "Stuart Hall: Positions and Trajectories" (University of Birmingham). Paper: "The politics of articulation. Stuart Hall's engagement with black politics in the 1970s".
13 June 2024 - Seminar "I colori della razza. Prospettive storiche su razza e razzismo" (Università di Bologna). With Viola Pacini (Università di Bologna) and Aurélia Michel (Université Paris Cité)
15 May 2024 - Seminar "Semantics of Growth: Progress, Nature, Development" (Università di Bologna). With Andrea Rizzi (Università di Bologna), Jacopo Bonasera (Fondazione Burzio, Torino) and Matthias Schmelzer (Università di Jena)
26-30 June 2023 - Endangered Theories: Standing by Critical Race Theory in the Age of Ultra-Violence (Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra). Paper entitled "Disputing race and racism. Notes on a debate", discussants: Prof. Gargi Batthacharyya (University of East London) e Prof. Lester Spence (John’s Hopkins University).
10-12 May 2021 - Student Conference 2021 'Soggetti in conflitto. Tra scontro e riconoscimento' (University of Pavia). Paper entitled "Musiche da neri. Il soggetto-jazz fra industria culturale e blackness".
