Mario Panico

I am a semiotician working on issues related to cultural memory, heritage and visuality. I am a research fellow (contrattista di ricerca) and adjunct professor at the University of Bologna (Department of the Arts).

I am also 2025-2026 KNIR Fellow at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome; and 2026 Residential Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Loughborough University, UK ("Media, Memory and History" research centre).

His first book is titled “Spaces for Nostalgia. Difficult Memory and Material Consolation” (London: Palgrave Macmillan 2024)  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-62929-7 

Since December 2025 I am vice-president of the Associazione Italiana di Studi Semiotici (Aiss)