Phd in CLASSICAL AND MODERN ITALIAN STUDIES

Giulia Marziali (Rome, 15/04/1994) is a PhD student for the XXXVI cycle of Italian Studies. Her research project aims to analyse the meaning and evolution of space in italian crime novel from the late 19th century's ‛proto-slashers’ narrative until the present. The study aims to write a bibliographic and critical narrative concerning spatial perception. In 2017 she graduated with cum laude distinction in Modern Literature at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" with a thesis entitled Adolescents and contemporary fiction: the 1990s (supervisor: Professor Elisabetta Mondello). In 2019 she graduated cum laude in Modern Philology, at "La Sapienza" University of Rome, discussing a thesis in Contemporary Italian Literature: Rome novels of the Zero Years (supervisor: Professor Elisabetta Mondello; co-rapporteur: Professor Monica Storini). In 2020 she completed her second Master's Degree in Publishing, Journalism and Cultural Management at the University of Rome "La Sapienza". In collaboration with Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, she completed a thesis focused on the recent and innovative union between the world of publishing and podcasts (supervisor: Dr. Giorgio Zanchini). She is currently a Tutor for the same Master.
She is a member of MOD - Society for the Study of Italian Modernity - and CAIS (Canadian Association for Italian Studies).