Research: Audiovisual Translation and Reception of Gender-Diverse Characters on the Small Screen: A Study on the Italian Translations of British and American TV Series
Valerio Monticelli is a PhD student enrolled in the programme Studies in English Literatures, Language, and Translation at Sapienza University of Rome (curriculum in English Language and Translation). In 2024, he completed a master’s degree in English and Anglo-American Studies at Sapienza University of Rome, with a thesis titled “Fashioning the History of the English Language: Victorian Canons and the Oxford English Dictionary”, after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Lingue, Culture, Letterature e Traduzione at the same university. His research project examines the audiovisual translation of gender-diverse characters in British and American TV series. His research interests include audiovisual translation, reception studies, queer and trans studies, and the history of the English language.