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Accepting PhD Students
Emanuela Patti is currently the recipient of a RSE Personal Research Fellowship for the project 'David Rizzio: History and Myth Across Arts and Media' (2024-2025).
Academic and Research Background
Patti holds an MA in Comparative Literature from University College London (UCL) and a Ph.D. in Italian Studies from the University of Birmingham. Following her doctoral studies, she served as Senior Research Fellow on the collaborative, AHRC-funded project Interdisciplinary Italy 1900–2020: Interart/Intermedia.
Before joining the University of Edinburgh in 2021, Patti held teaching appointments in Italian language and culture at several institutions, including the University of Exeter, University of Wales (Bangor), University of Cagliari, Institute of Modern Languages Research (School of Advanced Study, University of London), University of Birmingham, and Royal Holloway. She also held visiting and honorary positions at institutions such as the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) at the Open University in Barcelona. Additionally, she was Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Bournemouth University from 2014 to 2015.
Research and Scholarly Contributions
A scholar of Italian literature and culture, Patti's research spans literary, media, and cultural studies. Her work focuses on the circulation and transformation of themes, stories, and characters across various arts and media from the Middle Ages to the present. She has a particular interest in the processes of reception, appropriation, representation, and fictionalization across different times and cultures. Her methodology is grounded in theories of intermediality and transmediality, areas in which she has made significant contributions.
Patti's research has been supported by prestigious grants from the AHRC and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. She has delivered over 50 invited talks at academic events worldwide, including at Oxford University, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU), UCL, Brown University, the University of Bergen, John Cabot University, and more.
Publications and Notable Projects
Patti has extensively published on Pier Paolo Pasolini, with a particular focus on his reception of Dante and medieval culture. Her works include the monograph Pasolini after Dante: The Divine Mimesis and the Politics of Representation (Legenda, 2016) and the edited volume La nuova gioventù? Saggi sull'eredità intellettuale di Pier Paolo Pasolini (Joker, 2009). In 2022, she curated and edited the distinguished video lecture series Pasolini and the Classics in celebration of Pasolini's centenary, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh and Filmhouse, Edinburgh.
Patti has also explored the intersection of literary forms and digital media, publishing the monograph Opera Aperta: Italian Electronic Literature from the 1960s to the Present (Peter Lang, 2022), which was the runner-up for the N. Katherine Hayles Award for Criticism in Electronic Literature in 2023. She has also edited two special issues—Experimental Narratives: From the Novel to Digital Storytelling (Comparative Critical Studies, 2016) and Reading Practices in Experimental Narratives: A Comparative Perspective Across Cultures (Romance Studies, 2016)—as well as the co-edited volume Transmedia: Storia, memoria e narrazioni attraverso i media (Mimesis, 2014, with Clodagh Brook).
A pioneer of the digital turn in Italian Studies, Patti has co-authored and published numerous articles on the subject, including Italian Studies and the Digital (with Guyda Armstrong, Italian Studies, Vol. 75, 2020) and Digital Literacy and Modern Languages: How to Make a Digital Video (Modern Languages Open, 2020). She is also co-editing The Digital Turn in Italian Studies (with Massimo Riva, forthcoming with Peter Lang, 2026).
Editorial and Peer-Review Roles
Patti has held several editorial leadership roles, including serving as co-director of The International Journal of McLuhan Studies, senior editor of Romance Studies, and senior editor for the Peter Lang book series Cultural Memories. She has also served on the editorial boards of five academic journals and acted as a peer reviewer for numerous publications, including Modern Italy, Modernism/Modernity, Between, PMLA, The Italianist, and Umanistica Digitale.
Additionally, Patti has contributed her expertise as an advisor for national research councils, including Poland’s OPUS Funding Scheme (National Science Center) and Italy’s Valutazione della Qualità della Ricerca (VQR).
MA Comparative Literature (UCL)
PhD Italian Studies (University of Birmingham)
Administrative and leadership roles at LLC
External leadership roles
Awards, Honours, and Nominations
External Examiner
Invited teaching in summer and winter schools:
Comparative Literature, Master of Arts, UCL
Italian Studies, Doctor of Letters, Figure di realismo e post-realismo dantesco nell'opera di Pier Paolo Pasolini, University of Birmingham
Honorary Research Associate, Royal Holloway, University of London
Mar 2019 → Mar 2022
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Patti, E. (Keynote/plenary speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
Patti, E. (Speaker) & Raccagni, G. (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Patti, E. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Patti, E. (Organiser) & Raccagni, G. (Advisor)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Patti, E. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
Patti, E. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Patti, E. (Principal Investigator) & Raccagni, G. (Principal Investigator)
23/12/24 → 30/06/25
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
Patti, E. (Principal Investigator)
1/07/24 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
Patti, E. (Principal Investigator)
15/11/22 → 14/11/23
Project: Research
Patti, E. (Principal Investigator)
15/11/22 → 14/11/23
Project: Research
Patti, E. (Principal Investigator)
15/11/22 → 14/11/23
Project: Research