Francesco Pitassio

Francesco Pitassio is a Full Professor at the Department of Humanities and Cultural Heritage, University of Udine since 2019. He previously held positions as Associate Professor (2005-2019) in the Department of Central and Eastern European Languages and Civilizations and Department of History and Protection of Cultural Heritage at the University of Udine, and as a university researcher at the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, University of Bologna (2002-2005). His international roles include Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer at University of Notre Dame (2015) and Roger Odin Chair at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3 (2021).

• Università di Bologna-Alma Mater Studiorum (MA, PhD)
• Karlova University, Prague (Post-graduate training)

His research focuses on film acting and stardom, Central-Eastern European cinema, film-cultural history intersections, and media-memory dynamics. With over 15 significant publications spanning 1998-2020, his work examines transnational cinema frameworks and trauma representation in post-war Europe.

Scientific leadership includes coordinating the HERA Visual Culture of Trauma project, PRIN F-ACTOR project, and Volkswagen Stiftung-funded AGE-C project. He served as PhD Program Coordinator (Art History/Film/Media/Music) and Research Delegate for the Department of Humanities and Cultural Heritage (2019-2022).

• 2015-2019: Steering Committee, NECS-European Network for Cinema and Media Studies
• 2004-2006: Steering Committee, Consulta Universitaria del Cinema