Marcello VITALI-ROSATI

Marcello Vitali-Rosati is a Full Professor at the Département des littératures de langue française, Université de Montréal, and holder of the Canada Research Chair in Digital Writing. His research focuses on digital culture, literature, and the philosophy of technology, particularly exploring the impact of digital media on authorship, identity, and knowledge dissemination. He leads projects in digital humanities, including collaborative editions of classical texts like the Greek Anthology and editorial platforms for scholarly works.

• Affiliations:
  • Director of Laboratoire THÉOLINUM (Theory of Literature in the Digital Age)
  • Member of CRIHN (Interuniversity Research Center in Digital Humanities)
  • Editor-in-chief of Sens public
• Education:
  • PhD in Philosophy, Université Paris IV Sorbonne (2006)
  • Master’s in Literature and Philosophy, Università di Pisa (2002)

Research Interests: Vitali-Rosati’s work bridges philosophy, literature, and digital media. Key areas include digital editorial practices, the ontology of digital spaces, authorship in the digital age, and the theoretical foundations of digital humanities. His research emphasizes the ethical and epistemological implications of web-based technologies.

Grants & Projects: Leading or co-leading over 30 research initiatives, including:

• Revolutionizing scholarly journals (Revue3.0 project funded by SSHRC)
• Collaborative editions of the Greek Anthology (SSHRC grant)
• Artificial Intelligence in Literary Studies (SSHRC grant)

Labs/Teams: Directs the THÉOLINUM lab and contributes to interdisciplinary networks like CRIHN and the POP platform for collaborative digital editions.