Robert S. C. Gordon

Robert S. C. Gordon is the Serena Professor of Italian at the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, University of Cambridge. His scholarship focuses on modern Italian literature, cinema, cultural history, and the Holocaust's impact on European thought.

• Raised Faculty Building, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB9 3DA
• Email: rscg1@cam.ac.uk
• Phone: +44 (0)1223 335032

His research spans:

• Primo Levi's literary and ethical contributions
• Pier Paolo Pasolini's artistic subjectivity
• Postwar Italian Holocaust memory
• Cinematic analysis (e.g., Bicycle Thieves)
• Translation theory and multilingualism

Key thematic intersections include luck in modern narratives, state censorship, and environmental criticism in Italian contexts. Gordon serves as a mentor for MPhil and PhD students interested in Italian studies or Holocaust-related research.

Academic honors include:

• Election to Fellow of the British Academy (2015)
• Editorial leadership at Italian Studies journal
• Contributions to Holocaust and cinema research networks