Stefano Redaelli

Stefano Redaelli is a Professor at the University of Warsaw in the Artes Liberales faculty. He serves as the Coordinator for First-Degree Studies in Mediterranean Culture. His academic journey spans both humanities and exact sciences.

• Habilitation (2017): Thematic cycle on intersections between humanistic and scientific culture in 20th-21st century Italian literature
• PhD in Humanities (2011): Literary representations of madness in Mario Tobino, Alda Merini, and Carmelo Samonà
• Master in Writing (2006, University of Siena)
• PhD in Physics (2003, University of Warsaw): Chaos and noise in solar wind flow
• Master in Physics (1994, University of L’Aquila)

Research Interests focus on:

• Contemporary Italian literature
• Medical humanities and illness narratives
• Intersections between science and literature
• Madness in literary discourse
• Therapeutic writing and creativity
• Interdisciplinary translation studies

Publications highlight trends in:

• Mental health narratives (2022-2023)
• Science-literature interface (2016-2019)
• Dantean and Holocaust intertextuality (2017)
• Mathematical poetics (2016)

Grants include:

• NCN Opus 16 (2019-2023): Madness post-Basaglia Law
• NCN Sonata 4 (2013-2016): Science-humanities dialogue

Visiting Fellowships:

• 2025: University of Pisa
• 2024: University G. D’Annunzio di Chieti (Psychology faculty)
• 2021: University G. D’Annunzio di Chieti (Humanities faculty)