Alberto Scandola

Alberto Scandola is a Full Professor at the University of Verona, affiliated with the Department of Cultures and Civilizations. He serves as co-director of the editorial series Actors Studio (Edizioni Kaplan) and deputy director of LIMEN - Center for Interdisciplinary Research on the Fantastic in Performing Arts. His academic career spans teaching Film Analysis at the University of Nice (2001-2003) and History of Film at the University of Padua (2003-2004).

• Education: University of Padua, University of Paris 3

His research focuses on Performing Studies, Star Studies, and the intersection of Contemporary Italian Cinema with French Auteur Cinema, particularly examining actor-director dynamics in works by Bruno Dumont, Isabelle Huppert, and Gérard Depardieu. He has published seven books and contributed to journals like La Valle dell'Eden and Acting Archives Review.

Teaching Roles include courses such as Analysis of Films (M), Cinema and Audiovisual Media, and History and Criticism of Cinema across multiple degree programs (Humanities, Communication Studies, Publishing and Journalism) since 2003.

• Research Groups: Studies in French Cinema, focusing on 1920s-present French film, actor dynamics, and cinema-literature exchange
• Projects: L'attore nel cinema della modernità (2015), Il nuovo cinema francese (2014)

Labs & Centers include LIMEN and Studies in French Cinema research group. He is actively involved in university governance through committees like Commissione AQ and Consiglio del Dipartimento.