Andrea Bini

Andrea Bini is a Professor in the Italian Department at Temple University Rome. He holds a PhD in Italian Studies from UCLA, an MA in Film and Media Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, and a BA in Literature and Philosophy from La Sapienza Università di Roma.

• PhD in Italian Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
• MA in Film and Media Studies, University of Texas at Austin
• BA in Literature and Philosophy, La Sapienza Università di Roma

His research spans Film, Media and Cultural Studies, Contemporary Italian Literature, Gender Studies, Trauma Theory, and Continental Philosophy. He focuses on intersections between cinema and societal shifts, including postwar Italian comedy, gender dynamics in horror films, and trauma in theatrical works.

Key publication trends include analyses of economic boom-era media, psychoanalytic interpretations of Italian literature, and gendered representations in film. He has contributed chapters to edited volumes and peer-reviewed journals like Forum Italicum and Quaderni d’Italianistica.

Andrea serves as Co-organizer of film screenings for the Italian Department at AUR and provides language tutoring. He has translated screenplays, collaborated on documentaries, and contributed to digital humanities projects.