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Barbara Pezzotti is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of European Languages within the Faculty of Arts at Monash University, Australia. She holds a PhD from Victoria University of Wellington and a Laurea in Philosophy from Università La Sapienza, Rome. Her academic career spans Italy, New Zealand, and Australia, and she is currently an active researcher and supervisor, accepting PhD students in literature and cultural studies.
Education:
- Laurea in Philosophy, Università La Sapienza, Rome
- PhD, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Her research centers on modern and contemporary literature and culture, with a focus on crime fiction, popular culture, literary geographies, and Mediterranean narratives. She explores cultural representations of space, reinterpretations of history in literature and film, migration, and identity. Her work often intersects with utopian literature and gender studies.
Her recent publications reflect a strong trend toward interdisciplinary analysis of crime fiction as a lens for understanding cultural, historical, and spatial dynamics. Topics include asylum seekers in Italian TV, transnational identities in graphic memoirs, and the democratic potential of crime narratives in Italy and Spain. Her research demonstrates a consistent focus on transcultural exchange and social critique.
Scientific Awards:
- Faculty Award for Programs that Enhance Student Learning (2020)
She has supervised multiple PhD theses on Italian literature and translation studies and is currently advising on topics including identity in graphic novels and masculinities in Mafia films. She has secured competitive research grants, including an ARC Discovery Project (2024–2027) on world crime fiction. She also contributes significantly through editorial work, serving as Editor-in-Chief of Clues: A Journal of Detection (from 2025) and on the editorial board of Cambridge University Press publications. She has held external roles such as Honorary Research Fellow at the Australasian Centre for Italian Studies and Partner Investigator in EU-funded projects.
Labs and Research Teams: She is a key member of the research network around crime fiction and popular culture, collaborating internationally through projects like DETECt H2020 and the ARC-funded 'World Crime Fiction' project. She contributes to interdisciplinary teams in literary, cinematic, and cultural analysis.
