Immacolata Amodeo

Prof. Dr. Immacolata Amodeo is a Full Professor of Literature at Jacobs University Bremen and Secretary General of the German-Italian Center Villa Vigoni. She holds expertise in comparative literature, intercultural studies, and migration literature across multiple languages. Her research explores literary expressions of migration experiences, postcolonial dynamics, and transnational authorship in German, Italian, English, and French contexts.

Education includes doctorate (1994) and habilitation (2001) in comparative literature from Universities of Siegen and Bayreuth. She has taught at Siegen, Bayreuth, Calabria University, and Jacobs University.

Research focuses on migration literature's aesthetic dimensions, postcolonial theory, and literary canon formation. Notable works include Die Heimat heißt Babylon (1996) and edited volumes on intercultural literature. She co-founded the globale° literary festival (2007–present), recognized by UNESCO in 2010.

During her visiting professorship at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (2015/16), she lectured on migration's literary effects and cross-border cultural dynamics. Key themes include hybridity in literature, decolonial aesthetics, and institutionalization of migrant narratives.

Her work challenges reductive cultural difference frameworks, emphasizing literary form's role in conveying intercultural experiences. Current projects explore Italo-African literary relations, Canadian migration writing, and emerging migration narratives in Italy.