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Irene Cecchini is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno. Her correspondence address is Arna Nováka 1/1, 602 00 Brno, and she can be reached at 254322@mail.muni.cz. She holds regular consultation hours on Wednesdays from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM by email reservation and teaches across bachelor's and master's programs including Italian Literature I-IV, thesis seminars, and specialized courses like 'Verso la tesi: percorsi di approfondimento'.
Her research centers on Italian modern and contemporary literature with deep engagement in ecocriticism, narrative theory, and spatial studies. She investigates ecobiography, flânerie as spatial diagnostics, and intersections between ecology and labor, while incorporating gender perspectives and non-human frameworks. Her work frequently examines territorial promotion through green literature and multiscalar approaches to environmental crises in literary narratives.
Analysis of her 2024-2025 publications reveals consistent thematic threads: literature's role in processing ecological trauma through materiality and memory, spatial narratives mapping human-environment relationships, and feminist reinterpretations of labor through non-human lenses. She bridges literary analysis with environmental humanities, examining how contemporary Italian authors address climate change, exile, and socio-ecological justice through innovative narrative forms.
Scientific awards have not been documented in available institutional records.
Dr. Cecchini serves as thesis supervisor for bachelor's and master's students in Italian literature. Her current research activities include:
- Romance Languages and Romance Literatures in Motion (MUNI/A/1519/2024): Researcher at Masaryk University (2025), focusing on movement dynamics in Romance language studies under the university's Specific Research program.
