Maria Amalia Barchiesi

Maria Amalia Barchiesi is an Associate Professor in Spanish Language and Translation (L-LIN/07) at the University of Macerata's Department of Humanistic Studies. She holds a European Doctorate in Information and Communication Theory (2004) and has been a researcher and academic in Hispanic Studies since 1993. Her research focuses on semiotics of Hispanic American literature, cultural imaginaries, translation theory, and political discourse analysis. She has authored monographs like Borges y Cortázar lo fantástico bilingüe (2009) and edited volumes such as Arti in traduzione. Semiotica Linguistica Antropologia (2023). She currently leads research in transmediality in Panhispanic poetry within a PRIN 2022 project.

Education:

• Licentiate in Letters with Linguistics focus from Buenos Aires University (Argentina)
• European Doctorate in Information and Communication Theory (University of Macerata)

Research Interests:

• Semiotics of narrative and cultural imaginaries in Hispanic America
• Translation studies (interlinguistic and intersemiotic)
• Analysis of political, advertising, and museum discourses
• Landscape aesthetics in literature
• Postmodern rhetoric in Zapatista discourses

Recent Scholarly Contributions:

Her 2025 works explore Borges' translation paradoxes and Cortázar's museum imagery. Recent projects analyze transmedial poetic forms and post-dictatorship testimonial theatre. She contributes to editorial boards of Heteroglossia and Lingue e Linguaggi.

Awards:

• National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor (2020)

Academic Service:

• Director of Spanish Language and Civilization courses
• Member of PhD boards in Information Theory and Humanities
• Chair of the Language Mediation Program admissions committee