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Dr Marta Arnaldi is a Senior Lecturer in Italian at the University of Oxford's Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages. She holds degrees from Turin, Pavia, and Oxford (MSt and DPhil, both AHRC-funded). Her research bridges Italian literature, medical humanities, and translation studies, with a focus on poetry’s role in transcending cultural and disciplinary boundaries. Key projects include the Translating Illness initiative, investigating literature’s intersection with medicine, and the Alibi bilingual poetry anthology.
Education:
- B.A., Italian, University of Turin
- M.A., Comparative Literary Studies, University of Pavia
- MSt, University of Oxford (AHRC-funded)
- DPhil, University of Oxford (AHRC-funded, 2019)
Research Interests:
- Medical Humanities and narrative medicine
- Translation as cultural and therapeutic practice
- Italian diaspora literature and transnational poetry
- Ecocriticism and Leopardi’s Anthropocene relevance
Recent Work Trends: Her articles (e.g., on Leopardi’s environmental philosophy and Italian women poets’ psychiatric narratives) highlight interdisciplinary approaches to literature’s role in understanding human and planetary crises. Collaborations with institutions like the Ashmolean Museum and Yale enrich her pedagogy, blending art, literature, and medical humanities.
Awards:
- Jacques Prévert Prize (2016, 2022)
- Wellcome Trust and Oxford John Fell Fund Awards (2019)
Advising & Grants: Co-supervises a doctoral thesis on dancer self-narratives and co-directs the Oxford Medical Humanities Summer School. Leads the Translating Illness project, funded by the Wellcome Trust and Norwegian Research Council.
Labs/Teams: Principal investigator for Translating Illness and collaborator in the Oslo-led Bodies in Translation project.
