معرفی
Monica Boria is Senior Language Tutor in Italian Studies at the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester. With academic qualifications from the University of Birmingham (MPhil), Universita di Pisa (Postgraduate Diploma), and City University London (MSc), she combines teaching with research across Italian literature, translation studies, and cultural analysis.
- Academic qualifications include:
- MSc in Libraries and Information Science (2021)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Translation of Post-colonial Literatures (2014)
- MPhil in Italian Studies (2002)
- Laurea in Modern Foreign Languages (1993)
Her research focuses on 20th-century Italian cultural studies, humor in literature and media, and translation theory. Recent projects explore multimodal translation and AI's impact on language education. She co-edits the scholarly journal Il Pietrisco and leads translation sections within academic publications.
Academic activities include organizing the 2025 conference 'Translation and Language Education in the Age of AI' and contributing to debates about decolonizing Italian Studies. Her translation work spans academic texts (ETS, Peter Lang) and literary works (Dorothy Edwards, Madhur Anand), with particular attention to gender representation and cultural context.
Teaching expertise covers Italian language instruction, literary translation, and cultural studies, with experience at multiple UK institutions including Cambridge, Birmingham, and Leicester. She maintains active collaborations through the 'Cambridge Conversations in Translation' series and interdisciplinary research networks.
