Nicoletta PESARO

Nicoletta PESARO is a Full Professor at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, affiliated with the Department of Asian and North African Studies. She coordinates the Doctoral Course in Asian and African Studies and chairs the Scientific Committee of the 'Archivio Scritture Scrittrici Migranti'. Her teaching focuses on modern Chinese literature, literary translation, and cultural anthropology across multiple masters programs.

• Roles: Full Professor, Doctoral Coordinator, Research Committee Member
• Locations: San Sebastiano Campus (Venice) and Treviso's Palazzo San Paolo

Her research explores translation studies, modern Chinese literature, gender studies, and cultural diplomacy. Key themes include transcultural narratives, trauma representation, and the role of translation in globalizing Chinese cultural expression. She actively contributes to editorial boards of journals like Sinosfere and book series on translation studies. Recent work examines the reception of Italo Calvino in China and Sinophone literary diasporas.

Her articles analyze topics such as Liu Xiaobo's poetry, Ming Di's translational practices, and the aesthetics of grotesque in Chinese narratives. Research projects include EU-funded initiatives on cultural mediation and China's literary diplomacy. She also develops educational materials for teaching Chinese literature in Italian schools.