Pietro Dalmazzo

Pietro Dalmazzo serves as Part-Time Teacher and Assistant Lecturer in Italian Studies at Durham University's School of Modern Languages and Cultures. He holds a PhD in Italian Studies from Durham University (2024), with prior degrees in Storia (BA) and World History (MA) from University of Bologna.

His doctoral research investigated fascist cultural representations of expansionism in the Eastern Adriatic, analyzing travel literature, novels, and colonial exhibits through thalassological and postcolonial frameworks. Dalmazzo has collaborated with Museo delle Civiltà in Rome on colonial heritage projects including the 'Unveiled Storages' exhibition.

His research interests encompass Italian imperialism, fascist cultural production, Euro-Orientalism, colonial exhibitions, travel writing, and Balkan studies. He has organized academic seminars on Italian colonial heritage, fascist cultural production, and postcolonial studies.