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Roberto Ubbidiente is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Romance Studies within the Faculty of Languages and Literature at Humboldt University of Berlin. He holds the position of Privatdozent (PD) and is listed as "Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben" (LfbA), indicating his specialized teaching role. His office is located at Dorotheenstraße 65, Room 4.52 in Berlin, with contact information including phone (030 2093-73546) and email (robertoberl@yahoo.de). He offers consultations via Zoom by appointment.
Ubbidiente completed his humanities studies at the University of Salerno (Italy), followed by translation and interpreting studies at the University of Vienna. He earned his doctorate from the Institute of Romance Studies at the University of Vienna and completed his habilitation in Italian literature and cultural studies at the Faculty of Philosophy II of Humboldt University of Berlin.
His research spans several interconnected areas of Italian literature and cultural studies. Primary focus areas include Dante's Commedia (particularly text/image relationships), Italian Enlightenment figures (Caffettisti, Fratelli Verri, Beccaria, Genovesi, Fratelli Grimaldi), Giacomo Leopardi studies, 19th century Italian literature (Carlo Collodi, Edmondo De Amicis), Italian theatre (Luigi Pirandello and Eduardo De Filippo), film adaptation of literature, intersemiotic translation, imagology, literary tourism, and the study of Italian literature outside Italy ("Passers & Passaggi").
His scholarly output demonstrates consistent engagement with Neapolitan culture, particularly through the works of Eduardo De Filippo, and Dante studies. The publications reveal a methodological approach that combines literary analysis with cultural history, examining how literature interacts with social contexts, national identity formation, and cross-cultural exchange.
- Honorable mention from the Centro Nazionale di Studi Leopardiani in Recanati (Italy) for his dissertation on Leopardi criticism
Ubbidiente has served as an academic advisor for numerous publications, edited conference proceedings, and contributed to major reference works. His scholarly network extends across Europe, with evidence of collaborations with Italian, German, and international scholars. He has also translated German academic works into Italian, demonstrating his linguistic versatility and commitment to cross-cultural scholarly exchange.
