Rosa Mucignat

Dr. Rosa Mucignat is a Reader in Comparative Literature at King's College London's Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. She has held this position since 2021, having joined King's College London in 2009 after completing her PhD there in Comparative Literature. She co-edits Comparative Critical Studies, the journal of the British Comparative Literature Association, and has been instrumental in major research initiatives including the Leverhulme International Network grant "Landscapes of Realism" (2016-2019) and the AHRC-funded project "Radical Translations: The Transfer of Revolutionary Culture Between Britain, France and Italy, 1789-1815" (2019-2023).

Dr. Mucignat completed her undergraduate and MA studies at the University of Bologna, Italy, before pursuing her PhD at King's College London, which she completed in 2009. Her academic journey reflects a deep commitment to transnational literary scholarship spanning Italian, French, British, and broader European traditions.

Her research spans a diverse yet interconnected range of interests centered on transnational communication of languages and ideas:

• Comparative literature and theories of world literature
• Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature in European languages
• Literature and political thought, especially in the age of revolutions
• Translation and cultural transfer
• Literary geographies
• Literature in dialects, lesser used and minority languages
• Distant reading, network theory and the digital humanities

Analysis of Dr. Mucignat's publication record reveals a sophisticated integration of traditional literary scholarship with innovative digital humanities approaches. Her work consistently examines how space and geography function in literary realism, the transnational circulation of revolutionary ideas across Europe, and the representation of minority languages and cultures. She has made significant contributions to understanding the mobility of revolutionary language and the role of translators as political actors during the revolutionary era.

Dr. Mucignat's scholarly excellence has been recognized through prestigious awards:

• 2024 ESCL Excellence Award for Collaborative Research for "Landscapes of Realism" (John Benjamins, 2021-2022)
• PEGS prize 2017

She has supervised PhD students working on diverse geographical areas including France, Germany, Italy, Turkey, China and Japan, across different historical periods and methodological approaches. Her research has been supported by significant grants including the AHRC-funded "Radical Translations" project (2019-2023) and the Leverhulme International Network grant "Landscapes of Realism" (2016-2019). Her collaborative translation workshops with Cristina Viti, Dr. Sanja Perovic and students across Europe have led to innovative public engagement outputs including performances, a film, and a radio program.

Dr. Mucignat is actively engaged with King's College London's Visual Culture research group and has contributed to the Activist-in-Residence Scheme, which connects researchers and activists to address societal problems. Her research on minority languages, particularly Friulian, has received attention in newspaper articles and interviews in Friuli and the diaspora, with her translation of Pasolini's "The Turks in Friuli" used for Italian national TV broadcasts.