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Role
Adjunct Professor, Italian Studies Program
Education
PHD Italian Studies (Theatre), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Academic Studies, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Certificate of Professional Development in Adult Teaching and Learning
Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Academic Studies
Certificate in Counselling Skills, COSCA (Counselling and Psychotherapy in Scotland) and University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
MHRM, HKE, Lazio, Italy
BA Italian, University of London, London, UK

Biography

Dr听d鈥橝rcangeli听is听originally from Rome, where she worked in industry for a few years before leaving听her last position (in the Cecchi Gori Group) to start her academic career听at Strathclyde University and at the University of Glasgow, in Scotland. In 2008 Luciana moved to Australia, to work听at Flinders University, in Adelaide,听where she was Cassamarca听Senior Lecturer, Director of Studies and finally Head of Italian, and now holds full academic status. Via the Flinders University Languages Outreach Program Dr d鈥橝rcangeli was also Adjunct at the University of Adelaide, effectively teaching and managing a dual-university programme.听

Luciana is a HE Academy Fellow (2001), and her teaching experience spans from听Italian theatre, cinema,听and听culture to Italian language, interpreting and translation at all levels.听Today听Dr d鈥橝rcangeli teaches at AUR and, being a听Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists and a Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (UK), she continues to work as language consultant,听and听translator.听

Dr d'Arcangeli听is听the听author听of听I personaggi femminili nel teatro di Dario Fo听e Franca Rame听(Firenze: Franco Cesati Editore, Strumenti di letteratura italiana, n.32, 2009, 336).听Luciana has also published widely in journals, and edited听several books and special journal issues on Italian cinema and theatre 鈥� many stemming from the international conferences she convened in the UK and in Australia.听In 2023听Luciana published,听with Claire Kennedy and Daniela Cavallaro,Staging听Violence听Against听Women and Girls听(Bloomsbury Methuen, London).听This is the last outcome of the research project titled听"Indelible听(Eng)/Indelibile听(It): The Representation of (In)visible Violence Against Women and their Resistance", funded by the听Australasian Center for Italian Studies whose Inaugural Visual and Performance Studies Research Group was created by听d鈥橝rcangeli听in 2018,听and听coordinated by her until听the end of the project in听2021.听

Currently d'Arcangeli is working on the translation into English of Franca Rame鈥檚 plays.听听

Among Dr d鈥橝rcangeli鈥檚 awards are the Italia听nel听Mondo prize (2016) and the Gold Medal and Merit Award from the Dante Alighieri Society (2017), both听in recognition of professional excellence in disseminating Italian culture as听President of the Dante Alighieri Society of South Australia,听and the Prize for Italian Literary Translation (2018) from the听Melbourne听Italian Institute of Culture.听

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PUBLICATIONS

Forthcoming
Dr d鈥橝rcangeli听is working on her book听The Theatre of Franca Rame: plays and monologues听(Aracne, Rome, TBA).

Books

  • I personaggi femminili nel teatro di Dario Fo e Franca Rame (Firenze: Franco Cesati Editore, Strumenti di letteratura italiana, n.32, 2009, 336)

Co-edited Books

  • Co-editor with Daniela Cavallaro (Auckland) and Claire Kennedy (Griffith) of听Staging Violence Against Women and Girls,听(Bloomsbury Methuen, London, 2023)听
  • Co-editor with Daniela Cavallaro (Auckland) and Claire Kennedy (Griffith) of听Atti di accusa.听Testi teatrali e interviste sulla rappresentazione della violenza contro le donne, (Aracne, Donne dietro le quinte, Rome, 2021, 368)听
  • Co-editor with William Hope and Silvana Serra of Un nuovo cinema politico italiano? Volume II: stato e societ脿, passato e presente (Leicester: Troubador Publishing, 2013, 247)
  • Co-editor with Graham Tulloch and Karen Agutter for Sicily and Scotland: Where Extremes Meet (Leicester: Troubador Publishing, 2014, 160)
  • Co-editor with William Hope and Silvana Serra for Un nuovo cinema politico italiano? Volume I: genere, lavoro, immigrazione (Leicester: Troubador Publishing, 2013, 224)

Edited Special Issues of Refereed Journals

  • Guest editor with Sally Hill (Victoria, Wellington) of the special issue Indelible: Violence Against Women and Their Resistance to It in the Visual and Performing Arts in Italy and Beyond of the e-journal
  • Guest editor with Claire Kennedy (Griffith) of the special issue Indelible/Indelebile: Representation of in the Arts of (In)Visible Violence Against Women and their Resistance of the e-journal
  • Guest editor with Laura Lori (Melbourne) of the special issue Postcolonial Italy of the e-journal Guest editor with Tets Kimura (Flinders) of the special issue Intercultural aspects of interpreting, translation and communication of the e-journal
  • Guest editor with Sally Hill (Victoria, Wellington) and Claire Kennedy (Griffith) of the special issue An Eye on Italy on Italian Cinema of the e-journal
  • Guest editor with Annamaria Pagliaro (Monash) of the special issue Dario Fo & Franca Rame. Beyond the Rules of the journal Spunti e Ricerche, Volume 31, 2016, published in 2017
  • Guest editor of the special issue Italian Cinema of the e-journal

All past publications (including articles, chapters, interviews, etc.) are listed on Orcid听听-