Dr. Paulo Chirumbolo
Assistant Professor - Foreign Language and Literature
Bachelor's Degree(s): 1994: Laurea in Lingue e Letterature Moderne e Contemporanee. Dipartimento di Anglistica, Universit脿 鈥淟a Sapienza鈥� of Rome. Thesis topic: Dall鈥檌nsegnamento della letteratura all鈥檈ducazione letteraria. Nuove prospettive didattiche.
Master's Degree: M.A. in Semiotics. University of Toronto. M.A. in Italian Studies. University of Toronto.
PhD: PhD in Italian Studies. University of Toronto. Thesis topic: Romanzi allo specchio. Aspetti metaletterari nella narrativa degli anni Sessanta di Paolo Volponi, Edoardo Sanguineti, Italo Calvino.
Phone: (225) 578-6779
E-mail: chirumbo@lsu.edu
Office: 328 Hodges Hall
Area of Interest
Modern and contemporary Italian literature, Cinema Studies, Literary Theory, Cultural Studies
Awards & Honors
2009: Recipient of the Teaching Enhancement Fund (蘑菇tv)
2008: Recipient of Foreign Travel Support Grant, College of Arts and Sciences (Louisiana State University)
2008: Recipient of Faculty Travel Grant (蘑菇tv)
2008: Recipient of the Arts Research Board Grant (McMaster University).
2007: Recipient of the Arts Research Board Grant (McMaster University).
2003-2004: Recipient of a University of Toronto Open Fellowship.
2002-2003: Recipient of a University of Toronto Open Fellowship.
2002: Recipient of the Emilio Goggio Scholarship (University of Toronto).
2001-2002: Recipient of a University of Toronto Open Fellowship.
2000-2001: Recipient of a University of Toronto Open Fellowship.
2000: Recipient of the Milton A. Buchanan Fellowship (University of Toronto).
1999-2000: Recipient of a University of Toronto Open Fellowship.
1998-1999: Recipient of a University of Toronto Open Fellowship.
1996: Recipient of the 鈥淩endez Vous鈥� scholarship (City of Lamezia Terme) for pursuit of graduate studies abroad.
Selected Publications
Authored Books
Tra coscienza ed autocoscienza. Saggi sulla narrativa degli anni sessanta. Volponi 鈥� Calvino 鈥� Sanguineti. Soveria Mannelli: Rubbettino, 2009.
Edited Books
Neoavanguardia: Italian Experimental Literature and Arts in the 1960s. Edited with Mario Moroni and Luca Somigli. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010.
Transitions: Perspectives on Shifts in Italian Literature and Linguistics. Edited with D. Brancato, K. Reynolds (General Editors), and F. Calabrese. Firenze: Edizioni Cadmo, 2004.
Chapters in books
鈥� 鈥楴on ci stiamo!鈥� La Resistenza partigiana di Benedetto Santovito e quella letteraria di Francesco Guccini e Loriano Macchiavelli.鈥� Quale memoria per il Noir italiano? Edited by Monica Jansen and Yasmina Khamal. Brussels: Peter Lang, 2010 (forthcoming).
鈥淟iterature and Arts in the 1960s: An Introduction.鈥� With Mario Moroni. Neoavanguardia: Italian Experimental Literature and Arts in the 1960s. Edited by Paolo Chirumbolo, Mario Moroni, and Luca Somigli. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010 (forthcoming).
鈥淪igns and Designs: Sanguineti and Baj from Laborintus to The Biggest Art Book in
the World.鈥� Neoavanguardia: Italian Experimental Literature and Arts in the 1960s. Edited by Paolo Chirumbolo, Mario Moroni, and Luca Somigli. Toronto: University
of Toronto Press, 2010(forthcoming).
鈥淏eppe Grillo. Un鈥檈spressione della contemporaneit脿 culturale italiana tra politica,
informazione, internet e spettacolo.鈥� What鈥檚 Next? A St. Michael鈥檚 College Symposium. Edited by Francesco Guardiani. Ottawa: Legas, 2009 (forthcoming).
鈥淧alandri e il cinema: da Woody Allen a Marco Bellocchio.鈥� Generazione in movimento. Viaggio nella scrittura di Enrico Palandri. Edited by Enrico Minardi and Monica Francioso. Ravenna: Longo, 2009. 77-86. (Forthcoming).
鈥淚talian-Canadian Culture in the New Millennium: An Introduction.鈥� With Franco Gallippi. Italian-Canadian Culture in the New Millennium. Edited by Paolo Chirumbolo and Franco Gallippi. Italian Canadiana 22 (2008): 7-13.
鈥淧alazzeschi e la neoavanguardia: appunti per una lettura de Il Doge e Stefanino.鈥� L鈥檃rte del saltimbanco. Palazzeschi tra due avanguardie. Edited by Gino Tellini and Luca Somigli. Firenze: Centro Studi Palazzeschi, 2008. 147-160.
鈥淧er un approccio interdisciplinare allo studio della letteratura e all鈥檈ducazione letteraria.鈥� Psicologia e didattica dell鈥檈ducazione estetica. Edited by Renzo Titone. Torino: Societ脿 Editrice Internazionale, 1995. 19-30.
Specials Issues of Journals Edited
Italian-Canadian Culture in the New Millennium. Edited with Franco Gallippi. Italian Canadiana 22 (2008).