Italian Studies

Amanda Minervini's research focuses on Religion and politics, documentary filmmaking, Holocaust representations, political theory, with a comparative focus on Italian, Anglo-American, and French literature. Her dissertation at Brown, written under the direction of Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg, focused on the figure of St. Francis of Assisi and the symbolism of stigmata. An article based on it and entitled "Face to Face: Iconic Representations and Juxtapositions of St. Francis of Assisi and Mussolini during Italian Fascism," is forthcoming in a collective volume on Tot Art: The Visual Arts, Fascism(s), and Mass-Society (Cambridge Scholars Press).