Italian Studies

Mauro Resmini's research is situated at the intersection between cinema and critical theory, with a specific focus on the Italian context. At Brown, he designed an Integrative Study doctoral degree in Italian and Visual studies, in collaboration with MCM faculty. His dissertation, co-directed by Mary Ann Doane and M. Riva and titled "The Failure of Fantasy: Genre and Form in Contemporary Film," focused on genres across national cinemas, with a psychoanalytical approach. He is the author of Italian Political Cinema: Figures of the Long '68 (University of Minnesota Press, 2023), and has published essays on Italian and European cinema and media, psychoanalysis, critical theory, and the relationship between cinema and politics.