I am Professor at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Warwick. My specialism is Italian and nineteenth-century European literature from a comparative perspective (Italy, England, France, Germany), with a specific focus on the post-revolutionary/Romantic period and the Gothic.
I have been part of the executive committee of the European Network for Comparative Literary Studies (REELC/ENCLS). I am also member of the Editorial Board of the journals «Italian Studies» and «Italian Culture», as well as of the Editorial Advisory Board of the book series «Studies in Modern and Contemporary Italianistica». I have also been book review co-editor for the journal «Modern Italy». I regularly write for the online magazine «Mattatoio n°5» and for the BARS Blog.
I am a member of the Society for Italian Studies and of the International Network for Theory of History.