Enrico Minardi
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Durham Hall 302C 851 S. Cady Mall 87020 Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-0202
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Mail code: 0202Campus: Tempe
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In the recent years, Enrico Minardi's research interests have developed toward a more comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination of Italian culture and society. In his essays on modern poetry, he has paid a particular attention to gender-related issues when focusing on female authorship, and he has edited (with Cristina Caracchini) a volume of essays on the intersection of cognitive theory and poetry.
However, the success enjoyed by his Italian and French Popular Culture class made him realize that other expressions of Italian culture (such as television, popular music, and magazines) can also be investigated in order to obtain a better understating of how Italian society has recently changed. He is currently working on a book-length study on the reception of rock music in Italy throughout the 1980s. He is a contributing editor in Italian Studies for The Year’s Work in Modern Language Studies. He is also at the early stages of an additional follow-up project on his essay on Annie Vivanti, regarding an extensive study on female poetry in the second half of 19th century.
Minardi is a senior lecturer of Italian and French at Arizona State University. Prior to ASU, he taught at Truman State University, MO; University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI; University of Indiana; Elon University, NC; and Duke University, NC.
- Ph.D in Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2009
- These de Doctorat, Universite' de Paris 4 La Sorbonne, Paris, France 2002
- Diplome d'etudes approfondies, Universite' de Paris 4 La Sorbonne, Paris, France 1995
- Bachelor's degree. Literature, University of Florence, Florence, Italy 1994
- Classical High-School "Dante Alighieri", Ravenna, Italy 1987
In the recent years, Enrico Minardi's research interests have developed toward a more comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination of Italian culture and society. In his essays on modern poetry, he has paid a particular attention to gender-related issues when focusing on female authorship, and he has edited (with Cristina Caracchini) a volume of essays on the intersection of cognitive theory and poetry, scheduled to come out by the Spring of 2017. However, the success enjoyed by his Italian and French Popular Culture class on the last two Spring semesters made him realize that other expressions of Italian culture (such as television, popular music, and magazines) can also be investigated in order to obtain a better understating of how Italian society has recently changed. For instance, he is currently working on a book-length study on the reception of rock music in Italy throughout the Eighties. Nonetheless, his long-lasting interest for poetry has not faded, and he has recently become contributing editor in Italian Studies for The Year’s Work in Modern Language Studies. He is also at the early stages of an additional follow-up project of his essay on Annie Vivanti, regarding an extensive study on female poetry in the second half of 19th century.
Migration Studies (SILC/ASU)
Books
• Il Pensiero della Poesia. Perché leggere poesia oggi?, eds. E. Minardi and C. Caracchini (Florence: Florence University Press, 2017. Final contract, 1/12/2017).
Crime Story and International Feminism: the Influence of Sara Paretsky on Crime Fiction around the world, eds. E. Minardi and J. Byron (Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015).
• Enrico Palandri, with Monica Francioso. Firenze: Cadmo, 2010. 1-214.
• Generazioni in movimento. Viaggio nella narrativa di Enrico Palandri, eds. E. Minardi and M. Francioso. Ravenna: Longo, 2010. 1-166.
• Pier Vittorio Tondelli. Firenze: Cadmo, 2003. 1-155.
Articles, articles in volumes, and Entries
"San Antonio et les anni Settanta. Quelques aspects sur la réception de l’œuvre de Frédéric Dard en Italie," in San Antonio et l’Europe, ed. Dominique Jeannerod. Limoges : Presse Universitaire de Limoges. (Accepted, reviewed, and forthcoming 2017).
"Lirica by Annie Vivanti," in Annie Chartres Vivanti: Transnational Politics, Identity, and Culture, eds. Sharon Wood and Erica Moretti. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson Press, 2016. 177-93.
"The Broken language of High Poetry: Teresino (1981) by Vivian Lamarque," in Writing and Performing Female Identity in Italian Culture, eds. V. Picchietti and L. Salsini. London: Palgrave Macmillian, 2016. 19-41.
"La Paura e Il Mondo. Presentazione della poesia di Riccardo Held," NeMLA Italian Studies (NIS). XXXV 2013. Eds. G. Spani and S. Wright. 131-149.
"Desire in Antonia Pozzi’s Canto della mia nudità," The Fire Within: Desire in Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature, ed. Elena Borelli. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014. 212-228.
"Pier Pasolini e l’ossimoro. Questioni di prospettiva. Prime prospezioni: Le ceneri di Gramsci," Le Bandiere. L’italia cinematografica e letteraria dal secondo Novecento ai giorni nostri, ed. by G. Spani e P. Balma. Cuneo: Nerosubianco, 2012. 92-111.
"Questioni di “genere:” per la poesia di Emma Pretti e Vera Lúcia de Oliveira," Italian Poetry Review, Issue 2010. 333-352
• "Giovanni Raboni e Milano: l’avvenimento di una poesia," Quaderni del ‘900, Issue 9, 2010. 71-86.
• "Riflessioni sulla narrativa di Sandro Veronesi: gli esempi di “La forza del passato” (2000) e “Caos calmo” (2005)," Nuova prosa, 53-54, Ottobre 2010.
• "Valore esemplare della narrativa di Enrico Palandri," Generazioni in movimento. Viaggio nella narrativa di Enrico Palandri, ed. by E. Minardi and M. Francioso. Ravenna: Longo, 2010. 29-38.
• Entry Rambaldis, Benvenutus de’, in “Encyclopaedia of the Medieval Chronicle,” ed. Graeme Dunphy, vol. II. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV, 2010. 1255.
• "Il movimento autonomo della parola. L’idea di letteratura in Palandri: saggio su La deriva romantica. Ipotesi sulla letteratura e sulla scrittura (2002)," Nuova Prosa, 45, sett.-dic. 2006. 139-164.
"L’ultimo tempo della poesia di Raffaello Baldini, " Studi Italiani, Firenze, Cadmo, anno XVII, fascicolo 1, ottobre-dicembre 2004. 226-236.
"Su Ogni terzo pensiero (1993) di Giovanni Raboni," Nuova Corrente, Genova, Gennaio-Giugno, 1996. 73-82.
A book on the reception of rock music in Italian society between the 1970s and the 1980s and its cultual impact.
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ITA 484 | Internship |
| ITA 493 | Honors Thesis |
| FRE 484 | Internship |
| FRE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| FRE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ITA 201 | Intermediate Italian I |
| ITA 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| FRE 321 | Fre Cultural Masterpieces I |
| ITA 201 | Intermediate Italian I |
| FRE 415 | French Civilization I |
| ITA 321 | Italian Renaissance Culture |
| ITA 321 | Italian Renaissance Culture |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| FRE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ITA 484 | Internship |
| ITA 201 | Intermediate Italian I |
| FRE 414 | French&Italian Popular Culture |
| FRE 484 | Internship |
| ITA 414 | French&Italian Popular Culture |
| SLC 414 | French&Italian Popular Culture |
| ITA 321 | Italian Renaissance Culture |
| ITA 423 | Mafia and Film |
| ITA 423 | Mafia and Film |
| SLC 423 | Mafia and Film |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ITA 394 | Special Topics |
| ITA 394 | Special Topics |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| FRE 484 | Internship |
| FRE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| FRE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ITA 484 | Internship |
| ITA 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ITA 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ITA 102 | Elementary Italian II |
| FRE 312 | Oral and Written Expression II |
| FRE 321 | Fre Cultural Masterpieces I |
| HUL 494 | Special Topics |
| FRE 494 | Special Topics |
| HUL 598 | Special Topics |
| ITA 494 | Special Topics |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| FRE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ITA 484 | Internship |
| ITA 102 | Elementary Italian II |
| FRE 312 | Oral and Written Expression II |
| FRE 414 | French&Italian Popular Culture |
| FRE 484 | Internship |
| ITA 414 | French&Italian Popular Culture |
| SLC 414 | French&Italian Popular Culture |
| ITA 413 | Advanced Italian |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 443 | Cross-Cultrl Studies Glbl Hlth |
| ASB 443 | Cross-Cultrl Studies Glbl Hlth |
| SSH 403 | Cross-Cultrl Studies Glbl Hlth |
| SSH 403 | Cross-Cultrl Studies Glbl Hlth |
| ASB 300 | Food and Culture |
| ASB 300 | Food and Culture |
| ASB 370 | Ethics of Eating |
| ASB 370 | Ethics of Eating |
| SLC 394 | Special Topics |
| SLC 394 | Special Topics |
| FRE 394 | Special Topics |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ITA 493 | Honors Thesis |
| FRE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ITA 484 | Internship |
| FRE 305 | Readings in French Literature |
| ITA 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| FRE 194 | Special Topics |
| FRE 194 | Special Topics |
| FRE 312 | Oral and Written Expression II |
| ITA 321 | Italian Renaissance Culture |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| FRE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ITA 484 | Internship |
| FRE 312 | Oral and Written Expression II |
| ITA 423 | Mafia and Film |
| ITA 423 | Mafia and Film |
| FRE 414 | French&Italian Popular Culture |
| SLC 423 | Mafia and Film |
| FRE 484 | Internship |
| ITA 319 | Italian for Professions |
| ITA 414 | French&Italian Popular Culture |
| SLC 414 | French&Italian Popular Culture |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 443 | Cross-Culturl Stds Global Hlth |
| ASB 443 | Cross-Culturl Stds Global Hlth |
| SSH 403 | Cross-Culturl Stds Global Hlth |
| SSH 403 | Cross-Culturl Stds Global Hlth |
| ASB 300 | Food and Culture |
| ASB 300 | Food and Culture |
| ASB 370 | Ethics of Eating |
| ASB 370 | Ethics of Eating |
| SLC 394 | Special Topics |
| SLC 394 | Special Topics |
| ASB 584 | Internship |
| ASB 584 | Internship |
| FRE 194 | Special Topics |
| FRE 194 | Special Topics |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ITA 484 | Internship |
| FRE 484 | Internship |
| FRE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ITA 493 | Honors Thesis |
| FRE 312 | Oral and Written Expression II |
| FRE 322 | Fre Cultural Masterpieces II |
| HUL 598 | Special Topics |
| HUL 494 | Special Topics |
| ITA 413 | Advanced Italian |
| FRE 494 | Special Topics |
| ITA 494 | Special Topics |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| FRE 312 | Oral and Written Expression II |
| ITA 484 | Internship |
| ITA 414 | French&Italian Popular Culture |
| FRE 414 | French&Italian Popular Culture |
| SLC 414 | French&Italian Popular Culture |
| ITA 322 | Modern Italian Culture |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| FRE 484 | Internship |
| FRE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ITA 484 | Internship |
| ITA 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ITA 321 | Italian Renaissance Culture |
| HUL 494 | Special Topics |
| SLC 598 | Special Topics |
| HUL 494 | Special Topics |
| HUL 598 | Special Topics |
| HUL 598 | Special Topics |
| FSH 494 | Special Topics |
| FSH 494 | Special Topics |
| FRE 494 | Special Topics |
| FRE 494 | Special Topics |
| ITA 494 | Special Topics |
| ITA 494 | Special Topics |
| FRE 321 | Fre Cultural Masterpieces I |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| FRE 102 | Elementary French II |
| FRE 102 | Elementary French II |
| ITA 350 | Mediterranean Lifestyle/Italy |
| ITA 350 | Mediterranean Lifestyle/Italy |
| SLC 294 | Special Topics |
| HST 294 | Special Topics |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| FRE 484 | Internship |
| ITA 484 | Internship |
| ITA 493 | Honors Thesis |
| FRE 102 | Elementary French II |
| FRE 194 | Special Topics |
| FRE 194 | Special Topics |
| FRE 321 | Fre Cultural Masterpieces I |
| FRE 312 | Oral and Written Expression II |
| PHI 590 | Reading and Conference |
2010-Present Senior Lecturer of Italian and French, SILC (School of International Letters and Cultures) Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. Taught: several sections of elementary ITA 101 and 102, intermediate ITA 201 and 202, online and in presence Italian Composition ITA312, Italian for Reading Knowledge ITA550 online; one section of “Media, Myth and Society (Modernism in France and Italy, 1848-1939);”several sections of elementary FRE101 (online and in presence), FRE 102, intermediate FRE 201 and 202, French Composition FRE 312, French civilization I & II, FRE 415, 416; several sections of SLC 202 Literary and Cultural Theory; two sections of “French and Italian Popular Culture.” Supervised: several independent studies and students’ internship, and two capstone Barrett Honor thesis (Spring 2013, and Spring 2017).
2009-2010 Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian, Truman State University, Kirskville, MO, USA
2001-2004 Lecturer of Italian, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
RELATED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2016-19 Contributing Editor in Italian Studies for The Year’s Work in Modern Language Studies
2011 Teacher of Italian, Middlebury-Monterrey Language Academy, Summer Language full immersion Camp for High-School students, at the Roger Williams University campus, Rhode Island.
2006-2008 Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
2007-2008 Visiting Instructor, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI, USA
2006 Visiting Instructor, Bologna Consortial Studies Program (BCSP), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
2004 Adjunct Instructor of Italian (Spring semester), Elon University (Elon, NC)
Fondazione della Banca del Monte di Bologna e Ravenna (Italy): 4000 Euros fellowship for funding cultural events (2010).
• NeMLA Summer Fellowship to pursue scholarly activity at the Gahom (Centre d’Anthropologie Historique de l’Occident Médiéval), Paris (2011).
• Summer Research Grant, Truman State University (2010).
• Graduated “Très bien avec les félicitations du jury” on “Thèse d’Etat” examination, Sorbonne University, Paris, June, 2002.
• Graduated “Très bien” “Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies” examination, Sorbonne University, Paris, June, 1995.
• Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Laurea examination, University of Florence, July, 1994.
Contributing Editor in Italian Studies for The Year’s Work in Modern Language Studies published by the Modern Humanities Research Association (Brill)
MLA Modern Language Association AZLA Arizona Language Association
Directing two capstone Barrett Honor thesis (Spring 2013, and Spring 2017).
2010-Present Senior Lecturer of Italian and French, SILC (School of International Letters and Cultures) Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. Taught: several sections of elementary ITA 101 and 102, intermediate ITA 201 and 202, online and in presence Italian Composition ITA312, Italian for Reading Knowledge ITA550 online; one section of “Media, Myth and Society (Modernism in France and Italy, 1848-1939);”several sections of elementary FRE101 (online and in presence), FRE 102, intermediate FRE 201 and 202, French Composition FRE 312, French civilization I & II, FRE 415, 416; several sections of SLC 202 Literary and Cultural Theory; two sections of “French and Italian Popular Culture.” Supervised: several independent studies and students’ internship, and two capstone Barrett Honor thesis (Spring 2013, and Spring 2017). 2009-2010 Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian, Truman State University, Kirskville, MO, USA 2001-2004 Lecturer of Italian, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA RELATED TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2016-19 Contributing Editor in Italian Studies for The Year’s Work in Modern Language Studies 2011 Teacher of Italian, Middlebury-Monterrey Language Academy, Summer Language full immersion Camp for High-School students, at the Roger Williams University campus, Rhode Island. 2006-2008 Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA 2007-2008 Visiting Instructor, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI, USA 2006 Visiting Instructor, Bologna Consortial Studies Program (BCSP), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA 2004 Adjunct Instructor of Italian (Spring semester), Elon University (Elon, NC)
2010-Present
- 2015-16: Committee “Transfer Matters” (College of Liberal Arts & Sciences);
- 2012-14: Committee for the Quality of Instruction (College of Liberal Arts & Sciences);
- University Homecoming (2012-15);
- SILC Cup, International soccer tournament (2011-17);
- Night of the Open Doors (mini-lessons of Italian) (2014, 2017);
- High School Language Fair (International Dancing demonstration, and mini-lessons of Italian) (2012-16).
- Italian Picnic (2011-16);
- Guest Lectures: of writers, Enrico Palandri (2011), Rosetta Caponetto (Auburn, University, Al, 2012), Gabriella Ghermandi (2012), Sandow Birk (exhibit on Dante’s Inferno at Hayden Library, ASU) (2013), Marina Spada (2013), Paola Tiberii (2014), Grazia Verasani (2014), Alina Marazzi (2015), and Anna Negri (2016);
- Phoenix edition of Italian Film Festival USA (2014, 2015, and 2016);
- Italian Festival, Scottsdale (2016-17).
- Presentation on ‘The Ninth Arts. History and Characters of the French BD,” Discovery French series, 2017 (Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts).
- Contribution to Italian events at the Phoenix Art Museum (2016: Gianfranco Ferré white shirts exhibit, presentation of Desert Rosso/Red Desert, presentation of Il conformista/The conformist).
- Lectures at the Spirit of The Sense/The Salons series (on Dante Alighieri, 2012; Florence, 2013, Venice, 2014).
- Italian Movie series on campus (2010);
- Supervision of enrichment classes of Italian taught by Italian majors at Broadmor Elementary school, Tempe (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), and at Tempe Preparatory Academy (2015); enrichment classes of Italian taught at Tempe Academy of International Studies, Tempe (2014, 2015, 2017), Escalante Multi-Generational Community Center (2015).
- Assisting the Cave School District in implementing a dual immersion French program at Desert Sun Academy (2015-16).
- 2009-2010 Committee for the technological improvement of the classrooms; Coordinator of the tutors of Italian (Truman State University)