Dr Enza De Francisci
- Senior Lecturer (Translation studies)
telephone:
0141 330 5598
email:
Enza.DeFrancisci@glasgow.ac.uk
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2898-0533Biography
Before taking up my position as Lecturer in Translation Studies in Glasgow University in 2017, now Senior Lecturer (2022), I was teaching at University College London, where I completed my BA in Modern European Studies, MA in Italian Studies, and PhD entitled 'Women in Verga and Pirandello: From Page to Stage'. During this time, I gained various scholarships to the Scuola Normale di Pisa, the University of Bologna, and the University of Toronto. To prepare for my PhD, I carried out my preliminary research at the National Library in Paris and the Pirandello Institute in Rome, funded by the Italian orgianisation Il circolo.
Research interests
My first book, A 'New' Woman in Verga and Pirandello: From Page to Stage (Legenda 2018), investigates the transposition of short stories to drama in the works of two leading Sicilian authors, Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) and Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936), focussing specifically on their representation of women which can be traced to Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House (1879). In uncovering the 'new' female voices, the book draws attention to the early actresses that were instrumental in transforming the women from 'page to stage', namely Eleonora Duse (1858-1924) and Marta Abba (1900-1988).
My co-edited volume with Christopher Stamatakis, Shakespeare, Italy, and Transnational Exchange (Routledge 2017), brings together international scholars from English literature, Modern Languages, Theatre and Performance, Translation Studies, and Comparative Literature, to offer new perspectives on vibrant exchanges between Shakespeare and Italian theatre, literary cultures, and politics, from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century,
Recent co-edited special issues include Six Characters as World Literature in the PSA: The Journal of the Pirandello Society in America (2020-2021) with Michael Subialka and Lisa Sarti, and Translation and Performance Cultures in Translation Studies, 15: 3 (2022), with Cristina Marinetti.
Grants
2023
AHRC Impact Acceleration Account Mobility Fund (PI): Translating Pirandello in Agrigento: City of Culture in 2025.
Chancellor's Fund to run a PhD in-sessional support programme with Dr Micky Ross (EAS).
2022
Stirling Maxwell Centre to fund 'Performing Sicily' at the Hidden Lane Gallery in Glasgow (£500) with the support from the Society for Italian Studies (£140), the Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh, and Comites Scozia e Irlanda del Nord.
2019
University of Glasgow Strategic Research Allocation to participate in EU-funded project, 'Fabulamundi: Playwrighting Europe Beyond Borders?' (£250).
University of Glasgow cross-college sponsorship to run a one-day conference, 'Meeting Points: Migration and Displacement Across the Arts and Humanities' (£1,000).
2018
Society for Italian Studies to sponsor the one-day conference 'Pirandello and Translation' at Glasgow University (£200). Further sponsorship sought from the Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh (£150).
Mazzini Gabribaldi Charitable Foundation to fund a 'Visualising Shakeapeare' event at Glasgow Univetsity (£500). Further sponsorship sought from the Society for Italian Studies (£500) and the Italian Cultural Institute (£400).
2015-2016
AHRC-funded Collaborative Learning in the Arts, Society, and the Humanities Fellowship with University College London and King's College London to run a Shakespeare and Italy course at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London (£2,500).
Supervision
Any aspect of translation from the early modern period to the present
- Liu, Chunwei
Male Homosocial Gaze and Masculinity in Superhero Narratives - Liu, Zhaolong
The English Translation of Louis Cha’s Martial Arts Fiction - Yang, Hanru
Unnatural Narrative in Translating Novels and Short Stories - Zhang, Ziyu
Silence in Radio Drama and The Case Studies of Harold Pinter
Teaching
Classes I teach or contribute to on the Glasgow Translation Studies programme as well as on the Glasgow-Nankai Joint Graduate School MSc:
- Translation Studies in Theory and Practice
- Approaches to Translation and the Professional Practice
- Literary Translation (Convenor)
- Marketing and Translation Across Media
- Subtitling Film and TV
- Dissertation Workshops
I also contribute to teaching on the Comparative Literature MLitt and Italian Advanced Translation and Language Studies MSc.
Additional information
University Role
2023 - Deputy Dean for Transnational Education
School Roles
2017- Programme Director, MSc in Translation Studies Glasgow-Nankai Joint School programme
2022- School of Modern Languages and Cultures Internationalisation Officer
Visiting Scholarships
2018- University of Palermo
2018- University of Catania
External Examining
2021- External Evaluator at Malta Further and Higher Education Authority
2020: MPhil examiner at the University of Western Australia
Editorial
2014- Theatre Reviews Editor in Pirandello Studies
I have been a peer-reviewer for the following journals: Translation Studies Contemporary Theatre Review, The Forum for Modern Languages, The Italianist, Translation and Interpreting Studies, Modern Language Review, Pirandello Studies, PSA: The Journal of the Pirandello Society of America, and European Judaism. I have also been a peer reviewer for the following publishers: Bloomsbury Publishing, Peter Lang, and Oxford University Press.
Invited Talks/ Keynotes
2022: Mediterranean Centre in Ortigia (Siracusa)
2020: University of Sydney (Australia)
2020: National Theatre (London)
2019: Nankai University in the Italian Department (Tianjin)
2019: Italian Cultural Institute (Beijing)
2019: Fabulamundi (Milan)
2018: Fondazione Verga (Catania)
2017: Brown University (US)
BBC Radio Programmes
2022: World Service, The Forum: 'Eleonora Duse: The First Great Modern Actress'
2021: World Service, The Forum: 'Luigi Pirandello: Italian Dramatist Who Brought Chaos to the Stage'.
Further Qualifications
2021: Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice with Merit (PGCap), Glasgow University, confers Recognising Excellence in Teaching Fellowship (RET).
Translation Award
Stefano Pirandello, All You Need is a Father, trans with Susan Bassnett (Imola, Cue Press: 2022). Winner of the National Prize for Translation awarded by Italy's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
