Daniele Laudadio

Daniele Laudadio is a Doctoral Candidate and Course Instructor in the Department of Italian Studies in the University of Toronto. He obtained his Master’s Degree in Linguistic, Literary and Translation Studies from Sapienza University of Rome and his Bachelor’s Degree in Intercultural and Linguistic Mediation from the same university. Daniele’s research interests include postcolonial studies, Italian identity in transnational and diasporic contexts, language teaching and learning, and popular culture. Daniele has a diversified experience in teaching language (ITA100Y, ITA250Y), cinema (ITA240Y), and literature courses (ITA197H) at different levels in the undergraduate program in the University of Toronto. He is also committed to fostering closer connections between academia and the broader local community of Italian background. He has been a coordinator (2018-2021) and contributor (2017-present) for the weekly cultural page of the newspaper Corriere Canadese.

Collaborative Program:

• Affiliation, Culinaria Research Centre, University of Toronto Scarborough
• Junior Fellowship, Victoria College, University of Toronto
• Fellowship. Italian Diaspora Studies Summer Seminar, Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Culture Straniere Università degli Studi Roma Tre & John D. Calandra Italian American Institute Queens College - The City University of New York

Publications                                                                                                                         

• Peer Reviewed Publications: “Made in Italy Veg: Popularized Plant-Based Nutrition, Nostalgia, and Authenticity in the YouTube channel Elefanteveg” in Quaderni d’Italianistica, issue 44.1 (forthcoming, early 2024)
• “Citrulli, stonati e capetoste”: lessico italoamericano e terze generazioni”, in Italian Canadiana: The Italian Language in the Global Space, volume 33 (2019), 227-239
• Translations: Caterina Romeo and Cristina Lombardi-Diop. “Manifesto del postcoloniale italiano,” in Presente imperfetto: Eredità coloniali e immaginari razziali contemporanei, eds. Giulia Grechi e Viviana Gravano. Milano: Mimesis, 2016, pp. 109-117 (from English to Italian)
• Lombardi-Diop, Cristina. “Diaspore di razza: un approccio postcoloniale agli studi italiano/americani,” in Palinsesti - Quaderno del Dottorato Internazionale di Studi Umanistici, Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università della Calabria, April 2015, 127-138 (from English to Italian)

Honours & Awards

• Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2020-2021)
• Iter Research Fellowship in Medieval and Renaissance Studies (2019 - present)
• Italian Diaspora Studies Summer Seminar Fellowship (2022)