Dr Rossella Merlino
Lecturer in Italian
Email: r.merlino@bangor.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0) 1248382125
Room: 405, New Arts Building
Cymwysterau
- PhD: 'In the Name of the Godfather: A Study of the Role of Religious Rituality and Performativity in the Sicilian Mafia' PhD (University of Strathclyde)
- MA: 'Religiosity and Performativity in the pizzini of mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano' MA (University College London)
- Languages and Literatures BA (University of Chieti)
Rhagolwg
In September 2015, I joined Bangor University as Lecturer in Italian Studies and Head of Italian. Before then, I was Associate Lecturer at the University of Exeter and Teaching Fellow at the University of Bath. My research expertise is on the cultural dimension mafia-type organised crime, with a specific reference to the Sicilian mafia and the role that cultural codes play in communicative and interactional dynamics at both an identitary and a structural level.
I hold a PhD in Italian Studies from Strathclyde University (2013), with a doctoral thesis on the role of religion in selected communicative contexts and in the dynamics through which the identities, roles, and authority of mafia leaders can be constructed, presented to, and perceived by the rest of the mafia community. I also hold a Master's degree in Contemporary Italian Culture and History from University College London (2008), and a BA in Translation and Interpretation from the University of Chieti (2002).
In January 2018, I have been awarded a two-year Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellowship to be hosted by the Department of Political and Juridical Sciences of the University of Messina. The Fellowship will extend from 1 September 2018 to 30 August 2020.
Cyfleoedd PhD
Area of Expertise: history, modus operandi and ethos of Italian mafias; cultural dimension and cultural representations of mafia-type organised crime; memory, trauma and identity in personal narratives; the Southern Question and representations of the Italian South.
Cyhoeddiadau
2019
- Facilitating the Italian MafiaAllum, F, Merlino, R & Colletti, A 2019, 'Facilitating the Italian Mafia: The Grey Zone of Complicity and Collusion', South European Society and Politics, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 79-101. https://doi.org/10.1080/13608746.2019.1575563
2017
- Papi, cupole e mandarini tardiviMerlino, R 2017, Papi, cupole e mandarini tardivi: Religiosità e identità nelle parole del boss Michele Greco. in L'immaginario devoto tra organizzazioni mafiose e lotta alla mafia. Viella Editrice, Rome , pp. 61-82.
2015
- Devotion and Identity in the History of the Sicilian Mafia. The Case of ProvenzanoMerlino, R 2015, 'Devotion and Identity in the History of the Sicilian Mafia. The Case of Provenzano', Reset Dialogues on Civilizations.
- Sicilian Mafia, Patron Saints, and Religious Processions:The Consistent Face of an EverChanging Criminal OrganizationMerlino, R 2015, 'Sicilian Mafia, Patron Saints, and Religious Processions:The Consistent Face of an EverChanging Criminal Organization', California Italian Studies Journal, vol. 5, no. 1.
2014
- Tales of Trauma, Identity, and God: The Memoirs of Mafia Boss Michele Greco and Leonardo VitaleMerlino, R 2014, 'Tales of Trauma, Identity, and God: The Memoirs of Mafia Boss Michele Greco and Leonardo Vitale', European Review of Organised Crime, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 49-75.
2013
- The Sacred Oath of a Secret Ritual: Performing Authority and Submission in the Mafia Initiation CeremonyMerlino, R 2013, 'The Sacred Oath of a Secret Ritual: Performing Authority and Submission in the Mafia Initiation Ceremony', FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture and the Arts, no. 17.
- The Sacred Oath of a Secret Ritual: Performing Authority and Submission in the Mafia Initiation CeremonyMerlino, R 2013, 'The Sacred Oath of a Secret Ritual: Performing Authority and Submission in the Mafia Initiation Ceremony', FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture and the Arts, no. 17.
- Mafia, devotion and religious festivals : power between the sacred and the profane.Merlino, R, Mafia, devotion and religious festivals : power between the sacred and the profane., 2013, University of Reading.
2012
- From a Man to a ‘Man of Honour’: The Role of Religion in the Initiation Ritual of the Sicilian MafiaMerlino, R 2012, 'From a Man to a ‘Man of Honour’: The Role of Religion in the Initiation Ritual of the Sicilian Mafia', International Journal of the Humanities, vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 59-70.
- ‘Con il volere di Dio’: Bernardo Provenzano and religious symbolic ritualMerlino, R 2012, '‘Con il volere di Dio’: Bernardo Provenzano and religious symbolic ritual', Modern Italy, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 365-381. https://doi.org/10.1080/13532944.2011.611492