Dr Rossella Merlino

Lecturer in Italian

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Email: r.merlino@bangor.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (0) 1248382125

Room: 405, New Arts Building

Gwelwch proffil Dr Rossella Merlino ar Bortal Ymchwil Bangor

Cymwysterau

PhD: PhD: 'In the Name of the Godfather: A Study of the Role of Religious Rituality and Performativity in the Sicilian Mafia'
University of Strathclyde, 2009–2013
MA: MA in Contemporary Italian Culture and History
University College London, 2007–2008
BA: BA in Spanish and English Language and Literature
Università di Pescara, 2002

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 Project Ôl-radd

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

CyhoeddwydFacilitating the Italian Mafia: The Grey Zone of Complicity and Collusion
Allum, F., Merlino, R. & Colletti, A., 2019, Yn : South European Society and Politics. 24, 1, t. 79-101
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl
CyhoeddwydPizzini: Sicilian mafia culture between continuity and change
Merlino, R., 27 Medi 2019, Italian Mafias Today: Territory, Business and Politics. Allum, F., Clough Marinaro, I. & Sciarrone, R. (gol.). Edward Elgar, t. 125–141 17 t.
Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod

2017

CyhoeddwydPapi, cupole e mandarini tardivi: Religiosità e identità nelle parole del boss Michele Greco
Merlino, R., Maw 2017, L'immaginario devoto tra organizzazioni mafiose e lotta alla mafia. Rome : Viella Editrice, t. 61-82
Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod

2015

CyhoeddwydDevotion and Identity in the History of the Sicilian Mafia. The Case of Provenzano
Merlino, R., 4 Maw 2015, Yn : Reset Dialogues on Civilizations.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl
CyhoeddwydSicilian Mafia, Patron Saints, and Religious Processions:The Consistent Face of an EverChanging Criminal Organization
Merlino, R., 1 Ion 2015, Yn : California Italian Studies Journal. 5, 1
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl

2014

CyhoeddwydTales of Trauma, Identity, and God: The Memoirs of Mafia Boss Michele Greco and Leonardo Vitale
Merlino, R., 1 Rhag 2014, Yn : European Review of Organised Crime. 1, 2, t. 49-75
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl

2013

CyhoeddwydMafia, devotion and religious festivals : power between the sacred and the profane.
Merlino, R., 4 Tach 2013
Allbwn ymchwil: Ffurf annhestunol › Safe Gwe / Cyhoeddiad Gwe
CyhoeddwydThe Sacred Oath of a Secret Ritual: Performing Authority and Submission in the Mafia Initiation Ceremony
Merlino, R., 6 Rhag 2013, Yn : FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture and the Arts. 17
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl

2012

CyhoeddwydFrom a Man to a ‘Man of Honour’: The Role of Religion in the Initiation Ritual of the Sicilian Mafia
Merlino, R., 1 Tach 2012, Yn : International Journal of the Humanities. 9, 11, t. 59-70
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl
Cyhoeddwyd‘Con il volere di Dio’: Bernardo Provenzano and religious symbolic ritual
Merlino, R., 19 Maw 2012, Yn : Modern Italy. 17, 3, t. 365-381
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl

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