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Biography
Bianca Rita Cataldi is a Lecturer in Italian at the University of Galway. She holds a PhD in Italian Studies from University College Dublin, where she researched Italian industrial literature and twentieth-century narratives of labour. This research led her to investigate the relationship between labour and migration, and her current work explores transnational Italian literature, migration narratives, and women’s writing. She has published extensively, including the monograph Industrial Literature and Authors: Labor, Factory Utopias and Testimonial Intent (Routledge, 2024). She is currently the PI of the project “TRAIN – Transnational Research and Interdisciplinary Networks”, funded by UCD Research Culture and Wellcome Trust.
She teaches in the fields of Contemporary Italian literature, Migration Literature, Postcolonial Italian Literature, European Studies, Women's Writing, and Translation
Education/Academic qualification
BA., MA., PhD
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Mosche senza volo: L'utopia di Adriano Olivetti
Cataldi, B., Dec 2017, In: Incroci. Semestrale di letteratura e altre scritture. p. 103-12Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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Of Scandal and Perdition: Seductresses and Fallen Women in Annie Vivanti’s Marion artista di caffè-concerto (1891)
Cataldi, B. R., 2025, In: MHRA Working Papers in the Humanities . 20, p. 34-41Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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Industrial Literature and Authors: Labor, Factory Utopias and Testimonial Intent
Cataldi, B., Jul 2024, 1 ed. New York: New York: Routledge. 220 p. (Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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My Research Story”, UCD Humanities Institute YouTube Channel, 10 December 2024
Cataldi, B. R., 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Audiovisual Material
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Ottiero Ottieri e l’autobiografia come intento testimoniale
Cataldi, B., 2024, La narrazione autobiografica. Meozzi, T. & Coveri, L. (eds.). Florence: Cesati Editore, p. 117-28Research output: Chapter in Book or Conference Publication/Proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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Italian Writers and Pop Music with Italian writer, singer and songwriter Giulio Carlo Pantalei
Cataldi, B. R. (Conference Organising Committee Chairperson)
16 Oct 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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eTEAcally: Research Integrity Afternoon Tea
Cataldi, B. R. (Conference Organising Committee Chairperson)
3 Oct 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Feeding the Soul: Transnational Narratives of Food and Belonging
Cataldi, B. R. (Conference Organising Committee Chairperson)
4 Sep 2025 → 5 Sep 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Transnationalising the Humanities
Cataldi, B. R. (Conference Organising Committee Chairperson)
30 Apr 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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TRAIN Speed Dates: AHSS Meets STEM
Cataldi, B. R. (Conference Organising Committee Chairperson)
25 Apr 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...