Roberto Bacci, PhD E-mail: roberto_bacci@alumni.brown.edu Curriculum Vitae EDUCATION: Brown University (Providence, RI), May 2012. PhD, Italian Studies. Dissertation title: “La trasmutazione della coscienza nell’esoterismo italiano del periodo fascista: Spaccio dei maghi (1929) di Mario Manlio Rossi e Maschera e volto dello spiritualismo contemporaneo (1932) di Julius Evola” [“The Transmutation of Consciousness in Italian Esotericism during the Fascist Period: Mario Manlio Rossi’s Expulsion of the Magicians (1929) and Julius Evola’s Mask and Face of Contemporary Spiritualism (1932).”] Committee members: Prof. Massimo Riva (Chair, Brown University), Prof. Ronald Martinez (Brown University), Prof. Marco Pasi (Universiteit van Amsterdam), Prof. Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg (Brown University). Università di Bologna (Bologna, Italy), 1997. Laurea summa cum laude, Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures (Scandinavian and English), Dept. of Literature and Philosophy. Dissertation award (dignità di stampa) for the thesis: “La poetica di Arnulf Øverland da La festa solitaria (Den ensomme fest, 1915) all’adesione a Mot Dag (1922)” [“The Poetics of Arnulf Øverland from The Solitary Party (Den ensomme fest, 1915) to his Mot Dag period (1922).”] RESEARCH INTERESTS: • • • • • • Western esotericism in the 20th century. Esotericism and politics. Fascist culture and society. Individual self-transmutation in literature, art and philosophy. Self-consciousness and altered states of consciousness in literature, art and philosophy. Modernism and Anti-Modernism in Scandinavian literatures. TEACHING INTERESTS: • • • • • • Italian language at all levels. Elementary and intermediate Norwegian language. Italian cinema. Introduction to Italian literature and culture. Introduction to Scandinavian literature and culture. Fascist culture and society. 1 • • • • 20th century Italian literature and culture. Introduction to Western esotericism (historical survey and research methods). Esotericism in the early modern period and in the 20th century. Literary translation. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES: TEACHING: Brown University (Providence, RI), Spring 2013. Adjunct Lecturer. Intermediate Italian II, Advanced Italian II. Fitchburg State University (Fitchburg, MA), Fall 2012. Part-time Instructor. Elementary Italian I, Elementary Italian II. University of Massachusetts (Amherst, MA), 2009-2011. Lecturer. Spring 2011: Intermediate Italian II (2 classes). Fall 2010: Intermediate Italian I (2 classes). Spring 2010: Italian Film (taught in English), Intermediate Italian II. Fall 2009: Intermediate Italian I (2 classes). Brown University (Providence, RI), 2003-2009. Teaching Assistant. Spring 2009: Elementary Italian II. Spring 2006: Advanced Italian II. Spring 2005: Advanced Italian II. Spring 2004: Intermediate Italian II. Fall 2003: Intermediate Italian I. University of Georgia (Athens, GA), 1999-2001. Instructor of Italian. Spring 2001: Elementary Italian (3 classes). Fall 2000: Elementary Italian (3 classes). Spring 2000: Elementary Italian (3 classes). Fall 1999: Elementary Italian (4 classes). Centro Cultura Italiana (Bologna, Italy), June-October 1997. Teacher of Italian language to foreigners. OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES: Brown University (Providence, RI), April-June 2012. Visiting Scholar in Italian Studies. Brown University (Providence, RI), 2005-2008. Research Assistant for The Virtual Humanities Lab (VHL), a project supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. XML encoding of Giovanni Boccaccio’s Esposizioni sopra la Comedia di Dante (1373-5). http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/vhl_new/ Longanesi & C. (Milan, Italy), 1997-1998. Literature translator and consultant for the Scandinavian and English linguistic areas (see below: Publications). 2 Det Norske Samlaget (Oslo, Norway), 1994-1995. Selection and translation into NeoNorwegian of contemporary Italian poets (see below: Publications). PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES: “‘Flegmatikeren hører ikke hjemme i litteraturen.’ Arnulf Øverlands poetikk fra hans debut som kunst- og litteraturkritiker (1915) til hans tilslutning til Mot Dag (1922).” Italiablikk: Norsk og nordisk kultur og litteratur sett fra Bologna. Eds. Eva Maagerø, Elise Seip Tønnesen and Randi Langen Moen. Skriftserien 102. Kristiansand (Norway): Høgskolen i Agder, 2003. 21-41. TRANSLATIONS: Gaarder, Jostein. In uno specchio, in un enigma. Milano: Longanesi & C., 1999. (Original Norwegian: I et speil, i en gåte. Oslo: Aschehoug, 1993). Republished: Milano: TEA, 2001. Novel. Gaarder, Jostein. Vita brevis. Milano: Longanesi & C., 1998. (Original Norwegian: Vita brevis. Oslo: Aschehoug, 1997). Republished: Milano: TEA, 2000. Novel. Fredriksson, Marianne. Le figlie di Hanna. Milano: Longanesi & C., 1998. (Original Swedish: Anna, Hanna och Johanna. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1994). Republished: Milano: TEA, 1999. Novel. Translation into Neo-Norwegian (nynorsk) of poems by contemporary Italian authors (G. Caproni, M. Luzi, A. Rosselli, E. Sanguineti) for the volume Poetisk modernisme. Oslo: Det norske Samlaget, 1995 (in collaboration with Eva Jensen and Guri Vesaas). PAPERS PRESENTED: “A Faceless Collectivity for the New Man: Italian Esotericism and the Dissolution of Individual Consciousness during the Fascist Period.” Invited talk. Dept. of Italian, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA (USA). 27 March 2013. “Esotericism and the ‘New Man’ in Fascist Italy: Mario Manlio Rossi and Julius Evola.” Italian Studies Colloquium, Brown University, Providence, RI (USA). Spring 2007. “Individual Transformation in the Esoteric Mode of Thought 1919-39: Julius Evola and the Occult Renaissance.” Italian Studies Colloquium, Brown University, Providence, RI (USA). Spring 2006. 3 LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE: Brown University (Providence, RI) and Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), 20082010. Co-founder and co-organizer of Chiasmi, Brown-Harvard Graduate Student Conference in Italian Studies. http://www.brown.edu/Research/Chiasmi • Second conference (Harvard University, April 4-5, 2009): “War and Peace: Reflections on Harmony and Conflict in Italian Culture.” Chair of panel: “Revolutions and Countercultures.” • First conference (Brown University, March 14-15, 2008): “Cultural Margins/Marginal Cultures.” Chair of panel: “Narrating Fascism.” Brown University (Providence, RI), 2004-2009. Departmental Representative in the Graduate Student Council. Brown University (Providence, RI), 2003-2005. Graduate Student Liaison at the Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning. ACADEMIC HONORS, GRANTS AND AWARDS: 2011 2009-2010 2008-2009 2007-2008 2006-2007 2003-2006 1997 1994-1995 1992 1991 Brown University Summer Dissertation Grant. Graduate International Colloquia Grant, Brown University, $5000, for the project: “Beyond the Nation: Italy, Italians, and the New Forms of Identity in the Twenty-First Century.” (In collaboration with other graduate students from the departments of Italian Studies, Comparative Literature, and History at Brown University). Brown University Fellowship. Thomas R. Huckins ’38 Graduate Fellowship. Herbert A. Kenyon Italian Fellowship. Brown University Fellowship. Dignità di stampa (dissertation award), Università di Bologna (Italy). Scholarship, Norwegian Council for Research (Norges Forskningsråd). Scholarship, University of Bergen (Norway). Scholarship, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the University of Oslo (Norway). PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP: American Association for Italian Studies European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism Modern Language Association 4 LANGUAGES: Italian (native) English, Norwegian (fluent) Danish, Swedish (proficient) French, German, Latin, Spanish (reading) ADDITIONAL TRAINING: Brown University (Providence, RI), 2004. The Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Teaching Certificate I. Studies in Scandinavian universities, 1991-95: • University of Oslo, Norway, 1994-95. 6 months, with a scholarship from the Norwegian Council for Research (Norges Forskningsråd). • University of Uppsala, Sweden, 1993. International Summer Session, 4 weeks. • University of Bergen, Norway, 1992. International Summer School, 3 weeks, with a scholarship from the University of Bergen. • University of Oslo, Norway, 1991. International Summer School, 6 weeks, with a scholarship from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. COMPUTER SKILLS: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, course management systems (Blackboard, Canvas etc.), online studying resources (Quia, MyLanguageLab etc.), XML encoding. 5