Meet our Staff

Dr Amaleena Damlé is an Associate Professor at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at Durham University. Find out more about her interests in questions of embodiment, affect, gender, sexuality, and race in 20th- and 21st-century French and francophone literature and philosophy, and hear about her advice for prospective students.

Meet Dr Luca Malici, Assistant Professor/Director of Italian Studies in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at Durham University. Luca is particularly interested in how aspects of equality, diversity, and inclusion are used in language teaching and learning. In his research-based teaching, he utilises artificial intelligence and mobile applications to create dynamic environments for introducing, assessing, and revising topics and vocabulary.

Ita MacCarthy studies the connections between early modern Italian literature and the visual arts. Her book The Grace of the Italian Renaissance explored grace as a complex keyword that conveys and connects the most pressing ethical, social and aesthetic debates of that period in time. She also recently appeared on BBC's Moving Pictures to discuss April by Francesco del Cossa.

Axel Pérez Trujillo works on the intersection between philosophy, ecology, and literature in Latin America. His projects address the complex relationships between culture and nature as they are manifested in literature. His book, Imaging the Plains of Latin America: An Ecocritical Study, was recently published by Bloomsbury. He is also a member of the Centre for Culture and Ecology.