User:Gerardo Papalia

Gerardo Papalia is a Research Associate at Monash University. He has completed degrees in Italy and Australia and has taught in universities in both countries. In 2003 he was awarded a Ph.D. from La Trobe University for his thesis on the political and cultural relations between Australia and Italy in the 1930s. He is a specialist in the study of the history and culture of the Italian diaspora in Australia which he analyses through post-structuralist theoretical approaches. His publications cover a wide range of disciplines including history, cinematography, religious belief, literature, interculturality and hybridity.