Dr Marzia D’Amico is a Junior Researcher (FCT) at the Centre for Comparative Studies (CEComp), University of Lisbon. Her research focuses on the intersection between tradition and experimentalism in their various forms, expressions, languages and codes, with a particular emphasis on the socio-political implications of female authorship in the production of verbivocovisual poetry. They are currently writing a book centred on the work of Mirella Bentivoglio, Tomaso Binga, Ketty La Rocca, Lucia Marcucci and Giulia Niccolai.
They hold a PhD in Italian Literature from the University of Oxford (2019), with a thesis dedicated to gender revision and female authorship in 20th-century Italy. They are the author of *Figlie del Sé: L’epica rivoluzionaria di Amelia Rosselli e Patrizia Vicinelli* (Mimesis, 2023), and have published numerous academic articles, primarily on the Italian counter-canon, with a particular focus on feminist and queer theories and practices.
They are a co-founder of the Quir Hub Research Group.
Dr D’Amico is actively committed to making academic research accessible to wider audiences, notably through their work as a poet and multilingual translator, writing and performing in various languages (primarily Italian and English). Among their works, Ragazzx Laser (Zona, 2025) stands out, a work awarded the Pagliarani Prize for original poetry. Their multilingual poetry has been published in various international magazines, both print and digital, and they have participated in numerous international poetry events and festivals. They translate prose, essays and poetry between English and Italian.
They also co-coordinate the open-access monthly newsletter dedicated to transfeminism: Ghinea, and are Editor of the experimental poetry section Autopoetica in the literary magazine Argonline.
A more comprehensive academic profile can be found at: https://flul.academia.edu/MarziaDAmico
AREAS OF SPECIALISATION AND POSSIBLE RESEARCH FOCUS
• Comparative Literature
• Cultural and Visual Studies
• (Trans)feminist and Queer Theory
• Gender Studies
• Performance and Performativity
• Experimental Poetry
SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS
2025. Poetry is Not a Luxury: Re-inventing Poetic Genre through Feminist Revision, Comparatismi n.10/2025, pp. 291–311. https://doi.org/10.14672/
2025 . The southern queer poetics of June Scialpi. Obliquity, conflict, magic., g/s/i n.11/2025 https://doi.org/10.15781/PVSM-
2025. Tomaso Binga. L’immanenza simbolica della performance foto-materiale., L’Ulisse n.27, pp.40-48 [ISSN 1973-2740]
2025. I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter”: translation as a weapon for queer resistance. Revista Ártemis, 39(1), 39–58. https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.
