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Lecturer in Italian. Alberto Iozzia entered American academia almost by chance in 2010, as a Teaching Assistant of Italian at Oberlin College, in Ohio. Since then, he has been teaching all levels of Italian language, from elementary courses to advanced content classes.
Italian Apocalyptic Cinema: After the End, Spring 2020, Alberto Iozzia. Early Modern Adaptations, Spring 2020, Chloé Hogg. French Studies, Gender Studies, Fall 2019, Todd Reeser. Contemporary French Cinema: Universalism and Its Others, Spring 2018, David Pettersen.
Apr 4, 2024 · Alberto Iozzia is a Lecturer at Boston University. His research focuses on speculative fiction and on post-apocalyptic literature and film. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses on the history of Italian cinema and on Italian film genres.
Alberto Iozzia (Boston University) Abstract. Speculative fiction and narrative genres often linger outside of the Italian literary canon. Critics and readers alike have consistently considered Italian works of horror, science fiction, and fantasy to be second rate products and they have placed them at the margins.
Jan 8, 2020 · Iozzia links contemporary expressions of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic narrative to Giovanni Boccaccio’s “Decameron,” and claims that the zombie-ridden landscapes of “The Walking Dead” lead back to Boccaccio’s masterpiece, to its structure, and to its main themes.
Jun 7, 2024 · Lecture by Alberto Iozzia, Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian "The Horrid Beginning: Boccaccio's Decameron as Archetype of Modern Post-Apocalyptic Narrative" Date: Wed. Jan 15th, 1:30-3:00pm Location: TBA.
Alberto Iozzia is a 2010 graduate from the Università di Siena. He earned his PhD in Italian Studies in 2018 from Rutgers University by defending a dissertation on post-apocalyptic narrative. His research mainly focuses on contemporary literature and film.
