Marco Petrelli

Marco Petrelli

@marpe3.bsky.social

Associate professor of US literature at the University of Pisa. Gothic, southern & African American studies. Anti-fascist punk bluesman. Co-editor-in-chief of @jamitjournal.bsky.social

163 Followers 182 Following 2 Posts Joined Nov 2024
7 months ago
Call for Papers: JAm It! Journal of American Studies in Italy #11 (General Issue) |  JAm It! (Journal of American Studies in Italy)

The CFP for the next issue of JAm It! is now available. We welcome submissions from scholars at all career stage levels. Please share this announcement widely! ojs.unito.it/index.php/ja...

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7 months ago
No. 10 (2025): Resurgence and Decolonization: Creating Alternative Worlds |  JAm It! (Journal of American Studies in Italy)

Check out issue no. 10 of JAm It! Journal of American Studies in Italy, edited by Mattia Arioli and Sara Riccetti! ojs.unito.it/index.php/ja...

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10 months ago

We’re pleased to share that JAm It! (Journal of American Studies in Italy) has been officially recognized as a scientific journal by ANVUR in Disciplinary Areas 10 (Antiquities, Philological‑Literary & Historical‑Artistic Sciences) and 14 (Political & Social Sciences)

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1 year ago
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#CFP: "(Un)Narrating the West: Literature, Politics, and the Frontier Unconscious." The brilliant @vgnpgn.bsky.social and I are putting together a panel for the 28th AISNA Conference 2025 (Bergamo, Italy) on Sept. 11-13. Send abstract + bio by Feb 28! More info at shorturl.at/bheSJ
#academicsky

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1 year ago

“Fascism, it’s always about using nationalism, and the nation, as a bludgeon to generate support for death policies, on behalf of death governments. For violence and repression and exploitation, internationalism is the antidote, always.” —Robin D. G. Kelley

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1 year ago

“When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will wonder, not their ferocity.” —C.L.R. James

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1 year ago
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On Dec. 4, 1969, Chicago Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were assassinated by Chicago Police and the FBI

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1 year ago

“The world is held together, really it is held together, by the love and the passion of a very few people.”

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