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Dott. Gloria De Vincenti

BA Hons, Bari
PhD candidate



Gloria De Vincenti studied foreign languages and literature at the University of Bari, Italy, majoring in French. During that period she developed an interest in Surrealism and its precursors such as the poet Gérard de Nerval. She continues to explore the avant-garde scene of the early twentieth century in her current doctoral thesis on the movement called Second Florentine Futurism (1916-1918). Gloria's thesis explores the genesis and function of the creative process, through the literary work of a group of young poets and artists. In adhering to the multidisciplinary approach of the movement, her investigation draws on a range of fields, most importantly philosophy, anthroposophy and psychoanalysis.
Her other research interests include second and foreign language teaching methods and theories. Gloria is an associate lecturer in the Institute for International Studies at UTS, and a member of the 'Multilingualism and Multiliteracies' Research Cluster at UTS.

Journal articles

De Vincenti, Gloria; Giovanangeli, Angela and Ward, Rowena
"The Queer Stopover: How Queer Travels in the Language Classroom", Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching, Singapore: Centre for Language Studies National University of Singapore, 4 (1), 2007.

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Conference activity

  • Tra istinto e ragionamento: strumenti esplorativi nel Secondo Futurismo Fiorentino (Instinct and reasoning as instruments for exploring reality in the Second Florentine Futurism), Fourth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Centre for Italian Studies (Griffith University), Brisbane 2007.
  • Futurismo esoterico (Esoteric Futurism), Department of Italian Research Seminar, University of Sydney, 27 October, 2005.
  • with Angela Giovanangeli and Rowena Ward:
    The Queer Stopover: How Queer Travels in the Language Classroom, Queer Agencies and Social Change in International Perspectives (Institute for International Studies Workshop), The Resort, Wiseman's Ferry, 5-7 December, 2005.
  • From childhood experience to ars poetica: forming substitutes, Exile and Social Change (Institute for International Studies Annual workshop), Novotel Northbeach Wollongong NSW, 6 to 8 December, 2004.
  • Avventure di Bruno Corra: viaggio a ritroso di un sognatore ad occhi aperti (Bruno Corra's Adventures: a daydreamer's journey backwards in time), Department of Italian Research Seminar, University of Sydney, 28 October, 2004.
  • Il Secondo Futurismo Fiorentino: erede o antagonista del primo? (The Second Florentine Futurism: an inheritance from the first Futurism or an entity in its own right?), Department of Italian Research Seminar, University of Sydney, 11 September, 2003.