Dr Rosa Mucignat
Reader in Comparative Literature
Research interests
- Literature
Biography
Dr Mucignat was awarded a PhD in Comparative Literature by King’s College London in 2009. She holds a BA and MA in Italian and Comparative Literature from the University of Bologna, where she was a member of the Collegio Superiore.
Research interests
Dr Mucignat's research interests include:
- the novel in 19th century Europe
- literary geography; the idea of space in narrative
- the Romantic myth of Italy
- modern Italian literature
Dr Mucignat wrote her doctoral thesis on spatiality in a group of European novels of the 19th century, including Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, Stendhal’s The Red and the Black, and Alessandro Manzoni’s I Promessi sposi. She would be interested in supervising students in any of the above or related areas.
For more details, please see her full research profile.
Research
Visual Culture
The Visual Culture research group is a network of scholars within King’s College London working across a diverse historical range of film, art, and performance.
The Activist-in-Residence Scheme
Supporting researchers and activists to develop solutions for societal challenges.
Project status: Ongoing
News
Faculty of Arts & Humanities launches innovative Activist-in-Residence Scheme
A new initiative run by the Faculty of Arts & Humanities seeks to explore mutually beneficial connections between activism and academic research.
Departments of French and Comparative Literature at King's awarded £1M grant
A team led by Dr Sanja Perovic from the Department of French has been awarded a circa £1M AHRC Standard Grant to fund a research programme involving the...
Events
Radical Translations: The Transfer of Revolutionary Culture between Britain, France and Italy
Join Dr Rosa Mucignat and Dr Sanja Perovic at the Department of French research seminar
Please note: this event has passed.
Research
Visual Culture
The Visual Culture research group is a network of scholars within King’s College London working across a diverse historical range of film, art, and performance.
The Activist-in-Residence Scheme
Supporting researchers and activists to develop solutions for societal challenges.
Project status: Ongoing
News
Faculty of Arts & Humanities launches innovative Activist-in-Residence Scheme
A new initiative run by the Faculty of Arts & Humanities seeks to explore mutually beneficial connections between activism and academic research.
Departments of French and Comparative Literature at King's awarded £1M grant
A team led by Dr Sanja Perovic from the Department of French has been awarded a circa £1M AHRC Standard Grant to fund a research programme involving the...
Events
Radical Translations: The Transfer of Revolutionary Culture between Britain, France and Italy
Join Dr Rosa Mucignat and Dr Sanja Perovic at the Department of French research seminar
Please note: this event has passed.