Giuseppe TOMASELLA

Current Position

January 2025 – present
Subject matter expert
Department Of Historical and Geographic Sciences and The Ancient World – DiSSGeA
University of Padua

November 2024 – present
Postdoctoral researcher
Mobility & Humanities (MoHu) Centre for Advanced Studies
Department Of Historical and Geographic Sciences and The Ancient World – DiSSGeA
University of Padua
Postdoctoral Project: Tourism Contained (DeterTour) 2024
Supervisor: Professor Tania Rossetto

Education

2025 PhD Programme in Historical, Geographical and Anthropological Studies
Curriculum: Geographical Studies
University of Padua, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Thesis: Venice Nightscapes – Consuming, Living, Narrating
Supervisor: Professor Tania Rossetto

2019 Master’s Degree in Intercultural Development of Tourism Systems
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Thesis: Notte urbana, vita notturna e turismo a Venezia | Urban Night, Nightlife
and Tourism in Venice
Supervisor: Professor Federica Letizia Cavallo
Grade: 110/110 L

The thesis was awarded the Premio Faini and Cazzavillan, an annual award attributed by the Department of Economics of the Ca' Foscari University of Venice to the best master's theses in the economics area.

2010 Master’s Degree in European, American and Postcolonial Languages and
Literatures
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Thesis: The Evolution of Man Friday's Character in Colonial and Post-Colonial Literature
Supervisor: Professor Michela Vanon
Grade: 110/110

2008 Bachelor’s Degree in Modern and Contemporary Western Languages and Literatures
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Thesis: Cultural Hybridism in Kipling’s Kim
Supervisor: Professor Marco Fazzini
Grade: 110/110

2005 High School Diploma in Scientific Studies
Liceo Scientifico Galileo Galilei, Belluno (BL), Italy

Teaching Experiences in First and Second Cycle Degree Programmes

06 April 2026-30 September 2026 – Adjunct Professor (30 hours, 6 CFU + 30 hours, 6 CFU), Ca' Foscari University of Venice, First Cycle Degree Programme in Conservation and Management of Cultural Heritage and Activities – Geography I (sections A-L and M-Z; Appointed Instructor).

23 February 2026-26 February 2027 – Adjunct Professor (21 hours, 3 CFU), University of Padua, Second Cycle Degree Programme in Historical Sciences - Mobility Studies curriculum– Cities Methodologies (Appointed Instructor).

23 February 2026-26 February 2027 – Adjunct Professor (21 hours out of 42, 6 CFU), University of Padua, Second Cycle Degree Programme in Historical Sciences - Mobility Studies curriculum – Urban Mobilities (Co-Instructor, supporting Course Chair Laura Lo Presti).

5-9 June 2025 – Adjunct Professor (36 hours, 3 CFU), University of Padua, Second Cycle Degree Programme in Landscape Studies – Fieldwork (Appointed Instructor).

27-28 March 2025 - Workshop (4 hours) “I nightscapes urbani: teoria e casi studio” | “Urban Nightscapes: theory and case studies”, University of Padua, Second Cycle Degree Programme in Landscape Studies - Urban Landscapes: Culture and Representation course.

10-11 March 2025 – Workshop (6 hours) “Geografie sociali della notte: teoria e casi studio” | “Social geographies of the night: theory and case studies”, University of Padua, First Cycle Degree Programme in Educational Sciences - Social Geography course.

09 May 2024 - Workshop (2 hours) “The urban night of Venice: public spaces, materialities, ENTE and im/mobilities”, University of Padua, Second Cycle Degree Programme in Local Development - Social and Political Tourism Geographies course.

10-11 April 2024 - Workshop (4 hours) “I nightscapes urbani: teoria e casi studio” | “Urban Nightscapes: theory and case studies”, University of Padua, Second Cycle Degree Programme in Landscape Studies - Urban Landscapes: Culture and Representation course.

11-12-13 March 2024 – Workshop (6 hours) “Geografie sociali della notte” | “Social geographies of the night”, University of Padua, First Cycle Degree Programme in Educational Sciences - Social Geography course.

February-September 2023 - Attività Tutoriali, Didattico-Integrative, Propedeutiche e di Recupero | Teaching Assistant (30 hours), Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Master’s Degree Programme in Intercultural Development of Tourism Systems - Local Development and Sustainable Tourism course.

20-21 April 2023 - Workshop (4 hours) “Urban Nightscapes: Night-time economy e ruoli delle politiche neoliberiste nei processi di co-produzione delle notti urbane contemporanee” | “Urban Nightscapes: the night-time economy and the roles of neoliberal policies in the co-production processes of contemporary urban nights”, University of Padua, Second Cycle Degree Programme in Landscape Studies - Urban Landscapes: Culture and Representation course.

13-14-15 March 2023 – Workshop (6 hours) “Geografie sociali degli spazi-tempo notturni” | “Social geographies of nocturnal space-times”, University of Padua, First Cycle Degree Programme in Educational Sciences - Social Geography course.

October-December 2022 – Teaching assistant (6 hours), University of Padua, Second Cycle Degree Programme in Landscape Studies - Space, Place and Mobility

7 April 2022 - Workshop (2 hours) “Geografie delle notti urbane - I ruoli delle politiche neoliberiste nei processi di co-produzione delle notti urbane contemporanee” | “Geographies of urban nights: the roles of neoliberal policies in the co-production processes of contemporary urban nights”, University of Padua, First Cycle Degree Programme in Language, Literature and Cultural Communication - Cultural Geography course.

Teaching Experiences in Academic Institutions

July 2026 – Module (3 CFU) “Exploring the Tourist Cities: Venice and the Geography of Contemporary Tourism”, Summer@SIE – Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Ca’ Foscari School for International Education (SIE).

February 2026 – Elective Course (12 hours), “Venice in Motion: Mobility, Crisis, and the Future of Cities”, Foundation Year – Ca’ Foscari University of Venice , Ca’ Foscari School for International Education (SIE).

7 July 2025 – Workshop (3 hours), “Venice Waters: Amphibious Culture and Unbelievable Futures – Cultural Geography and Art Walkshop along the Zattere Waterfront” – Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Ca’ Foscari School for International Education (SIE).

13 May 2025 – Workshop (2 hours) “La città notturna: ripensare la geografie del turismo da una prospettiva sud europea” | The Nocturnal City: Rethinking Tourism Geography through a Southern European Perspective” University of Padua & Ca' Foscari University of Venice, PhD Programme in Historical, Geographical and Anthropological Studies, “Plural Cities” Geography Workshop.

Publications

Books

Tomasella, G. (2025). Venice Nightscapes: Consuming, Living, Narrating. Routledge.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Tomasella, G. (2026). Recovering Dark Literacy. Embodied Ways of Knowing with Darkness. Lo Squaderno, Explorations in Space and Society. (Anvur Scientific Journal Area 11)

Tomasella, G. (2024). La Venezia notturna di Luigi Sugana (1891).
Plasmare un’indagine geografica della notte urbana contemporanea con una guida storica. Geotema. (Anvur Class A journal Area 11/B1)

Tomasella, G. (2024). Thinking Night Studies through a Southern European Perspective. Geography Compass (Anvur Class A journal Area 11/B1)

Tomasella, G. (2023). What of Tomorrow Night? Urban Night Im/mobilities in Venice. Tourism Geographies. (Anvur Class A journal Area 11/B1)

Tomasella, G. (2023). Fantasmi presenti di un futuro narrato: Venezia in "La seconda mezzanotte" di Antonio Scurati. Lo Squaderno, Explorations in Space and Society (Anvur Scientific Journal Area 11)

Tomasella, G. (2022). Navigating Venice’s Literary Nightscapes through Post-Representational Mapmaking. J-Reading - Journal of Research and Didactics in Geography. (Anvur Class A journal Area 11/B1)

Book Chapters

Tomasella, G. (2023). Drawing nightscapes: disegni in situ e assemblaggi letterari nella notte veneziana. Atti della Giornata di Studi “Oltre la Globalizzazione/Narrazioni”, Memorie Geografiche, 23, pp. 411–416.

Tomasella, G. (2023). Nuove luci per la spopolata notte urbana di Venezia. Atti del XXXIII Congresso Geografico Italiano, Cleup, Padova, pp.75–81.

Cavallo, F.L., Tomasella, G. (2020). La notte a Venezia. Frontiera della colonizzazione turistica o spazio-tempo per pratiche sociali?, in Gwiazdzinski L., Maggioli M., Straw W. (eds.): Night Studies, Elya Editions, Paris, pp. 138–162.

Translations

Tomasella, G. (2026). Im/mobilità notturne: esplorare la notte urbana di Venezia a partire dagli ostacoli | original title: What of Tomorrow Night? Urban Night Im/mobilities in Venice, in Russo A.P., Salerno G.-M. (a cura di), Geografie Critiche del Turismo a Venezia, Franco Angeli, pp. 270–284.

Adey, P., Lee, J., Merriman, P., Pearce, L., della Dora, V., Engelmann, S., Gigliotti, S., Hawkins, H., Kim, J., Kim, T., Peterle, G., & Rossetto, T. (2025). Connessioni: Arti e Scienze Umane per un futuro di mobilità più eque | original title: Connections: Arts and Humanities for Just Mobility Futures. LP Publishing Co.

Kelman, I. (2023). Sono le acque alte a fare l’aquapelago? Costruire una strategia di risposta al rischio alluvionale per Venezia | original title: Does Flooding Define the Aquapelago? Constructing Venice's flood disaster risk personality, in Cavallo F.L., Vallerani F., Visentin F. (a cura di): Arcipelago delle maree. Esplorare gli incerti confini della Venezia anfibia, Cafoscarina, pp. 111–131.