Elisa BORDIN
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Roles
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Variable member of the Commission for Knowledge Valorisation (DSLCC)
- Telephone
- 041 234 9441
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elisa.bordin@unive.it
- Academic discipline
- Anglo-American Literature [ANGL-01/B]
- Website
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https://www.unive.it/people/elisa.bordin (personal record)
- Office
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Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.dslcc
Where: Ca' Bernardo
Office hours
Student office hours are held in person. Students must make an appointment via email (elisa.bordin@unive.it) and come to the professor's office, located on the mezzanine floor above the spiral staircase in Ca' Bernardo.
In the 2nd semester 25-26, office hours will always be held on Friday afternoons from 15:30 to 17:30.
After the end of classes, Professor Bordin will be available to meet with students on the following dates:
June 10, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
June 17, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
June 23, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
July 1, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
July 10, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
July 15, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
July 22, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
September 10, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
September 18, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
September 25, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
September 28, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
October 16, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
November 3, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
November 16, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
November 30, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
December 11, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
December 21, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
GRADUANDS: please view this document before attending your first thesis meeting: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PDVLuCF0c-r28A0iaBOBtudLMpxOi-4o/view?usp=sharing
Notices
30/09/2026
La prof.ssa Bordin sarà in congedo parentale dal 1.10.2026 al 18.02.2027.
Per questioni riguardanti il Doble/Joint Degree in English and American Studies, gli studenti possono contattare la dott.ssa Alessia Pelella (jointdegree@unive.it).
In quel periodo i documenti (piani di studio, riconoscimento crediti e Learning Agreements degli studenti stranieri) saranno firmati nei seguenti giorni dedicati, quando ci sarà anche ricevimento studenti:
16 ottobre
3 ottobre
16 novembre
30 novembre
11 dicembre
21 dicembre
7 gennaio
Professor Bordin will be on parental leave from October 1, 2026, to February 18, 2027.
For matters regarding the Double/Joint Degree in English and American Studies, students may contact Dr. Alessia Pelella at jointdegree@unive.it.
During this period, official documents (Study Plans, Credit Recognition, and Learning Agreements for international students) will be signed only on the following dedicated days, which will also serve as student office hours:
October 16
November 3
November 16
November 30
December 11
December 21
January 7
Teaching activity current year
LINGUE E LETTERATURE EUROPEE, AMERICANE E POSTCOLONIALI [LMR3]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
LINGUE, CIVILTÀ E SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LT10]
Bachelor's Degree Programme
LINGUE, CIVILTÀ E SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LTR10]
Bachelor's Degree Programme
SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LM5]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
Teaching activity previous years
SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LM5]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
LINGUE E LETTERATURE EUROPEE, AMERICANE E POSTCOLONIALI [LMR3]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
LINGUE, CIVILTÀ E SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LT10]
Bachelor's Degree Programme
LINGUE, CIVILTÀ E SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LTR10]
Bachelor's Degree Programme
LINGUE E LETTERATURE EUROPEE, AMERICANE E POSTCOLONIALI [LM3]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LM5]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI COMPARATE [LM60]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
LINGUE, CIVILTÀ E SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LT10]
Bachelor's Degree Programme
LINGUE E LETTERATURE EUROPEE, AMERICANE E POSTCOLONIALI [LM3]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LM5]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI COMPARATE [LM60]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
LINGUE, CIVILTÀ E SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LT10]
Bachelor's Degree Programme
Activities and research skills
- Academic discipline
- Letterature anglo-americane [ANGL-01/B]
- Geographic areas in which the research experience mainly applies
- Internazionale: America Settentrionale
- Known languages
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Inglese
(scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
spagnolo (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
- Participation in editorial boards of scientific journals/book series
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Membro della redazione di Acoma. Rivista internazionale di studi nordamericani
Membro della redazione di Iperstoria. Testi, letterature, linguaggi
Editorial Assistant di From the European South
Comitato di redazione de Il Tolomeo
- Main departmental research areas and fields
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Area:
Lingue e letterature americane Linea:
Studi americani
Area: Studi postcoloniali Linea: Anglofonia
- Italian American fatherhood
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- SSD:
- L-LIN/11
- John Fante, scrittore italoamericano e oltre
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- SSD:
- L-LIN/11
- La letteratura della nuova diaspora africana: Taiye Selasi e Chris Abani
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- SSD:
- L-LIN/11
- Literary California 1884-2022: Spaces of Exception, Spaces of Disaster
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- SSD:
- L-LIN/11
- Other members of the research group:
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Enrico MARIANI
- Literary California 1884-2022: Spaces of Exception, Spaces of Disaster
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- Funding body:
- MUR
- Type:
- PRIN
- Role in the project:
- LD
- Starting date:
- Year: 2023 Length in months: 24
- Other members of the research group:
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Enrico MARIANI
Publication highlights
Elisa Bordin; Annalisa Oboe Chris Abani. , Manchester, Manchester University Press, pp. 1-290 (ISBN 9781526147202)
DOI 2022,
Scientific monograph or treatise - ARCA card: 10278/3754028
elisa bordin Nuovi “passaggi” fra Africa e Stati Uniti: un’introduzione in ACOMA, vol. 22, pp. 5-25 (ISSN 2421-423X)
2022,
Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5032565
Elisa Bordin The “Peculiar Citizenship” of African Americans , Citizenship, Law and Literature, De Gruyter, vol. 19, pp. 105-118 (ISBN 9783110749632) (ISSN 2191-8457)
2022,
Book Article - ARCA card: 10278/3752488
BORDIN ELISA, FRANCESCATO SIMONE Cinema, Migration, and the US in IPERSTORIA, vol. 17, pp. 1-8 (ISSN 2281-4582)
2021,
Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/3740710
Elisa Bordin On Westerns and Settler Migration: A Reading of Meek’s Cutoff by Kelly Reichardt in IPERSTORIA, vol. 17, pp. 9-28 (ISSN 2281-4582)
2021,
Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/3740975
List of publications
Curriculum vitae
Elisa Bordin is Associate Professor of Anglo-American Literature. She graduated in Anglo-American Literature from the University of Padua in 2007 and obtained her Ph.D. in Anglophone Studies from the University of Verona in 2011. She has taught English Language and Anglo-American Literatures at several Italian universities, including the University of Verona, the University of Padua, the University of Ferrara, and the University of Trieste. She was also a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Verona (2012-2013) and the University of Padua (2016-2019). In 2025, she was qualified to serve as a Full Professor for the sector 10/L1 (English and Anglo-American Language, Literatures, and Cultures). She has participated in both national and international conferences and is a regular member of the Italian Association for North American Studies (AISNA) and the European Association for American Studies (EAAS). Her research interests include the Western genre, studies on blackness and the new African diaspora in the United States, and Californian literature. Since 2023, she has been the Principal Investigator for the PRIN project "Literary California, 1884-2022: Spaces of Exception, Spaces of Disaster," for which she is currently researching extraction literature and the work of Italian American writer John Fante. She has three children.
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