My interest in pedagogy of teaching and learning in modern languages focuses in particular on the development of intercultural competence and empathy through a transnational and glocal approach. I presented papers in international conferences on the use of Jhumpa Lahiri's first book in Italian 'In altre parole' in the multilingual classroom and on the development of intercultural awareness in the Italian writing class through the topic of Black Lives Matter in Italy. I am currently developing an extensive practice-based article entitled 'BLM and ə: Introducing Diversity in the Syllabus Design' to be published in the volume 'Engaging Students in Italian language and Culture: New Approaches for the 21st Century Classroom' (Georgetown University Press) edited by Giulia Guarnieri.

I co-organised the workshop 'Intercultural Empathy in the Italian Studies Classroom' for the 2022 Society of Italian Studies Conference.

I am also invested in research-led teaching and digital pedagogy. In 2020/21 I designed and taught the module IT337 Within and Beyond Books: Theory,History and PracticeLink opens in a new window using a digital assessment to foster students’ engagement and creativity and develop transferrable skills.

Publications

Journal Articles

V. Abbatelli, Looking at captions to get the full picture. Framing illustrations in Italian editions of Uncle Tom's CabinLink opens in a new window Image and Narrative, 19.1, pp. 46-61, 2018 (peer-reviewed)

V. Abbatelli, 'African-American Slave or Subject of the Italian Colonial Empire? The Trajectory of Uncle Tom in Italy during the Fascist Ventennio'Link opens in a new window, Tropos, 3 (1) pp. 22-29, 2016.

Edited Volumes

V. Abbatelli, A. Lirosi, I. Palumbo (eds), Un monastero di famiglia. Il diario delle barberine della SS.ma IncarnazioneLink opens in a new window(secc. XVII-XVIII) (Rome: Viella, 2016) (book launch)

Chapters in Books

V. Abbatelli, 'BLM and ə: Introducing Diversity in the Syllabus Design' in Engaging Students in Italian language and Culture: New Approaches for the 21st Century Classroom (Georgetown University Press), ed. by Giulia Guarnieri (forthcoming)

V. Abbatelli, 'Oltre la rappresentazione dell’apprendimento linguistico dell’italiano: insegnare In altre parole a studenti multilingue' in La rappresentazione dell'apprendimento linguisticoLink opens in a new window, edited by L. Coveri, T. Meozzi and E. Serena (Florence: Franco Cesati, 2022), pp. 93-102.

V. Abbatelli, 'Lessico e sintassi dell'italiano del teatro tra Ottocento e Novecento attraverso le traduzioni di quattro opere shakespeariane' in Las huellas del pasado en la cultura italiana contemporánea, edited by P. L. Ladròn De Guevara, B. Hernàndez and Z. Zografidou (Edit.Um, Murcia, 2013), pp. 477- 486.

V. Abbatelli, 'La semantica dell'affettività nel carteggio della famiglia Tondi di Viterbo (1860-1882)' in Nuovi sondaggi sulle lettere del CEOD, edited by G. Antonelli, M. Palermo, L. Raffaelli (Ravenna, Giorgio Pozzi, 2009), pp. 73-82.

Other academic publications

V. Abbatelli, Review of Ann Lawson Lucas, 'Emilio Salgari: una mitologia moderna tra letteratura, politica e società', voll. 1-2 (Florence: Olschki, 2018), The Modern Language Review, 114.3 (2019), 575-76

V. Abbatelli, Review of Giorgia Alù and Nancy Pedri (eds), 'Enlightening Encounters: Photography in Italian Literature' (Toronto Italian Studies. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015), Annali d'Italianistica 34 (2016), 595-97

V. Abbatelli, '“Accadde tutto molti anni fa, in una città bella e piena di luce, nella Spagna del sud”: Baricco riscrive il Don Giovanni' in Dal manoscritto al web: canali e modalità di trasmissione dell'italiano. Tecniche, materiali e usi nella storia della lingua. Conference Proceedings of the XII International congress Silfi – University of Helsinki, 18-20 June 2012 (Franco Cesati, Firenze, 2014), pp. 221-229.

V. Abbatelli (ed.), Lettere di Innocenza Tondi al marito e ad altri familiari (1860-1882), http://ceod.unistrasi.itLink opens in a new window