Alessia Carbonaro

PhD Translation & Transcultural Studies

Email: Alessia dot Carbonaro at warwick dot ac dot uk

About

Alessia is a PhD student in Translation and Transcultural Studies at the University of Warwick, funded by the Monash Warwick Alliance Joint PhD scholarship. Her research is supervised by Dr. Caroline Summers and Dr. Cecilia Piantanida at the University of Warwick, and by Professor Rita Wilson at Monash University.

Prior to joining Warwick, Alessia has worked as an Italian language private tutor and as a freelance translator in the following language combinations: EN<>IT, FR>IT, ES>IT.

Research

Her practice-led research explores the complex intersection of personal trauma and landscape, particularly Australian native flora, and its translation challenges in contemporary Australian women's writing. More broadly, it aims to reflect on the ethical responsibility and complexity of conveying deeply personal traumatic events through landscape and translation, and analyses the challenges of translating texts that are deeply rooted in specific ecological and environmental contexts.

Research Interests

Literary translation
Trauma narratives in translation
Eco-translation approaches
Writing and identity
Australian contemporary literature

Conferences

"Translating Cultural Collaboration: White Authorship and Indigenous Characters in Salt River Road" - Northeast Modern Language Association 56th Annual Convention, 6-9 March 2025 (Philadelphia, PA, US).

Scholarships and Awards

Monash Warwick Alliance Joint PhD Scholarship (2025-2029).

Erasmus+ Traineeship Scholarship, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna (2025).

Scholarship for the preparation of MA dissertation abroad, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna (2024).

International Double MA Scholarship, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna (2022).

Premio America Giovani for academic excellence and full grant for the first-level MA in Leadership for International Relations and Made-in-Italy, Fondazione Italia USA (2022).

Scholarship for King's College Undergraduate Summer School in Media, Gender and Culture, awarded by Università di Pisa (2021).

Erasmus+ Study Scholarship, Cardiff University (2020).

Qualifications

International Double MA in Specialized Translation/Translation Studies, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna & Monash University (2022-2025).

First-level MA in Leadership for International Relations and Made-in-Italy, Fondazione Italia USA (2022-2023).

BA in Modern Languages and Literatures, Università di Pisa (2018-2022).