Mattia Arioli
Name: Mattia Arioli
Title(s): Ph.D.
E-mail: mattia.arioli2@unibo.it
Affiliation: University of Bologna
Bionote: Mattia Arioli is a research fellow at the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures (LILEC) at the University of Bologna, where he received his Ph.D. with a thesis on the memory of the Vietnam War in graphic narratives that received a special mention at the Agostino Lombardo Award 2022 edition. His main research interests include cultural memory studies, comics, Asian American literature, Indigenous productions, and visual culture. He authored several essays on war comics and trauma, published in national and international journals. In 2023, he was awarded a John A. Lent Award Honorable Mention for his project “Clement Baloup’s Memoires de Viet Kieu: Exploring the Legacy and History of the Vietnamese Diaspora(s)” by the International Comics Art Forum (ICAF).
Areas of interest: Cultural Memory Studies; Comics Studies; Asian American Studies; Indigenous Studies; Visual Culture