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University of Otago

Arts and Culture Literature Linguistics Art History Film Studies Visual Arts Literature Gender Studies Cultural Studies

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Associate Professor Cecilia Novero, an Italian-born scholar based in New Zealand, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Languages and Cultures within the Division of Humanities at the University of Otago. She received her PhD from the University of Chicago and taught German Language and Culture, European Studies, and Women’s Studies at various higher education institutions in the United States before her appointment at Otago. Her research centers on interdisciplinary humanities, with a focus on Visual Culture, particularly 20th- and 21st-century European cinema and the art and texts of historical and Neo-Avant-garde movements. Novero’s academic interests span Food Studies, Animal Studies, Environmental Humanities, post-humanism, literature and art from the former German Democratic Republic, travel literature, adaptation theory, gender and queer theory, and critical theory, including the works of Walter Benjamin, Herbert Marcuse, and Theodor W. Adorno. She advocates for the public humanities as both a theoretical approach and practical engagement.