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PAOLO GUSMEROLI
Position
Ricercatore a tempo det. art. 24 c. 3 lett. A L. 240/2010
Address
VIA VENEZIA, 8 - PADOVA
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Currently:
Fellow Researcher (RtdA) at the FiSPPA Department, University of Padua.
National Scientific Qualification for the position of Associate Professor, competition sector 14/C2 (Sociology of Cultural and Communication Processes).
Member of the editorial boards of: "Asincronie e intersezioni", Guerini Associati, Milan; "Scienze sociologiche", Epoké Editore; "Ritratti. Collana di etnografie", Rosenberg & Sellier; "AboutGender - International Journal of Gender Studies".
Main teaching experiences:
2024 (FALL) and 2025 (SPRING). "Italian Food, Culture and Society: Foundations, Transitions and Representations", for Padua Italian & European Studies Program, Boston University.
2023/2024 and 2024/2025. "Sociology of the Family" for the Master's Degree in Developmental and Educational Psychology. DPSS Dept., University of Padua.
2024-2025."General and Educational Sociology" for the Degree in Education Sciences (9 credits), at FiSPPA Dept., University of Padua.
2019–2020. Instructor of "Imaginaries of diversity" for the Master's Degree in Culture, Education and Global Society (6 credits), at FiSPPA Dept., University of Padua.
2019–2023. Appointed (5 editions) for supplementary teaching: "Workshops on academic writing and thesis writing" for the Bachelor's Degree in Sociological Sciences. FiSPPA Dept., University of Padua.
2018-2020 Instructor of "One Nation, Many Identities: Italy and Multiculturalism" at Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) in Ferrara.
2019 "Gender Studies" (Cultures of the World core) at VIU – Venice International University.
2017–2018. "Food, Wine and Society" (6 credits), shared for 4 credits with the course "Food and Wine History, Anthropology and Society" (8 credits) at University of Padua – School of Agriculture
For the list of publications, please see CV.
Notices
Office hours
Friday from 10:00 to 11:00
at Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione Via Venezia 8 - 35131 Padova
Si prega di contattare il docente via email per concordare l'orario di ricevimento e la sua modalità (possibilità di farlo anche via zoom)
Publications
Books:
(2025) David Morgan. Sul concetto di pratiche familiari, Armando Editore, Roma. ISBN: 979-12-5984-649-5.
(2023) Sfidare la norma. Discriminazione e violenza contro le persone LGBTQI+ (con Trappolin, L.), Padova University Press, Padova. ISBN: 978-88-6938-359-5.
(2022) Le vite che sono la mia. Storie di genitori LGB usciti dall’eterosessualità, (con Trappolin, L.) Meltemi, Milano, ISBN: 978-88-5519-566-9.
(2019) Raccontare l’omofobia in Italia. Genesi e sviluppi di una parola chiave, (con Trappolin, L.) Rosenberg & Sellier, Torino, ISBN: 978-88-7885-693-6.
(2016) Le eredi. Aziende vinicole di padre in figlia, Guerini, Milano, ISBN: 978-88-8107-396-2.
Articles in Refereed Journal:
(2024) “Diventare padri, rimanere padri. Le maschilità in famiglia e nella coppia attraverso due casi di studio” (con Vulca Fidolini), in Cambio. Rivista sulle trasformazioni sociali (online first)
(2023) “Is gender-critical feminism feeding the neo-conservative anti-gender rhetoric? Snapshots from the Italian public debate”, in Journal of Lesbian Studies. DOI: 10.1080/10894160.2023.2184908.
(2021) “Family Practices of Italian Lesbian and Gay Parents with Children from Heterosexual Relationships. Identity Transition and Pragmatic Bricolage” (con Trappolin, L.), in Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, 4/2021: 879-904, DOI: 10.1423/103730.
(2021) “Commensality as citizenship. An Ethnographic Journey through Food and Migration” (con Bimbi, F.), Mondi Migranti 2/2021: 27-54. DOI: 10.3280/MM2021-002002
(2021) “Narratives of Catholic women against ‘Gender ideology’ in Italian schools: defending childhood, struggling with pluralism” (con Trappolin, L.), European Societies, 23(4): 513-532. DOI: 10.1080/14616696.2021.1943484
(2021) “Inversione dello stigma e aggiornamento delle retoriche anti-Lgbt: l’omofobia ‘contesa’ nel discorso mediatico italiano”, AG-AboutGender, 10(19): 268-294. DOI: 10.15167/2279-5057/AG2021.10.19.1240
(2021) “La protesta di madri e insegnati contro il gender a scuola. Meccanismi di attivazione tra convergenze e disomogeneità” (con Trappolin, L.), Polis. Ricerche e studi su società e politica, 1/2021: 105-129, DOI: 10.1424/10028
(2020) “Homophobia as a Keyword in the Italian Liberal Press (1979–2007). Debating New Boundaries of Sexual Citizenship” (con Trappolin, L.), Journal of Modern Italian Studies 25(5): 645-670, DOI: 10.1080/1354571X.2020.1825182
(2014) “Le eredi del vino. Genere, gestione delle emozioni e capitale erotico”, Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia 4/2014: 677-703, DOI 10.1423/78746.
Book Chapters:
(2024) “Fare coming out in famiglia” (with Trappolin, L.). In C.S. Guerzoni, U. Nothdurfter, L. Trappolin (eds), Genitorialità queer in Italia. Filiazione, relazioni familiari, percorsi di legittimazione, Milano, Mondadori, pp. 173-195. ISBN 9791220601870.
(2023) “Queering familialism? Lesbian and gay claims of parenthood and the transformation of intimate citizenship in Italy” (con Trappolin, L.) in M.P. Moreau, C. Lee and C. Okpokiri (eds) [pubblicazione prevista nel 2023]. Reinventing the family in uncertain times: Education, policy and social justice, London: Bloomsbury. ISBN:9781350287105.
(2015) “Donne ̔eredi del vino̕. Rappresentazioni dell’eredità aziendale in un’ottica di genere”, in A. De Feo e M. Pitzalis (a cura di) Produzione, riproduzione e distinzione. Studiare il mondo sociale con (e dopo) Bourdieu, Cuec (Double Blind Review), ISBN: 978-88-8467-952-9, pp. 193-208.
Research Area
Family practices and intimate life;
gender and generations in family lifes;
LGBT and queer families; men and masculinities;
violence and discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation;
changes and conflicts over sexual and intimate citizenship;
post-separation family transitions;
changes in gender and care arrangements;
mixed methods;
biographical and ethnographic methods.
Thesis proposals
* New family forms;
* Transformations of parenthood and gender;
* Gender-based violence and redefinitions of masculinity;
* Transformations of intimacy and family practices.
