Elisa Sabbadin

@ucc.ie

University College Cork

EDUCATION

• PhD in English (American poetry) at University College Cork, Ireland.
• MA in English (British and American Literature and Film) at University College Cork, Ireland.
• BA in English (English Language and Culture) at University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Literature and Literary Theory

Publications

• “Beat and Grotesque: Body and Self in Allen Ginsberg’s Poetry,” in Lamar Journal of the Humanities, Special Issue: American Countercultures. Lamar University, Beaumont (Texas), 2020.
• “Magic and Collage: Language in Ginsberg’s ‘Wichita Vortex Sutra,’” in IDEAS: Journal of English Literary Studies, vol. 1, no. 2. English Language and Literature Research Association of Turkey, 2021.
• “‘The American Non-Dream’: Addiction and the Grotesque Body in William S. Burroughs’ Works,” in JAm It! Journal of American Studies in Italy. 2023.
• “Whitman’s Poetry in Space: The Reach of Affectivity,” in Intersections: A Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies, vol. 3. University of Calcutta, 2023.
• “Mind, Heart, and Breath: Embodiment in Allen Ginsberg’s Long-Lined Poetry,” in Babel – AFIAL: Aspectos de Filoloxía Inglesa e Alemá, vol. 32. Vigo University, 2023.
• “The (Un)Erotic Community of Bodies: From Walt Whitman to the Beats,” in the literary journal Beatdom.

GRANT DETAILS

• UCC CACSSS Excellence Scholarship (€5.770 per annum).
• Irish Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship (€28.500 per annum).

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

• Academic editor for Wordvice.
• Feedback specialist for Studiosity.