Laura Chiesa

PhD

Associate Professor

Modern and Contemporary Italian and French Studies; Critical Theory; Architecture; Film and Visual Studies

927 Clemens Hall

Spring 2022 Research Leave

Phone: (716) 645-0872

Space as Storyteller: Spatial Jumps in Architecture, Critical Theory, and Literature. Chicago: Northwestern University Press, 2016.
“Des chantiers potentiels: une conversation avec Enrique Walker.” Formules 17: Constrained Worlds - Mondes Constraints. Ed. Christelle Reggiani, Christophe Reig and Hermes Salceda (June 2013): 39-51.
"Superstudio Double-Take: Rescue Operations in the Realms of Architecture," Neoavanguardia. Italian Experimental Literature and Arts in The 1960s. Ed. Paolo Chirumbolo, Mario Moroni and Luca Somigli. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010. Pages 283-319.
"The Filmic Emergence of New Behaviors Out of the Supersurface"
Formules 14: Formes urbaines de la création contemporaine. Co-edited with Jan Baetens and Bernardo Schiavetta. (June 2010).
"Transnational Multimedia: Fortunato Depero's Impressions of New York City (1928-1930)." California Italian Studies. Ed. Claudio Fogu and Lucia Re (2010).
"Italo Calvino and Georges Perec: the Multiple and Contrasting Emotions of Cities and Puzzles." Romanic Review. Special issue: "Italy and France: Imagined Geographies." Ed. Laura Wittman. 97.3-4 (May-Nov. 2006): 401-421.