Dr. Erica Bellia

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Erica Bellia is a Gulbenkian Early-Career Research Fellow in Italian at Churchill College, University of Cambridge. With a Bachelor's degree in Italian Literature from the University of Catania and a Master's in Italian Philology and Literature, she completed her PhD at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, focusing on Italian industrial writing and anticolonial discourse in the 1950s and 1960s. Erica has received the MHRA postdoctoral research scholarship for her work on a monograph titled 'Colonial Allegory: Narratives of Industry and Decolonisation in Italy, 1955–1965'. In addition to her research, she has contributed to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching at her faculty, covering a diverse range of topics in Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature and Culture. Erica's ongoing research includes anthologies of African, African-American, and Afro-Diasporic literatures published in Italy from 1945 to the present. She is also an active participant in various academic seminars and workshops, including the Narratives of Unpaid Labour seminar series.

Research Interests

Experience

Gulbenkian Early-Career Research Fellow

2021-07-01 — Present

Churchill College, University of Cambridge • Cambridge, England

Currently conducting research and providing undergraduate as well as postgraduate instruction.

Requirements for University of Cambridge

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.7
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:25
Reading
Required:25
Writing
Required:25
Speaking
Required:25
Total
Required:110
Prerequisites
UK Bachelor's Degree with good Upper Second Class Honours or international equivalent Background in international relations, politics, law, economics, security or history is a definite asset
Application Checklist
  • Two academic references
  • Official transcripts
  • CV/Resume
  • Personal statement (approx 500 words)
  • Research proposal (1-2 pages/500 words)
  • Application fee (£50)
Specialization Notes

Standard postgraduate requirements for Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) and related humanities departments.