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Maria Vaccarella is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol, specializing in the intersection of literature and medicine. With a background in literary criticism and a focus on narrative medicine, she explores how illness narratives are constructed and understood within various cultural contexts. Her current research delves into genre theories of illness narratives, with particular emphasis on non-linear and non-triumphalistic storytelling. She is engaged in projects that analyze narrative approaches to medical education and has published on autofictional illness narratives. Additionally, she has collaborated with colleagues in clinical sciences to promote awareness of HIV/AIDS through public events. Vaccarella joined the University of Bristol in September 2015 after completing her postdoctoral research at King's College London. Her educational journey includes degrees from Naples and Rome, culminating in a PhD focused on the cultural politics of Anglo-Irish comedy. She fosters research supervision for doctoral and postdoctoral students interested in contemporary literature and medicine.
University of Bristol • Bristol
Teaching and researching in the intersection of literature and medicine.
Department of Physics research themes include Astrophysics, Materials and Devices, Particle Physics, and Quantum and Soft Matter.