Visiting Fellowship at the Charles and Joan Alberto Italian Studies Institute of Seton Hall University, New Jersey

Research Fellowship aimed at conducting a preliminary comparative study between the memoirs and letters written by Sicilian mafia bosses and the selected memoirs of American mafiosi. The topics of invited keynote lectures included "The religious dimension of the Sicilian mafia: an overview", "A comparative analysis between the Sicilian and the American mafia", "The mafia as a 'Southern Question': apology, cultural representations, and otherness".