Martina Muci is a Ph.D. candidate in World Literature and Postcolonial Studies at the Department of Political Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro.
She was previously offered an unfunded Ph.D. position by the Department of English Literature at the University of Birmingham, UK. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Linguistic and Cultural Mediation from the University for Foreigners of Siena, and a Master’s degree in Modern, Comparative, and Postcolonial Literatures from the University of Bologna, both awarded with honours.
Her research interests hinge on contemporary literature as an interdiscursive practice which can make narratives take on the role of new cultural tropes. Her first peer-reviewed article, published in issue 7/2025 “Intelligenze Alternative. Forme e Pratiche delle Risorgenze Indigene Globali” appeared in the interdisciplinary journal ECHO. Another contribution titled “Theory within Practice: Indigenous Narratives as a Means of Performative Citizenship and Radical Resilience against Cognitive Imperialism’ was included in the edited volume Oltre l’Emergenza: Resilienza e Transformazioni dell’Ordine Sociale, published by Pacini Editore.
She contributed to various literary magazines (e.g., L’Almanacco and Poesia del Nostro Tempo) and two poetry anthologies (Orme di Luce: Ricognizione della giovane poesia italiana. Volume secondo, Edizioni Macabor; Voce di Terra Amara:Giovani poeti tra Capitanata e Terra di Bari, Accademia delle Culture e dei Pensieri del Mediterraneo); Coreografie di un lessico caro (Giovane Holden Edizioni 2025) is her debut poetry collection.
