Federico Castigliano is a Professor of French and Italian Studies. He has taught in France for eight years and has worked at University of Toulon,

University of Clermont-Ferrand The University of Clermont-Ferrand was officially founded in 1896, by merging of two existing faculties (Literature and Sciences) and a medical school. In 1976, due to political issues, the University split between University Clermont-Ferrand I - ...

and

University of Nantes The University of Nantes (french: Université de Nantes) is a public university located in the city of Nantes, France. In addition to the several campuses scattered in the city of Nantes, there are two satellite campuses located in Saint-Nazaire ...

. Castigliano is a member of the research department of the University of Paris IV and participated in the research group project of the

Sorbonne University Sorbonne University (french: Sorbonne Université; la Sorbonne: 'the Sorbonne') is a public research university located in Paris, France. The institution's legacy reaches back to 1257 when Sorbonne College was established by Robert de Sor ...

in Paris. He currently teaches at

Beijing International Studies University The Beijing International Studies University (BISU) is a public research university based in the city of Beijing, China. Founded in 1964, it was part of the national initiative to promote tertiary foreign language education. The institute gre ...

in China.

Education

He received his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the

University of Turin The University of Turin (Italian language, Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public university, public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont (Italy), Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the List ...

in Italy in 2008.

Research work

Castigliano's researches center on the relationship between art, literature and city spaces. His approach is to integrate narrative with performing arts, describing the “

Flâneur () is a French noun referring to a person, literally meaning "stroller", "lounger", "saunterer", or "loafer", but with some nuanced additional meanings (including as a loanword into English). is the act of strolling, with all of its accom ...

” as the key figure of a new aesthetic practice. Castigliano has authored several works and has held numerous lectures at universities across Europe and China. His book ''Flâneur. The Art of Wandering the Streets of Paris'' (2017), where he describes the city wandering as a form of art, has been translated into four languages.

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