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Professor

Marco Sonzogni

Professor

School of Languages and Cultures

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  • Professor
    School of Languages and Cultures
  • +6444636284 (Work)
  • VZ 615, Von Zedlitz Building, 26 / 28 Kelburn Parade, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand

BIO

Professor Sonzogni, OMRI (Officer), has been educated at: Università degli Studi di Pavia (Almo Collegio Borromeo); National University of Ireland, Dublin; University of Dublin, Trinity College; Victoria University of Wellington; The University of Auckland. A widely published and award-winning scholar, editor, poet, and literary translator, he is a sought-after supervisor and examiner.

Marco has given conference papers, lectures, seminars and workshops at various universities, centres and institutions in Australia, Brazil, Estonia, France, India, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. His scholarly and creative projects have received numerous internal and external funding.

In the School of Languages and Cultures, Marco teaches at undergraduate and postgraduate level in Translation Studies, Communication Studies and Italian Studies. He is the Programme Director of the Master of Intercultural Communication and Applied Translation (MICAT) and of the Intercultural Communication major in the Bachelor of Communication (BC).

MEDIA

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor of Translation Studies
    Victoria University of Wellington, School of Languages and Cultures, Wellington, New Zealand1 Jan 2024 - present
  • Reader in Translation Studies
    Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, School of Languages and Cultures, Wellington, New Zealand1 Jan 2017 - present
  • Director
    Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Centre for Literary Translation, Wellington, New Zealand2011 - present

DEGREES

  • MLitt in Translation Studies
    University of Auckland, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand2010
  • MA in Literary Translation Studies
    Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand2007
  • PhD in Italian Studies
    Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland2005
  • MA in Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama
    University College Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland1996
  • BA in Foreign Languages and Literatures
    University of Pavia, Pavia (Almo Collegio Borromeo), Pavia, Italy1994

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Italian
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Spanish - Latin American
    Can read
  • French
    Can read
  • Portuguese
    Can read

AVAILABILITY

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

FIELDS OF RESEARCH