Joseph A. Buttigieg

William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English
Director of the Ph.D. in Literature Program

Degrees

B.A., (Hons.), University of Malta; B. Phil., Heythrop College; M.A., University of Malta; Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton

Research Profile

Buttigieg's main interests are modern literature, critical theory, and the relationship between culture and politics. In addition to numerous articles, Buttigieg has authored a book on James Joyce's aesthetics, A Portrait of the Artist in Different Perspective. He is also the editor and translator of the multi-volume complete critical edition of Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks, a project that has been supported by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Several of his articles on Gramsci have been translated into various languages, including Italian, German, Spanish, Portugese, and Japanese. He was a founding member of the International Gramsci Society of which he is now the president. The Italian Minister of Culture appointed him to a commission of experts to oversee the preparation of the "edizione nazionale" of Gramsci's writings. Buttigieg serves on the editorial and advisory boards of various journals, and is a member of the editorial collective of boundary 2.

Contact Information

336 O'Shaughnessy Hall
631-0481
buttigieg.1@nd.edu