Christine Sansalone
Associate Professor
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
Arts
Biography
Dr. Christine Sansalone is an associate professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Laurentian University. Born in Canada from Italian parents, Dr. Sansalone was raised in Tuscany, Italy. She has been teaching at Laurentian University since 2005.
Education
2005 Ph.D. University of Toronto, Doctorate of Philosophy, Italian Studies
Major Area: Contemporary Italian Literature
Minor Area: Medieval Italian Literature
Thesis Topic: “The Image of the Woman in Late Eighteenth, Early Nineteenth Century Italian Theatre”
Supervisor: Professor Manuela Gieri
- 2000 M.A., University of Toronto, Italian Department
- 1999 Honors B.A., University of Toronto at Mississauga
Specialist in Italian
Academic Appointments
2005 Assistant Professor (LTC)
2007 Assistant Professor (Tenure Track)
2010 Assistant Professor (Tenured)
2018 Associate Professor
Research
Eighteenth-Nineteenth Century Italian Theatre
Italian-Canadian Studies
Second language acquisition
Awards
Publications
Colilli, Paul and Christine Sansalone, eds. Documenting the Italian Diaspora. Special Issue of
Italian Canadiana. Volume 31, 2017.
Colilli, Paul, Diana Iuele-Colilli and Christine
Sansalone. La sala verde & Divorzio alla
canadese. Legas:
Ottawa, 2017.
Iuele-Colilli, Diana
and Sansalone, Christine. Nozze all’arrabbiata. Soleil: Welland, 2011.
Iuele-Colilli, Diana
and Sansalone, Christine. Vita di tutti i giorni. Soleil: Welland, 2010.
Iuele-Colilli, Diana
and Sansalone, Christine. Ma che
brava gente. Soleil: Welland, 2009.
Iuele-Colilli, Diana
and Sansalone, Christine. I panni sporchi si
lavano in famiglia.
Soleil:
Sansalone, Christine.
“Svevo e Muccino: Le ragioni di un’omologia.” Cultura e Comunicazione.
Anno VI, N. 06, 2015. (p 32-35)
Sansalone, Christine. “Issues of Adaptation and Identity in The Lives of Italian-Canadians: After the
Age of Immigration.” Italian Canadiana. Volume 23, 2009, (p 59-68)
Sansalone, Christine.
“Note su La Voragine e il
Teatro S-Naturalista di Enrico Bernard.” in Rivista
di studi italiani. Giugno
2003, (p.142-150)
Sansalone,
Christine. “A Community on Stage: Italiese in Contemporary Theatre.” In Language and Territory. Literary Spaces.
Ed. Norman Cheadle, Julie Boissonneault & Ali Reguigui.
Sansalone,
Christine. “A Community on Stage:
Italian-Canadian Theatre in Sudbury.” In
Italian Outside of Italy: The Situation
in Canada, USA and the English-Speaking World. Ed. Salvatore
Bancheri. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012. (p. 139-148)
Sansalone, Christine.
“I Malavoglia e La terra trema: dal romanzo al film.” In Transitions:
prospettive di studio sulle trasformazioni letterarie e linguistiche nella
cultura italiana.