Simone Camponovo

Biography

BA in English, French and German language and literature (2021), University of Neuchâtel

MA in English and French literature (2023), University of Neuchâtel

Writing coach in English Literature (2019-2023), University of Neuchâtel

Supply teacher at High School level in French, English and German (2021-2022)

Language assistant at St. Alban’s Sixth Form College, Ipswich, Suffolk (2023-2024)

 

Teaching

Literature and Writing Workshop (first-year Literature module).

 

Publications

Camponovo, Simone Francesco. Review of The Duchess of Malfi dir. by Shakespeare’s Globe. Shakespeare Bulletin, vol. 42 no. 3, 2024, p. 410-414. Project MUSEhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1353/shb.2024.a945048.

Camponovo, Simone Francesco. “With a paper of scurvy verses fastened to thy breast”: Female Theatricality, Stage Metaphors and Competing Textual Appropriations of the Female Body in Four Early Modern Comedies. https://libra.unine.ch/handle/123456789/30988

 

Conferences

“‘Fit thy consent to my sharp appetite’: Food Euphemisms and Sexual Censorship in Measure for Measure.” British Graduate Shakespeare Conference, Stratford-upon-Avon, June 2025.

Function

Assistant doctorant

Contact

simone.camponovo@unine.ch

Office 2.E.49

Area of expertise

  • Research interests: early modern drama, poetry and prose fiction; theatre history and the advent of the Restoration actress; gender studies and feminism; food symbolism, representations of cookery and table manners.