Dr. A.T. (Angela) Tarantini

Assistant Professor
Translation, Intercultural Communication and Education

Angela Tiziana Tarantini obtained her PhD in Translation Studies at Monash University in Melbourne (Australia) in 2017 with a thesis on Theatre Translation. Before relocating to Australia for her doctoral research, she worked as sessional tutor and lecturer of English as a Foreign Language in several Italian universities (University of Milan-Bicocca, Polytechnic Institute of Turin, University of Eastern Piedmont). During and after her doctoral studies, she worked as Teaching Associate for Translation and Interpreting Studies, Linguistics, and Italian Studies for the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University. After obtaining her PhD she also worked as external supervisor for the School of Journalism at Melbourne University. In 2021 she was awarded a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship for a project titled “When Accessibility Becomes Performance: Sign Language Interpreting in Music and Live Concert as ‘Performative Rewriting’”, which she carried out at Cardiff University (UK). Her project analysed sign language interpreted music as a translation and performative practice. She is currently Assistant Professor of Translation Studies at the Departement Talen, Literatuur en Communicatie.