PhD in “Politics, Society and Culture”, is Adjunct Professor in “Public and institutional communication” at the University of Calabria and in “Sociology” at the University “L’Orientale”-Naples. Her scientific interests essentially focus on theory of public sphere; sociology of memory and trauma; sociology of culture and communication.
Among her recent pubbications: Affuso O., Memorie in pubblico. Sull’uso e sull’elaborazione dei passati traumatici, Mimesis, 2017; Affuso O. (con Michienzi R.), “El trauma cultural argentino: representación de cuerpos ausentes. Imágenes y traducciones italianas de la “desaparición”, in Contra corriente. A Journal on Social History and Literature in Latin America, Vol. 13, N. 2, Winter 2016, pp. 212-239. Jedlowski P., Affuso O. (eds.), Sfera pubblica. Il concetto e i suoi luoghi, Pellegrini Editore, 2010.