Lorenza Gattamorta (Ph.D in Sociology and Political Systems, University of Parma; Ph.D., UCL) is Associate Professor in Sociology of Culture
and Communication (SPS/08) in the Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of
Bologna (Forlì campus), where she teaches "Culture and Society" ("Bachelor of International Sciences") and "Culture and Globalization" (Laurea Magistrale or Master course in "International and Diplomatic Sciences"). Amongst her research interests are:
sociology of symbolic and cultural processes, sociology of memory, of literature
and of language, reflexivity and dialogical self. Some of her research was financed by: British Academy, Accademia dei Lincei, AHRB, CNR. Her publications include: La memoria delle
parole (Bologna, il Mulino, 2002; 312 pp., premio nazionale
"Gentile da Fabriano"); Teorie del simbolo. Studio sulla
sociologia fenomenologica (Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2005, 208
pp.); La società e i suoi simboli (Roma, Carocci,
2010, 240 pp.). She edited: "Persona" in sociologia (Roma,
Meltemi, 2008); Riflessività e sé dialogico
(Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2008); Verso una società
post-secolare? (Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino, 2009); I
valori hanno bisogno della religione? (Soveria Mannelli,
Rubbettino, 2012). Among her most recent articles: Sorokin e Parsons a Harvard: la sociologia americana a un bivio (in «Rivista di Politica», 1, 2023); Robert N. Bellah e la sociologia comparata delle culture (in vol., Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli, 2024); Processi dialogici e culturali nella costituzione del sé: Mead e Bachtin (in vol., Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli, 2024); Beyond Relationism? Different Relational Perspectives and George Herbert Mead (in vol., Methodology of Relational Sociology, Palgrave McMillan, New York, 2024).
