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Teaching staff, Art History, University of Sydney

Will Visconti's teaching and research span French Studies, Italian Studies, History, Art History, Fashion, Gender & Sexuality, and Cultural Studies. His first book, "Beyond the Moulin Rouge: The Life & Legacy of La Goulue" (2022) was published by the University of Virginia Press. He is currently working on the four-volume "Comedy, Humour, and Laughter: A Documentary History, 1800-1920" with Prof. Matthew Kaiser (UC Merced).

Experience

  • –present
    Researcher, Department of Art History, University of Sydney

Education

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    University of Sydney, PhD

Publications

  • 2024
    “The ‘Monstrousness’ of Mae West”, Moral Dimensions of Humour: Essays on Humans, Heroes, and Monsters, eds. Benjamin Nickl and Mark Rolfe (Tampere University Press) (139–157)
  • 2023
    “Myth, Memory, and Maison Close: Sex Work Onscreen”, French Screen Studies 24.1 (34–51)
  • 2022
    Beyond the Moulin Rouge: The Life & Legacy of La Goulue, University of Virginia Press
  • 2022
    “The Marchesa Casati as Fashion Plate and Fashion Muse”, Fashion Theory 26.6 (777–797)