Federico Castigliano writes at the crossreads of poetry, philosophy and place. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Culture (University of Turin, Italy) and is qualified as an Associate Professor (French National Council of Universities). After working for several years in France, he currently lives in Shanghai, China. He has been a member of the research team ELCI (Équipe Littérature et Culture Italiennes) at the University of Paris-Sorbonne, the Associazione di Teoria e Storia Comparata della Letteratura, and the American Comparative Literature Association. His research focuses on aesthetic theory, the figures of the flâneur, and the experience of phantasmagorias in contemporary society.
He has been regularly invited to give lectures at several renowned universities, including Université de Nantes, Université de Toulon, Université de Clermont-Ferrand, Université de Nice, University of London, Università di Messina, Università di Napoli Federico II, Politecnico di Milano, NEOMA Business School, Beijing International Studies University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing Normal University, Communication University of China, Istituto Marangoni Shanghai, Nanjing Normal University, Wengzhou-Kean University, and Zhejiang University of Science and Technology.
He is the founder of ScholarGate Academic Consulting, a consultancy based in Shanghai (China) and focused on advancing research and publication in the humanities and social sciences.
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS LIST
Castigliano, F. (2026). Sulle tracce del flâneur: le origini intertestuali di una figura emblematica della modernità. HAL science ouverte, ⟨10.1177/146954052211114⟩. ⟨hal-04854070⟩
Castigliano, F. (2025). Linguistic Othering and Cultural Stereotypes: The Reception of the Italian Language in France from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment. Annali di Ca’ Foscari, http://doi.org/10.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2025/14/010
Castigliano, F. (2025). Tracing the Flâneur: The Intertextual Origins of an Emblematic Figure of Modernity. Open Cultural Studies, https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/culture-2025-0055/html
Castigliano, F. (2024). Flâner dans la “buyosphère”. HAL science ouverte, ⟨10.1177/146954052211114⟩. ⟨hal-04854070⟩
Castigliano, F. (2023). Flaneuring the buyosphere: A comparative historical analysis of shopping environments and phantasmagorias. Journal of Consumer Culture https://doi.org/10.1177/14695405221111454
Castigliano, F. (2022) The Art of Shopping (in 4 episodes). Maze35. Istituto Marangoni. https://www.istitutomarangoni.com/en/maze35/research/the-art-of-chinese-shopping
Castigliano, F. (2021). A Brief History of Phantasmagorias. Fuori Luogo. Rivista Di Sociologia Del Territorio, Turismo, Tecnologia, 10(2), 89 - 98. https://doi.org/10.6093/2723-9608/8073
Castigliano, F. (2016). Flâneur: The Art of Wandering the Streets of Paris. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. (Italian translation: Flâneur. L’arte di vagabondare per Parigi, CreateSpace 2017, ISBN 9781545429907; Chinese translation: 都市漫步者, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 2018, ISBN 9787520139595; French translation: Flâneur. L’art de vagabonder dans Paris, CreateSpace 2018 ISBN 97819877989). https://www.amazon.com/Flâneur-Art-Wandering-Streets-Paris/dp/1546942092/
Castigliano, F. (2014) "Sbarbaro e la forma-frammento." Italian Studies 69.1: 111-126. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/0075163413Z.00000000062
Castigliano, F. (2012) "Jacques Réda tra le rovine di Parigi." Studi Francesi. Rivista quadrimestrale fondata da Franco Simone 168 (LVI| III): 523-535. https://journals.openedition.org/studifrancesi/3616
Castigliano, F. (2011). Il rituale amoroso nel Casanova di Fellini. Babel. Littératuresplurielles, (24), 27-41. https://journals.openedition.org/babel/144
Castigliano, F. (2011) "Altérité et utopie des nouvelles fantasmagories de la consommation L'Italie des «superlieux»." Babel 23: 163-176.
Castigliano, F. (2011) "Flânerie e performance dell'identità tra le nuove fantasmagorie del consumo." Mantichora. Italian Journal of Performance Studies 1: 143. https://doi.org/10.6092/2240-5380/1.2011.143
Castigliano, F. (2010) "Le divertissement du texte." Poétique 4: 461-476.
Castigliano, F. (2010) Il detective e l’uomo della folla: il doppio volto del flâneur in The Man of the Crowd di Edgar Allan Poe, Comparatistica e intertestualità, by G. Sertoli, C. Vaglio, C. Lombardi, Alessandria, Dell'Orso, pp. 767-777.
Castigliano, F. (2010) Sept questions à Jacques Réda, « La Revue littéraire », 42, January, pp. 13-18.
Castigliano, F. (2010) “Cosa non v’ha di sustanzia quanto la parvenza”. Gli Ammaestramenti a Polidoro di Camillo Sbarbaro, « Studi e Ricerche », 3, pp. 37-63.
PODCAST EPISODES
Castigliano, F. (Guest). (2021, October 17). Navigating Flânerie (No. 4) [Audio podcast episode]. In Navigating the French, with Emily Monaco https://www.spreaker.com/user/14498309/navigating-flanerie-with-federico-castig
Castigliano, F. (Guest). (2021, February 18) Flâneuring. [Audio podcast episode]. In Solo, with Peter McGraw. https://poddtoppen.se/podcast/1493565823/solo-the-single-persons-guide-to-a-remarkable-life/flaneuring
Castigliano, F. (Guest). (2020 January 20) How to publish a book in China, In Middle Earth, China’s Cultural Industry Podcast, with Aladin Farré. https://thechinaproject.com/podcast/25-how-to-publish-a-book-in-china/