Denise Filmer

Denise Filmer is assistant professor of English linguistics and translation in the department of philology, literature, and linguistics at the University of Pisa. She holds a PhD in translation studies (Durham University UK). Her research is grounded in critical discourse studies, focusing on ideology in translation, political and news discourse, media translation, gender and sexuality in media discourse, and cross-cultural pragmatics. She has authored two monographs, Translating Racial Slurs. Last Linguistic Taboo and Translational Dilemma (2012), Italy’s Politician’s in the News. Journalistic Translation and Cultural Representation (2021) and published numerous contributions in international journals. She is on the Editorial Boards of Perspectives. Studies in Translation Theory and Practice, and Cambridge Scholars Publishing.