Mind the Text! Neurohermeneutics for Suspicious Readers

Renata Gambino, a distinguished professor of German Studies at the University of Catania, Italy, directs the NewHums – Interdisciplinary Research Center in Neurocognitive and Human Studies. She has collaborated internationally on pedagogical innovation in higher education and the study of the reading process. Her research intersects literature and neurocognitive sciences, focusing on 18th-century studies, literary anthropology, and visual culture, with numerous publications in journals such as Weimarer Beiträge and Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience.

Grazia Pulvirenti, a renowned scholar in German Studies and Neurohermeneutics at the University of Catania, is a Visiting Professor at the UCL and the Warburg Institute. She presides over the Lamberto Puggelli Foundation Onlus and is a co-founder of the NeuroHumanitieStudies Network and NewHums Research Centre. Pulvirenti’s extensive research spans German literature, neurohermeneutics, neuroaesthetics, embodiment, emotions, and imagination, theatre and poetics, with significant publications in many relevant international journals like Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience and Kleist-Jahrbuch.