Laura Lori completed her PhD in Italian Studies at La Trobe University, and then was a non-stipendiary Honorary Research Associate of ACIS working under the mentorship of Luciana d’Arcangeli at Flinders University. Laura’s two-year fellowship research project is on Afro-Italian storytelling, as she writes: “My research aims to analyse how artists and migrants from the African Diaspora use theatre and literature to create a new transcultural identity in Italy. Specifically, I intend to work on how the collective or individual re-writing and mise en scène of theatrical plays by theatre companies and young migrants reshape the idea of Italianness and challenge the nationalist and sovereignty discourse. I intend to work on three case studies in Italy creating a pilot project potentially applicable to similar realities in Australia.” As part of her Fellowship, Laura is also tutoring in Italian Studies in the School of Languages and Linguistics.