Dr Giulio Giusti PhD, BA (Hons), FHEA
Senior Lecturer
Summary
Senior Lecturer in Modern Languages & Intercultural/Professional Development & Practice | UG International Business Course Leader
About
I am a Senior Lecturer in Modern Languages, as well as Intercultural & Professional Development & Practice, at Sheffield Business School's Division of Global Business, Tourism, and Hospitality Management. My experience goes beyond the standard academic settings. Since September 2023, I have served as a Collaborative Course Leader for the School's European Partnership Programme, a newly validated degree in International Business developed and delivered in collaboration with two prestigious AACSB-accredited Business Schools (IÉSEG Paris and IQS Barcelona), and since September 2024 I have been a Course Leader for our International Business Courses. My many responsibilities have honed not only my academic ability, but also my organisational skills in managing and advertising our prestigious courses. Since 2015, I have been regularly nominated as an inspirational teacher and for providing outstanding student support within our School. In 2023, I received the School's Award for Outstanding Academic Advising.
Senior Lecturer
Teaching expertise
- Cultural Studies
- Film Studies
- Intercultural Competence
- Languages Studies
Research
- Gothic Fiction and Horror Cinema
- Intermediality in Film
- Italian Cinema: Horror and Gialli
Teaching
College of Business, Technology and Engineering
Division of Global Business, Tourism & Hospitality Management
Research
- Culture and Creativity Research Institute
Modern Languages & Cultures:
My work examines the dynamics of hybridisation and media convergence in the post-media era, focusing on intermediality and self-reflexivity across cinema, comics, literature, painting, and photography. Since 2015, I have contributed to diverse projects, including peer reviews, supervising undergraduate and postgraduate research modules, and engaging in collaborative research both within and beyond the University. I have also delivered guest lectures and presented at conferences in the UK and internationally.
Intercultural & Professional Development & Practice:
I have recently developed a keen interest in intercultural and cross-cultural competency, exploring topics such as managing linguistic diversity in educational settings and the impact of foreign language instruction on students' academic experiences abroad.
Publications
Key Publications
Giusti, G. (2025). Seeing Images, Reading Images: Circularity, Mirroring, and the Artwork in Dario Argento’s Cinema. MLO - Modern Languages Open. http://doi.org/10.3828/mlo.v0i0.336
Giusti, G. (2023). Gothic cinema. In Malvestio, M., & Serafini, S. (Eds.) Italian Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion. (pp. 138-153). Edinburgh University Press: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-italian-gothic.html
Giusti, G.L. (2015). Pictorial imagery, camerawork, and soundtrack in Dario Argento’s Deep Red. Acta Universitatis Sapientiae: Film and Media Studies, 11, 159-179. http://doi.org/10.1515/ausfm-2015-0021
Giusti, G. (2013). Expressionist use of colour palette and set design in Dario Argento’s Suspiria (1977). Cinergie: il cinema e le altre arti, (4), 154-165. http://www.cinergie.it/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/4_CINERGIE_CCFS_Giusti.pdf
Other publications
Giusti, G., & Arpioni, M.P. (2017). Luciano Tovoli : Paysages de la vision. RevueSéquences.org: http://www.revuesequences.org/2016/09/luciano-tovoli/
Arpioni, M.P., & Giusti, G. (2016). Sinestesia delle immagini: a tu per tu con Luciano Tovoli. Cineforum di Vicenza: http://www.segnocinema.it/index.php/numeri-precedenti/59-n-199-maggio-giugno-2016-anno-xxxvi
Giusti, G. (2014). Giulio L. Giusti - recensioni cinematografiche 2014/15. Mediacritica: https://www.mediacritica.it/author/giulio-l-giusti/
Giusti, G. (2010). Turbamenti figurativi: conversazione con Dario Argento. Montepulciano (SI), Italy: Thesan & Thuran: http://www.filmcritica.net/
Other activities
HEA fellow or senior fellow
- 2017: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
Postgraduate supervision
- 2024–present: I act as second supervisor for a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) project entitled Trust in Intercultural Negotiations (research student: Mariusz Sikorski) within the University’s Social and Economic Research Institute (SERI).
- 2024–present: I act as second supervisor for a PhD project entitled From Transsexual Transylvania: Transgender Perspectives on Horror Film and Television (research student: Mars Nicoli) within the University’s Culture & Creativity Research Institute (CCRI) / Centre for Culture, Media & Society (CCMS).