Education
Master of Arts in Spanish Language, Literature, and Culture, Syracuse University
Master of Arts in Italian Studies, Middlebury College
Certificate of Advanced Studies in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Syracuse University
Profile
In addition to his position as a Spanish lecturer at North Park, Minicucci teaches Italian at the Italian Institute of Culture and Spanish at the Instituto Cervantes of Chicago. He also serves as a faculty member in both Spanish and Italian at the College of DuPage.
He is currently completing his PhD in Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on travel narratives, particularly in colonial Pacific literature, explorers’ diaries, and linguistic and cultural mediation between the West and colonized societies. Additionally, he explores the translation and circulation of colonial and postcolonial texts, investigating how they change as they move across languages and contexts, highlighting the complexities of cultural exchange.
He is the founder and co-director of WorldLangAmerica, formerly ITALengAMERICA, a nonprofit program that has grown significantly, now engaging more than 600 students per season.
Recent Publications
“El desarrollo del amor en circunstancias inusuales: un análisis de La Comedia de Torcato (1574) escrita por Moriscos.” Hispanical, vol. 3, no. 1, 2024.
“El don de la palabra: voz, poder e in/exclusión en Malinche de Laura Esquivel.” El Cid Revista – Citadel, 2023.
“Gabriele D’Annunzio e la sua mediterraneità. La bellezza come stile di vita, natura come oggetto del ricordo.” Mediterranean Encounters and Legacies / Incontri e lasciti mediterranei, 2021, pp. 163-172.
“La Vita Davanti A Sé.” Rivista Luci e Ombre, vol. 8, no. 2, 2020.