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Domenico Di Rosa
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Scholar in Modern and Contemporary Queer and Trans Scottish Literature
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Domenico Di Rosa @domenicodr.bsky.social · Nov 19
Hi everyone!✨ First post on this app, so a brief bio.

- PhD student at the University of Glasgow, researching into modern and contemporary queer Scottish literature.
- lover of Italian cuisine, chic earrings, Real Housewives, and the Oxford comma.

A few pictures of life lately ☺️
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New publications by our members: the volume 'David Rizzio at the Scottish Court: History and Myth across Arts and Media' @edinburghup.bsky.social features chapters by Carla Sassi and @domenicodr.bsky.social on portrayals of Rizzio as ‘Other’ in literature, cinema, and theatre. tinyurl.com/4z6wyum2
August 4, 2026 at 8:56 AM
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇹 A new Scoto-Sicilian literary collaboration is being developed at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social by IASSL members Derrick McClure and Letizia Leonardi, including a book featuring 11 poets and 6 translators. 📣 The team are looking for Sicilian writers interested in translating from Scottish poetry.
June 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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A brilliant piece from @domenicodr.bsky.social in @thebletherscotlit.bsky.social today about David Rizzio and the scholarly work being undertaken to examine his place within Scottish cultural memory.

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May 27, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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It is all things Marian in this month’s Daily Blether, with just a touch of Burns & Rizzio in the mix. Subscribe via the link in our bio so you don’t miss out on articles by @hannahgrim02.bsky.social @emilyhay.bsky.social @domenicodr.bsky.social & brilliantly edited by @katekane1542.bsky.social
May 25, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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The Caledonian Trans Reveal
4 March @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social & online: free

Writer & performer Harry Josephine Giles looks at transgender figures across genres in modern Scottish literature – with @vavapoetry.bsky.social, @domenicodr.bsky.social & Moth McGowan
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The Caledonian Trans Reveal Scottish Gender Novels in the Literature of Devolution University of Aberdeen
February 17, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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IASSL member Domenico Di Rosa @glasgow.ac.uk is going to take part in the panel 'The Caledonian Trans Reveal' at the @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social, 4 March, 5:30 pm, in person & streamed. tinyurl.com/ycydpfvy
February 12, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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📣 TODAY! Don’t miss Of Us & Others – a powerful new film by Maya Rose Edwards 🎬 Screening 12–5pm at Civic House (drop in anytime!). One day only – Sat 4 Oct! AGA’s first visual art commission supported by @creativescots.bsky.social & the Edwin Morgan Trust
October 4, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Of Us & Others is the result of our inaugural visual art Creative Commission with Maya Rose Edwards, supported by @creativescots.bsky.social Open Fund & @edmorgantrust.bsky.social Edward’s new film will screen for one day at Civic House, 04.10.25, from 12–5pm, on a rolling loop so pop in anytime!
September 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Next in our Student Stories series is Domenico Di Rosa, PhD Candidate, and our Alasdair Gray Archive x Edwin Morgan Trust commissioned researcher.
Domenico says that their research ‘naturally led toward AGA’s values; Equity, Sharing and Openness’.
May 16, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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It was great to present two papers this week at the CSCS and UCSL PG symposia! Lots of fruitful and forward-looking conversations around the current state of Scottish literature research. Looking forward to seeing these papers published in the near future ✨
May 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Happy Birthday Eddie

Edwin Morgan & Alasdair Gray were 'friends, collaborators and (inter)national representatives of Scottish literature'. And, together with the Edwin Morgan Trust we are delighted to be able to continue to celebrate their friendship & legacy with our ongoing collaboration ❤️
April 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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The Supreme Court is wishing a problem away and so gifting more problems to trans lives. Those lives can, must and will continue being lived in their fullness and their joy. My sisters, please give all your love to each other and none of it to the state.

hjosephinegiles.substack.com/p/while-the-...
While the Supreme Court ruled, I tore up a fence
On being trans and living a life
hjosephinegiles.substack.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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💥FREE EBOOK!💥

This book is a transfeminist call for collective liberation.

Because there's no liberation without trans liberation

Download your copy here: www.plutobooks.com/978074534941...
Promotional graphic for a free ebook from Pluto Press. The image features the book cover of Trans Femme Futures: Abolitionist Ethics for Transfeminist Worlds by Nat Raha and Mijke van der Drift, which has a gradient background of orange, pink, and purple. To the right of the book cover, large white text reads “FREE EBOOK,” with the Pluto Press logo and name beneath it. The background is a solid mauve color.
April 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Along with @lgbtiscotland.bsky.social, we've published our reaction to the judgement in the UK Supreme Court today.

There will be more we want to say to trans people directly once we have a chance to catch our breath.

www.equality-network.org/uk-supreme-c...
Graphic with a purple background. It reads: "We are really shocked by today's Supreme Court decision- which reverses twenty years of understanding on how the law recognises trans men and women with Gender Recognition Certificates. The judgement seems to have totally missed what matters to trans people- - that we are able to live our lives, and be recognised, in line with who we truly are. We will continue working for a world in which trans people can get on with our lives with privacy, dignity and safety. That is something that we all deserve.". The Scottish Trans and Equality Network logos are in the bottom right.
April 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Huge thanks to researcher Domenico Di Rosa who delivered an insightful workshop on Tuesday evening looking at ‘Queer Forms and Kinship’ in the work of Alasdair Gray and Edwin Morgan. This research phase was delivered with support from The Edwin Morgan Trust , 📸 by @alasdairwatson.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Delighted to announce the appointment of Maya Rose Edwards as our FIRST VISUAL ARTIST COMMISSION, responding to queer forms and kinship in the works of Alasdair Gray and Edwin Morgan, supported by Creative Scotland and The Edwin Morgan Trust
March 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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NEXT WEEK ⬇️

Free workshop at AGA sharing findings from Domenico Di Rosa’s Edwin Morgan Trust supported research project on the personal and artistic connections between Alasdair Gray and Edwin Morgan.

➡️ 25 spaces available
➡️ To secure your spot, please email [email protected]
March 26, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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🙏PLEASE SHARE 🙏

Free workshop at AGA sharing findings from Domenico Di Rosa’s Edwin Morgan Trust supported research project on the personal and artistic connections between Alasdair Gray and Edwin Morgan.

➡️ 25 spaces available
➡️ To secure your spot, please email [email protected]
March 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Head over to Instagram to read our final post for #lgbtplushistory month from our fantastic researcher Domenico Di Rosa. Through support from the Edwin Morgan Trust, Domenico has gathered together archival materials that connects Gray and Morgan.
February 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Head over to Instagram to read two new comparative studies on the work of Alasdair Gray and Edwin Morgan developed by Domenico Di Rosa with support from The Edwin Morgan Trust 🌈
February 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Sharing this wonderful portrait of Edwin Morgan by Alasdair Gray for #GrayDay!

Hope our friends at @agrayarchive.bsky.social have a great evening celebrating 90 years of the inimitable Alasdair Gray 🎉

Image credit: Glasgow Life Museums 🎨
February 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Sharing the first of two timeline posts looking at Independence and Cultural/Legal attitudes towards Queer kinship based on Domenico Di Rosa’s excellent research in relation to Alasdair Gray and Edwin Morgan’s work, supported by The Edwin Morgan Trust.
February 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Exciting new commission now LIVE to apply via link in bio, a partnership with The Edwin Morgan Trust under the theme of ‘Queer forms & kinship’ deadline 07.03.25 👇🏽supported by Creative Scotland
February 21, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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So before we start exploring the work, let’s begin by introducing Edwin…

Edwin George Morgan was born on 27 April 1920 in Glasgow. He is known as one of the most skilled, inventive, and energetic poets in contemporary Scotland, devoting much of his work to his home
February 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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To mark #lgbtplushistorymonth we are sharing our collaboration with The Edwin Morgan Trust. Alasdair & Edwin were close friends with much of their work connecting through themes of sexuality and love. Recently researcher Domenico Di Rosa has been mapping these connections, read more on Instagram
February 17, 2025 at 8:21 AM