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Edited Book or Journal Volume

Cervelli, Filippo and Schaper, Benjamin, eds. (2022) The Lonely Nerd. Warwick: Institute of Advanced Study, University of Warwick. (Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal. Vol. 9, no.3)

Book Chapters

Cervelli, Filippo and Dellacasa, Claudia (2024) 'Invisible Cities in Japan: Fluid Resonances in Architecture and Literature.' In: Baldi, Elio and Schwartz, Cecilia, (eds.), Circulation, Translation and Reception across Borders: Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities around the World. London: Routledge, pp. 211-227. (Routledge Studies in Literary Translation)

Cervelli, Filippo (2023) 'Salva l’ibis e salverai te stesso: Otaku, hikikomori e disagio sociale in Nipponia Nippon di Abe Kazushige.' In: Amitrano, Giorgio, De Maio, Silvana and Manieri, Antonio, (eds.), Indagini sul Giappone. Nuove prospettive di studio e di ricerca. Napoli: Unior Press, pp. 101-113.

Cervelli, Filippo (2021) 'The Oppression of Democracy: Political (Mis)Representation and Community in Takahashi Gen’ichirō’s Writings.' In: Bednarczyk, Adam, Kubarek, Magdalena, Lewicka, Magdalena and Szatkowski, Maciej, (eds.), Crossroads of Liberty: Asian, African and European Literature Towards Freedom and Oppression. Warsaw: Dom Wydawniczy 'Elipsa', pp. 25-36. (Orient in Literature)

Cervelli, Filippo (2021) 'Genpatsu no naka no dōbutsu tachi: Takahashi Gen'ichirō no 3.11 go bungaku wo kyōteki ni saikō suru = 原発のなかの動物たち――高橋源一郎の3・11後の文学を今日的に再考する.' In: Kimura, Saeko and Bayard-Sakai, Anne, (eds.), Sekai bungaku toshite no "shinsaigo bungaku" = 世界文学としての〈震災後文学〉. Tōkyō: Akashi shoten, pp. 406-436.

Journal Article

Cervelli, Filippo (2022) 'Mindless happiness: presentism, utopia and dystopian suspension of thought in Psycho-Pass.' Japan Forum. (Forthcoming)

Cervelli, Filippo (2022) 'Saved by the Nerd: Otaku and the space of family in Summer Wars.' Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal, 9 (3). pp. 203-225.

Cervelli, Filippo and Schaper, Benjamin (2022) 'Socially Inept? The perceived loneliness of nerds.' Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal, 9 (3). pp. 1-10.

Cervelli, Filippo (2021) 'Shūnen to iu kibō: Abe Kazushige to Usami Rin ni yoru wakamono shōzō.' Nihon bungaku = 日本文學, 70 (10). pp. 22-32.

Cervelli, Filippo (2021) 'Crisis of Time! The Tyranny of the Immediate and Community in Two Literary Works by Takahashi Gen'ichirō.' Japanese Studies, 41 (3). pp. 285-302.

Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs

Cervelli, Filippo (2024) Dragon Ball, Japan and the World: The Legacy of Akira Toriyama. SOAS University Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Cervelli, Filippo (2023) L'eredità di Kenzaburō Ōe. La balena bianca [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Cervelli, Filippo (2023) An introduction to the work of Kenzaburō Ōe in five books. The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Cervelli, Filippo (2023) Kenzaburō Ōe: a writer of real humanity and the real Japan. The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Cervelli, Filippo (2022) “Heaven” di Mieko Kawakami. Tra bullismo e resistenza silenziosa. La Balena Bianca [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Cervelli, Filippo (2020) The 1000 faces of hikikomori. MHiC-Lab (Medical Humanities in Context) [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]