Mara Matta is Associate Professor of South Asian Studies at the University of Rome “Sapienza”, where she is also the President of the BA Degree in Global Humanities. She works on Tibetan and South Asian literatures, theatre and cinemas, focusing on marginalized communities, ethnic and religious “minorities” politics of representation, and diasporic narratives. She is a member of the Archive of Migrant Memories (AMM, Rome), the Global History Lab (GHL, Camrbidge, UK) and the international Network for the promotion of Asian and Pacific Cinema (NETPAC).
She has attended various international film festivals as a NETPAC jury member or as a member of the international juries, actively working towards the inclusion of cinemas and filmmakers from less visibilised countries/communities.
