What does Italian Studies look like today and what scenarios should we expect in the near future? The aim of the volume is to encourage scholars coming from different backgrounds to tackle the discussions already begun on these questions. By selecting some of the most significant theoretical and methodological inputs to these multifaceted debates - Posthuman and Nonhuman Studies, New Materialism, Media Studies, Feminist Studies, Trauma Studies, Children's Studies - applied to Italian cultural production, the book reflects on interdisciplinarity and collaboration, and suggests new perspectives on the future of Italian Studies as a lively field of research on a global scale.