Faculty and staff

• PhD. Candidate, University of Saskatchewan
• M.A., Università della Calabria (Italy)
• B.A., Università della Calabria (Italy)

Field of Interest:

Indigenous Histories, Canadian History, History of Medicine, Ethnohistory of the Organized Crime, Gender, History of the Ancient and Modern Mediterranean Area

Dissertation Title:

Alcohol and Tobacco in Stó:lõ History, Historical Consciousness, and Identity, 1850-present: The Dynamics of Stigma and Honour

Books:

• Alessandro Tarsia, Perché la ‘ndrangheta. Antropologia dei calabresi [Why the ‘Ndrangheta. Anthropology of Calabrians] Pungitopo, Gioiosa Marea (ME) 2015. ISBN 978-88-97601 65-4.
• Alessandro Tarsia, Il pane e il fuoco. L’ergotismo nel meridione d’Italia [Bread and Fire. Ergotism in Southern Italy], Aracne, Roma 2011. ISBN 978-88-548-4318-9.

Refereed Articles:

• Alessandro Tarsia, “The Devil in the Sheaves. Ergotism in Southern Italy”, in Semiotica. Journal of the International Association for Semiotic Studies, 2013; 195:357-371. DOI 10.1515/sem-2013-0002.