Postgraduate research students

Yujia (Flavia) Jin (she/her) is a PhD student in Comparative Literature at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Glasgow. She received her MA in Literary and Comparative Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University. Her thesis, "Scripting the Italian Renaissance on the Small Screen, " examines the representation of the Italian Renaissance across television and video games, with a particular focus on The Borgias, Medici, and the Assassin’s Creed series. Her research engages with historiography, transmedia storytelling, and game studies, developing the concept of “scripting” to analyse how historical narratives are shaped across media forms. She has published on historioludicity and historical games, and her current work explores intellectual fanservice, affect, and the role of cultural heritage in contemporary screen media.

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• Dr Shanti Graheli
• Dr Jonathan Evans
• Dr Henriette Partzsch

• Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation Research Centre Bursary: BA & BCLA Comparative Literature and Decoloniality, September 2025, St. John’s College.
• Collaborative Research Awards and Sponsorship from the Centre of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies: Interdisciplinary Workshop ‘A Dialogue Between Industry and Academia on Game and Opportunities’, March 2025, University of Glasgow and Online.
• David and Rhona Nicol Travel Scholarship & College of Arts Research Support Funding: Supported travel to Historical Fiction Network (HFRN) Conference, University of Malmö, February 2024.
• Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities Research Showcase Exhibition: Funded by SGSAH as an exhibitor for the Research Showcase Exhibition 2023. 22nd - 23rd June 2023.

Conference Paper

• '“Heteroglossic Renaissance”: A Critical Reflection on Collage as Artistic Practice in Interpreting Italian Renaissance Figures' at “Sacred Arts: Exploring the Spiritual Dimensions of Artistic Expression and Ritual” held by the London Art-based Research Centre, University of Oxford, May 2025.
• 'Palimpsestic Fantoms in Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (2011) — A Reading on cooperation and conflict through encounters between Early Modernity and Medievalism' at “The Middle Ages in Modern Games”, University of Winchester, June 2024.
• 'Adaptation of the Borgia Family Saga in Novel, Television and Video Games – A Reading of Text and Images' at “Adaptation” held by Historical Fiction Network (HFRN), University of Malmö, Feb 2024.
• 'A Comparative Study on the Renaissance Sagas in Television and Video Game Series' at “Connectedness”, the 7th Annual Postgraduate Conference in Translation Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Glasgow. 6 May 2022.
• 'Reading the Italian Renaissance through the Borgia Family’s Representations in the 21st Century' at “Visibili rifatti. Early Modern Voices in the Contemporary World”, University of Sussex. 29-30 Jun 2022.

Winter/Summer School:

• Mediating Italy in Global Culture Summer School. Poster presentation: ‘Intellectual Fanservice,’ at the University of Bologna, Jun 2024.
• Digital Humanities Winter School “Tran(s)missions: How multimediality shapes interdisciplinary research in the field of Italian and Visual Studies”, held by Roma Tre University in collaboration with University College London. 10th - 15th Jan 2023.
• 6th International Public History Summer School held by the University of Wrocławthe and the University of Luxembourg. The following paper was presented “Family Saga as Historical Narrative on the Small Screen – A Reading on the Italian Renaissance in the 21st Century”. 12th -16th Jun 2023.

PhD Tutor in Comparative Literature (2023-2025)

PhD Tutor in Creative Arts and Industries (2023-2025)

• International Comparative Literature Association Congress 2028 Early Career Researcher committee member.
• Member of the British Comparative Literature Association.
• Member of European International Studies Association.
• Member of American Association for Italian Studies.
• Postgraduate Student Representative of Historical Fiction Research Network (EU). <https://historicalfictionsresearch.org/board-members/>
• Conference Organising Committee: Re-Reading: 2025 Postgraduate Conference (May 2025). <https://www.gla.systa-s.com/schools/mlc/aboutus/news/headline_1197979_en.html>
• People Liaison Officer, Encounters Conference (Dec 2022 - Jun 2023): the College of Arts PG Conference Encounters: Memory, Community, Futurity (June 2023). <https://encountersconference.wordpress.com/>