Carmine Conelli (born in Naples in 1987) is a scholar, writer, and editor whose work focuses on critical theory, political thought, and the cultural histories of national identity, exclusion, and power.
He holds a PhD in International Studies from Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”, where his doctoral research examined the colonial construction of the idea of the Mezzogiorno (the Italian South) in the context of Italian unification.
Conelli is a founding member and co-animator of Tangerin, an independent editorial collective engaged in critical and political publishing rooted in interdisciplinary approaches based in Naples, formerly known as Tamu Edizioni.
He is the author of Il rovescio della nazione. La costruzione coloniale dell’idea di Mezzogiorno (Tamu Edizioni, 2022), a theoretical ethnography and intellectual history that challenges conventional narratives about Southern Italy by investigating the historical and discursive processes through which the South has been constructed as “other” within the Italian nation. In addition to his book, Conelli has written and contributed to essays, articles, and collective volumes that explore questions of modernity, coloniality, race, and power in cultural and political contexts. His work frequently intersects with postcolonial theory, critical race studies, and anthropological approaches to historical discourse and representation.
Conelli also contributes as an author and commentator to platforms such as Jacobin Italia and participates in public talks and events that address political culture, social theory, and contemporary debates related to identity, inequality, and historical narratives.
Carmine@DAI:
2026 ~ Roaming Assembly#33 ~ The Script That Passes Through Here ~ a field of unresolved presence
