Davide Mazzi (davide.mazzi@unimore.it) is Full Professor of English at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. His research interests concentrate on legal, political and news discourse, which he has explored mainly in an Irish context. His recent publications include: A discourse perspective on Daniel O’Connell’s Repeal movement, 2022; “…like their comrades who fell in 1916”: Argumentative discourse in propaganda sheets from the Irish Civil War, in Proceedings of the Tenth Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation, 2024; “…a matter of grave concern”: Online hate speech in Ireland at the intersection of legislation and case law. In Handbook on Cyber Hate: The Modern Cyber Evil, 2024.
