Leonardo Campagna holds a degree in Fashion Studies and a PhD in European History. Since 2024, he has taught Fashion & Gender on the Master’s Degree programme in Fashion Theory and Practices at Sapienza University of Rome.
His research interests include the history and politics of feminist and LGBTQ+ movements in Italy, gender studies and queer theory, as well as the connections between clothing, sexuality and mental health.
Over the years, he has published numerous contributions in Italian and international academic journals, including “L’armadio di Carla Lonzi” in ZoneModa Journal, “The Hero and the Heroin: AIDS Inscriptions on the Male Body” in Critical Studies in Men’s Fashion, “Spiritual Hotbeds: (Counter)Narratives of HIV/AIDS in Sicily” in gender/sexuality/italy, as well as the monograph Gioiattiva: rappresentazioni della Sicilia LGBTQ+ dagli anni Settanta a oggi, published by Meltemi.
