Marcello Vitali-Rosati is Associate Professor in the Department of French Literature at the University of Montreal and holds the Canada Research Chair on Digital Textualities. He studied Philosophy and Literature and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pisa (Italy) and the University of Paris IV La Sorbonne. Previous publications include several articles and four books: Riflessione e trascendenza: Itinerari a partire da Lévinas (ETS 2003), Corps et virtuel: Itinéraires à partir de Merleau-Ponty (Harmattan 2009), S’orienter dans le virtuel (Hermann 2012), Égarements : Amour, mort et identités numériques (Hermann 2014), On Editorialization: Structuring Space and Authority in the Digital Age (Institute of Network Culture 2018).