Bratus, Alessandro: - Alessandro Bratus received his PhD in Musicology in 2009 from the University of Pavia, where he is currently a Senior Lecturer in popular music. He received research grants from the European Network for Musicological Research (London), Fondazione Cariplo (post-doc training in DH) and Pavia/Boston Exchange Program (Tufts University). His teaching and research activities focus on analytical approaches to music and audiovisual media in Anglo-American and Italian popular culture since the 1960s.