Timothy Campbell is Professor of Italian in the Department of Romance Studies at Cornell University, New York. In addition to authoring Wireless Writing in the Age of Marconi (Minnesota, 2006) and Improper Life: Technology and Biopolitics from Heidegger to Agamben (Minnesota, 2011), he has translated Roberto Esposito’s Bíos: Biopolitics and Philosophy (Minnesota, 2008) and Communitas: The Origin and Destiny of Community (Stanford, 2009). Professor Campbell delivered a lecture at UWC titled “The generosity of Mancus: biopower, neoliberal gifts and comedy” (16 October 2014).