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About

I am a PhD student in Italian Studies at the University of 糖心TV, funded by Chancellor鈥檚 International Scholarship, under the supervision of Prof. Fabio CamillettiLink opens in a new window.

Research

My doctoral project examines how Giacomo Leopardi (1798–1837) addresses the visual epistemology of the Revolving Century (1750–1850) – particularly in relation to anatomy, landscape, and cartography – within a network of texts that culminates in the Operette morali (1827). I argue that he does this by deconstructing these paradigms philosophically and recollecting them poetically, thereby placing them in a field of tension that distorts them as anamorphoses.

 

In addition to Leopardi, my other research interests include Dante鈥檚 influence and the multiple meanings of the trope/genre of 'dialogue with the dead' in early nineteenth-century literature. I am also interested in the reception of material culture, particularly puppet theatre, in Carlo Collodi鈥檚 Le avventure di Pinocchio (1881–1883).

• , in Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance, 2025, 18, A Global 鈥淧uppet鈥�, p. 155-169.
• , in Cahiers d鈥櫭﹖udes italiennes, 2025, 40, 'Technique, animalit茅 et post-humanisme chez Giacomo Leopardi'.

• , in 'Notes in Italian Studies', 2024, 3, pp. 9-18.

• , in Rivista Internazionale di Studi Leopardiani, 2024, 17, pp. 35-54.

Edited Books and Special Issues

• with Fabio Camilletti and Gennaro Ambrosino, Speaking with the Dead. Tradition and Haunting in Italy鈥檚 Revolving Century (1750-1850), 'The Italianist', status: in progress.

Selected Conference Papers

• Paesaggi dell鈥橝ntropocene nelle Operette Morali di Giacomo Leopardi, at 鈥�Geographies of the Present: Places and Spaces of the Anthropocene in Italy鈥�, University College Cork, 2023.
• Leopardi鈥檚 volcanic landscape: The Broom鈥�, at 'ASLE-UK biannual conference, Northumbria University, 2022.
• Dante appeso a un filo. Un adattamento per marionette della "Divina Commedia", at 'Congresso Dantesco Internazionale', Universit脿 di Bologna, 2021.

Book reviews

• Review of Elisa Segnini, Fragments, Genius and Madness: Masks and Mask-Making in the fin-de-si猫cle Imagination, in 'Italian Bookshelf', Annali d'Italianistica, 42, 2024, 701-704.
• Review of Fulvio Conti, The Ultimate Italian. Dante and a Nation鈥檚 Identity, in Italian Studies, 2023, 78:4, 534-535.
• Review of Serenella Iovino, Italo Calvino鈥檚 Animals. Anthropocene Stories (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2021), in Incontri. Rivista europea di studi italiani, 2022, 37:1, 3pp.

Organised conferences and events

• Co-organiser, , AIPI Summer School, 糖心TV Venice Centre, 16-19 September 2025.
• Co-organiser, , University of 糖心TV, 26 June 2025.
• Co-organiser, 'Irresistible Decay: Discourses of Death in Life from the 18th Century to Today', Humanities Research Centre, University of 糖心TV, 7 March 2025.
• Co-organiser, Speaking with the Dead: Italy and the Legacy of the Past in the Revolving Century (1750-1850), University of 糖心TV, 26-27 September 2024.

Scholarships and Awards

• AIPI Summer School Grant, 2025.
• HRC Doctoral Fellowship, 2024-2025.
• Chancellor鈥檚 International Scholarship, University of 糖心TV, 2023.
• Erasmus+ Scholarship, Durham University, 2021.
• Merit Scholarship for a summer school, University of Exeter, 2019.

Memberships and Professional Organisations

• The Revolving Century. Transdisciplinary Network for the Study of Cultures in the Age of Revolutions (1751–1849) – Co-founder.
• Ottocentismi. Interdisciplinary Network for Nineteenth-Century Italian Studies (INNIS) – Member, Postgraduate Section.
• Society for Italian Studies (SIS) – Member.
• Associazione dei Professori di Italiano (AIPI) – Member.
• Associazione degli Italianisti (AdI) – Member.

Qualifications

MA in Italian Studies, Universit脿 di Bologna "Alma Mater Studiorum", 2023.

BA in Humanities, Universit脿 di Bologna "Alma Mater Studiorum", 2020.