Italian Department

Mediterranean Studies

Affiliated Faculty

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Jo Ann Cavallo

Professor of Italian; Chair

Research Interest

Comparative Literature

Mediterranean Studies

Reception of Classics

Renaissance Literature

Renaissance Studies

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Associate Professor

Pier Mattia Tommasino

Associate Professor of Italian, on leave Spring 2024

Research Interest

Translation Studies

Mediterranean Studies

The Renaissance

European Orientalism

Mediterranean Humanities

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Associate Professor

Konstantina Zanou

Associate Professor of Italian, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Italian

Research Interest

Mediterranean Studies

Risorgimento Studies

Diaspora Studies

Venetian History

Age of Revolutions

History of Archaeology