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Monographic Books:

  1. Ambra Meda, Beyond the myth. Italian writers traveling in the United States, Firenze, Vallecchi, 2011. (Buy it here)
  2. Ambra Meda, Giuseppe Antonio Borgese “passionate pilgrim”. Travel chronicles and stories, Parma, Mup, 2006. (Buy it here)

Critical Re-editions:

  1. G.A. Borgese, Excursion to new lands. Visions and news, Bologna, PĂ tron, 2011, curated by Ambra Meda. (Buy it here)
  2. G.A. Borgese, Autumn of Constantinople. Atlas pages with 16 old prints, Roma, Carocci, 2009, curated by Ambra Meda. (Buy it here)
  3. G.A. Borgese, American atlas, Firenze, Vallecchi, 2007, curated by Ambra Meda.

Essays & Book Chapters

  1. Ambra Meda, «Sweet land of liberty». The American self-exile of Borgese as a landing “to a higher Ithaca”, in E. Saletta (ed.) Italian-German cultural diaspora in the totalitarian Europe of Nazi-Fascism. Interdisciplinary reflections, Roma, Aracne, 2020, pp. 239-254. Buy it here
  2. Ambra Meda, «A shortcut to the future»? The United States in early 20th century literature, between futurism and barbarism, in N. Catelli, A. Torre (eds.), Writing the future. The idea of ​​the future in Italian literature, Pisa, Pacini Fazzi, 2014. Download it here
  3. Ambra Meda, «A fabulous new Orient». Interpretations of the American dream in the cultural landscape of fascist Italy, in “Moderna”, 15, 1, 2013, pp. 135-150. Read it here
  4. Ambra Meda, “Shipwrecked” Italianity. Literary representations of the Italian emigrant to America in the Hodoeporics of the Fascist period, in “Italica”, 90, 2, June 13, 2013. Read it here
  5. Ambra Meda, Luigi Malerba’s Journeys into Void, in Natural Symmetries. Luigi Malerba between literature and cinema, N. Catelli (ed.), Parma, Diabasis, 2013. Buy it here
  6. Ambra Meda. The reception of RubĂš in the United States, in Voices in Italian Americana, C. Mazzucchelli (ed.), Bordighera Press, vol 23, Fall 2012, N. 2. pp. 19-34.
  7. Ambra Meda, “Moloch Country” or “Heavenly Eden”? The United States of America in the literature of the early 1900s, between reality and imagination, in A. Beniscelli, Q. Marini, L. Surdich (eds.) Italian literature. Routes, borders, passages, Acts XIV National Congress of ADI – Association of Italianists (Genoa, 15-18 September 2010) Diras, Genoa, 2012., 2012. Read it here
  8. Ambra Meda, «Women must therefore travel like trunks?» A comparison between the American experiences of Mantea and Adriana Dottorelli, in F. Frediani, R. Remember, L. Rossi (eds.), Spaces, marks, words. Paths of Italian travelers, Milano, Angeli, 2012. Buy it here or Read it here
  9. Ambra Meda, Starry Babylon. Images of American metropolises in the travel literature of the Thirties, in “Forum Italicum”, Spring 2011. Read it here, here or Download it here
  10. Ambra Meda, «A very honest pastime». Reading in the private associations of nineteenth-century Cremona, in Everybody creates, nobody reads. Studies on reading in Italy, G. Tortorelli (ed.), Bologna, Pendragon, 2012. Buy it here
  11. Ambra Meda, “Traveling articles”: early Twentieth century evolutions of the hodoeporic genre, in “Studi e problemi di critica testuale”, 83, 2011, 2. Read it here
  12. Ambra Meda, Interpreting elsewhere. Forms and codes of travel literature, in “Carte di viaggio”, III, 2010, pp. 9-20. Download it here or Read it here
  13. Ambra Meda, “The Odyssey of modern man”. G.A. Borgese from Sicily to America, in The Classical School of Cremona 2010 Yearbook, Fantigrafica, 2010, pp. 283-298.
  14. Ambra Meda, «In an off-screen is actually the world». The voyages into the void by Luigi Malerba, in Aa. Vv., Luigi Malerba writing and cinema. Proceedings of the International Conference held in Parma 8-9 October 2009, Reggio Emilia, Diabasis, 2011. Read it here
  15. Ambra Meda, Soldati and the New World. From the “first love” to the “American bride”, in “Critica letteraria”, XXXVIII, 147, 2010, pp. 301-324. Read it here
  16. Ambra Meda, The traveling engineer. The odeporic motif in Carlo Emilio Gadda, in R. Rinaldi (ed.), Gadda marathon, Milano, Unicopli, 2010, pp. 82-89. Buy it here
  17. Ambra Meda, «The attempt to escape the educational asylum». Gadda, the «sedent» traveler, in “Critica letteraria”, XXXVII, 144, 2009, pp. 504-522. Read it here
  18. Ambra Meda, Skyscrapers and gangsters. Representations of violence in the American chronicles of the Twenties, in F. Bondi, N. Catelli (eds.), Representations and languages ​​of violence in Italian literature, Pisa, Pacini Fazzi, 2009, pp. 131-150. Read it here
  19. Ambra Meda, Rethinking Borgese. The editorial vicissitudes of “American atlas”, in “Critica letteraria”, XXXVI, 138, 2008, pp. 15-36. Read it here
  20. Ambra Meda, What kind of twilight for the ‘crepusculari’? Analysis of the definition of twilight in the Italian literature of the early twentieth century, in “Critica Letteraria”, XXXIV, 132, 2006, pp. 571-585. Read it here
  21. Ambra Meda, A century after the Scientific Revolution, literary excursions into physics still feel exotic, in A. Cavalli (ed.), Writings. Between journalism and Italian literature, Parma, Mup, 2005, pp. 169-172.
  22. Ambra Meda, The birth of a literary movement between dawn and dusk, in A. Cavalli (ed.), Writings. Between journalism and Italian literature, Parma, Mup, 2005, pp. 73-91..

Translations:

  1. John Ortenzio, Bargowski, Driving West on the Pulaski Skyway, New York, Bordighera Press, 2015. Translation by Ambra Meda. (Buy it here)
  2. Matthew M. Cariello, A boat that can carry two, New York, Bordighera Press, 2011. Translation by Ambra Meda. (Buy it here)
  3. Juri Meda, Marta Brunelli, The dumb child. Contribution to the study of the iconogenesis of the dunce cap, in History of Education & Children’s Literature; 13.1; Macerata, EUM, 2018, pp. 41-70. Translation by Ambra Meda.

Book reviews:

  1. G. Paoletti, Lives rediscovered. Emigration and Italian literature of the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries, Foligno, Editoriale Umbra, 2011, in “Altreitalie”, n. 44, pp. Jan-Jun 2012, 99-102 Read it here
  2. L. Fontanella, Controfigura, Venezia, Marsilio, 2009, in “Italica”, v. 87, n. 4, Winter 2010, pp. 708-711. Read it here or Download it here
  3. A. Di Grado, The word and the place, Palermo, KalĂČs, 2009, in “Critica letteraria”, XXXVIII, f. IV, n. 149, 2010, pp. 811-813.
  4. G. Peron (ed.), The citation, Proceedings of the XXXI Interuniversity Conference of Bressanone, Padova, Esedra, 2009, “Parole rubate”, a. I, n. 1, 2010. Read it here
  5. R.M. Morano (ed.), Structures of the Imaginary. Profile of the Italian literary twentieth century, Cosenza, Rubbettino, 2007, “Critica letteraria”, n. 141, 2009, pp. 808-810.
  6. G. Marchetti, One Hundred Books of the Twentieth Century. The fundamental prose works to understand a century, Parma, Mup, 2007, “Studi e problemi di critica testuale”, n. 77, 2008, pp. 303-305.
  7. P. Briganti (ed.), For the 80s of Bacchini, Parma, Uninova, 2007, “Campi immaginabili”, n. 36-37, 2007, pp. 410-412.
  8. G. Ruozzi (ed.), Fables, apologues and bestiaries. Poetic and narrative morality in Italian literature, Milano, Bur, 2007, “Studi e problemi di critica testuale”, n. 75, pp. 298-301.

CONFERENCE ACTIVITY:

Conferences organized:
  1. Rethinking Borgese, sponsored by Aicc and Comune di Cremona, in Cremona (March 12, 2006).
Presentations:
  1. American Dream put to a test. Italian travelers in the United States (1929-1939), at AATI/ACTFL Annual Conference, (Denver, USA, November 18-20, 2011).
  2. Giuseppe Antonio Borgese’s travel literature, Lecture for the Ph.D course of the University of Sassari (June 21, 2011)
  3. The reception of RubĂš in America, at the conference Ninety years of RubĂš, organized by the University of Palermo and Fondazione G.A. Borgese (Palermo-Polizzi Generosa, May 27-29, 2011).
  4. «Expatriation Martyrs ». The representation of Italian Americans in the reports by Barzini jr., Soldati, Borgese and Ciarlantini, at the International conference organized by Palazzi Florence and State University of New York at Stony Brook Italian cultural integration. Facts and fiction, Florence (November 12-13, 2010).
  5. “Moloch Country” or “Heavenly Eden”? The United States of America in early 20th century literature, between reality and imagination, at the conference organized by ADI (Association of Italianists) “Routes, borders, passages in Italian literature”, University of Genova (September 15-18, 2010).
  6. G.A. Borgese between Istanbul and New Yorkk, at the conference organized by Fondazione G.A. Borgese, Polizzi Generosa, Palermo (June 27, 2010).
  7. G.A. Borgese’s travel literature, at the conference “Rethinking Borgese”, organized by Aicc and Comune di Cremona in Cremona (March 12, 2010).
  8. L’Autunno di Costantinopoli di G. A. Borgese,at the conference Il Fondo Giuseppe Antonio Borgese, organized by the Department of Italian Studies, University of Florence (February 8, 2010).
  9. “In an off-screen is actually the world.” The travels in the void by Luigi Malerba, at the International conference Luigi Malerba the literature and the cinema, organized by the Department of Italian Studies, University of Parma (October 8-9, 2009).
  10. The Engineer on the go. The hodoeporic production of C.E. Gadda, at the conference Gadda Marathon, organized by the Department of Italian Studies, University of Parma (December 2, 2008).
  11. Rereading American Atlas, at the seminar America in the American correspondences of the Fascist period, organized by Gabinetto scientifico letterario di Vieusseux, Florence, (January 29, 2008).

TEACHING EXPERIENCES:

  1. Visiting Professor of Contemporary Italian Literature and Language at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA (2011-2012)
  2. Professor of Contemporary Italian Literature and Publishing at the University of Parma, Italy (2010-2011)
  3. Teaching Assistant of Contemporary Italian Literature, at the University of Parma, Italy (2006-2010)
  4. Italian Literature Tutor for the Boston College’s programme in Parma (2007- 2008)

EDUCATION:

  1. Postgraduate Course in Integration process for foreign students: developing teachers’ intercultural, teaching and organization competences
    University of Parma, (March 2011).
  1. PhD in Italian Studies and Romance Philolog
    University of Parma, Department of Italian Studies (April 27, 2010)
    Final dissertation in Italian Literature titled Al di lĂ  del mito. Gli Stati Uniti e i viaggiatori-letterati del Ventennio fra ortodossia autarchica e filoamericanismo (EN: Beyond the myth. The USA and the Italian travel writers of the fascist period, between autarchic orthodoxis and pro-americanism)
  1. Master Degree in Journalism and Publishing (13/S Class of Advanced Degrees in Publishing Multimedia Communication and Journalism)
    University of Parma, College of Arts and Humanities (July 4, 2006)
    Final dissertation in Italian Literature titled Giornalismo in itinere. G.A. Borgese “pellegrino appassionato”. (EN: Travel Journalism. G.A. Borgese “passionate pilgrim”)
    110/110 summa cum laude and press dignity
  1. Bachelor’s Degree in Science of Written and Hypertextual Communication (5 – Class of First Degrees in Literature)
    University of Parma, College of Arts and Humanities (July 4, 2004)
    Final dissertation in Digital Publishing titled Metadata per le risorse didattiche: il caso PERINE (Pedagogical and Educational Research Information Network for Europe). (EN: Didactic Resources Metadata: the PERINE case)110/110 summa cum laude

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND GRANTS:

  1. Postgraduate Fellowship in Italian Literature awarded by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Parma (October 27, 2006 renewed on September 9, 2010).
  2. Phd Fellowship in Italian Studies and Romance Philology awarded by the Department of Italian Studies of the University of Parma (November 30, 2006).

Monografie:

  1. Ambra Meda, Al di lĂ  del mito. Scrittori italiani in viaggio negli Stati Uniti, Firenze, Vallecchi, 2011. (Buy it here)
  2. Ambra Meda, Giuseppe Antonio Borgese “pellegrino appassionato”. Cronache e racconti di viaggio, Parma, Mup, 2006. (Buy it here)

Riedizioni critiche:

  1. G.A. Borgese, Escursione in terre nuove. Visioni e notizie, Bologna, PĂ tron, 2011, curated by Ambra Meda. (Buy it here)
  2. G.A. Borgese, Autunno di Costantinopoli. Pagine d’Atlante con 16 vecchie stampe, Roma, Carocci, 2009, curated by Ambra Meda. (Buy it here)
  3. G.A. Borgese, Atlante americano, Firenze, Vallecchi, 2007, curated by Ambra Meda.

Saggi e capitoli di libri:

  1. Ambra Meda, «Sweet land of liberty». L’autoesilio americano di Borgese come approdo “ad un’Itaca superiore”, in E. Saletta (ed.) Diaspora culturale italo-tedesca nell’Europa totalitaria del nazifascismo. Riflessioni interdisciplinari, Roma, Aracne, 2020, pp. 239-254. Buy it here
  2. Ambra Meda, «Una scorciatoia verso il futuro»? Gli Stati Uniti nella letteratura d’inizio ‘900, fra avvenirismo e barbarie, in N. Catelli, A. Torre (eds.), Scrivere il futuro. L’idea di futuro nella letteratura italiana, Pisa, Pacini Fazzi, 2014. Download it here
  3. Ambra Meda, «Un nuovo Oriente favoloso». Interpretazioni del sogno americano nel panorama culturale dell’Italia fascista, in “Moderna”, 15, 1, 2013, pp. 135-150. Read it here
  4. Ambra Meda, L’italianitĂ  “naufragata”. Rappresentazioni letterarie dell’emigrato italiano in America nell’odeporica del Ventennio, in “Italica”, 90, 2, June 13, 2013. Read it here
  5. Ambra Meda, I viaggi nel vuoto di Luigi Malerba, in Simmetrie naturali. Luigi Malerba fra letteratura e cinema, N. Catelli (ed.), Parma, Diabasis, 2013. Buy it here
  6. Ambra Meda. La ricezione di Rubù negli Stati Uniti d’America, in Voices in Italian Americana, C. Mazzucchelli (ed.), Bordighera Press, vol 23, Fall 2012, N. 2. pp. 19-34.
  7. Ambra Meda, «Paese Moloch» o «Eden paradisiaco»? Gli Stati Uniti d’America nella letteratura d’inizio ‘900, fra realtĂ  e immaginazione, in A. Beniscelli, Q. Marini, L. Surdich (eds.) La letteratura degli italiani. Rotte, confini, passaggi, Atti XIV Congresso Nazionale dell’ADI – Associazione degli Italianisti (Genova, 15-18 settembre 2010) Diras, Genova, 2012. Read it here
  8. Ambra Meda, «Le donne devono viaggiare dunque come bauli?» Un confronto fra le esperienze americane di Mantea e Adriana Dottorelli, in F. Frediani, R. Ricorda, L. Rossi (eds.), Spazi segni parole.Percorsi di viaggiatrici italiane, Milano, Angeli, 2012. Buy it here or Read it here
  9. Ambra Meda, Babilonie stellate. Immagini delle metropoli americane nella letteratura di viaggio degli anni Trenta, in “Forum Italicum”, Spring 2011. Read it here, here or Download it here
  10. Ambra Meda, «Un passatempo onestissimo». La lettura nelle associazioni private della Cremona dell’Ottocento, in Tutti creano, nessuno legge. Studi sulla lettura in Italia, G. Tortorelli (ed.), Bologna, Pendragon, 2012. Buy it here
  11. Ambra Meda, “Articolismo viaggiante”: evoluzioni primonovecentesche del genere odeporico, in “Studi e problemi di critica testuale”, 83, 2011, 2. Read it here
  12. Ambra Meda, Interpretare l’altrove. Forme e codici della letteratura di viaggio, in “Carte di viaggio”, III, 2010, pp. 9-20. Download it here or Read it here
  13. Ambra Meda, «L’Odissea dell’uomo moderno». G.A. Borgese dalla Sicilia all’America, in La Scuola Classica di Cremona. Annuario 2010, Cremona, Fantigrafica, 2010, pp. 283-298.
  14. Ambra Meda, «In un fuori campo in realtà Ú il mondo». I viaggi nel vuoto di Luigi Malerba, in Aa. Vv., Luigi Malerba la scrittura e il cinema. Atti del Convegno internazionale tenutosi a Parma 8-9 ottobre 2009, Reggio Emilia, Diabasis, 2011. Read it here
  15. Ambra Meda, Soldati e il Nuovo Mondo. Dal «primo amore» alla «sposa americana», in “Critica letteraria”, XXXVIII, 147, 2010, pp. 301-324. Read it here
  16. Ambra Meda, L’ingegnere in viaggio. Il motivo odeporico in Carlo Emilio Gadda, in R. Rinaldi (ed.), Maratona Gadda, Milano, Unicopli, 2010, pp. 82-89. Buy it here
  17. Ambra Meda, «Il tentativo di evadere l’educativo manicomio». Gadda viaggiatore «sedente», in “Critica letteraria”, XXXVII, 144, 2009, pp. 504-522. Read it here
  18. Ambra Meda, Grattacieli e gangsters. Rappresentazioni della violenza nelle cronache americane del Ventennio, in F. Bondi, N. Catelli (eds.), Per violate forme. Rappresentazioni e linguaggi della violenza nella letteratura italiana, Pisa, Pacini Fazzi, 2009, pp. 131-150. Read it here
  19. Ambra Meda, Per ripensare a Borgese. Le vicissitudini editoriali di Atlante americano, in “Critica letteraria”, XXXVI, 138, 2008, pp. 15-36. Read it here
  20. Ambra Meda, Quale crepuscolo per i crepuscolari? Analisi della definizione di crepuscolo nella letteratura italiana del primo Novecento, in “Critica Letteraria”, XXXIV, 132, 2006, pp. 571-585. Read it here
  21. Ambra Meda, Ad un secolo dalla Rivoluzione Scientifica, sanno ancora di esotico le escursioni letterarie nei mondi della fisica, in A. Cavalli (ed.), Scritture tra giornalismo e letteratura italiana, Parma, Mup, 2005, pp. 169-172.
  22. Ambra Meda, La nascita di un movimento letterario tra aurora e crepuscolo, in A. Cavalli (ed.), Scritture tra giornalismo e letteratura italiana, Parma, Mup, 2005, pp. 73-91.

Traduzioni:

  1. John Ortenzio, Bargowski, Driving West on the Pulaski Skyway, New York, Bordighera Press, 2015. Translation by Ambra Meda. (Buy it here)
  2. Matthew M. Cariello, A boat that can carry two, New York, Bordighera Press, 2011. Translation by Ambra Meda. (Buy it here)
  3. Juri Meda, Marta Brunelli, The dumb child. Contribution to the study of the iconogenesis of the dunce cap, in History of Education & Children’s Literature; 13.1; Macerata, EUM, 2018, pp. 41-70. Translation by Ambra Meda.

Recensioni:

  1. G. Paoletti, Vite ritrovate. Emigrazione e letteratura italiana di Otto e Novecento, Foligno, Editoriale Umbra, 2011, in “Altreitalie”, n. 44, pp. Jan-Jun 2012, 99-102 Read it here
  2. L. Fontanella, Controfigura, Venezia, Marsilio, 2009, in “Italica”, v. 87, n. 4, Winter 2010, pp. 708-711. Read it here or Download it here
  3. A. Di Grado, La parola e il luogo, Palermo, KalĂČs, 2009, in “Critica letteraria”, XXXVIII, f. IV, n. 149, 2010, pp. 811-813.
  4. G. Peron (ed.), La citazione, Atti del XXXI Convegno Interuniversitario di Bressanone (11-13 luglio 2003), Padova, Esedra, 2009, “Parole rubate”, a. I, n. 1, 2010. Read it here
  5. R.M. Morano (ed.), Strutture dell’immaginario. Profilo del Novecento letterario italiano, Cosenza, Rubbettino, 2007, “Critica letteraria”, n. 141, 2009, pp. 808-810.
  6. G. Marchetti, CentoLibriNovecento. Le opere in prosa fondamentali per capire un secolo, Parma, Mup, 2007, “Studi e problemi di critica testuale”, n. 77, 2008, pp. 303-305.
  7. P. Briganti (ed.), Per gli 80 di Bacchini, Parma, Uninova, 2007, “Campi immaginabili”, n. 36-37, 2007, pp. 410-412.
  8. G. Ruozzi (ed.), Favole, apologhi e bestiari. Moralità poetiche e narrative nella letteratura italiana, Milano, Bur, 2007, “Studi e problemi di critica testuale”, n. 75, pp. 298-301.

CONFERENZE:

Conferenze organizzate:
  1. Per ripensare a Borgese, sponsored by Aicc and Comune di Cremona, in Cremona (March 12, 2006).
Presentazioni:
  1. Il sogno americano sottoposto a verifica. Viaggiatori italiani negli Stati Uniti (1929-1939), at AATI/ACTFL Annual Conference, (Denver, USA, November 18-20, 2011).
  2. La letteratura di viaggio di Giuseppe Antonio Borgese, lecture for the Ph.D course of the University of Sassari (June 21, 2011)
  3. La ricezione di RubĂš in America, at the conference Novant’anni di RubĂš, organized by the University of Palermo and Fondazione G.A. Borgese (Palermo-Polizzi Generosa, May 27-29, 2011).
  4. «Martiri dello spatrio». L’immagine degli italoamericani nei reportage di Barzini jr., Soldati, Borgese e Ciarlantini, at the International conference organized by Palazzi Florence and State University of New York at Stony Brook Italian cultural integration. Facts and fiction, Florence (November 12-13, 2010).
  5. «Paese Moloch» o «Eden paradisiaco»? Gli Stati Uniti d’America nella letteratura d’inizio ‘900, fra realtĂ  e immaginazione, at the conference organized by ADI (Associazione degli Italianisti) “Rotte, confini, passaggi nella letteratura italiana”, University of Genova (September 15-18, 2010).
  6. G.A. Borgese fra Istanbul e Nuova York, at the conference organized by Fondazione G.A. Borgese, Polizzi Generosa, Palermo (June 27, 2010).
  7. La letteratura di viaggio di G.A. Borgese, at the conference “Per ripensare a Borgese” organized by Aicc and Comune di Cremona in Cremona (March 12, 2010).
  8. L’Autunno di Costantinopoli di G. A. Borgese,at the conference Il Fondo Giuseppe Antonio Borgese, organized by the Department of Italian Studies, University of Florence (February 8, 2010).
  9. «In un fuori campo in realtĂ  Ăš il mondo». I viaggi nel vuoto di Luigi Malerba, at the International conference Luigi Malerba la letteratura e il cinema, organized by the Department of Italian Studies, University of Parma (October 8-9, 2009).
  10. L’Ingegnere in viaggio. La produzione odeporica di C.E. Gadda, at the conference Maratona Gadda, organized by the Department of Italian Studies, University of Parma (December 2, 2008).
  11. Per una rilettura di Atlante americano, at the seminar L’America nelle corrispondenze americane del Ventennio organized by Gabinetto scientifico letterario di Vieusseux, Florence, (January 29, 2008).

ESPERIENZE D’INSEGNAMENTO:

  1. Visiting Professor of Contemporary Italian Literature and Language at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA (2011-2012)
  2. Professor of Contemporary Italian Literature and Publishing at the University of Parma, Italy (2010-2011)
  3. Teaching Assistant of Contemporary Italian Literature, at the University of Parma, Italy (2006-2010)
  4. Italian Literature Tutor for the Boston College’s programme in Parma (2007- 2008)

FORMAZIONE:

  1. Postgraduate Course in Integration process for foreign students: developing teachers’ intercultural, teaching and organization competences
    University of Parma, (March 2011).
  1. PhD in Italian Studies and Romance Philology
    University of Parma, Department of Italian Studies (April 27, 2010)
    Final dissertation in Italian Literature titled Al di lĂ  del mito. Gli Stati Uniti e i viaggiatori-letterati del Ventennio fra ortodossia autarchica e filoamericanismo (EN: Beyond the myth. The USA and the Italian travel writers of the fascist period, between autarchic orthodoxis and pro-americanism)
  1. Master Degree in Journalism and Publishing (13/S Class of Advanced Degrees in Publishing Multimedia Communication and Journalism)
    University of Parma, College of Arts and Humanities (July 4, 2006)
    Final dissertation in Italian Literature titled Giornalismo in itinere. G.A. Borgese “pellegrino appassionato”. (EN: Travel Journalism. G.A. Borgese “passionate pilgrim”)
    110/110 summa cum laude and press dignity
  1. Bachelor’s Degree in Science of Written and Hypertextual Communication (5 – Class of First Degrees in Literature)
    University of Parma, College of Arts and Humanities (July 4, 2004)
    Final dissertation in Digital Publishing titled Metadata per le risorse didattiche: il caso PERINE (Pedagogical and Educational Research Information Network for Europe). (EN: Didactic Resources Metadata: the PERINE case)110/110 summa cum laude

PREMI E RICONOSCIMENTI ACCADEMICI:

  1. Postgraduate Fellowship in Italian Literature awarded by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Parma (October 27, 2006 renewed on September 9, 2010).
  2. Phd Fellowship in Italian Studies and Romance Philology awarded by the Department of Italian Studies of the University of Parma (November 30, 2006).