1992 …2024

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Curriculum vitae

Education

  • National Scientific Qualification as a Full Professor (Sector 10/F3 - Italian Linguistics and Philology) - 2019-2030
  • Docent (Dosentti), Helsinki, University of Helsinki, 2003
  • Teaching qualification for tertiary education, Italian and Latin Language and Literature, 2000
  • Ph.D., Milano, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, 1998
  • Visiting Scholar, Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit, 1997
  • M.A., Milano, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, 1993.

Present position

  • Helsinki, University of Helsinki, University Lecturer in Italian Philology, 1.8.2016-

Past positions

  • Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Acting Professor of Italian Philology, 1.08.2014-31.07.2016.
  • Helsinki, University of Helsinki, University Lecturer in Italian Philology, 1.08.2007-31.7.2014
  • Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Acting Professor of Italian Philology, 1.8.2006-31.07.2007
  • Helsinki, University of Helsinki, University Lecturer in Italian Philology, 2005-2006
  • Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Lecturer in Italian, 1999-2005
  • Milano, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, Honorary Fellow (Cultore della materia) in History of Italian Language, 1998
  • Milano, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, Part-time lecturer (Addetto alle esercitazioni) in History of Italian Language, 1997-1998.

Scientific Journals

  • Member, Editorial Board, Neuphilologische Mitteilungen, 2024-
  • Member, Editorial Board, Epistolographia, 2023-
  • Member, Editorial Board, Bollettino Storico Piacentino, 2014 -
  • Member, Editorial Board, Archivio Nisseno, 2011-
  • Member, Editorial Board, Letteratura Italiana Antica, 2004-

Scientific Series

  • Member, Editorial Board, Biblioteca di «Epistolopgraphia» (Pisa-Roma, Fabrizio Serra), 2024-
  • Member, Editorial Board, Quaderni dell'Osservatorio Annibal Caro (Roma, Aracne), 2021-
  • Member, Editorial Board, Percorsi nelle Scienze umane (Roma, Studium editore), 2021-
  • Member, Editorial Board, Edizioni di Archilet, 2016-
  • Member, Editorial Board, Palinsesti. Studi e testi di Letteratura italiana (Milano, LED Edizioni di Letteratura Economia Diritto), 2011 –

Scientific positions of trust and administration

  • Vice Chairman - Section of Humanities - Group of Linguistics - Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia), 2024-2028
  • Scientific advisor of the CRES - Centro di Ricerca sugli Epistolari del Settecento (University of Verona), 2021-
  • Vice Chairman - Section of Humanities - Group of Linguistics - Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia), 2019-2023
  • Member of the Direction Board of the Osservatorio Annibal Caro (Comune di Civitanova Marche), 2019-
  • Scientific evaluator for the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (REPRISE - Register of Expert Peer-Reviewers for Italian Scientific Evaluation - scientific sector SSD L-FIL-LET/13 [ERC SH5_3]).
  • Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia), 2017-
  • Chairman of the Subcommittee of Italian Language, The Matriculation Examination Board (Ylioppilastutkintolautakunta), Finland, 2017 -
  • Member of the Inter-university Research Community Carteggi, 2017-
  • Member of the Direction Board of the CoCoLac-Rc (Comparing and Contrasting Languages and Cultures), 2015 - (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/comparing-and-contrasting-languages-and-cultures)
  • Co-ordinator of Italian-language translations, 375 humanistia website (http://375humanistia.helsinki.fi/it/info)
  • Member of the CoCoLac-Rc (Comparing and Contrasting Languages and Cultures), 2011-
  • Member, Suomen italianopettajien yhdistys ry (Association of the Teachers of Italian in Finland), 2010 -
  • Supervisor of doctoral programme Il testo: tradizione, lingua, interpretazione (later Italianistica e Filologia romanza), University of Parma, 2004
  • Member, International Research Group Cinquecento Plurale, 2000 – (http://www.nuovorinascimento.org/cinquecento/default.html)
  • Member of Board, Società Dante Alighieri, Committee of Helsinki, 1999 –
  • Member, Societé Néophilologique, Helsinki, 1999 –
  • Auxiliary Member of Italian Language (1999-2016), The Matriculation Examination Board (Ylioppilastutkintolautakunta), Finland
  • Member, Centro Studi Matteo Maria Boiardo, Scandiano (Re) - Italy, 1999-2014.

Description of research

  • Italian Philology
  • Textual Criticism (Italian) – Textual Bibliography
  • Italian Literature (16th and 19th centuries)
  • Epistolography and Epistolarity
  • History of Italian language
  • History of Italian typography
  • History of religious dissidence in the 16th century
  • History of Italian studies in Finland.

 

Education/Academic qualification

Italian Linguistics and Philology, National Scientific Qualification as a Full Professor, National Scientific Qualification as a Full Professor (Sector 10/F3 - Italian Linguistics and Philology) , Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research

15 Apr 201915 Apr 2030

Award Date: 15 Apr 2019

Italian Philology, Docent

2003 → …

External positions

Vice Chairman - Section of Humanities - Group of Linguistics - Finnish Academy of Science and Letters

20242028

Scientific advisor, CRES - Centro di Ricerca sugli Epistolari del Settecento

2021 → …

Vice Chairman - Section of Humanities - Group of Linguistics, Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters

20192023

Member of the Direction Board, Osservatorio Annibal Caro

2019 → …

Member, Carteggi. Comunità di ricerca interuniversitaria

2017 → …

Member, Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters

2017 → …

Chairman of the Subcommittee of Italian Language, Ylioppilastutkintolautakunta

2017 → …

Member of the Direction Board, CoCoLac-RC

2015 → …

Member, Cinquecento Plurale

2000 → …

Fields of Science

  • 6122 Literature studies
  • Italian Literature (16th and 19th centuries)
  • History of Italian studies in Finland
  • 6121 Languages
  • Italian Philology
  • History of Italian language
  • Textual Criticism
  • Textual Bibliography
  • 615 History and Archaeology
  • History of religious dissidence in the 16th century
  • History of the Italian typography

International and National Collaboration

Publications and projects within past five years.