Education

• National Scientific Qualification as a Full Professor (Sector 10/F3 - Italian Linguistics and Philology) - 2019-2028
• 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, Bollettino Storico Piacentino, 2014 -
• Member, Editorial Board, Archivio Nisseno, 2011-
• Member, Editorial Board, Letteratura Italiana Antica, 2004 –

Scientific Series

• 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), 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 –
• Member, Centro Studi Matteo Maria Boiardo, Scandiano (Re) - Italy, 1999 - (http://www.letteratura.it/boiardo/)
• Auxiliary Member of Italian Language (1999-2016), The Matriculation Examination Board (Ylioppilastutkintolautakunta), Finland.

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.