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Claudia Romanelli (University of Alabama), for the international conference The Afterlives of Roberto Rossellini’s Paisan (1946).
Claudia Romanelli (University of Alabama), for the international conference The Afterlives of Roberto Rossellini’s Paisan (1946). / Claudia Romanelli is Associate Professor of Italian at the University of Alabama. Her research centers on Italian cinema and literature. Her works analyze Italian film with special attention to the context of world cinema, focusing on screenplay development, collaborative…
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Pier Mattia Tommasino (Columbia University), for his research proposal on Vincenzo Busdraghi, The Calligraphic book for the Prince of Piombino, 1545.
Pier Mattia Tommasino (Columbia University), for his research proposal on Vincenzo Busdraghi, The Calligraphic book for the Prince of Piombino, 1545. / Pier Mattia Tommasino is an Associate Professor of Italian and Mediterranean Studies at Columbia University. His research historicizes the intellectual and religious traditions, and the scholarly and literary practices, involved in the generative contact between…
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Tullio Pagano (Dickinson College), for the project Between Two Worlds: Landscapes of Oblivion and Resistance in Laura Pariani’s Transnational Narrative.
Tullio Pagano (Dickinson College), for the project Between Two Worlds: Landscapes of Oblivion and Resistance in Laura Pariani’s Transnational Narrative. / Tullio Pagano is Professor Emeritus of Italian Studies at Dickinson College. He is a scholar of modern and contemporary Italian culture who has published extensively on late 19th– and early 20th-century Italian authors (Verga, Pirandello),…
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Anthony Nussmeier (University of Dallas), for the international conference San Francesco’s Transitus at 800 (1226-2026).
Anthony Nussmeier (University of Dallas), for the international conference San Francesco’s Transitus at 800 (1226-2026). / Anthony Nussmeier (PhD, Indiana University) is an Associate Professor of Italian at the University of Dallas, where he also serves as Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Director of Italian and Chair of the Faculty Senate. Dr. Nussmeier…
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Ara Merjian (NYU), for the dual project Blueprints and Ruins: Giorgio de Chirico and the Architectural Imagination from the Avant-Garde to Postmodernism and Meditations of a Painter: The Selected Writings of Giorgio de Chirico.
Ara Merjian (NYU), for the dual project Blueprints and Ruins: Giorgio de Chirico and the Architectural Imagination from the Avant-Garde to Postmodernism and Meditations of a Painter: The Selected Writings of Giorgio de Chirico. / Ara H. Merjian (BA, Yale University; PhD University of California, Berkeley) is Professor of Italian and Interim Chair of the Department of Italian…
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Ida Caiazza (NYU), for the project Writing Desire: Women and Love Letters in Renaissance Italy.
Ida Caiazza (NYU), for the project Writing Desire: Women and Love Letters in Renaissance Italy. / Ida Caiazza (Ph.D., U of Pisa and Helsinki University – cotutelle) was awarded, amongst other honors, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Postdoctoral Fellow and is currently an Assistant Professor of Italian Studies at New York University. Dr. Caiazza is a…
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Michela Rossi, graphic novelists and Domani’s Art Director, for the project The soul of the neighborhood.
Michela Rossi, graphic novelists and Domani’s Art Director, for the project The soul of the neighborhood. / Michela Rossi is a cartoonist, illustrator and art director. She is the author of short stories and graphic novels published by Einaudi Stile Libero, Feltrinelli Comics and Oblomov Edizioni. In 2022 she won the New Talents Award at Romics…
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Carlotta Vacchelli (American University of Rome), for the project La funzione Pazienza. L’influenza di Andrea Pazienza da ‘Frigidaire’ al graphic novel (Ravenna: Longo, 2026).
Carlotta Vacchelli (American University of Rome), for the project La funzione Pazienza. L’influenza di Andrea Pazienza da ‘Frigidaire’ al graphic novel (Ravenna: Longo, 2026). / Carlotta Vacchelli (PhD, Indiana University), after receiving several post-Doc appointments, including a Max Planck Institute- Hertz Library Fellowship in Rome, has been appointed as an Adjunct Professor of Art History at the American University…
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Julian Sachs (Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò – NYU), for the dual project on A Conversation with Davide Toffolo and a concert by the “Tre allegri ragazzi morti”.
Julian Sachs (Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò – NYU), for the dual project on A Conversation with Davide Toffolo and a concert by the “Tre allegri ragazzi morti”. / Julian Sachs is the Program and Media Coordinator for New York University’s Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò. He is an Adjunct Professor in NYU’s Department of Italian Studies where he teaches a…
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Filippo Petricca (Indiana University – Bloomington) and Esther Schomacher (Zeppelin Universität, Germany) for the project Literary Economic: Practices, Actors, Knowledge.
Filippo Petricca (Indiana University – Bloomington) and Esther Schomacher (Zeppelin Universität, Germany) for the project Literary Economic: Practices, Actors, Knowledge. / Filippo Petricca is Assistant Professor of medieval Italian literature at Indiana University Bloomington and a scholar of the literary imagination. His main research examines how medieval fiction absorbs and transforms economic theories and practices. His…
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Cornelia Weiss, J.D. and independent scholar, for the project Imposing Unequal Pay for Equal Work: the UK/US Military Governments in Sicily and Campania.
Cornelia Weiss, J.D. and independent scholar, for the project Imposing Unequal Pay for Equal Work: the UK/US Military Governments in Sicily and Campania. / Cornelia Weiss (BA in Women’s Studies from the University of Utah, MA from Chile’s national academy of strategy and policy studies — ANEPE, and JD from Vanderbilt University School of Law) worked for over 25…
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Mark Pietralunga (Florida State University), for the project Interpreting America: Amerigo Ruggiero and American Literature and Culture.
Mark Pietralunga (Florida State University), for the project Interpreting America: Amerigo Ruggiero and American Literature and Culture. / Mark Pietralunga is the Victor R. B. Oelschlager Professor of Modern Languages and Linguistics at Florida State University, where he teaches courses in Italian and Italian American studies. He has published extensively on topics related to his research…
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Carmen Petruzzi (University of Milan-Bicocca), for the project Female Philanthropy & Social Energy in New York City: History of Italian and American Settlement Houses and Catholic Charitable Institutions (1890–1956).
Carmen Petruzzi (University of Milan-Bicocca), for the project Female Philanthropy & Social Energy in New York City: History of Italian and American Settlement Houses and Catholic Charitable Institutions (1890–1956). / Carmen Petruzzi is a tenure-track researcher at the University of Milano-Bicocca. Her research focuses on the history of education and diaspora studies, with particular attention to the…
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Stefano Morello (CUNY), for the proposal Making ‘La Follia’ di New York (1907–1928) Accessible.
Stefano Morello (CUNY), for the proposal Making ‘La Follia’ di New York (1907–1928) Accessible. / Stefano Morello is the Director of the American Social History Project at the CUNY Graduate Center, where he also earned his PhD in English. His scholarly work combines digital and traditional methods to investigate the infrastructure and the transnational reverberations of American popular and unpopular…
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Alice Martignoni (University of Graz), for the research project The Canada-USA-Puerto Rico OIM Research Group – Italianisms in North America.
Alice Martignoni (University of Graz), for the research project The Canada-USA-Puerto Rico OIM Research Group – Italianisms in North America. / Alice Martignoni (PhD, University of Toronto / EPHE Paris), currently Teaching Scientist in Italian Language and Linguistics at the University of Graz (Austria), is a scholar of Italian Linguistics and Romance Philology. Together with Daniela…
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Sharon Hecker, New Thinking About Lucio Fontana’s Ceramics.
Sharon Hecker, New Thinking About Lucio Fontana’s Ceramics. / Sharon Hecker (B.A., Yale University, cum laude; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley) is an art historian and curator specialized in Italian modern and contemporary art. A leading authority on Medardo Rosso, she has published extensively on Italian artists including Lucio Fontana, Luciano Fabro, Marisa Merz, Francesco Lo…
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Susanne Hafner (Fordham University), for the project Arthur in Modena.
Susanne Hafner (Fordham University), for the project Arthur in Modena. / Susanne Hafner is an Assistant Professor of German and Medieval Studies at Fordham University. Her areas of expertise are Arthurian literature, Medieval German literature, and codicology. Her book-in-progress is an ecocritical reading of the so-called “Arthurian portal,” the Porta della Pescheria, on the northern wall…
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Gianluca Cinelli and Patrizia Piredda, PI of the MemoGen Project, L’eredita’ della seconda guerra mondiale nella terza generazione, 2026 publication grant for their 2025-26 Memo-AmIt Project.
Gianluca Cinelli and Patrizia Piredda, PI of the MemoGen Project, L’eredita’ della seconda guerra mondiale nella terza generazione, 2026 publication grant for their 2025-26 Memo-AmIt Project. / Gianluca Cinelli, researcher in Italian Studies and Comparative Literature, was a research fellow at the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in 2012-2014. His research interests include war memoirs,the relationship between history, literature and myth,…
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Fabio Caredda, Iri da Iri Production, Reimagining Dante’s Vita Nuova for Contemporary Cinema.
Fabio Caredda, Iri da Iri Production, Reimagining Dante’s Vita Nuova for Contemporary Cinema. / Fabio Orpheo Caredda is a French filmmaker, writer, musician, and researcher whose work explores the relationship between cinema, literature, and philosophy. He is currently a PhD candidate in Italian Studies at New York University under the supervision of Maria Luisa Ardizzone. His…
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Simone Brioni (SUNY- Stony Brook) for the project Dardanelles: National Belonging in Transnational ‘Italian’ Cultures.
Simone Brioni (SUNY- Stony Brook) for the project Dardanelles: National Belonging in Transnational ‘Italian’ Cultures. / Simone Brioni is a filmmaker and Professor in the English Department at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. A specialist in migration studies, critical race and ethnicity studies, and film studies, his research examines literary and filmic representations…
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Elena Bellina (NYU), Bryan Brazeau (University of Warwick), Beatrice Mazzi (Columbia University) for the international project on Italian War Captivity (New York, Venice and Milan).
Elena Bellina (NYU), Bryan Brazeau (University of Warwick), Beatrice Mazzi (columbia university) for the international project on Italian War Captivity (New York, Venice and Milan). / Elena Bellina is Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Italian Studies at New York University. Her research and publications focus on World War II and captivity studies, cultural memory,…
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Anna Battison (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), for the project Questioning the Myth of the Modern City: Processual and Performative Approaches in Alternative Spaces in Italy and the United States at the Turn of the 1960s to the 1970s.
Anna Battison (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), for the project Questioning the Myth of the Modern City: Processual and Performative Approaches in Alternative Spaces in Italy and the United States at the Turn of the 1960s to the 1970s. / Anna Battiston is an independent curator, art critic, and affiliated researcher at the Cultural and Social History of Art laboratory…
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Giulio Armeni, Marianna Boiano and Monica Magnani for the project What’s in a Meme? The View from Italy.
Giulio Armeni, Marianna Boiano and Monica Magnani for the project What’s in a Meme? The View from Italy. / Giulio Armeni is a writer, comedian, and memer. Since 2010 he has run the satirical project Filosofia Coatta, which has over 200,000 followers. He teaches at the Scuola Holden in Turin, and collaborates, amongst others, with…
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Enza Antenos (Montclair State University), for the project Reimagining Made in Italy: Sicily’s Transcultural Economic Identity.
Enza Antenos (Montclair State University), for the project Reimagining Made in Italy: Sicily’s Transcultural Economic Identity. / Enza Antenos is Founding Director of the BA in Language, Business & Culture and Associate Professor of Italian at Montclair State University. Her research spans Italian language acquisition, digital pedagogy, business communication, and curriculum innovation. Her work has appeared…