Italian Studies

Andrea Zoller obtained a B.A. in Foreign Languages and Literature from the University of Verona in 2017 and an M.A. in Balkan and Slavic Studies from Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, in 2019. At the same institution, he received an M.A. in Didactics and Promotion of Italian Language and Culture in 2021. 

In recent years, Andrea has primarily dealt with language didactics, reflecting on LGBTQ+ inclusive teaching of Italian culture and self-assessment, un-grading strategies, and accessibility. His professional experience includes a MIUR teaching assistantship in Germany (Domgymnasium Merseburg, 2020-2021) and an appointment as a lecturer in Italian at Dartmouth College (2022-2023).

During his graduate studies, Andrea focused on translation theory, the Italian reception of Soviet “village prose”, and Serbian-Cyrillic printing in XVI-century Venice. With the support of the Leslie Center for the Humanities (Dartmouth College), he is currently working on the unpublished Italian translation of four short novels by the Russian writer Vasily Shukshin. His interdisciplinary interests also involve regional identities and language diversity in the Italian Alps, and he hopes to devote his future research to the Romance-Germanic borders in Trentino-Südtirol.