Italian Studies

Francesca Zambon earned her PhD in Italian Studies at Brown University in 2023 with a dissertation entitled, "Resistance to and through Autobiography: Poetry and Politics in Post-War Italy." Francesca Zambon received her BA from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, writing a thesis in the field of Comparative Literature, and an MA in Lettere Moderne from the University of Bologna (2016), where she specialized in the study of 20^th-century neo-avant-garde poetry with a specific interest in the figure of Edoardo Sanguineti. Francesca’s research centers on the intersection between poetry and history in 20^th-century Italian poetry with an emphasis on the 60s and the 70s. She is interested in investigating the militant, activist and experimental work that was created in those years in an effort to reframe the notions of militancy and gender while shedding light on authors and historical events that were marginalized or erased from the critical and cultural discourse.