Italian Studies

Roberto Ludovico's research while at Brown focused on Italian and European modernism, literature and periodicals of the Fascist era, the work of Italo Calvino, and the culture and literature of Trieste. His interests also include the tradition of Italian gastronomy. His dissertation, written under the direction of M. Riva and entitled "Una farfalla chiamata Solaria tra l'Europa e il romanzo," was published in Italy in 2010. He co-organized (with Lino Pertile of Harvard U. and M. Riva) the first International Conference on the work of literary critic and scholar Renato Poggioli, editing and introducing the proceedings, published by Olschki in 2012.