Francesca Terrenato

Francesca Terrenato is an Associate Professor in Dutch Language and Literature at Sapienza University of Rome, with an ongoing career since 2008. Her research spans Dutch Literature, Early Modern Visual Arts, Cultural Transfer, and Gender Studies, with a focus on Migrant Literature and Afrikaans women’s poetry. She has coordinated intercultural studies in Sapienza’s PhD program and represents Italy in Erasmus agreements with Ghent University.

• Editorial Board Member, Costellazioni Journal (2016–present)
• Scientific Committee, International Conferences on Nordic Avant-gardes (2015) and Transit/Translation (2016)

Her 2017–2024 publications explore intersections of South African women’s poetry, Anne Frank’s iconography, Karel van Mander’s Italian influences, and Calvino’s Dutch translations. Grants include €40,000 for interdisciplinary phraseology research (2016). She has delivered lectures on transnational Bildung and migrant narratives across Europe.