Luca Zipoli

Luca Zipoli serves as Assistant Professor of Transnational Italian Studies at Bryn Mawr College, where his academic work bridges Renaissance literature, contemporary cultural studies, and interdisciplinary humanities within the Department of Transnational Italian Studies.

His educational foundation includes:

• Diploma di Perfezionamento (Ph.D.) from Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
• Diploma di Licenza (M.A.) from Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
• Laurea magistrale (M.A.) from Università di Pisa
• Laurea triennale (B.A.) from Università di Pisa

Zipoli's research interrogates the intersections of literary culture with historical events, religious beliefs, and visual arts across Italian history. His scholarship spans Renaissance Studies, Italian Epic Tradition, Chivalric Romance, Early Modern Women Writings, and Modern/Contemporary Italian Literature, with particular emphasis on gender & sexuality, race & ethnicity, and religious dimensions of otherness. He examines trans-historical legacies of chivalric epics into modern media while exploring medical humanities through figures like Primo Levi and Umberto Saba.

Analysis of his publications reveals consistent engagement with textual adaptation, visual representation, and marginalized voices across six centuries of Italian literature. His work demonstrates methodological innovation through combining archival research with trans-medial analysis, particularly in examining how Renaissance literary forms evolve in contemporary global contexts.

His scientific recognition includes:

• Fellow of the Italian Academy at Columbia University (Spring 2025)

Zipoli has designed innovative courses including Philadelphia the Global City, Diversity and Queerness in Modern Italian Poetry, and Love, Magic, and Women Warriors. He actively enhances pedagogy through curated cultural experiences including visits to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Rodin Museum, and Italian film festivals. He contributes to academic discourse through editorial roles for Italianistica, Letteratura cavalleresca italiana, and Rinascimento journals while developing his book project Around The Magnificent: Poetry, Magic and Religion in Early Modern Florence.