Valentina Sestini

Valentina Sestini serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Modern Literature and Culture at Sapienza University of Rome, where she teaches Bibliography and Bibliology courses for the Archival and Library Science program. Her academic focus centers on the historical analysis of book production, circulation, and reception with particular attention to gender dynamics in Renaissance and early modern printing cultures.

Her research expertise spans bibliography, bibliology, and the history of the book, with seminal contributions to understanding women's roles in Italian printing from the 16th to 19th centuries. She examines paratextual elements, publishing networks, and the material conditions of book production across regions including Bologna, Venice, and Sicily. Her methodological approach combines textual analysis with material culture studies to reveal how social structures shaped literary production.

Recent publications demonstrate consistent thematic focus on gendered contributions to publishing history, with recurring investigations into women printers, bibliographic censuses, and paratextual analysis. Her work reveals how historical events like plagues impacted printing practices while highlighting understudied figures in the European book trade. Methodologically, she bridges literary theory with empirical bibliography through meticulous archival research.

No scientific awards were documented in available sources. Information regarding student supervision, research grants, laboratory affiliations, or collaborative research teams was not provided in the institutional materials.