معرفی
Alberto Roncaccia serves as Director of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Center at the Faculty of Arts, University of Lausanne, and holds the position of Senior Lecturer and Researcher in the Department of Italian. He possesses an Italian National Qualification as Associate Professor in Modern and Contemporary Literature (2014).
His research expertise encompasses:
- Contemporary Italian Literature
- History of literary criticism with emphasis on theoretical frameworks
- Renaissance studies focusing on Pietro Bembo and Ludovico Castelvetro
- Reception of Madame de Staël in Italian literary circles
- Development of the BIGLLI literary theory framework
- Global Italian-language literary production
Roncaccia has developed an extensive research infrastructure including the BASLIE database and serves as the Swiss editor for the General Bibliography of the Italian Language and Literature. His database contains approximately 1300 computer files documenting Italian-language writers worldwide and associated critical scholarship.
His academic career demonstrates progressive advancement through the ranks at the University of Lausanne since 1997, complemented by visiting appointments at the University of Geneva and the Center for Advanced Studies on the Renaissance in Tours (2013).
Administrative leadership roles include:
- Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Arts (2007-2009)
- President of the Vaud section of the Società "Dante Alighieri" and National Coordinator for Switzerland (2006-2015)
- President of the Management Committee of the Gymnase du Soir, Lausanne (2012-2014)
