Andrea Celli

Andrea Celli is an Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut specializing in Italian Literature and Cultural Studies. His expertise bridges Italian and Mediterranean studies (13th–16th centuries), Dante Studies, and the history of ideas with a focus on early-modern representations of Islam.

• Università di Padova (PhD, 2004)
• Former lecturer at University of Lugano, Switzerland

Research interests include:

• Intercultural studies and cross-cultural poetics
• Historical intersections of Arabic, Islamic, and European cultural traditions
• Genealogical symbols of religious conflict in early-modern literature

Recent publications explore Dante’s engagement with Islamic legends, medieval body politics, and spiritual allegories in Franciscan and Dantean works. He is currently developing two monographs: one on Hagar and Ishmael as symbols of religious conflict, and another on Muslims and the Eucharist across medieval and modern narratives.