Beatrice Arduini

Beatrice Arduini is an Associate Professor of Italian at the University of Washington, specializing in Medieval Italian literature, manuscript culture, and textual studies. She holds a Ph.D. from Indiana University-Bloomington (2008) and a Doctorate from the University of Milan (2007). Her research examines how material transformations of medieval texts influence their cultural significance, with a focus on Dante and Boccaccio. She co-edited Interpretation and Visual Poetics in Early Modern Texts (2021) and authored Dante's Convivio: The Creation of a Cultural Icon (2020).

• Education:
• Ph.D., Italian Studies, Indiana University, 2008
• Doctorate, Italian Literature, University of Milan, 2007
• M.A., Indiana University, 2005
• Laurea (Vecchio Ordinamento), University of Milan, 2002

Her work bridges textual analysis and cultural history, exploring the interplay between manuscript production, print culture, and literary meaning. Recent projects include studies on Boccaccio’s role as a scribe and editor of Dante’s Rime, and the poetics of sonnet forms in Early Modern Italy.

Prof. Arduini’s publications appear in journals such as Mediaevalia, Heliotropia, Romance Philology, and Textual Cultures. She actively participates in academic communities, including the Department of French & Italian Studies at UW.