Camilla Miglio

Prof. Camilla Miglio is a full-time Professor of German Literature at the Department of European, American and Intercultural Studies, Sapienza University of Rome. She specializes in 20th-century German poetry, translation studies, and intercultural geopoetics.

• PhD in German Literature from Pisa (1996), focusing on Paul Celan
• Key research areas: Literary Geography, German-Italian Cultural Dialogue, Jewish-German Literature, and Poetics of Translation

Her work interrogates the interplay between nature, memory, and poetic form in German literature from the 18th to 21st centuries. Recent projects include Europe as a Space of Translation (EACEA 2007-2013) and the ongoing PRIN A Physical Geography of German-speaking Literature (2023-2025).

Scientific Awards include:

• Ladislao-Mittner-Preis (2005)
• Bundesverdienstkreuz (2010)
• Corresponding Member, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (2023)

She leads seminars on German elegy, nature poetry, and intercultural translation, with guest collaborations from poets like Jan Wagner and scholars from Leipzig University. Classes held in Lab 4, Marco Polo Building, Rome.