Davide Checchi

Davide Checchi is a Research Fellow at the University of Bergamo, Department of Languages, Literatures and Foreign Cultures. He holds a PhD in Romance Philology from Scuola Normale Superiore - Italian Institute of Human Sciences in Naples (2015) and graduated summa cum laude in Modern Philology from the University of Pavia (2011). His work bridges philology, metrics, and digital humanities, with a focus on medieval textual culture and Arthurian traditions.

Key research areas include:

• Romance Philology
• Early Italian Lyric Poetry
• Manuscript Transmission
• Ars Nova Project (ERC-funded)
• Arthurian Cycles in Prose

His recent publications analyze the interplay between poetic forms and metrical conventions, with a particular emphasis on Sicilian rhyme and virtual vowels. Awards include the Aldo Rossi Prize (2016) and Marco Praloran Fellowship (2018–2019). Currently, he teaches courses in Romance Philology and Medieval Italian Literature at the University of Bergamo.

Scientific Awards:

• Aldo Rossi Prize (2016)
• Marco Praloran Fellowship (2018–2019)

Grants and mentorship roles include participation in the PRIN 2015 project COVO (Corpus of Original Italian Vocabulary) and editorial contributions to the European ArsNova project. He has held visiting positions at the University of Lausanne and University of Liège.