معرفی
Dr. Eleonora Buonocore serves as Associate Professor (Teaching) and Undergraduate Advisor for Italian Studies within the School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Arts. Her academic trajectory spans medieval philosophy, Italian literature, and language pedagogy with a distinctive focus on Dantean studies.
Her educational foundation includes:
- PhD in Medieval Philosophy, University of Siena (2009)
- MA in Italian Studies, University of Notre Dame (2009)
- M.Phil. in Italian, Yale University (2013)
- MA in Italian, Yale University (2013)
- PhD in Italian Language and Literature, Yale University (2016)
Buonocore's research centers on the confluence of medieval philosophy and literature, particularly examining Dante's Divine Comedy through the lens of memory theory. She investigates epistemological frameworks and logical structures within literary contexts, while also advancing Italian language pedagogy. Her current monograph Dante’s Memory: From Fixity to Fluidity explores memory's evolution in Dante's work, complemented by co-editing Imagined Networks in Pre-Modern Italian Literature which analyzes female literary relationships.
Analysis of her 2021-2025 publications reveals three dominant research strands: Dante/memory studies (60% of output), medieval/Renaissance female networks (25%), and language pedagogy (15%). Her work consistently bridges philosophical inquiry with literary analysis, demonstrating increasing interdisciplinary collaboration since 2022, particularly with Giulia Cardillo on sisterhood/motherhood networks in pre-modern texts.
Her scholarly recognition includes:
- Three consecutive CIH Working Group Grants (2022-2024)
- Dual Student Union Teaching Excellence Awards (2022, 2024)
- SSHRC Connection Grant (2022) and CIH Publishing Grant (2023)
- Calgary Institute for the Humanities Resident Fellowship (2021)
Beyond her teaching awards, Buonocore's grant portfolio demonstrates strategic alignment between research and pedagogy. The Taylor Institute Teaching Grant (2023) directly supported her remote language learning research, while CIH funding facilitated collaborative work on literary networks. Her dual role as educator and researcher is evident in projects bridging Dante studies with contemporary pedagogical challenges.
She currently leads CIH working groups on pre-modern literary networks and collaborates internationally through the American Association for Italian Studies, with recent conference presentations expanding her research on Catherine of Siena's epistolary networks into broader Mediterranean contexts.
