Emily Di Dodo

Emily Di Dodo is a Departmental Lecturer in Medieval Spanish at the University of Oxford's Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages. She holds a DPhil from Magdalen College, where her thesis focused on editing the medieval Castilian translation of Boccaccio's Decameron. Her teaching spans Medieval Spanish literature, history of the Spanish language, and translation studies at both Edmund Hall and Magdalen College.

Education

• Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Modern Languages (Italian and Spanish), Magdalen College, University of Oxford
• Master of Studies (MSt) in Modern Languages (Italian and Spanish), Magdalen College, University of Oxford
• Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in Modern Languages (Italian and Spanish), Magdalen College, University of Oxford (Thesis: Las cient novelas de Juan Bocacio: A critical edition)

Research Interests

• Medieval and early-modern Iberian and Italian literatures
• Textual criticism and critical editions of medieval texts
• Historical linguistics, paleography, and codicology
• History of the book and manuscript studies
• Digital humanities applications in textual scholarship

Publications

• Recent work focuses on the transnational circulation of Boccaccio's Decameron, editorial challenges in medieval texts, and linguistic adaptations in cross-cultural literary transmission
• Her 2023 critical edition of the Castilian Las cient novelas establishes new benchmarks for medieval textual scholarship

Labs/Teams

• Active contributor to Oxford's Digital Humanities initiatives in medieval studies
• Collaborates with international research networks in manuscript studies and textual criticism