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Gabriele Bucchi is a Professor in the Department of Italian Studies at the University of Basel, part of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. His office is located at Maiengasse 51, 4056 Basel, Switzerland, and he holds office hours on Wednesdays from 4–6 PM or by appointment.
- Position: Professor
- Institution: University of Basel
- Department: Department of Italian Studies
- Faculty: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Email: gabriele.bucchi@unibas.ch
- Phone: +41 61 207 34 96
He was born in Florence in 1977, studied music in Arezzo, and earned his degree in Italian philology from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan in 2000. He completed his PhD at the University of Lausanne in 2008 with a thesis on the reception of Ovid’s Metamorphoses in 16th-century poetic commentaries, for which he received the Collegium Romanicum Prize in 2012.
- Former Assistant Professor at the University of Lausanne
- Master of Enseignement et Recherche at the University of Lausanne (2012–2023)
- Visiting Professor at the universities of Fribourg and Bern
His research spans Italian literature from the 15th to the 18th century, with a focus on epic, chivalric, and mock-heroic poetry. He investigates the reception of classical texts in the Renaissance, Renaissance political thought, and the history of the book, particularly popular and mass-circulation presses. He also explores the interplay between literature and music, especially in musical theatre and librettos. His intellectual history work includes the history of criticism and the cultural roles of literary figures such as Luigi Pulci, Ludovico Ariosto, and Alessandro Tassoni.
Although no recent publications are listed in the provided text, his research interests suggest ongoing scholarly activity in early modern Italian literature, editorial practices, and interdisciplinary cultural history.
He is recognized for academic excellence through the Collegium Romanicum Prize 2012 for his doctoral thesis.
- Collegium Romanicum Prize 2012
Prof. Bucchi supervises doctoral students at the University of Basel and has been involved in academic leadership through editorial roles. He serves on the editorial board of 'Versants. Rivista Svizzera di Letterature Romanze' and on the scientific committees of 'AOQU', 'Parole rubate', 'Studia Oliveriana', and 'Chroniques italiennes'. He is a founding member of the 'Ephemera Helvetica' Association for the study of mass-circulation presses and contributes to the 'Indice dei Libri del Mese' (Book Index of the Month).
He is actively engaged in scholarly networks and collaborative academic initiatives, contributing to the vitality of Italian studies in Switzerland and beyond.
