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Dr. Giacomo Comiati is a Honorary Faculty Research Fellow at the University of Oxford's Medieval and Modern Languages Faculty (2020–2025) and a Research Fellow at the University of Padua's Department of Literary and Linguistic Studies (DISLL). His dual affiliation bridges Italian and Neo-Latin studies with a focus on early-modern intellectual history.
He holds a PhD from the University of Warwick (2016) and completed his undergraduate studies at Padua University, including membership in the prestigious Scuola Galileiana di Studi Superiori (2007–2012). His research explores Renaissance exegesis of classical texts, particularly Horace and Petrarch, alongside the cultural history of manuscript and print.
Key research interests include: 16th-century Italian poetry, Renaissance Latin literature, Petrarch's critical reception, and the transmission of classical knowledge through commentaries and academies. He co-edited the database Petrarch Commentary and Exegesis in Renaissance Italy, a testament to his expertise in digital humanities.
Teaching certifications from Warwick's Learning Development Centre (2014) and extensive conference organization (e.g., 2019's 'Rethinking the Italian Renaissance' and 2022's 'Dutch Brazil in Print and Poetry') highlight his pedagogical and collaborative contributions. Awards include a Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Fellowship (2020) and multiple travel grants for archival work in Europe and the U.S.
- Education: PhD in Italian Studies (Warwick, 2016), MA/BA in Italian Philology (Padua, 2012)
- Key Projects: AHRC-funded Petrarch Commentary Project (Oxford, 2017–2020), Aldo Manuzio conference (Padua, 2015)
- Labs/Teams: Collaborator with Corpus Christi College Oxford's Greek/Roman Antiquity Centre and the Warwick Renaissance Centre
