Giuseppe Falvo

Giuseppe Falvo is an Associate Professor of Romance Languages (Italian) and Program Director at the University of Maryland's School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. His research focuses on Italian Renaissance literature, with expertise in Dante, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, and Castiglione. He holds a Ph.D. in Italian from Johns Hopkins University (1986). Current projects include studies on courtesy literature in early modern Italy and ritual in Boccaccio's Decameron.

His scholarly contributions include The Economy of Human Relations. Castiglione's 'Libro del Cortegiano' (1992) and entries in the Encyclopedia of the Renaissance (1999). He has also engaged with Italian cinema studies. Falvo has received awards from the Folger Institute and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

His work bridges literary analysis, historical context, and cultural studies, emphasizing the interplay between tradition and innovation in early modern Italian intellectual life.