معرفی
Justin Steinberg is a Professor of Italian Literature at the University of Chicago, serving as Editor-in-Chief of Dante Studies and Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Italian program. He joined the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures in 2003. His expertise spans medieval Italian literature, with a focus on Dante, Boccaccio, and Petrarch, alongside interests in manuscript culture, legal-literary intersections, and medieval political theory.
Education: PhD in Italian Literature from the University of Minnesota (2000). His research currently explores theological/legal/literary conceptions of fictio and a comparative study of poetic justice titled Eye for an Eye: Poetic Justice from Aeschylus to Old Boy.
Research Highlights
- Explores legal frameworks in medieval literary texts, particularly Dante’s engagement with law and justice.
- Examines manuscript culture and material philology to understand medieval readership and authorship.
Awards & Honors
- MLA Howard R. Marraro Prize (2014) for Dante and the Limits of the Law.
- ACLS and NEH Fellowships (2017–2018).
- MLA Scaglione Prize (2005) for Accounting for Dante.
Teaching & Mentorship
- Regularly teaches courses on Dante’s Divine Comedy, Boccaccio’s Decameron, and medieval Italian lyric poetry.
- Course Academic Publishing (RLLT 47000) guides students through scholarly writing.
Professional Affiliations
- Affiliated with the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality and the Committee on Medieval Studies.
