Laura Ingallinella

Laura Ingallinella is an Assistant Professor of Italian Studies at the University of Toronto, cross-appointed to the Renaissance Studies Program and Victoria College. Her research intersects identity politics, literary forgery, and transcultural literacy in premodern Italy, with a focus on manuscript cultures and critical race theory.

• Ph.D., Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
• M.A., Scuola Superiore di Catania
• M.A., University of Catania
• B.A., University of Catania

Her current projects include monographs on Gender and Literary Forgery in Renaissance Italy and Transcultural Literacy in Merchant Communities. She co-edits an interdisciplinary volume on premodern race with Robert J. Clines.

Recent publications analyze Dantean reception, hagiographic translations, and merchant manuscript networks. Awards include a 2015–16 École Normale Supérieure fellowship and 2022 Oscar Kristeller grant.

• Email: laura.ingallinella@utoronto.ca
• Twitter: @lauraingalli