Olivia Holmes

Olivia Holmes is a Professor at Binghamton University's Department of English, General Literature and Rhetoric, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Mediaevalia. Her interdisciplinary work bridges English, Italian, and Medieval Studies.

Education:

• PhD in Italian and Comparative Literature from Northwestern University
• MFA in Poetry Workshop from University of Iowa
• BA in English Literature (Magna cum laude) from Yale University

Her research focuses on pre-modern literary works from ethical and philosophical perspectives, particularly examining human consciousness in medieval Italian authors like Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio. Recent publications explore global intertextualities and rhetorical foundations in medieval texts.

Scientific recognition includes

• American Association of Italian Studies Book Award
• Bonnie Wheeler Fellowship
• Fulbright Scholarship to Italy
• Audrey Lumsden Kouvel Fellowship at Newberry Library

As editor of Mediaevalia, she shapes academic discourse in medieval studies while teaching courses ranging from Dante's Divine Comedy to Sicilian cultural imagination and cognitive approaches to pre-modern narrative.