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Paola Sica is a Professor of Italian and Chair of the Italian Studies Department at Connecticut College, where she has served since 1999. Her academic leadership includes multiple terms as department chair (2006-2009, 2013-2016, 2016-2019) and committee service on Academic and Administrative Procedures, Study Away, and Educational Planning committees.
Her educational credentials:
- Laurea in Lettere Moderne (summa cum laude), Università di Siena, Italy
- M.A. and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, Princeton University (High honors in General Examinations)
- Corso di Perfezionamento in Literary Translation, Università di Siena
- Research Fellow, Georgetown University
- Visiting Research Student, Sussex University, UK
Professor Sica's research centers on Italian culture within comparative frameworks, specializing in late 19th-century to contemporary literary/visual representations with emphasis on modernism and avant garde movements. Her interdisciplinary work bridges gender studies, critical theory, and transculturation dynamics, while maintaining strong pedagogical focus on language acquisition. Major publications include Modernist Forms of Rejuvenation: Eugenio Montale and T.S. Eliot (Olschki) and the internationally recognized Futurist Women: Florence, Feminism and the New Sciences (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015/2016), now held in 200+ libraries worldwide.
Her scholarly contributions extend through numerous peer-reviewed articles in Italica, Annali d’Italianistica, and Modern Language Notes, alongside presentations at MLA, AISS, and international venues including Columbia University and Istituto Dante Alighieri. Current research focuses on women's relocated fiction, supported by multiple research grants though specific funding sources remain unnamed in source materials. She has significantly enriched campus intellectual life through curated speaker series in Italian Film Studies and Comparative Cultures.
