Sandro Cergna

doc. dr. sc. Sandro Cergna is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Italian Literature (Katedra za talijansku književnost) within the Faculty of Humanities (Filozofski fakultet) at Juraj Dobrila University in Pula, Croatia. His academic work focuses on Italian dialect studies, particularly the Istrian dialects of Valle d'Istria and Rovigno, with a strong emphasis on linguistic analysis, cultural heritage preservation, and historical documentation.

Teaching Roles:

• Lecturer for courses like Dante's Divine Comedy: Paradise, Italian Culture and Civilization, and Italian Poetry at undergraduate and graduate levels.

Research Interests:

• Dialectology and phonological analysis of Istrian dialects
• Linguistic aspects of historical manuscripts and folk narratives
• Cultural studies focusing on regional identity, migration, and culinary history
• Textual analysis of 18th-20th century Istrian literary sources

Publications Highlights:

• Authored Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria (2015)
• Edited and analyzed historical manuscripts like those of Giovanni Obrovaz and Pietro Stancovich
• Explored topics ranging from WWI refugee narratives to 18th-century espionage

Labs/Teams: Participates in interdisciplinary research projects at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Landscape Archaeology and collaborates with regional cultural institutions.