Vera RIBAUDO

Vera Ribaudo is a researcher in Italian Literature at Ca' Foscari University of Venice's Department of Humanities. Her work focuses on Dante studies, Renaissance commentaries, and medieval philology.

• Education: University of Padua (BA in Literature, 2000), Ca' Foscari (MA in Italian Philology, 2010; PhD in Italian Studies, 2015)

Research spans Dante's reception in the 16th century, including critical editions of Libro de l'arte de la mercatura by Benedetto Cotrugli and Spositione all'Inferno by Lodovico Castelvetro. Her publications analyze intersections between religious polemic, textual criticism, and cultural heritage enhancement. She contributes to digital humanities projects like electronic editions of Dante's Commedia.

Key trends in her work include:

• Medieval-Renaissance philosophical continuity
• Manuscript tradition analysis
• Etymological practices in poetry
• Commercial ethics in Renaissance literature

Awarded:

• ERC Starting Grant BIFLOW project (2013–335949)
• National Scientific Qualification for Associate Professor (2018)

Active in academic service, she collaborates with the AdI - Association of Italianists and contributes to editorial boards including L'Alighieri.