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Associate Professor, Italian
cardilgx@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Office
Keezell 104A
Fall 2024 Office Hours:
M/W 10:50-11:50 pm, or anytime on Zoom by appointment
Education
Ph.D. Yale University, Italian Language and Literature
Information
Giulia Cardillo is Associate Professor of Italian and Coordinator of the Italian Program at James Madison University. After earning an M.A. in Italian Studies from Notre Dame University, Giulia completed a Ph.D. in Italian Language and Literature at Yale University with a dissertation on the question of prophecy in Dante’s Commedia. Giulia’s research focuses on Early Modern literature, in particular Dante and Boccaccio, on networks of women writers, and on the relationship of literary to visual arts. Giulia has published articles on the concept of Terra Australis in the Middle Ages, Dante’s Commedia, Boccaccio’s Decameron, Michelangelo and Tasso, and on Luisa Bergalli. Together with Dr. Buonocore, Giulia is currently co-editing a volume entitled: “Imagined Networks in Pre-Modern Italian Literature: Literary Mothers, Literary Sisters” forthcoming at the end of 2024.
Courses
ITAL 231 Italian Intermediate 1
ITAL 307 Italian Civilization 1
ITAL 335 Introduction to Italian Literature
ITAL/ENG 437: Medieval Storytelling
ITAL 446: Italian Theatre
ITAL 446: Short Stories in 20th and 21st Century Italian Literature|
ITAL 447: Italian Cities