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Saskia Ziolkowski

Associate Professor of Romance Studies
Romance Studies
Box 90257, Durham, NC 27708-0257
205 Language Ctr, Durham, NC 27708

Research Interests


Italian literature from a comparative perspective, Jewish Italian literature and culture, Italian and German-language literary and cultural connections, modernism, animal studies, world literature, European literature

Authors examined in publications: Italo Svevo, Igiaba Scego, Franz Kafka, Elsa Morante, Italo Calvino, Thomas Bernhard, Elena Ferrante, Claudio Magris, Joseph Roth, Pier Antonio Quarantotti Gambini, Rainer Maria Rilke, Scipio Slataper, Lalla Romano, Antonio Tabucchi, Giorgio Manganelli, G.E. Lessing, Tommaso Landolfi, Natalia Ginzburg, Dino Buzzati, Paola Capriolo, Helena Janeczek, Umberto Saba, Giorgio Bassani

Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research


Seed Grant: Racial Justice and Equity in Romance Studies · 2020 Lead · Awarded by: Duke Office for Faculty Advancement Many faculty in Romance Studies have participated in Duke’s year-long Teaching for Equity Fellowship program, and many work on racial justice in their research. Since the faculty are motivated to deepen their understanding of equity and racial justice on multiple fronts, they are coming together to discuss research, teaching, and campus culture and to learn from each other. This seed grant project will support two events. The first will provide a three-hour forum for members of the department to discuss equity in their teaching, department, and work. The second event, open to the public, will showcase the department’s work that is devoted to race and equity. Afterward, discussions will continue in faculty meetings and include a focus on how to move forward. https://facultyadvancement.duke.edu/seed-grants/2019
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities · 2010 - 2012 Awarded by: Mellon at University of California at Berkeley
Fulbright Fellow Grant in Austria · 2001 - 2002 Awarded by: Fulbright

External Relationships


  • Smith College

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