Filippo Naitana

Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian

Specialization
Medieval and Renaissance Literature, Mediterranean Studies

Filippo Naitana holds a laurea in history from the Università di Firenze and a Ph.D. in Italian studies from Yale University. Naitana’s teaching and research interests include Dante and the classical world, Renaissance literature of discovery, and the Mediterranean scope of humanism.

His work has been published in journals such as Quaderni medievali and Archivio storico italiano.  Naitana’s current research focuses on Renaissance Ragusa (Dubrovnik) in a Mediterranean context.

At Mount Holyoke, Naitana teaches both language and introductory literature courses, as well as interdisciplinary lectures such as Florence and the Making of the Renaissance and Dante's Journey.