Phd in DOCUMENTATION STUDIES, LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE

email: laura.dinicola@uniroma1.it
phone: 06.96040352
building: Vetrerie Sciarra
room: 220

Laura Di Nicola is Associate Professor of Contemporary Italian Literature at the University of Rome, La Sapienza. In 2021 she obtained the scholarly qualification for the position of full professor (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale 2018-2020). Prof. Di Nicola is Director of the Laboratorio Calvino, which coordinates the scholarly activities of La Sapienza with the State University of Milan, the University of Milan Bicocca, and the University of Oxford.
Her activity in scholarly research has focused on questions of twentieth-century literary history, with particular attention to narrative forms and the canonisation of the classics of the twentieth century in a European and international perspective. Over the years she has participated in several national and international projects, has taken part in conferences in Italy and abroad, as well as carrying out her duties of teaching and research. Amongst her current roles at La Sapienza are: member of the Teaching Council for the Masters degree in Publishing, Journalism and Cultural Management; scientific coordinator for the Literature and Psychoanalysis project, in collaboration with the Italian Psychoanalytical Society; member of the Research Committee of the journals “Bollettino di italianistica” and “Narrativa”. She is Co-Director of the Laboratorio Calvino’s book series for the publisher Carocci.
On the teaching front she teaches in the Corsi di Laurea Triennale, the Laurea Magistrale, and is involved in teaching at Masters and Doctoral levels. She has given lectures and participated in numerous conferences in Italy and abroad. She also co-supervises doctoral theses.
She was nominated by Giovanna Calvino as a member of the Committee for the Archive and Library of Italo Calvino which is held by the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale in Rome. In collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, she coordinates the cultural enhancement activities related to the figure and works of Italo Calvino worldwide, on the occasion of the centenary of his birth. She is a member of the National Committee for the centenary celebrations of Italo Calvino's birth.
Abroad for the years 2023-2024 she coordinates the cultural enhancement activities promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in the diplomatic-consular network of Italian Cultural Institutes.