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Francesca Pomara

Francesca is completing a dissertation, tentatively called “Historical Knowing and Creative Politics in Machiavelli and Vico.” Her research interests include Early Modern literature and philosophy.

Kate Noson

Kate’s dissertation, “Mermaid Without a Tale: Disability, Sexuality, and the Limits of Discourse (1975-2009),” theorizes the potential for disabled authorship in Italian fiction and autobiography, which she argues cannot be thought separately from issues of sexuality and gender. Her work reveals the extent to which non-normative reading, writing, and speaking practices imply – or even necessitate – non-normative sexual practices as well. » read more »