Andrea Rizzi is Associate Dean Research in the Faculty of Arts and Cassamarca Associate Professor of Italian Studies at the University of Melbourne. Born in Rome and raised in Italy in a bilingual family, Andrea was trained as a scholar and teacher at the Universita' Statale di Pavia (Italy) and the University of Kent at Canterbury (UK).
Before coming to The University of Melbourne (2005), Andrea held positions in the UK, at the University of Western Australia, and at the University of South Australia.
Between 2015 and 2019 Andrea has been an Australian Research Council Future Fellow.
In 2010-2011 he was awarded the Harvard University's Deborah Loeb Fellowship at the Villa I Tatti Center for Italian Renaissance Studies.
Andrea is an early modern literary and translation history scholar with an interdisciplinary approach to the study of this significant period of European culture. Most recently, Andrea has researched the political and cultural role of translators, interpreters, and diplomats in the early modern era, and trust and communication in history and in professions (the Arts and Healthcare).
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Andrea Rizzi's highlights
FEATURED Book Chapter
Renaissance Translators, Transnational Literature and Intertraffique
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The Power of the Translator: a New History of Cultural Change and Communication
Research Grant
Historia Imperiale attribuita a Ricobaldo tradotta da Matteo Maria Boiardo (The Historia I..
Book
The Power of the Translator: a New History of Cultural Change and Communication
Internal Research Grant
Signs of Trust in the Italian Renaissance
Journal article
What is Translation History? A Trust-Based Approach
Book
From Milan to Arnhem Land
Journal article
Andrea Rizzi's selected work
Projects
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Project Types
2
Research Grant
1
Internal Research Grant
Additional Information
Research project Australian Research Council Future Fellowship 2014-2015
FT140100266
$660,242.00
The Power of the Translator: a New History of Cultural Change and CommunicationTranslators are crucial agents of cultural exchange. Understanding how translators construct and perform their role is vital to comprehend societies' conceptions of language and culture. The project's aim is to provide new insight into the translators' role in shaping the modern western world. It will be achieved by studying the voices of translators as they emerge from manuscripts, prints, and archival documents of the Renaissance, one of the richest periods of cultural interaction between Latin, Greek, and local languages. This project will produce a new history of cultural change and enhance our understanding of the translators' agency in global communication.
Scholarly Works
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
FARC - Fellow of the Australian Research Council
Harvard University Villa i Tatti Fellowship (Deborah Loeb Fellow)
Honorary Fellow at the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, The University of London
Credentials
Positions
Positions
Cassamarca Associate Professor In Italian Studies
Languages And Linguistics
Member
Renaissance Society of America
Member Of The Acis Committee
Australasian Centre for Italian Studies
Education
Education
PhD in Italian Studies (Renaissance)
University of Kent at Canterbury