Monica Calabritto

(she/her)

Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature, Chairperson of the Romance Language Department

I am a Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. My research focuses on macro-historical topics—insanity, the interactions between medicine and law, and law and emotions— couched in early-modern micro-historical narratives.

Contact

212-7725098

Academic Interests

Early modern Italy and Europe, history of medicine, history of law, emblem studies

Positions

Associate Professor, Romance Languages, Hunter College

Education

Ph.D., Comparative Literature & Renaissance Studies, The Graduate Center, 2001.

M.Phil., Comparative Literature, The Graduate Center, 1998. 

M.A., Comparative Literature, The Graduate Center, 1996. 

B.A. (Honors), Classics, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy, 1991.