Francesco Satta

Francesco Satta

PhD Student in Italian

714 Van Hise Hall

Francesco Satta

Fall 2026 Office Hours 🕒

Fridays 12:00-2:00 pm


Biography

Education

  • M.A. (Master of Arts) in Italian language and culture, University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) in English with a minor in Philosophy, University of South Carolina–Aiken.

Research Interests

  • Renaissance political philosophy

Courses Taught

  • Italian / Littrans / PoliSci / ILS 365: Machiavelli and His World (fall 2025 & 2026)
  • Italian 204 (spring 2026)
  • Italian 201 (summer 2025)
  • Italian 105 (summer 2026)
  • Italian 102 (spring 2025)
  • Italian 101 (fall 2023, spring 2024, fall 2024)

Publications

  • “Self-consciousness and Alienation in Pirandello’s One, No one, and One Hundred Thousand,” The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English: Vol. 26, Article 4
  • “Gjâmë”, Gradiva: International Journal of Italian Poetry, Leo S. Olschki Editore, 2025.

Awards and Achievements

  • Christopher and Margaret Kleinhenz Italian Scholarship for First-Year Achievement as a graduate student in Italian. Issued by University of Wisconsin- Madison, Department of French & Italian · April 2024
  • GAFIS Leadership Award, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of French & Italian
  • George Hefke French and Italian Fund Scholarship, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of French & Italian (April 2025)
  • Alfred and Isabella Panzini Galpin Fund Scholarship, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of French & Italian (April 2025)
  • Department of French and Italian Fund Scholarship, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of French & Italian (April 2026)