Giulia Schimmenti
Credentials: PhD Student in Italian
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Email: gschimmenti@wisc.edu
- Spring 2026 Office Hours
- Mondays 12:00-2:00 pm. Please contact via email
Education
- Ph.D. in Italian Studies, French and Italian Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Expected, May 2028.
- M.A. in Italian Studies, French and Italian Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, December 2023.
- B.A. in Translation and Interpretation, SSML Vittoria. Turin, Italy, November 2019.
Research Interests
20th and 21st Century Italian-American Literature, Ideology of the American Dream in Immigrant Communities and Minorities, The myth of America, Migration Literature, Postcolonial Italian Literature
Courses Taught
- IT 101 – First Semester Italian
- IT 102 – Second Semester Italian
- IT 203 – Third Semester Italian
- IT 204 – Fourth Semester Italian
- IT 205 – Accelerated Intermediate Italian
Conference Presentations
- “Pietro Verri in Translation: Meditations on Happiness and The Wisconsin Idea,” Rethinking the Italian Eighteenth-Century and Its Transnational Connections, Department of French and Italian, University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 4-5, 2025.
Awards and Achievements
- Christopher and Margaret Kleinhenz Italian Scholarship for Academic and Teaching Excellence, April 2024 and April 2025.
- Alfred and Isabella Panzini Galpin Fund Scholarship for Teaching Excellence, April 2023.