 | Guiseppe F. Mazzotta |
Guiseppe F. Mazzotta, who has been newly appointed as Sterling Professor of Italian Language and Literature, is an internationally known scholar of medieval and Renaissance Italian literature, and a foremost interpreter of Dante.
The Sterling Professorship is Yale's highest faculty honor.
Mazzotta is the author of major works in his field, including the books "Dante, Poet of the Desert: History and Allegory in the Divine Comedy," "Dante's Vision and the Circle of Knowledge," "The Worlds of Petrarch," "The New Map of the World: The Poetic Philosophy of Giambattista Vico," and "Cosmopoiesis: The Renaissance Experiment." He edited "Critical Essays on Dante" and was co-editor of "Mimesis in Contemporary Theory. The Literary and Philosophical Debate" and "Magister Regis: Studies in Honor of R. E. Kaske." He also has written hundreds of articles on medieval and Renaissance Italian literature.
Mazzotta earned B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Toronto and his Ph.D. from Cornell University. He was an assistant professor at Yale 1970-1972 and returned to the University in 1983 as a professor of Italian. During the interim he served on the faculties of Cornell and the University of Toronto.
The chair of the Department of Italian Language and Literature since 2001, Mazzotta also held that post 1988-1995. He has served on numerous University committees and was director of graduate studies in his department 1988-1995.
Mazzotta has received numerous honors for contributions in his field. His book "Dante's Vision and the Circle of Knowledge" was selected as one of the Outstanding Academic Books of 1993 by the journal Choice. His other awards include the Harwood F. Byrnes/Richard B. Sewall Prize for Distinguished Teaching at Yale (2001), the Ignazio Silone International Literary Prize (2001) and the Premio Citta di Curinga Prize (2002). This year, he was given the honorary title "Cavaliere della Repubblica italiana" by the Italian government. Mazzotta is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences and The Academy of Literary Studies, and is an honorary member of the XVI century Accademia Cosentina in Italy.
The Yale scholar has held visiting professorships and lectureships at universities throughout the United States and abroad. He is president of the Dante Society of America and serves on the editorial boards of numerous journals focusing on literature and criticism, including the Yale Journal of Criticism, the Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities, and Yale Italian Studies.
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