Prof. Dr. (Ph.D in Filologia dantesca) Claudia Di Fonzo 2009
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION (1989-1994)
8 July 1994: I obtain a Bachelor of Arts Degree (LAUREA IN LETTERE)
from UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE 110/110 WITH DISTINCTION. The thesis was
published by «QUADERNI DEGLI STUDI DANTESCHI» 12: Pio
Rajna, La materia e la forma della "Divina Commedia". I mondi
oltraterreni nelle letterature classiche e nelle medievali.
Introduction, edition and comment by Claudia Di Fonzo, Florence, Le Lettere, 1998.
By the way I participate in the ERASMUS PROJECT at the ALBERT LUDWIGS
– FREIBURG UNIVERSITY I. BR (1993-1994 October-January GERMANY).
POSTGRADUATE ACTIVITIES
1995 UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE. I am awarded a research grant for a PHD in
«Filologia Dantesca», X cycle OVER THREE YEARS (1996-99)
having been placed first (with 113/120) on the classification of merit.
On the 30 March 2000, I obtain the title of “Dottore di
ricerca” (PhD) with the presentation of the following
dissertation: "Chiose sopra la Comedia di Dante Alleghieri fiorentino
tracte da diversi ghiosatori. Critical edition of the LATEST EDITION OF
THE “OTTIMO COMMENTO”. Inferno, University of Florence,
1999. (Manoscritti BA4103 biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, M676
Morgan Library, PA Biblioteca Nazionale di Parigi)
1997- 1998 ALBERT LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITY, FREIBURG IM BREISGAU (GERMANY). I
spend a semester at this university as a research fellow.
I follow two three-month language courses at the "SPRACHENKOLLEG
FÜR AUSLÄNDER" Mittelstufe I (October-December) and II
(January-March)
and the Deutsche als Fremdsprache courses at the University.
7 April 1998 I pass the language exam: DEUTSCHE SPRACHPRÜFUNG
FÜR DEN HOCHSCHULZUGANG AUSLÄNDISCHER STUDIENBEWERBER (DSH)
which is the accepted requirement to gain entry to German universities.
1999 (7 September) UNIVERSITY OF PADUA. I gain the 6 month BORSA DI PERFEZIONAMENTO ALL'ESTERO (GRANT FOR IMPROVEMENT ABROAD)
(I scored highest in the classification with 89/100) This course
(NOVEMBER 1999—APRIL 2000) took place at ALBERT
LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITY, FREIBURG IM BREISGAU.
2000 (8 June) L’AQUILA. By means of a public competition
examination, I gain my secondary school teaching qualification
(EQUIVALENT TO UK P.G.C.E) in arts subjects.
2002 (28 May) UNIVERSITY OF L’AQUILA. At the end of this two-year course, I gain the DIPLOMA OF SPECIALISATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHING
at the SSIS (Postgraduate school for secondary school teaching) OF THE
UNIVERSITIES OF CHIETI , TERAMO - L’AQUILA, (score 76.5/80) This
diploma constitutes a further TEACHING QUALIFICATION FOR THE FOLLOWING
SUBJECTS: (A043- Arts, A050- Italian and History, A051- Italian and
Latin).
January 2004 “CESARE ALFIERI” UNIVERSITY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE STUDIES” in FLORENCE. I completed a MASTER in «EUROPEAN STUDIES».
The subject of the final thesis was “Lifelong Learning”.
2004 IINSTITUTE OF HUMAN SCIENCES IN FLORENCE (ISU, PALAZZO STROZZI,
FLORENCE): I take a competition exam for two Post-docs and I was placed
third in the classification of merit with 98/100.
2005 INSTITUTE OF HUMAN SCIENCES IN FLORENCE (ISU ,
PALAZZO STROZZI, FLORENCE). I am accepted onto an other three year PHD
(second one) in (ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES) at the
above-mentioned institution following a selection procedure by way of
qualifications and exams.
At the same time, through means of qualifications held and exams taken, I am awarded a RESEARCH GRANT within the DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND POLITICAL CRITICISM at the University of Teramo.
2005 July INNSBRUCK UNIVERSITY, German language course (Fortgeschrittene BIII) with final examination.
2006 (10 July - 19 August) THE
PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY (NEW YORK). The ISU in Florence authorises the
research trip to the Morgan Library in New York in order to benefit the
publication of the critical edition of the latest edition of the so
named «Ottimo commento» and to enable me to view the M.676
manuscript in the Morgan Library. The volume is right coming out by
Longo Editore(in the Memoria del Tempo collection of Texts, managed by
Professor M. Picone of Zurich University).
I attend an English language course at FORDHAM UNIVERSITY in New York.
2007 (Easter Term) FACULTY OF
MODERN & MEDIEVAL LANGUAGES (CAMBRIDGE -UK). I was accepted in
Downing College, as VISITING PHD Scholar within the ITALIAN DEPARTMENT.
At the same time, I attend a course in upper-intermediate English at
the ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY.
2008/09 (falls Term) NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, visiting Graduate Student and Istructor of Italian In ITALIAN DEPARTMENT of NYU.
PARTICIPATION AT STUDY CONVENTIONS AND SEMINARS
27-31 March 1995: I obtain a grant from the ROMANISCHES SEMINAR AT
ZURICH UNIVERSITY to participate in the International Study Convention
on “The ancient novel and its medieval reception”, Centro
Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità, Ascona.
22-26 August 1995: I participate as a scholarship holder in the
International Thirteenth Week of medieval studies on: “Heaven and
Earth in the XI-XII centuries Horizons, perceptions, relations”,
CULTURAL CENTRE OF THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MILAN in Passo della
Mendola.
11-13 October 1996 (Bonn): As a PhD student I participate in the
Jahrestagung of the “DEUTSCHEN DANTE-GESELLSCHAFT”.
23-27 June 1997: I participate, as a scholarship holder, in the
International Dantean Seminar “Dante: Myth and poetry” at
the Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità, Ascona.
10-12 October 1997 (Dresden): As a PhD student I participate in the
Jahrestagung of the “Deutschen Dante-Gesellschaft”.
2006 27-30 July FORDHAM UNIVERSITY (NEW YORK). Alongside carrying out
my research work in the Morgan Library and attending the English
language course at FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, I participate in the Chaucerian
Conference taking place at the FORDHAM UNIVERSITY in New York.
PAPERS GIVEN AT CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
10 June 1997: (Rome) I contribute to the work for the Seminar organised
by the Research fellow in Italian Studies at Rome’s “La
Sapienza” University with a report on St.Patrick’s
Purgatory published in the Seminar Records: Dante and the locus
inferni. Literary creation and interpretative translation by
S.Foà and S.Gentili “Italian studies (and texts)”4
(1999), p.p. 53-72.
8 September 1999: I participate in the XXI week “Religious
history of Ireland” as a scholarship holder (7-11 September),
giving a presentation on Dante and Ireland. (Catholic University of the
Sacred Heart)
2005 October: With a research grant from the University of Teramo, I
participate in a study day dedicated to Dante’s Monarchy with a
PAPER entitled: Dante tra diritto e letteratura (soon to be published
by «Forum Italicum» 41/1 (Spring 2007), pg. 5-22.
2006 ISU in Florence. During the Medieval history seminar given by
Prof. Franco Cardini as part of the PhD in “Antiquities of the
Medieval and Renaissance” (ISU, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence) I
highlight the merits of Guerin Meschino and its historical literary
position in relation to the Commedia and its ancient comments.
28 September 2007 University of Naples. During the XI ADI (Association
of Italian Italianists) convention I give a presentation entitled La
dialettica tradizione innovazione: canoni interpretativi e diffrazione
esegetica:
7-10 luglio 2008 Leeds. During the International Medieval congress I
gave my paper regarding the idea of Justice in Dante and regarding the
line "giusti son due e non vi sono intesi".
WORK EXPERIENCE
1997-2000 COLLABORATIONS WITH THE ITALIAN DANTE SOCIETY (SDI) in
Florence: In 1997 I assist in the audit of the “FONDO
VANDELLI”, in 1998 I collaborate with the Princeton "Dartmouth
Dante Project" on checking the electronic version of PORENA’S
comment on the Commedia; and once again in 1999-2000 I work on
reviewing some transcriptions of riccardiani’s codes of the text
of the Commedia as part of the project to build the official portal of
the above-mentioned SDI (Italian Dante Society)
(http://www.danteonline.it).
1999 (3 March - 3 April) VICTORIA (AUSTRALIA) am member of the GROUP
STUDY EXCHANGE Team (GSE) of ROTARY INTERNATIONAL (District 2090 in
Pescara). This project, for young professionals, organised various
vocational days at the Universities and schools within the state of
Victoria with particular focus on THE TROBE UNIVERSITY in Melbourne and
MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY.
2000 I collaborate on the «ANTICHI COMMENTI» PROJECT
organised by C.N.R (National center for reserch) under the guidance of
Prof. F. Mazzoni from the University of Florence.
2002 – 2007 In the same time I work as a teacher in
MIDDLE AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS teaching italian litterature, history,
etc.
2001-2002 DEPARTMENT OF MODERN AND MEDIEVAL STUDIES AT THE «G.
D’ANNUNZIO» ’UNIVERSITY in CHIETI. I have a RESEARCH
GRANT for one year for a project on the “STUDIES ON THE TRADITION
OF THE DOCUMENTATION OF THE MEDIEVAL DIOCESES OF PENNE" My subject of
study was the file of documents from the Chancellery of the Chigi Fund
E. VI 182-E VI-188 ( VATICAN APOSTOLIC LIBRARY) and the reconstruction
of the documentary tradition from the Cistercense Monastery of Casanova
in the Medieval period. On this occasion I collaborated on the writing
of a volume dedicated to NICOLA DA GUARDIAGRELE by being responsible
for the DOCUMENTARY APPENDIX published in A. CADEI, «Nicola da
Guardiagrele; un protagonista dell’autunno del Medioevo in
Abruzzo», Guardiagrele, Silvana Editorial, 2005, pg 321-333.
2005-2008 I am awarded a grant to carry out research within the DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND POLITICAL CRITICISM of the University of Teramo. Subject of research: “Political Dante”.
2008/09 (Fall term) NEW YORK UNIVERSITYof NY: Adjunct Professor of Italian (ITALIAN DEPARTMENT of NYU).
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS by CLAUDIA DI FONZO
1997
C. Di Fonzo, «La dolce donna dietro a lor mi pinse/ con un sol
cenno su per quella scala» (Par. XXII, 100-101), in «STUDI
DANTESCHI», vol 63 (1991 published in 1997), pg. 141- 175.
1998
Pio Rajna, La materia e la forma della Divina Commedia. I mondi oltraterreni
nelle letterature classiche e nelle medievali. Introduction, edition
and comment by Claudia Di Fonzo. Presented by F.Mazzoni, Florence, Le
Lettere, 1998 («QUADERNI DEGLI STUDI DANTESCHI» 12). The
volume was reviewed by Alison Morgan in “LA RASSEGNA MODERNA DI
LINGUA” 96/2 (apr 2001), pg. 530-531.
C. Di Fonzo, Della musica e di Dante: paralipomeni lievi, in
«Scritti offerti a Francesco Mazzoni dagli allievi
fiorentini», Firenze, Pubblicazioni della SDI (Società Dantesca Italiana), 1998, pp. 47-61.
1999
C. Di Fonzo, Dalla terza redazione inedita dell'"Ottimo commento": il
canto della fortuna. Edizione critica e diegesi redazionale, in
«MEDIOEVO E RINASCIMENTO», XIII (1999), pg. 173-206.
C. Di Fonzo, La leggenda del “Purgatorio di S. Patrizio”
nella tradizione di commento trecentesca, Paper given at the Department
of Italian Studies at the Sapienza University in Rome on the 10 June
1997 in Dante e il locus inferni. Creazione letteraria e tradizione
interpretative by S.Foà and S.Gentili “Studi Italiani (e Testi)” 4 (1999), pg. 53-72 .
2000
C. Di Fonzo, La leggenda del «Purgatorio di S. Patrizio»
fino a Dante e ai suoi commentatori trecenteschi, «STUDI
DANTESCHI» LXV (2000), pg 177-201 (extension of the earlier work
mentioned above).
2001
C. Di Fonzo, Dalla terza redazione inedita dell'"Ottimo commento": una
nuova fonte, in «STUDI DANTESCHI» LXVI (2001), pg. 35-62.
2002
C. Di Fonzo, Per l'edizione della terza redazione inedita dell'Ottimo
commento a Dante Alighieri, in «L’ALIGHIERI» 18
(2002), pg. 5-23.
2005
C. Di Fonzo, Appendice documentaria in A. Cadei, «Nicola da
Guardiagrele; un protagonista dell’autunno del Medioevo in
Abruzzo», Guardiagrele, Silvana Editorial, 2005, pg. 321-333.
2006
C. Di Fonzo, Dante e l’interpretazione iconografica di Domenico
di Michelino, in «DANTE» III (2006), pg- 106-114.
2007
C. Di Fonzo, Dante tra diritto, letteratura e politica, in «FORUM ITALICUM» 41/1 (Spring 2007), pg. 5-22.
2008
C. Di Fonzo, L’ultima forma dell’«Ottimo
commento». "Chiose sopra la Comedia di Dante Alleghieri
fiorentino tracte da diversi ghiosatori. Critical edition by C. Di
Fonzo, Inferno, Ravenna, Longo, 2008. (book)
C. Di Fonzo, Noterella relativa alla fenomenologia della copia dei
commenti antichi alla «Commedia» in «Italian
Studies», 2008, pp. 1-15.
Reviews and notes
1998
«Sotto il segno di Dante». Florence, Le Lettere, 1998. Nota by Claudia Di Fonzo in «RASSEGNA EUROPEA DI LETTERATURA ITALIANA» 12, pg 113-130.
2000
G. Angiolillo, La nuova frontiera della tanatologia. Le biografie della
Commedia. Vol. I: Inferno; Vol. II: Purgatorio; Vol. III: Paradiso,
Florence, Leo S.Olschki, 1996 [«Archivium romanicum»
Library, Serie I: History, Literature; Paleography, 270]. Review by
C.Di Fonzo in «RASSEGNA EUROPEA DI LETTERATURA ITALIANA» 15
(2000), pg 161-169.
2005
A. Mazzucchi, Tra Convivio e Commedia. Sondaggi di Filologia e critica
dantesca, Rome, Salerno, 2004. Review by C. Di Fonzo in
«L’ALIGHIERI» 26 Nuova Serie (July-December 2005)
2007
C.Di Fonzo, Dante e il mito: retrogradatio critica in L’ALIGHIERI» 29 (2007) pg.155-160.
Online contributions
C. Di Fonzo, Ancora sul "framework" dantesco, in «ELECTRONIC BULLETIN OF DANTE'S SOCIETY OF AMERICA» (January 30, 1999),
C. Di Fonzo, La
“diffrazione per istituto” e la tradizione de
l’Ottimo commento;opus practicum del commentatore. C. Di Fonzo,
Ancora sul "framework" dantesco, in «ELECTRONIC BULLETIN OF THE
DANTE SOCIETY OF AMERICA» (January 19, 2001),
http://www.princeton.edu/~dante
Portal
I have been responsible for the “DANTEIDE” portal
http://www.danteide.net since 1996 where you can find all my
contributions. The portal is located on the Culturitalia website of
Innsbruch University http://www.culturitalia.com. The portal is
introduced and reviewed within the electronic resources on the website
of the University of Padua:
http://www.maldura.unipd.it/biblio/vrd/vrdita.html
Contributions in popular culture magazines
1997
C. Di Fonzo, Allegazioni per l'immagine del ponte e della scala, in
«IL MONITORE» anno XXXI, n. 4 (December 1997), pg. 33-34.
1999
C. Di Fonzo, Della Filologia dantesca ovvero della distanza tra noi e
Dante, «IL MONITORE» anno XXXIII, n. 1 (March 1999), pg.
15-17.
2004
Articles written during placement at the “CORRIERE DI
FIRENZE” for MASTERS IN “EUROPEAN STUDIES”,
“CESARE ALFIERI FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCES, FLORENCE).
Claudia Di Fonzo, L’arte di Staccioli, «IL CORRIERE DI
FIRENZE» 1 October 2004, p. 40 «Culture and Shows»
Fuori dal Grande Fratello i commenti di Francesco, in «IL
CORRIERE DI FIRENZE» del 2 October 2004 (interview), p. 38
«Prato & Local Area»
Le pennellate di Guccini. Da Carlo Giuliani a Cristoforo Colombo in
«IL CORRIERE DI FIRENZE» 15 October 2004, p. 40
«Culture and Shows»
I giorni dei violini. Oggi Vivaldi grande protagonista, in «IL
CORRIERE DI FIRENZE» 16 ottobre 2004, p. 40 «Culture and
Shows»
Da non perdere: Andrea De Carlo e Moore (in Dvd) , in «IL
CORRIERE DI FIRENZE» 16 October 2004, p. 37 «Culture and
Shows»
PS: I have a passion for writing narrative and poetry in my spare time:
for that I hade in 1987-88 Recognition (with a cash prize) at the
narrative contest of the Medical Doctors’ Association in Pescara
(1987-88 edition) for the story entitled: «In debito con il
presente»; 1988-89 Finalist at the “Abruzzo-Loppiano Poetry
competition” organised by the “Grappolo Cultural
Centre” of Pescara (amongst the judges was: Mario Luzi);
September 1999 Bergamo. Finalist (10 finalists) at the “Young
poetry” Competition in Bergamo, November 1999, Penne. Finalist (5
finalists) at the “City of Penne” Competition, Unpublished
poetry section, June 2000 Bergamo. Finalist (10 finalists) at the
“Young poetry” Competition in Bergamo, with the following
poems:. Mandala, Alla memoria di F., and E-m@il to God.
Link esterni
http://www.fl.fju.edu.tw/medieval/note_at.htm