Dr Valentina Mele
- Position: British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Areas of expertise: Poetry Translation and Literary Translation; Medieval Italian Lyric; Anglo-American Modernism; Italian Literature; Modern Philology; 20th Century American Poetry
- Email: V.Mele@leeds.ac.uk
- Location: LG.09 Michael Sadler Building
Profile
I joined the University of Leeds as British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in 2022.
I obtained my Mst at the University of Oxford (2016) and my PhD at the University of Cambridge (2016-2020), before undertaking an Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship at University College Cork (2020-2022).
Research interests
My current research is focused on the reception of Dante and the Duecento poetry and culture in the poets of the Berkeley Renaissance.
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>Qualifications
- PhD Italian Studies
- Mst Medieval and Modern Languages
- MA Modern Philology
- BA Italian Studies
Professional memberships
- Associate Director, Leeds Centre for Dante Studies
- Co-Director, Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland
Research groups and institutes
- Translation
- Leeds Centre for Dante Studies