My main areas of research are editions of letters, travel reports in Scandinavia, Queen Christina's Italian court and cultural exchanges between Italy and Sweden with special reference to the 16th and 17th centuries.
Following a Master’s degree in Modern Languages and Literature at the University of Macerata (Italy), I completed a PhD in Italian Philology at Stockholm University in 2000. During my doctoral studies, and for a short period after completing the degree, I taught at Stockholm University. Since 2006, I have been Senior Lecturer in Italian at Dalarna University, where I also served as subject coordinator in Italian from 2006 until June 2025.
I teach Italian literature, both premodern and modern, the history of the Italian language, and culture and society. I supervise theses in Italian literature, historical linguistics, and translation theory with application.
I study the cultural relations between Italy and Sweden in the 16th and 17th centuries. My research highlights Queen Christina of Sweden and her Roman court, with particular attention to art, science, and medicine. I also work on travel literature, editing letters and diaries of Italian travelers in the North. Through an interdisciplinary approach that combines philology, history, and medical history, I explore cultural networks and knowledge exchange in early modern Europe.