Margherita Pampinella, PhD

Professor and TU International Director of Faculty Engagement

Pampinella

Contact Info

Phone:
410-704-4173
Office:
CLA 5341 and PY426
Email for an appointment.
Email:
mpampinella@towson.edu

Education

Ph.D. in Italian: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2002.

M.A. in Latin: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Areas of Expertise

• Italian Medieval literature, with a concentration on Dante’s Comedy
• Literature of migration
• Literary translation.

Biography

Margherita Pampinella received her Laurea in Classics from the Università degli Studi of Padua (Italy), and her Master of Arts in Latin and her Ph.D. in Italian from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

She came to Towson University in August 2008, and currently holds the rank of Professor of Italian. 

Selected Publications

  • “Abu Sufayan”, Italian translation of “Abu Sufayan” by Susan Muaddi Darraj.Journal of Italian Translation 15:1 (2020), 134-159.
  • “Deciphering the Land: Artistic Cartography in the Illustrated Cabreoof the Congregation of the Gentlemen of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Tivoli, Italy (1661-1808)”, Cartographica 53:4 (2018), 271-288.
  • “From Marginality to Integration: Appropriation of Space through Sociolinguistic Competence in Laila Wadia’s Amiche per la pelle”, Forum Italicum 49:1 (2015), 74-91.
  • “Myrrha: Incestuous Passion and Political Transgression (Inferno30)”, Forum Italicum 46:1 (2012), 82-109.