Saskia Ziolkowski, Associate Professor

Website: https://sites.duke.edu/saskiaziolkowski/

I work on Italian literature and culture from a comparative perspective, especially in terms of the connections between Italy and German-language countries. My research topics include modernism, the novel, animal studies, world literature, Jewish studies, migration, literary history, and issues of identity. My book Kafka’s Italian Progeny (University of Toronto Press, awarded the American Association of Italian Studies 2020 Book Prize in Literary Studies) explores Franz Kafka’s sometimes surprising connections with key writers — from Massimo Bontempelli, Lalla Romano, and Italo Calvino to Antonio Tabucchi, Paola Capriolo, and Elena Ferrante — who have shaped Italy’s literary landscape. I am currently working on a monograph on  Jewishness in modern Italian literature and co-directing the Global Jewish Modernism Lab with Kata Gellen.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	205 Language Ctr, Durham, NC 27708
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://saskiaziolkowski.com

Teaching (Fall 2024):

• ROMST 206.01, MODERN EUROPEAN SHORT FICTION Synopsis

  Languages 109, MW 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

  (also cross-listed as ENGLISH 244.01, GERMAN 243.01, ICS 212.01, ITALIAN 336.01, JEWISHST 243.01, LIT 244.01)

• LIT 390.03, SPECIAL TOPICS IN LITERATURE Synopsis

  Languages 211, MW 01:25 PM-02:40 PM

  (also cross-listed as HISTORY 390.04, ICS 390.03, ITALIAN 390.03, JEWISHST 390.03)

• ITALIAN 590.01, TOPICS IN ITALIAN STUDIES Synopsis

  Languages 211, MW 01:25 PM-02:40 PM

  (also cross-listed as ICS 590.01, LIT 590.01)

Office Hours:

Fall 2024
Languages 217A 
Wednesdays 2:30-3:30 p.m. and by appointment (zoom is also an option). 

Education:

Ph.D.	Columbia University	2009
A.B.	Princeton University	2001

Specialties:

Italian

Research Interests:

Cultural and Literary Connections between Italy and German-speaking Countries, Modernism, Translation Studies, Jewish Studies, and Issues of Identity, (especially as they relate to modern Italian literature).

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Scego, I; Ziolkowski, S, “It Is Hard to Choose”: An Italian Author on Migration, Diaspora, African Literature, and the Limits of Labels, in The Palgrave Handbook of European Migration in Literature and Culture (November, 2024), pp. 385-396, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 9783031307843  [abs]
2. Ziolkowski, S; Milkova Rousseva, S, Introduction: Global Ginzburg—Reading Natalia Ginzburg in the Twenty-First Century, in Natalia Ginzburg's Global Legacies (July, 2024), pp. 1-14, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 9783031499067  [abs]
3. Ziolkowski, S, Neither Rich, Nor Poor, Neither Jewish, Nor Catholic: The Legacies of Natalia Ginzburg’s Negations, in Natalia Ginzburg's Global Legacies (July, 2024), pp. 231-231, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 9783031499067  [abs]
4. Ziolkowski, SE, Who’s Afraid of Italo Svevo? Routes of European Modernism between Trieste and Virginia Woolf’s London, Modern Language Quarterly, vol. 85 no. 1 (March, 2024), pp. 29-52, Duke University Press [doi]  [abs]
5. Ziolkowski, S, Italo Svevo e le scrittrici del suo tempo (December, 2023)  [abs]