Saskia Ziolkowski, Assistant 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, 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.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	205 Language Ctr, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:	(919) 660-2436
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://saskiaziolkowski.com

Teaching (Spring 2022):

• ITALIAN 390.01, ITALIAN LIT AND CIV (TOP) Synopsis

  Social Sciences 111, MW 01:45 PM-03:00 PM

  (also cross-listed as HISTORY 390.02, ICS 390.02, LIT 390.01)

• HISTORY 390S.01, TOPICS IN HISTORY SEMINAR Synopsis

  Languages 114, MW 10:15 AM-11:30 AM

  (also cross-listed as ICS 390S.01, ITALIAN 390S.01, JEWISHST 390S.01)

• LIT 590.01, SP TOP IN LITERATURE Synopsis

  Social Sciences 111, MW 01:45 PM-03:00 PM

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

Office Hours:

https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/saskia.ziolkowski@duke.edu/pbp/

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. Ziolkowski, S, Thomas Bernhard, Italo Calvino, Elena Ferrante, and Claudio Magris: From Postmodernism to Anti-Semitism, in Thomas Bernhard's Afterlives (October, 2020), pp. 183-206, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, ISBN 1501351524  [abs]
2. Ziolkowski, S, Kafka's Italian Progeny (2020), University of Toronto Press
3. Ziolkowski, S, “THE WORD ILLEGAL DIDN’T MAKE SENSE ANYMORE”, Public Books (October, 2019)  [abs]
4. Ziolkowski, S, THRESHOLDS AND MOTHERS: ELSA MORANTE’S “ARTURO’S ISLAND,” TRANSLATED FROM ITALIAN BY ANN GOLDSTEIN, Reading in Translation (September, 2019)  [abs]
5. Ziolkowski, S, Kafka Transformed (Review of Kafka’s Konundrum for Public Books), Public Books (March, 2017)