Global Dialogues

Nicoletta Pireddu is director of the Georgetown Humanities Initiative and professor of Italian at Georgetown University. A specialist in comparative literature, her research focuses on European literary and cultural relations, national and transnational identities, borders, cosmopolitanism, and translation studies. Her publications include Migrating Minds: Theories and Practices of Cultural Cosmopolitanism (2021, 2023 René Wellek Prize); Reframing Critical, Literary, and Cultural Theories (2018); The Works of Claudio Magris: Temporary Homes, Mobile Identities, European Borders (2015); and Antropologi alla corte della bellezza (2002, 2002 American Association for Italian Studies Book Award).