Rate My Professor Andrea Rizzi

Andrea Rizzi is the Cassamarca Professor of Italian Studies in the School of Languages and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne, where he also serves as Associate Dean Research and Convenor of Italian Studies. He is the Convenor of the Network of Associate and Deputy Deans for the Australasian Council of Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities. Born in Rome and raised in Italy in a bilingual family, Rizzi received his training as a scholar at the Università Statale di Pavia and the University of Kent at Canterbury, earning a PhD in Italian Renaissance studies from the latter. Prior to joining the University of Melbourne in 2005 as Cassamarca Senior Lecturer, he held positions at universities in the United Kingdom, the University of Western Australia, and the University of South Australia. Promoted to his current professorial role, his career reflects a progression in Renaissance and translation studies.

Rizzi specializes in the cultural and political roles of literary translators, trust and communication in early modern Europe, Renaissance studies, and translation history, employing an interdisciplinary approach that integrates philology, cultural history, literature, and translation studies. His focus includes the transmission and tradition of historical Latin texts during the Italian Renaissance, translators' visibility, emotions and violence in historical texts, and language and culture in teaching. Key publications include the books What is Translation History? A Trust-Based Approach (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019; with Birgit Lang and Anthony Pym), Vernacular Translators in Quattrocento Italy: Scribal Culture, Authority, and Agency (Brepols, 2017), and Trust and Proof: Translators in Renaissance Print Culture (Brill, 2017). Notable articles feature 'The Renaissance of Anonymity' (Renaissance Quarterly, 2016; with John Griffiths), 'Signs of Trust in the Italian Renaissance' (I Tatti Studies, 2019), and 'When a Text is Both a Pseudotranslation and a Translation' (2008). Rizzi held an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (2015-2019) and a Villa I Tatti Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance Studies Fellowship (2010-2011), underscoring his influence in the field with over 800 Google Scholar citations.