Professor Igor Candido was born in Italy and was educated in Italy, the USA, and Germany. He holds two doctoral degrees: a PhD from the Johns Hopkins University, USA (2011) and a DPhil from the University of Turin, Italy (2009). He has been the recipient of the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship. Having had the opportunity to teach and do research in four different countries (Italy, the US, Germany, and Ireland), he has always tried to foster the dialogue and build bridges between different countries and cultural traditions.

He is Assistant Professor of Italian and Head of the Italian Department. His research interests have been comparative in two directions: by exploring the cultural transition between the Middle Ages and Renaissance as well as the reception and appreciation of Italian literature in 19th Century America. His areas of interest include Medieval and Renaissance literature, the afterlife of the Latin Classics; Philology; Comparative Literature.