Rate My Professor Andrea Rizzi

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.