Antonella Caloro acaloro@wisc.edu

Status: ABD in Slavic

Previous Education:
BA from University of Urbino in Modern Languages and Literature - major in Russian;
MA in Slavic in 2002 from UW-Madison
MA in Italian in Fall 2005 from UW-Madison

Research Interests:
Early Soviet Literature and Culture , XIX and XX century poetry and prose, OCS, Comparative literature, Second Language Acquisition

Hometown:  Ugento (Lecce), Italy
Minor: Italian literature

Courses taught/positions held:
Russian 102 - Taught almost all levels of Italian, Head TA for Italian 203 since Fall 2003
Littrans 203 (XIX century Russian Lit) Fall 2006
Littrans 204 (XX century Russian Lit)  Spring 2007

Dissertation Title: "Hypertext of Italy in Russian poetry XIX and XX century"

Undergrad Thesis: L'"Inondazione di Zamjatin: realtà o metafora?"
 
Languages: Italian, Russian, English, Czech, French, Spanish, Latin

Research - Study Abroad:
-Individual research: Stefan Javorskij's Kamen' verij and Simeon Polockij's library (supervisors: L. Sazonova, M. Robinson) in Moscow Nov.'93-Mar.'94
- Informal semester study abroad in Moscow Nov.'90-Mar.'91

Awards and Fellowships:
-Scholarship for summer study at Middlebury College Russian School, 2000
- 2004 Scholarship and Award of Merit from the French & Italian Department; Departmental Nominee for Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Award 2005;
-2005 Letter and Science Teaching Fellow
-2006 Summer Title VI FLAS
- 2006 Fulbright-Hayes for Moscow State University (ACTR Teacher Training Program)