Nikhita Obeegadoo, who recently joined RLL as an Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies, has been awarded a awarded a Neubauer Family Assistant Professorship. These five-year professorships empower and support outstanding early-career academics at the University of Chicago. She will join a multidisciplinary cohort of scholars undertaking "bold, ambitious" research careers.
Caterina Nicodemo, a PhD candidate in Italian Studies, has earned the Giuseppe Velli Graduate Prize from the American Boccaccio Association. Her winning essay was entitled “Violenza e civiltà nel Ninfale fiesolano.” Read more about the essay in the American Boccaccio Association's recent newsletter.