1981 - 1986 Undergraduate studies in Zurich
July 1986 Baccalaureate in Modern Languages (English, German and French)
1987 - 1993 (Corso di Laurea in Lettere = Master Degree) in Romance Philology
at the University of Rome „La Sapienza“.
1996 - 1998 Master Degree (Licentiata Philosophiæ, Lic. Phil.) at the University
of Zurich in : Italian Literature (Hauptfach = main subject),
Medieval French Literature (II. Hauptfach = second main subject)
and History of Art (Nebenfach = subsidiary subject).
Dissertation title: "I Salterelli dell'Abbrucia sopra i Mattaccini di ser Fedocco", edizione critica, (Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michelangelo Picone); final mark 6/6; published in Rome,
Salerno Editrice, 1998.
April 2005 PhD Degree (Dr. Phil.) in Romance Philology at the University
of Fribourg (Switzerland). Dissertation: "Il viaggio di Carlomagno in Oriente,
contributi per una nuova edizione del poema"; final mark: summa cum laude;
published in Alessandria, Edizioni dell’Orso, 2005.
January 2010 Habilitation degree (venia docendi = teaching qualification) at the
University of Zurich, in : Italian Medieval and Renaissance Literature and in Old French Literature
NOTA BENE : In Zurich, the award of a habilitation degree for an academic subject is
conditional on evidence of scientific qualification, as well as on teaching skills
(repeated teaching activities at an acknowledged post-secondary educational institution)
of the candidate.