About
I am a doctoral researcher and “chargé de cours” (part-time lecturer) of medieval English language and literature in the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. I am receiving co-supervision also at Birkbeck College, University of London.
I am a Germanic philologist, with a focus on medieval English, German, and Old Norse. My current research is interdisciplinary, looking at medieval sources through the combined lens of intellectual history, Environmental Humanities, and neuro-cognitive sciences. My ongoing doctoral project examines global medieval travel writing, including both physical travel and virtual travel in devotional texts. I am also a digital humanist, currently preparing a project studying global medieval travelogues by means of the GIS. Education
2013-2017 BA (English, German, Pedagogy), Capital Normal University (PR China) & Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy);
2017-2018 MA (Linguistics), Beijing Language and Culture University (PR China);
2018-2021 Double MAs (English and Germanic Philology), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy) & Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg (Germany);
02/2021–07/2021 (Swiss-European Mobility), University of Geneva (Switzerland), Departments of English and Comparative Literature;
2021-present, PhD (English & Medieval Studies), University of Lausanne (Switzerland). Projects
I am completing a CSC-funded doctoral project “Eco-Narrative and Self-Fashioning in Medieval European Travel Writing: Marco Polo, John Mandeville, Margery Kempe, and Felix Fabri“, which is hosted by the University of Lausanne (Switzerland) and supervised by Prof. Denis Renevey. In addition to a doctoral dissertation, this project also entails frequent participations in international conferences (e.g., Leeds and Kalamazoo Medieval Congresses, MAA, etc), publications on scientific journals, visiting fellowships abroad (at Boston College, University of Iceland, and University of London, etc), as well as didactic practice on university level.
