Research Area
Active Research fields
• Sino-Western contacts and representation: Sicily, Italy, and the Mediterranean
• Foreign literature late-Qing/Early-Republican China
• Modern periodical press in China
• Education and representation of young people in late-Qing/Early-Republican China
Research projects of the last 5 years
Most recent Research Projects
• 2023–2026: The Mediterranean Through Chinese Eyes: An Analysis Based on Geographical and Travel Sources from the Song to Qing Dynasties (960–1911) [MeTChE]
Funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR), PRIN 2022
Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
Project website
• 2021–2023: Youth in Chinese History (YCH): Education and Representations of Young People in Chinese Sources Between Tradition and Modernity
Funded by the British Academy – Leverhulme Trust (2021–2023)
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Project website
• 2023–ongoing: Mapping China Studies in Italy (1861–1949): A Digital Archive (MaCSI-DA)
Funded by Sapienza University of Rome (PI: Federica Casalin)
Role: Research team member
Collaborations
• Across the Strait Research Group, University of Roma Tre
• Research Group for the Translation of the Works of the Comparative Literature Scholar Yue Daiyun (Nankai University), within the “Chinese Academic Works Translation Program” funded by the National Social Sciences Fund of China