Eleonora Buonocore, Ph.D. 2016
Associate Professor at the University of Calgary
Eleonora Buonocore graduated in Philosophy from University of Siena in 2001. A former Erasmus Fellow and MA in Italian at the University of Notre Dame, Eleonora’s research includes a doctoral thesis from University of Siena on medieval philosophy, focused on logic, Raymond Lull, and Lullism. Her PhD in Italian aims to prepare her for further research on the relationship between philosophy and literary theory, particularly in the Middle Ages, in Dante and in early Renaissance thought. In the modern period, she also has interests in Italian women poets and novelists.
Dissertation: “Ciphers of Remembrance and Fluidity of Oblivion: A Study of Memory in Dante”