DavideÌýStimilli
- Emeritus Faculty
- GERMANIC AND SLAVIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
- JEWISH STUDIES

ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ Prof. Stimilli:
Davide holds degrees in philosophy from the University of Pisa and a PhD in comparative literature from Yale University. He is the author of Fisionomia di KafkaÌýand The Face of Immortality: Physiognomy and Criticism,Ìýthe editor of a monographic issue of the journal aut aut, devoted to Aby Warburg: “Aby Warburg. La dialettica dell’immagine,â€� and of Warburg’s clinical history: “Die unendliche Heilung. Aby Warburgs Krankengeschichteâ€� (translated in Italian, French, and Spanish), as well as of a selection of Warburg’s unpublished writings: “‘Per Monstra ad Sphaeram’: Sternglaube und Bilddeutung. Vortrag in Gedenken an Franz Boll und andere Schriften 1923 bis 1925.â€� Professor Stimilli’s interests include literary criticism and theory, intellectual history and art theory.
Areas of Research Related to Jewish Studies:
German-Jewish and Italian-Jewish literature, Franz Kafka, Jewish art historians and philologists, Aby Warburg