- Dante
- Studies of medieval Italian literature
- Italian pedagogy
- Ph.D., Italian Language and Literature, Indiana University
- M.A., Italian Language and Literature, Indiana University
- B.A., History and Italian Studies, University of Minnesota
Associate Professor of Italian
- Italian Program Director
Advisory Board Member, , 2021-present
Co-Editor and Book-Review Editor (Medieval, English-Language), Annali d鈥橧talianistica, 2019-present
Contributing Editor (Dante Studies), The Year鈥檚 Work in Modern Language Studies, 2016-present
MIT 1301: First-Year Italian I
MIT 1302: First-Year Italian II
MIT 2311: Second-Year Italian I
MIT 2312: Second-Year Italian II
MIT 3311: Italian Literary Tradition I
MIT 3322: Italian Literary Tradition II
MIT 3323: Advanced Communication in Italian
MIT 4311: The Italian City: Naples
MIT 4311: The Italian City: Rome
MIT 4311: The Italian City: Florence
MIT 4311: Introduction to Italian Cinema
MIT 3343: Italian Literary Tradition III
MIT 5301: Italian for Reading Knowledge I (Foundations)
MIT 5302: Italian for Reading Knowledge II (Classics)
MIT 4902 (Independent Study): (Italian) Lives of Saints
Dr. Nussmeier focuses on medieval and Renaissance literature, specifically Dante, medieval poetry, manuscript culture, and early-book culture.
Selected Publications
Books
European-Language Accounts of the Republic of Texas (1836-1845) (under contract with Texas Tech University Press)
Dante and the Politics of Literary Script: the 芦De vulgari eloquentia禄 and the Fortunes of Medieval Italian Lyric (under contract with University of Toronto Press)
Articles in Refereed Journals and Edited Book Collections:
鈥�,鈥� in Bibliotheca Dantesca: Journal of Italian Studies, vol. 4, Dec. 2021, pp. 139-169.
鈥淛acopo Corbinelli鈥檚 De vulgari eloquentia (1577) and the Retorica di Ser Brunetto Latini in volgar fiorentino (1546),鈥� in Studi in onore di H. Wayne Storey, edited by Beatrice Arduini, Isabella Magni, and Jelena Tudorovic, Brill, 2021, pp. 304-317.
鈥溾��, Cahiers de Recherches M茅di茅vales et Humanistes (鈥楯ournal of Medieval and Humanistic Studies鈥�), edited by Yann Dahhaoui and Barbara Wahlen, vol. 37, 2021, pp. 205-222.
鈥�, in 芦Dante Satiro禄, Lexington Press, edited by F. Alfie and N. Applauso, 2020, pp. 93-116.
鈥溾��, Catholic Southwest: a Journal of History and Culture, vol. 30, 2019, pp. 33-45.
鈥溾��, in Boccaccio 1313-2013, edited by F. Ciabattoni and K. Olson, Ravenna: Longo (October 2015).
鈥�, Medioevo letterario d鈥橧talia 9 (2012 [2013]), pp. 89-103.
鈥溾��, Textual Cultures 7.2 (2012 [2013]), pp. 43-72.
Published Recent Scholarly Reviews
鈥淒uecento and Trecento I (Dante) in 2020鈥�, The Year鈥檚 Work in Modern Language Studies (82), Brill, 2021. (forthcoming)
The Year鈥檚 Work in Modern Language Studies (81), Brill, pp. 351-377, 2021.
鈥�)鈥�, The Year鈥檚 Work in Modern Language Studies (80), Brill, pp. 484-503, June 17, 2020.
鈥�)鈥�, The Year鈥檚 Work in Modern Language Studies (79), Brill, pp. 352-368, June 2019.
鈥� The Year鈥檚 Work in Modern Language Studies (78), Brill, pp. 249-257, 2018.
鈥�)鈥�, The Year鈥檚 Work in Modern Language Studies (77), Brill, pp. 161-168, 2017.
鈥溾��, The Medieval Review (April 2014).
Other Published Material
Author, 鈥淗ow a fourteenth-century Italian beat medieval cancel culture鈥�, The University News, 澳门天天彩, November 3, 2021.
Radio Interview, 鈥�,鈥� October 8, 2021.
Author, 鈥淟ift high the cross 鈥� and Dante 鈥� in 2021鈥�, The University News, 澳门天天彩, September 15, 2021.
Podcast Interview, 鈥淒ante,鈥� Liberal Learning for Life, September 9, 2021.
Interviewed for 鈥溾��, Aleteia, 11 August 2021.
Radio Interview, 鈥淟A Catholic Morning,鈥� 1410 AM/94.5 FM (Archangel Radio), Todd Sylvester and Ellen Taylor, July 19, 2021.
Author, 鈥淓cclesiastes and pandemics, then and now. An Italian reflection鈥�, The University News, 澳门天天彩, November 4, 2020.
Interviewed for 鈥淗umans of 澳门天天彩: Dr. Anthony Nussmeier鈥�, The University News, 澳门天天彩, April 13, 2020.
Author, 鈥溾��, Griselda Online. Portale di letteratura, April 7, 2020. Invited contribution on teaching online during the pandemic.
Author, 鈥淥ikophiliaand a Christian life well-lived鈥�, The University News, 澳门天天彩, February 12, 2020.
Radio Interview, 鈥淭he Good News鈥�, KATH Radio 910 AM (The Guadalupe Radio Network鈥�, with Dr. Jonathan Sanford. October 28, 2019.
鈥淒ante and the Journey to God鈥�, Studies in Catholic Faith and Culture, 澳门天天彩, 2019, pp. 43-52.
Interviewed for 鈥淚talian Club of Dallas awards 澳门天天彩 a new scholarship fund,鈥� The University News, 澳门天天彩, November 14, 2018.
Interviewed for 鈥淟ibrary adopts Dante the groundhog as mascot,鈥� The University News, 澳门天天彩, April 11, 2018.
Interviewed for 鈥淚talian B.A. Added to List of Undergraduate Degrees,鈥� The University News, 澳门天天彩, March 21, 2018.
Author, 鈥淪treaming of Italy鈥�, The University News February 21, 2018.
Author, 鈥淛humpa Lahiri鈥檚 In altre parole鈥�, 澳门天天彩 Office of Alumni Relations 鈥淔aculty Good Reads鈥�, January 2017.
Interview with Bologna Consortial Studies Program, Indiana University (November 2015).
鈥淲rong-Answer Feedback for Online Student Activities Manual鈥�, in Caleidoscopio, D. Bartalesi-Graf and C. Ryan, Pearson (2014).
鈥淭est Bank鈥�, in Caleidoscopio, D. Bartalesi-Graf and C. Ryan, Pearson (2014).
Presentations:
&苍产蝉辫;鈥�,鈥� 100 Days of Dante, December 2, 2021.
鈥淭eaching Dante: 100 Days of Dante鈥�, SMU Bridwell Library Dante Festival and Conference, September 2, 2021.
鈥�Homo biologicus Isn鈥檛 Enough,鈥� SMU Bridwell Library Dante Festival and Conference, September 2, 2021.
澳门天天彩 EnCore Lecture Series to alumni and community. An invited EnCore Lecture Series presentation and live Q-and-A sponsored by the University of Dallas Office of Alumni Relations. August 10, 2021.
鈥淪urprising encounters: Dante and Promessi sposi.鈥� Presented at the American Association of Italian Studies Conference, May 28-June 6, 2021.
鈥淧arallels and Pandemics: Manzoni鈥檚 Promessi sposi. Presented at 鈥淐risis and Consolation: Liberal Education in the Time of COVID-19,鈥�Conference of the Association for Core Texts and Courses, April 12-18, 2021.
鈥淒ante, the Church, and Italy鈥檚 Literary Unification,鈥� St. Anthony Academy鈥檚 Little Lay Oratory, January 15, 2021.
澳门天天彩 EnCore Lecture Series to alumni and community. August 11, 2020.
鈥淎 Dantephile Bookseller in Texas鈥�. Presented at the 15th annual Italian Researchers in the World Conference, sponsored by the Italian Scientific Community and the Italian Consulate of Houston, Rice University, Houston, TX, April 25, 2020. (conference postponed due to COVID-19)
鈥淒ecameron Tales of the Coronvirus鈥�, University of Minnesota,
鈥淭he Art of Teaching鈥�, 澳门天天彩 Department of Art 鈥淚ntersections鈥� Lecture Series, November 20, 2019.
鈥淒ante, the Commedia, and Sacred Space鈥�, University of North Texas, Department of Art, October 30, 2019.
鈥淭he Republic of Texas and the Risorgimento: the Case of Annibale Ranuzzi鈥�. Presented at the Italian American Studies Association Conference, Houston, TX, October 31, 2019.
鈥淚talian in Texas: Present and Future Conditions鈥�, for 鈥淭he State of Italian in the State of Texas鈥�. Presented at the 13th annual Italian Researchers in the World Conference, Sponsored by the Italian Consulate of Houston, Richland College, Dallas, TX, Dec. 1, 2018.
鈥淚ntegrating Dante across the Curriculum at a Mission-Oriented University鈥�.
Presented at the Third Biennial Teaching the Christian Intellectual Tradition Conference: 鈥淭eaching Dante鈥�, Samford University, Birmingham, AL, October 25-27, 2018.
鈥溾�榌L]ectos iuvenes, fortissima corda, / defer in Italiam鈥�: Italian and the trivium in the Twenty-First Century鈥�, Italian Pedagogy. Presented at South Central Modern Language Association, San Antonio, TX, October 11-14, 2018.
鈥淩esearch in Library and Information Science: an Italian Perspective鈥�, 鈥�Research in Library and Information Science鈥�, Invited Presentation to Emporia State University, Kansas City, KS (Sept. 22, 2018).
鈥淐ontemporary Medieval Receptions of Dante鈥檚 Embryonic Theory in Purgatory 25鈥�. Presented at University Faculty for Life Conference, Irving, TX (June 8-9, 2018).
鈥淭he First Italian Edition of More鈥檚 Utopia (1519) and the Aldine-Giunti Rivalry鈥�. Presented at Early Modern Thomas More(s), Irving, TX (November 3-4, 2017).
鈥淩esearch in Library and Information Science: an Italian Perspective鈥�, 鈥�Research in Library and Information Science鈥�, Invited Presentation to Emporia State University, Denver, CO (Feb. 11, 2017).
鈥溌獹uidonem, Lapum [sic?], et unum alium, Florentinos, et Cynum 颅颅Pistoriensem禄: How Dante Became Dante in the De vulgari eloquentia鈥�. Presented at the Modern Language Association Conference 2017, Philadelphia, PA (January 7-10, 2017).
鈥淭he Business of the Italian Program at American Land-Grant Universities鈥�. Presented at the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, Pasadena, CA (November 11-13, 2016).
鈥淢edieval Italian Poetry and the Archaeological Paratext of the 1527 Giuntina鈥�. Presented at the Inventing Medieval Literature (16th-17th centuries) Conference, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (October 5-6, 2016).
鈥淎 Medieval Italian Perspective鈥�, 鈥淩esearch in Library and Information Science鈥� (graduate course), Invited Presentation to Emporia State University, Emporia, KS (September 24, 2016).
鈥淧olitics and Satire in Dante鈥檚 De vulgari eloquentia鈥�, 澳门天天彩, Irving, TX (April 18, 2016). Invited lecture.
鈥淭he History of the Italian Language鈥�, in 鈥淚talian for Travelers鈥�, Invited lecture at Washburn University, Topeka, KS (February 4, 2016).
鈥�Forma tractatus and forma tractandi in Dante鈥檚 De vulgari eloquentia鈥�. Presented at the 49th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 8-11, 2014).
鈥淪otto il segno di Dante: la politica della lingua e la nascita della cultura letteraria鈥�, Invited lecture at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (January 28, 2014).
鈥淏occaccio e il De vulgari eloquentia鈥�. Presented at the Second Triennial International Boccaccio Conference, ABA, 鈥淏occaccio in Washington, DC鈥�, Washington, DC (Oct. 4-6 2013)
鈥溾�楲鈥檃rte del dire in rima鈥�: Boccaccio and the questione della lingua鈥�. Presented at the Sixteenth-Century Studies Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio (October 2012).
鈥溾�楢ccipiendo vel compilando ab aliis鈥�: the Anthological De vulgari eloquentia鈥�. Presented at the Student-Faculty Forum, Dept. of French and Italian, Indiana University (March 2011).
鈥淪oft Censorship: The Politics of Exclusion and Medieval Italian Literature鈥�. Presented at the UCLA conference Forbidden Ideas: Controversial Modes of Engagement in the Italian Intellectual Tradition, Los Angeles, California (October 2010).
鈥淗ierarchies and the Vanishing Point in Medieval Literary Culture鈥�. Presented at the Student-Faculty Forum, Department of French and Italian, Indiana University (April 2010).
鈥淒ante and Guittone: Hierarchies and the Vanishing Point in Medieval Literary Politics鈥�. Presented at Chiasmi, Brown-Harvard Conference, Providence, RI (March 2010).
Awards and Honors
QEP Award, Italian Business and Culture: a Texas Perspective, March 24, 2020 (event postponed due to COVID-19)
Collaborated with the Italian Club of Dallas to award an annual scholarship to University of Dallas students of Italian. (2018-present)
Helped to enroll the Italian Program in the Departmental Scholarship Program. These scholarships are available for high-school seniors and transfer students. (2018-present)
Recruited Lamberti鈥檚 Ristorante & Wine Bar (Irving, TX) to sponsor bi-annual NOTAI Lecture Series.
King-Haggar Scholar Award Winner for book manuscript project 鈥淒ante and the Politics of Script鈥� and related research, January 16, 2018. ($2,000)
QEP Award, Tiramisu for Two, November 9, 2017.
QEP Award for the Vullo Event, January 23, 2017.