Theodore J. Cachey, Jr.

Theodore J. Cachey Jr. is Inaugural Pizzo Family Chair in Dante Studies and Ravarino Family Director of Italian and Dante Studies and the Center for Italian Studies/ Devers Family Program in Dante Studies.Cachey specializes in Italian Medieval and Renaissance literature, particular Dante, Boccaccio and Petrarch, the history of the Italian language, and the literature and history of travel. He has authored or edited several books, including Le isole fortunate; appunti di storia letteraria italiana (1994); Pigafetta's First Voyage Around the World (1995; 2nd revised edition, 2007); Dante Now: Current Trends in Dante Studies (1995); Petrarch's Guide to the Holy Land (2002), Le culture di Dante (2004), Dante and Petrarch: Anti-dantism, Metaphysics, Tradition (2009, with Z.G. Baranski), Dante’s ‘Other Works.’ Assessments and Interpretations (2022, with Z.G. Baranski), as well as essays and book chapters in Annali d'Italianistica, Belfagor, California Italian Studies, Danta Studies, Intersezioni, The History of Cartography, Modern Language Notes, Schede umanistiche, and Rivista di letteratura italiana. He is founder and co-editor (with Zygmunt G. Baranski and Laura Banella) of the William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies, and direttore/editor in chief of Le Tre Corone. Rivista internazionale di studi su Dante, Petrarca, Boccaccio (Fabrizio Serra editore, Pisa – Roma).