Personale docente

Luana Salvarani (born Reggio Emilia, 1971; PhD - Theory and tradition of texts; a degree in Music composition) found her first research path in Baroque literature and philology, providing several critical editions of Baroque texts (e.g.: Francesco Bracciolini, L’Elettione di Urbano papa VIII, 2006; Claudio Achillini, Prose e poesie, 2008; G.B. Marino, La Lira, 2012),

Her interests later shifted to History of education, and with Cristiano Casalini she provided critical texts and commentaries of several 16th- and 17th-century classics of education (Antonio Possevino SJ, Coltura degl’ingegni, 2008; Juan Huarte, Essame degl’ingegni, 2010; Michel de Montaigne, L’Educazione, 2010; Francesco Negri, Tragedia intitolata Libero Arbitrio, 2014). She also devoted several papers to Jesuit college theatre, later focusing on early Reformation educational history and theatre. The most recent publications on this subject are the book Nova Schola. Temi e problemi di pedagogia protestante nei primi testi della Riforma (2018) and the articles:
In flesh and bone. Bodily image and educational patterns in early Reformation theatre
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/AyBcsa4DNazc3Us6kd6U/full
"Wie einen feinen jungen Baum....": nature, the fallen man, and social order in Martin Luther's works on education (1524-1530)
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/k5EkGh4dFSEuP7KZRVi6/full

Another research path focuses on the educational history of 19th century America, with a special attention on popular literature and novels for young readers. Her monograph Sunday School Literature. Letture e formazione dei giovani americani all’epoca della Frontiera (2012) is the first book in Italian on the subject. Further studies on American education are summarized in her book Nascita di una nazione. Esperienze e modelli dell'educazione nell'America dell'Ottocento (2015; SIPED - Book on Education National Award, 2017). Most recent article on this subiect:
The invention of the Common School tradition. Early American educational historiography and the building of a long-standing narrative, «History of Education and Children's Literature», XIV, 1, 2019.

Principal Investigator in the peer-reviewed project "Seen from Afar". The project ended in April 2016 and its results were published in a book (Seen from Afar. Images of Europe in the Cultivation of American Identity, 2016) collecting essays of the European and American contributors of the project. 

Translator from and into English, from and into French and from German for Edizioni Medusa. Routledge, Brepols and the journal Musica/Realtà.

Board member for the journals "Educazione. Giornale di Pedagogia Critica" and "History of Education and Children's Literature". Referee for the journals "Rivista di Storia dell'Educazione", "Annali di Storia dell'Educazione e delle Istituzioni Scolastiche", "Historia Scholastica", "Pedagogia oggi". She reviewed books for "International Journal of the Classical Tradition" (Springer), "History of Education" (Taylor & Francis), "American Studies in Scandinavia" (Syddansk Universitetsforlag).