Lorena Sodano

Lorena Sodano-Flores is a PhD candidate in Italian Studies at the University of Toronto whose research lies at the intersection of Italian Renaissance history, gender studies, and religious culture, with particular emphasis on early modern representations of infirmity and disability. Her scholarly interests include religious feminine writings, paleography, and the study of embodiment and piety in early modern Italy. Alongside her historical and literary research, she engages with glottodidattica and pedagogical studies, drawing on extensive teaching experience in L2 language instruction in Brazil, Italy, and Canada. She is multilingual, fluent in Italian, Portuguese, English, and Spanish, and has reading proficiency in Latin.

Book Reviews

• Flores, L. (2020). Compte rendu de [Alidori Battaglia, Laura. Il libro d’ore in Italia tra confraternite e corti (1275–1349). Lettori, artisti, immagini. Biblioteca di bibliografia]. Confraternitas, 31(2), 136–137. https://doi.org/10.33137/confrat.v31i2.38073
• Ribeiro Flores, L. (2020). Review of [Sá, Isabel dos Guimarães. O Regresso dos Mortos. Os Doadores da Misericórdia do Porto e a Expansão Oceânica (Séculos XVI–XVII). Lisbon: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, 2018]. Confraternitas, 31(1), 59–61. https://doi.org/10.33137/confrat.v31i1.36868

Honours & Awards

• TA Graduate Program Award (2022-2023)
• Melissa Pulver-Goggio Scholarship in Italian Studies (2022-2023)
• True Blue Recognition for course instructor role in ITA100Y (2022)
• Graduate Program Award (2021-2022)
• Melissa Pulver-Goggio Scholarship in Italian Studies (2021-2022)
• Emilio Goggio Graduate Scholarship (2020-2021)
• Jean Arnold Tory Bursary (2020-2021)
• ITA OTO Graduate Program Award (2019-2020) 
• FASE Excellence Award (2019-2020)