12.1989 Degree (Laurea) in Foreign Languages and Literature at the University of Milan, with an emphasis on German Language and Literature.

1990-91 Postgraduate Grant (University of Milan) and Visiting Scholar in Foreign Countries (Humboldt University, Berlin).

04.1992 Admission to the PhD programme at the Humboldt University, Berlin.

07.1995 Researcher at the Istituto di Germanistica at the University of Milan.

04.1996 PhD in Modern German Literature (Neuere Deutsche Literatur) at the Humboldt University, Berlin (II. Philosophische Fakultät).

07.1998 Assistant Professor of German Literature at the Istituto di Germanistica, now Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici, Letterari e Filologici (DI.LI.LE.FI) at the University of Milan.