ProfessorUrsula Fanning

Ursula Fanning completed her first degree in French and Italian at UCD, followed by her Master's degree in Italian. She completed her Ph.D. in Italian (on the writings of Matilde Serao) at Reading University and, while studying there, taught at the University of Reading, University College London (Royal Holloway and Bedford New College), the University of Sussex and later held a permanent post at the University of Bath. She joined the Department of Italian in UCD in 1990. She was Head of Italian Studies and Director of the UCD Foundation for Italian Studies from January 2017 to January 2020. She was Head of Graduate Studies in SLCL from 2021-24.