Founded in 1983, Annali d’italianistica has become synonymous with timely and fundamental scholarship on Italy’s literary culture, employing broad historical, cultural, and literary perspectives that are of interest to a wide variety of scholars. Published annually and monographic in nature, the journal uses as its point of departure the study of Italian literature and the Humanities more generally to foster scholarly excellence at all levels. Annali d’italianistica is receptive to a variety of topics, critical approaches, and theoretical perspectives that cross disciplinary boundaries and span several centuries, from the beginning of Italy’s cultural history to the present.

Annali d’Italianistica, Inc., was founded at the University of Notre Dame in 1983. In 1989 it moved to the Department of Romance Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From 2017 to 2019 it was sponsored by the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS) at Arizona State University in Tempe. It is now hosted by JSTOR.