Dr. Nikica Mihaljević is associate professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split, Croatia, where she has been teaching since 2001. She teaches Italian literature at the Department of Italian Language and Literature. Prof. Mihaljević has published seven books, as well as numerous articles on the literary works of 19th, 20th and 21st century Italian authors. She has participated at more than forty international conferences and has held lectures at various universities in Europe (France, Holland, Slovenia, Italy, etc.). Her major research interests include 19th, 20th century as well as contemporary Italian literature, women’s writing, ecocriticism, migration literature, and comparative literary studies. Professor Mihaljević is the Editor-in-Chief of the international scientific journal “Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Splitu” published by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split. She is also the member of the editorial board of the journal “Mogućnosti” , published by the Croatian cultural association Književni krug Split. She is the member of the Editorial Board of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split, as well as of the Faculty Council. Prof. Mihaljević is the member and the coordinator for the University of Split at The European Consortium of Humanities Institutes and Centres; she is also the member and the coordinator for the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split at DARIAH-HR (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and the Humanities, Croatia). Prof. Mihaljević is the member of the following associations: Associazione Internazionale dei Professori d’Italiano (A.I.P.I.), AATI (American Association of Teachers of Italian), Association for Literary Urban Studies, Hrvatsko filološko društvo (HFD). As the Editor-in-Chief, she is the member of the national association for editors ZNAK (Hrvatska udruga za znanstvenu komunikaciju) as well as of the international associaton for editors EASE (European Association of Science Editors). She is also the member of the Italian cultural association Italia Nostra, Italian cultural association Dante Alighieri – Split and the Croatian cultural association Književni krug Split.