Veronica della DoraFBA (born 1976) is an Italian cultural geographer. She is Professor of Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, where she is Director of the Social, Cultural & Historical Geography Group[1] and Co-Director of the Centre for GeoHumanities (with Harriet Hawkins).[2]
Her first monograph Imagining Mount Athos: Visions of a Holy Mountain from Homer to World War II was shortlisted for the Criticos Prize in 2012. Landscape, Nature and the Sacred in Byzantium was nominated for the 2017 Runciman Award.[3] In 2018, della Dora was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.[7]
Selected publicationsedit
High Places: Cultural Geographies of Mountains and Ice (2008, Cosgrove, D and della Dora, V.; I.B. Tauris: ISBN9781845116170)
Visual and Historical Geographies: Essays in Honour of Denis E. Cosgrove (2010, edited by della Dora, V; Digby, S; Basdas, B.; Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers, 2010: ISBN9781870074247)
Imagining Mount Athos: Visions of a Holy Place from Homer to World War II (2011, University of Virginia Press: ISBN978-0-8139-3259-0)
Christian Pilgrimage, Landscape, and Heritage: Journeying to the Sacred (2014, Maddrell, Avril ; della Dora, Veronica; Scafi, Alessandro; Walton, Heather; Routledge: ISBN978-0-415-84398-0)
Mountain: Nature and Culture (2016, Reaktion Books: ISBN9781780236476)
Landscape, Nature, and the Sacred in Byzantium (2016, Cambridge University Press: ISBN9781107139091)
The Mantle of the Earth: Genealogies of a Geographical Metaphor (2021, University of Chicago Press: ISBN9780226741321)
Referencesedit
^"Professor Veronica Della Dora". Geography: Researchers. Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
^"People: Directors". Centre for the GeoHumanities. Royal Holloway University of London. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
^ ab"An interview with Veronica della Dora, author of Landscape, Nature and the Sacred in Byzantium". Runciman Awards. 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
^"History of Geography at the University of Bristol" (PDF). University of Bristol. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
^"Prof David Gilbert announces appointment of Prof Veronica della Dora as new Professor in Human Geography from Sept 2013". Twitter. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
^"Call for papers, February 2014". Cultural significance of place. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
^"Professor Veronica Della Dora". British Academy. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
External linksedit
Official website
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veronica, della, dora, born, 1976, italian, cultural, geographer, professor, human, geography, royal, holloway, university, london, where, director, social, cultural, historical, geography, group, director, centre, geohumanities, with, harriet, hawkins, fbabor. Veronica della Dora FBA born 1976 is an Italian cultural geographer She is Professor of Human Geography at Royal Holloway University of London where she is Director of the Social Cultural amp Historical Geography Group 1 and Co Director of the Centre for GeoHumanities with Harriet Hawkins 2 Veronica della DoraFBABorn1976 age 46 47 Venice ItalyNationalityItalianAcademic backgroundAlma materUniversity of California Los AngelesThesisGeographies of the Holy Mountain 2005 Doctoral advisorDenis CosgroveAcademic workDisciplineGeographySub disciplineCultural geographygeo humanitiesInstitutionsRoyal Holloway LondonUniversity of BristolGetty Research InstituteMain interestsGeo humanitieslandscape studieshistory of cartographysacred geographiesByzantine and post Byzantine studiesNotable worksHigh Places 2008 Landscape Nature and the Sacred in Byzantium 2017 Della Dora comes from Venice and grew up living on the Lido 3 She gained a PhD from University of California Los Angeles UCLA in 2005 under the supervision of Denis Cosgrove After leaving UCLA she joined the Getty Research Institute Los Angeles as a post doctoral fellow before moving to the University of Bristol in 2007 4 as a lecturer She joined Royal Holloway University of London as Professor in September 2013 5 6 Her first monograph Imagining Mount Athos Visions of a Holy Mountain from Homer to World War II was shortlisted for the Criticos Prize in 2012 Landscape Nature and the Sacred in Byzantium was nominated for the 2017 Runciman Award 3 In 2018 della Dora was elected a Fellow of the British Academy 7 Selected publications editHigh Places Cultural Geographies of Mountains and Ice 2008 Cosgrove D and della Dora V I B Tauris ISBN 9781845116170 Visual and Historical Geographies Essays in Honour of Denis E Cosgrove 2010 edited by della Dora V Digby S Basdas B Royal Geographical Society Institute of British Geographers 2010 ISBN 9781870074247 Imagining Mount Athos Visions of a Holy Place from Homer to World War II 2011 University of Virginia Press ISBN 978 0 8139 3259 0 Christian Pilgrimage Landscape and Heritage Journeying to the Sacred 2014 Maddrell Avril della Dora Veronica Scafi Alessandro Walton Heather Routledge ISBN 978 0 415 84398 0 Mountain Nature and Culture 2016 Reaktion Books ISBN 9781780236476 Landscape Nature and the Sacred in Byzantium 2016 Cambridge University Press ISBN 9781107139091 The Mantle of the Earth Genealogies of a Geographical Metaphor 2021 University of Chicago Press ISBN 9780226741321 References edit Professor Veronica Della Dora Geography Researchers Royal Holloway University of London Retrieved 2 September 2018 People Directors Centre for the GeoHumanities Royal Holloway University of London Retrieved 2 May 2020 a b An interview with Veronica della Dora author of Landscape Nature and the Sacred in Byzantium Runciman Awards 2017 Retrieved 2 September 2018 History of Geography at the University of Bristol PDF University of Bristol Retrieved 13 April 2019 Prof David Gilbert announces appointment of Prof Veronica della Dora as new Professor in Human Geography from Sept 2013 Twitter Retrieved 13 April 2019 Call for papers February 2014 Cultural significance of place 5 February 2014 Retrieved 13 April 2019 Professor Veronica Della Dora British Academy Retrieved 2 September 2018 External links editOfficial website nbsp This biographical article about a geographer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This biography of an Italian academic is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Veronica della Dora amp oldid 1081965838, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,