Annalisa Messina

PhD student DREST

Research interests

The First Vatican Council; the dogma of papal infallibility and its interpretations.

Education, academic and professional experience

Since November 2025, she has been a PhD candidate in DREST (National Doctorate in Religious Studies) at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, within the curriculum “Law and Religion.”

In December 2024, she obtained a Master’s degree in Classical and Modern Literature from the University of Parma with a thesis entitled La biblioteca dei Minori Osservanti del Spirito Santo a Reggio Emilia: vicende storiche, cataloghi e attuali sopravvivenze (supervisor: Prof. Federica Dallasta; co-supervisor: Prof. Donatella Corchia).

She previously earned a Bachelor’s degree in Modern Literature from the University of Bologna with a thesis entitled Manipolazioni del calendario romano in epoca repubblicata (supervisor: Prof. Carla Salvaterra).