Francesca Orsini, FBA is an Italian scholar of South Asian literature.
She is currently Professor of Hindi and South Asian Literature at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
[1][2][3] She previously lectured at the University of Cambridge, before joining SOAS in 2006.
[3] In 1998, Orsini married Peter Kornicki, an English Japanologist.
[4] Orsini is an Italian citizen, and has not applied for either UK citizenship or permanent residence.