This course sequence (AS.210.151 and AS.210.152) is an introduction to Italian for students with no previous exposure to the language. By the end of the academic year, you will be able to meet basic needs in an Italian-only environment. Examples include introducing yourself, asking for and giving directions, ordering a meal at a restaurant, describing and asking information about places and people, and engaging in a simple phone conversation. Advanced speakers of other Romance languages (e.g. French, Spanish, Portuguese) are encouraged to enroll in AS.210.175 (Accelerated Italian for Speakers of Other Romance Languages I)

• Days/Times: MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM
• Instructor: Raimondi, Silvia
• Room: Gilman 77
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/14
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course sequence (AS.210.151 and AS.210.152) is an introduction to Italian for students with no previous exposure to the language. By the end of the academic year, you will be able to meet basic needs in an Italian-only environment. Examples include introducing yourself, asking for and giving directions, ordering a meal at a restaurant, describing and asking information about places and people, and engaging in a simple phone conversation. Advanced speakers of other Romance languages (e.g. French, Spanish, Portuguese) are encouraged to enroll in AS.210.175 (Accelerated Italian for Speakers of Other Romance Languages I)

• Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
• Instructor: Proietti, Leonardo
• Room: Gilman 381
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 3/14
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course sequence (AS210.175 and AS210.176) is designed for advanced speakers of other Romance languages (e.g. French, Spanish, Portuguese), and will cover the same material as the regular-track Italian Elements I and II (AS.210.151 and AS.210.152) and Intermediate Italian I and II (AS.210.251 and AS.210.252) courses. Upon successful completion of both semesters, students will be allowed to register for AS.210.351 (Advanced Italian I).

• Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
• Instructor: Zannirato, Alessandro
• Room: Hodson 303
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 6/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course sequence (AS.210.251 and AS.210.252) will reinforce your ability to engage in complex daily tasks in Italian, and will introduce you to more formal academic and real-world topics. By the end of the academic year, you will be able to write a strong résumé and cover letter in the European format, sit a job interview in Italian, and participate in debates on simple topics. You will also read five engaging short stories, watch several Italian films, and discuss topics such as emigration and immigration from/to Italy, the protection of the environment, and the history of the Italian South.

• Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
• Instructor: Proietti, Leonardo; Zannirato, Alessandro
• Room: Maryland 309
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 11/17
• PosTag(s): n/a

This highly interactive course focuses on complex historical and contemporary themes, and is ideal, among others, for students who are specializing in international studies, medicine, psychology, and cognitive science. Students will analyze authentic texts and audiovisual materials on topics including the history of the Sicilian mafia, mental health and the deinstitutionalization movement in Italy, Europe and Italy in the 1960s-1980s, the role of curiosity and amazement in scientific discovery and art, and intercultural differences around hilarity. Taught in Italian.

• Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
• Instructor: Giuseffi Grippa, Gianluca; Zannirato, Alessandro
• Room: Gilman 77
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 6/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

Over the last three decades Italy, historically a country of emigrants—many of whom suffered from discrimination in the societies they joined—became a destination for hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees from various countries, and particularly from Africa. Significant numbers of these immigrants came to Italy as a result of the country’s limited, though violent colonial history; others arrive because Italy is the closest entry-point to Europe. How have these migratory flows challenged Italian society’s sense of itself? How have they transformed the notion of Italian national identity? In recent years, growing numbers of Afro- and Afro-descendant writers, filmmakers, artists and Black activists are responding through their work to pervasive xenophobia and racism while challenging Italy’s self-representation as a ‘White’ country. How are they forcing it to broaden the idea of ‘Italianess’? How do their counternarratives compel Italy to confront its ignored colonial past? And, in what way have Black youth in Italy embraced the #Blacklivesmatter movement? This multimedia course examines representation of blackness and racialized otherness, whiteness, and national identity through literary, film, and visual archival material in an intersectional framework. Examining Italy’s internal, ‘Southern question,’ retracing Italy’s colonial history, and recognizing the experiences of Italians of immigrant origins and those of immigrants themselves, we’ll explore compelling works by writers and filmmakers such as Igiaba Scego, Gagriella Ghermandi, Maza Megniste, Dagmawi Yimer, and others.

• Days/Times: T 3:00PM - 5:30PM
• Instructor: Di Bianco, Laura
• Room: Hodson 315
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/15
• PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-GLOBAL, MLL-ITAL

The goal of this course is to familiarize Graduate Student Instructors in Italian with foundational elements of Second Language Acquisition and foreign language teaching. The course will (1) acquaint students with historical and current theories of foreign language pedagogy; (2) demonstrate strategies to integrate theoretical knowledge into everyday practice, both in terms of instructional delivery, and materials development; (3) introduce participants to basic evaluation tools to critically assess teaching practices and tools in terms of quality, relevance, validity, reliability and other theory-based criteria; (4) help participants to articulate their own pedagogical training and philosophy of teaching in preparation for the academic job market. Taught in Italian.

• Days/Times: W 3:00PM - 5:00PM
• Instructor: Zannirato, Alessandro
• Room: Smokler Center 213
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

Training for professional academic purposes.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Zannirato, Alessandro
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course is for a graduate students pursuing an independent research project with a faculty mentor. Students are expected to meet regularly with the mentor and to write a lengthy paper, or several short papers, on the chosen topic.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Di Bianco, Laura
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 11/11
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course is for a graduate students pursuing an independent research project with a faculty mentor. Students are expected to meet regularly with the mentor and to write a lengthy paper, or several short papers, on the chosen topic.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Saiber, Arielle
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 11/11
• PosTag(s): n/a

Students are expected to meet regularly with their dissertation director to ensure they adhere to a research and writing schedule for their dissertation.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Di Bianco, Laura
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/11
• PosTag(s): n/a

Students are expected to meet regularly with their dissertation director to ensure they adhere to a research and writing schedule for their dissertation.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Stephens, Walter E
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/11
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course is for graduate students to prepare their prospectus and one chapter of their dissertation.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Di Bianco, Laura
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 11/11
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course is for graduate students to prepare their prospectus and one chapter of their dissertation.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Stephens, Walter E
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 11/11
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course is for graduate students to prepare their prospectus and one chapter of their dissertation.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Saiber, Arielle
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/11
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course sequence (AS.210.151 and AS.210.152) is an introduction to Italian for students with no previous exposure to the language. By the end of the academic year, you will be able to meet basic needs in an Italian-only environment. Examples include introducing yourself, asking for and giving directions, ordering a meal at a restaurant, describing and asking information about places and people, and engaging in a simple phone conversation. Advanced speakers of other Romance languages (e.g. French, Spanish, Portuguese) are encouraged to enroll in AS.210.175 (Accelerated Italian for Speakers of Other Romance Languages I)

• Days/Times: MWF 12:00PM - 12:50PM
• Instructor: Cerreti, Marta; Zannirato, Alessandro
• Room: Gilman 17
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

Course helps students develop basic listening, reading, writing, speaking, and interactional skills in Italian. The content of the course is highly communicative, and students are constantly presented with real-life, task-based activities. Course adopts a continuous assessment system (no mid-term and no final).

• Days/Times: MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM
• Instructor: Proietti, Leonardo
• Room: Gilman 443
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 4/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

This is the second part of an elementary Italian language course sequence designed for advanced speakers of other romance languages (e.g. French, Spanish, Portuguese). This course will cover the same material as the regular-track Intermediate Italian I and II courses. Students completing this course with a grade of B or higher will be allowed to register for AS210.351 (Advanced Italian I) in the Fall term. Pre-requisite: Completion of AS.210.175 with a grade of B or higher, or Italian Language Program Director permission.

• Days/Times: MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM
• Instructor: Zannirato, Alessandro
• Room: Gilman 10
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 2/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

Taught in Italian. Course continues building on the four essential skills for communication presented in Intermediate Italian I (listening, speaking, reading, writing) on topics of increasing complexity. Course adopts a continuous assessment system.

• Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
• Instructor: Proietti, Leonardo
• Room: Gilman 443
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 7/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

Course presents a systematic introduction to a variety of complex cultural and historical topics related to present-day Italy, emphasizing intercultural comparisons, interdisciplinarity, and encouraging a personal exploration of such topics. Course adopts a continuous assessment system (no mid-term and no final).

• Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
• Instructor: Giuseffi Grippa, Gianluca
• Room: Gilman 277
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 7/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course aims to reflect on the most iconic myths of classical antiquity, to be re–read through the contribution of psychoanalytic theories. In class, we will analyze the ten proposed women mythological figures, to be divided according to three major categories of wicked wives and mothers, abandoned women, and nonhuman female monsters, in their evolutions through the centuries, in order to note and investigate their new meanings and interpretations. How, for example, can the maternal figure of Medea still be considered relevant today? What meaning does she carry, and in what ways has she been reinterpreted and rewritten by literature, art, and other humanistic fields? Likewise, what is the source of the fascination still associated with the tragic figures of Ariadne and Dido, or the terror caused by monstrous beings such as the Mermaids and Medusa? How has popular culture re–appropriated them, modernizing them, and making them iconic in fantasy films like Harry Potter, in famous TV series like Game of Thrones, in horror movies, or in Disney’s animated films? Students will be able to answer these questions during the course, focusing each week on a specific myth drawn from classical Greek and Latin literature and following it through its literary and artistic developments, especially in the context of Western culture.

• Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
• Instructor: Raimondi, Silvia
• Room: Krieger 307
• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/18
• PosTag(s): n/a

This graduate seminar retraces Italy’s film history, from the silent era to the present, with a focus on ruins. Moving from the remains of Ancient Rome, the rubble of the Great War to that of WWII, traversing the peripheries of the Economic Miracle, industrial and postindustrial landscapes, and ghost rural villages, we will engage in a material, ecocritical exploration of Italian cinema.

• Days/Times: W 1:00PM - 3:00PM
• Instructor: Di Bianco, Laura
• Room: Gilman 479
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 2/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

Training for professional academic purposes.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Saiber, Arielle
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 14/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course is for a graduate students pursuing an independent research project with a faculty mentor. Students are expected to meet regularly with the mentor and to write a lengthy paper, or several short papers, on the chosen topic.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Di Bianco, Laura
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course is for a graduate students pursuing an independent research project with a faculty mentor. Students are expected to meet regularly with the mentor and to write a lengthy paper, or several short papers, on the chosen topic.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Saiber, Arielle
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course is for a graduate students pursuing an independent research project with a faculty mentor. Students are expected to meet regularly with the mentor and to write a lengthy paper, or several short papers, on the chosen topic.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Stephens, Walter E
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Students are expected to meet regularly with their dissertation director to ensure they adhere to a research and writing schedule for their dissertation.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Di Bianco, Laura
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 4/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Students are expected to meet regularly with their dissertation director to ensure they adhere to a research and writing schedule for their dissertation.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Stephens, Walter E
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

Students are expected to meet regularly with their dissertation director to ensure they adhere to a research and writing schedule for their dissertation.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Saiber, Arielle
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course is for graduate students to prepare their prospectus and one chapter of their dissertation.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Di Bianco, Laura
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course is for graduate students to prepare their prospectus and one chapter of their dissertation.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Stephens, Walter E
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course is for graduate students to prepare their prospectus and one chapter of their dissertation.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Saiber, Arielle
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5
• PosTag(s): n/a