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: Staff
• Room:  
• Status: Canceled
• Seats Available: 14/14
• 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: MWF 12:00PM - 12:50PM
• Instructor: Caleo, Giulia
• Room: Gilman 10
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 8/12
• 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: Ames 320
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 9/14
• 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: TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
• Instructor: De Rossi, Giordana
• Room: Gilman 17
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 10/14
• 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). May not be taken Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory. No previous knowledge of Italian is required.

• Days/Times: MW 4:30PM - 5:45PM
• Instructor: Proietti, Leonardo
• Room:  
• Status: Canceled
• Seats Available: 15/15
• 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: Gilman 377
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 0/15
• 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
• Room: Gilman 479
• Status: Closed
• 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 12:00PM - 12:50PM
• Instructor: Proietti, Leonardo; Zannirato, Alessandro
• Room: Gilman 443
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 4/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

From the epic movies of the silent era to neorealist and auteur films of the post-war period, all the way to contemporary Academy winner The Great Beauty, Italian cinema, has had and continues to have a global impact, and shape the imagination of filmmakers all over the world. This course traces Italian film history from its origins to recent times, highlighting its main genres and trends beyond the icons of neorealist and auteur cinema, including the so-called ‘comedy Italian style,’ spaghetti westerns, horror, mafia-mockery films, feminist filmmaking, and ecocinema. While learning to probe the cinematic frame, and examine composition, camera movements, cinematography, editing, and sound, and interrogating issues of gender, class, and race, we will screen classics such as Bicycle Thieves, La Dolce Vita, and L’Avventura, but also forgotten archival films by pioneer women filmmakers, and works by emergent, independent filmmakers. This course is taught in English. Additional sessions in Italian will be arranged upon students’ request.

• Days/Times: T 3:00PM - 5:30PM
• Instructor: Di Bianco, Laura
• Room: Gilman 479
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 4/19
• PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, MLL-MITAL

One of the greatest works of literature of all times, the Divine Comedy leads us down into the torture-pits of Hell, up the steep mountain terrain of Purgatory, through the “virtual” space of Paradise, and then back to where we began: our own earthly lives. We accompany Dante on his journey, building along the way knowledge of medieval Italian history, literature, philosophy, politics, and religion. The course also focuses on the arts of reading deeply, asking questions of a text, and interpreting literary and scholarly works through discussion and critical writing. Conducted in English. For undergraduate students only.

• Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
• Instructor: Saiber, Arielle
• Room: Gilman 119
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 7/30
• PosTag(s): MLL-PITAL

This graduate seminar offers both a close reading of Dante’s Paradiso and training in the tools and methods necessary for Dante scholarship. In addition to studying the canticle itself, students will learn to make full use of the commentary tradition, explore the many digital resources built specifically for medieval studies and Dante studies, read and discuss diverse theoretical approaches to literary analysis, and implement a variety of formats to write about Dante and his works. Taught in English. Knowledge of a Romance Language and/or Latin recommended.

• Days/Times: T 1:00PM - 3:00PM
• Instructor: Saiber, Arielle
• Room: Gilman 478
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 4/10
• PosTag(s): MLL-PITAL

How did early modern women imagine themselves in relation to the natural world? How did they think – and write – about non-human nature: land, plants, minerals, animals? How did the evolving scientific culture of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries impact ideas about nature – and the nature of women? Remaining attentive to the many valences of the terms “nature” and “natural,” this graduate seminar will consider questions of gender, genre, and the environmental imagination in a selection of texts by and about women in early modern Italy, including Gaspara Stampa, Isabella Andreini, Tullia d’Aragona, and Moderata Fonte. In addition to close readings of works of poetry, pastoral, and natural philosophy, we will consider how contemporary ecocritical and ecofeminist theory might illuminate these texts in new ways. Some familiarity with Italian recommended.

• Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 3:30PM
• Instructor: Ray, Meredith
• Room: Gilman 479
• Status: Closed
• Seats Available: 3/10
• PosTag(s): MLL-PITAL

Training for professional academic purposes.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Zannirato, Alessandro
• Room:  
• Status: Closed
• 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: Closed
• 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: Closed
• 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: Closed
• Seats Available: 10/11
• 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: Closed
• Seats Available: 10/11
• 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: Closed
• Seats Available: 9/11
• 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: WF 4:30PM - 5:45PM
• Instructor: Franzini, Martina
• Room: Gilman 377
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 3/15
• 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: Caleo, Giulia
• Room: Shriver Hall 001
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/12
• 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: TTh 4:30PM - 5:45PM
• Instructor: Staff
• Room: Gilman 77
• Status: Canceled
• Seats Available: 12/12
• 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: Greenhouse 113
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/12
• 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 479
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/12
• 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 12:00PM - 12:50PM
• Instructor: Proietti, Leonardo
• Room: Gilman 479
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 3/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course is an introduction to the growing field of Translation Studies. Broadly speaking, the translation process involves three major phases: (1) ‘understanding’ what someone else has written; (2) exploring the linguistic/cultural tools available (or not) in another language to convey the original meaning; and (3) taking responsibility for one’s translation choices. What does it mean to ‘understand’ a text? Is it ever possible to find an ‘equivalent’ in another language? Can the translation process ever be objective, and what role, if any, does the translator’s voice play? What practical tools are available to facilitate the translation process? Drawing from interdisciplinary theories and approaches to translation, this course will attempt to reflect on these questions, and provide an opportunity for some hands-on translation practice. Language pre-requisite: Completion of, or concurrent enrollment in Advanced French I (AS.210.301), Advanced Italian I (AS.210.351), Advanced Spanish I (AS.210.311), or instructor permission.

• Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:45PM
• Instructor: Zannirato, Alessandro
• Room: Gilman 313
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 1/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

What does it mean to be “other,” and how can reading about experiences of otherness affect our understanding of historical moments? In this interdisciplinary survey of contemporary Italian literature, students will read through the lens of “the other” in order to highlight both the milieu of lived experiences (often lived by the authors themselves) outside of sociocultural ideals, and the role they play within modern Italian canon. Combining gender studies, animal studies, posthumanism, and other theoretical frameworks, students will examine works from authors such as Sibilla Aleramo, Carlo Levi, Elena Ferrante, Igiaba Scego, and directors Vittorio De Sica, and Alice Rohrwacher. Taught in English—students wishing to do coursework in Italian should register for AS.214.363 (02).

• Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
• Instructor: Cerreti, Marta
• Room: Gilman 77
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

This seminar investigates the contours of scientific dialogue in early modern Italy through the figure of Galileo Galilei and his intellectual milieu. We will examine how literary culture shaped the circulation of new ideas, and how women—whether as poets, patrons, or correspondents—participated in the exploration and communication of scientific knowledge. Readings include selections from Galileo’s scientific writings and extensive correspondence, alongside literary and artistic texts that illuminate the cultural contexts in which his ideas were produced, debated, and disseminated. By situating Galileo within academic, courtly, and cultural networks, the seminar considers the reciprocal relationship between scientific inquiry and literary production, with particular attention to how gender shaped access to, and participation in, intellectual life.

• Days/Times: T 3:00PM - 5:30PM
• Instructor: Ray, Meredith
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

How do we find a sense of balance in times of grief, fear, and strife? How have humans achieved calm during inner or outer turbulence? This course looks to the Italian Middle Ages and Renaissance, when the rediscovery of classical thought bursts onto the scene and philosophers, writers, visual artists, and theologians rethink the tools at their disposal for living through life’s challenges. We will study what premodern Italian thinkers drew from philosophical schools such as Stoicism, Epicureanism, and Skepticism, and how they combined those ideas with a Christian worldview to produce new methods of cultivating tranquility of mind. Among the topics we will cover are theories of ataraxia, the debate between the active and contemplative life, what constitutes a “good” life, and the search for harmony. We will read works by Boethius, Catherina of Siena, Petrarch, Bruni, Alberti, Valla, and Ficino, among others. (Some knowledge of a Romance Language or Latin helpful, but not required.)

• Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 5:00PM
• Instructor: Saiber, Arielle
• Room: Gilman 479
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 11/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

Training for professional academic purposes.

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Di Bianco, Laura; Zannirato, Alessandro
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 15/15
• 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: 4/5
• 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: 4/5
• 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