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Overview
The Italian Studies Department is an interdisciplinary enterprise. You will find courses in Italian language, literature, history, cultural studies, film, and folklore offered by the department, both in Italian and in English. You will also discover that courses with significant Italian content are often taught in other departments and programs, including History of Art, Music, Comparative Literature, Film Studies, Anthropology, Political Science, History, and Medieval Studies. The department's diverse faculty includes scholars of literature, history, music, anthropology, art history, architecture, and cinema. We are also fortunate to have frequent visiting faculty from Italy and elsewhere.
If you have a strong interest in things Italian but do not yet know the language, we offer a range of general education courses (both upper and lower division), including many that fulfill breadth requirements in Arts and Literature, Historical Studies, Philosophy and Values, and Social and Behavioral Sciences. The department also offers reading and composition (R&C) courses.
Undergraduate Programs
Italian Studies: BA, Minor
Graduate Program
Italian Studies: PhD
Romance Languages and Literatures (Italian): PhD (offered by the Graduate Group in Romance Languages and Literatures)
Courses
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
Basic grammar for beginners: Part one.
Elementary Italian: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 12.5 hours of lecture per week
10 weeks - 10 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
An intensive Italian language course designed for native or advanced speakers of Romance languages (French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan). In one semester, we will cover materials usually taught in two semesters in Elementary Italian 1 and 2. Students who successfully complete the course will be able to enroll in Italian 3 (Intermediate Italian). Regular attendance is mandatory.
Intensive Italian for Romance Languages Speakers: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Level 4 or higher of a Romance Language (French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian or Catalan) or departmental consent on a case by case basis
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Intensive Italian for Romance Languages Speakers: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
An intensive Italian language course designed for native or advanced speakers of Romance languages (French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan). In one semester, we will cover materials usually taught in two semesters in Elementary Italian 1 and 2. Students who successfully complete the course will be able to enroll in Italian 3 (Intermediate Italian). Regular and continued attendance of both classes is mandatory.
Intensive Italian for Romance Languages Speakers: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Level 4 or higher of a Romance Language (French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian or Catalan) or departmental consent on a case by case basis
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Intensive Italian for Romance Languages Speakers: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2019
Elementary Italian W1 is for beginners and focuses on developing basic language skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) in Italian. Italian will be spoken in class at all times; students will be exposed to authentic Italian material from films, songs, websites, and will have the opportunity to practice their listening and speaking skills daily. This is a hybrid course, including both a face-to-face and a hybrid component to be completed online: attendance to both class components is mandatory.
At the end of the semester, students will be able to use Italian to talk about themselves, their family, friends, and interests, and to describe present and past events in Italian and to converse with peers about their everyday life.
Elementary Italian (Hybrid): Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of web-based lecture per week
Online: This is an online course.
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Instructor: Perco
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
Basic grammar for beginners: Part two.
Elementary Italian: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Italian 1
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 12.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 10 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019
Elementary Italian W2 is for students who already have some knowledge of basic structures and vocabulary of Italian. Students will expand their knowledge and mastery of grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation; improve speaking, listening, reading and writing skills and learn about Italian culture and society. Italian will be spoken in class at all times; students will be exposed to authentic Italian material and will practice listening and speaking daily. This is a hybrid course, including both a face-to-face and a hybrid component to be completed online. At the end of the semester, students will use Italian to talk about themselves, family, friends, and interests, and to describe present and past events -- the same learning goals as Italian 2.
Elementary Italian (Hybrid): Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Italian 1 at UC Berkeley, or department placement exam
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of web-based lecture per week
Online: This is an online course.
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Instructor: Perco
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
Grammar review, reading, and written composition.
Intermediate Italian: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Italian Studies 2 or placement exam
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
Selected readings in modern Italian prose; a review of the essentials of grammar; written and oral compositions.
Intermediate Italian: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 3
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 5 weeks - 12 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019
Reading and composition course based on works by Italians and foreigners about Italy and its culture and by Italians about their distinctive experiences of other cultures as tourists and emigrants. Works studied will be primarily chosen from among fiction and non fiction narratives, both originally in English and translated into it. R5A satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition Requirement and R5B satisfies the second half.
Reading and Composition: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing Requirement
Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Final exam not required.
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Summer 2020 8 Week Session, Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session
Reading and composition course based on works by Italians and foreigners about Italy and its culture and by Italians about their distinctive experiences of other cultures as tourists and emigrants. Works studied will be primarily chosen from among fiction and non fiction narratives, both originally in English and translated into it. R5A satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition Requirement and R5B satisfies the second half.
Reading and Composition: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Previously passed an R_A course with a letter grade of C- or better. Previously passed an articulated R_A course with a letter grade of C- or better. Score a 4 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Literature. Score a 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Language and Composition. Score of 5, 6, or 7 on the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Examination in English
Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Final exam not required.
Terms offered: Summer 2019 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2018 First 6 Week Session
The aim of this course is to develop and enhance oral communication skills in students who have already learned the basics of Italian grammar in Italian 1 and Italian 2. Through this course students will enrich their listening and speaking skills through the acquisition of new vocabulary, conversational practice, oral reports, discussions, and collaborative projects.
Italian Conversation I: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Italian 2
Hours & Format
Summer: 5 weeks - 10 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Terms offered: Summer 2019 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2018 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2016
The course is designed to develop and enhance oral communication skills at an advanced level, by means of conversational practice, discussion of readings, student presentation or original material, and use of audio-visual materials and realia.
Advanced Conversational Italian: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 3 or equivalent, or consent of instructor
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course is designed to develop and enhance oral communication skills at an advance level, by means of conversational practice, discussion of readings, student presentation on original material, and use of audio-visual materials and realia.
Italian Conversation II: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Italian 3
Hours & Format
Summer: 5 weeks - 10 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
The Berkeley Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Berkeley Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester.
Freshman Seminars: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final Exam To be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Terms offered: Spring 2018
This course serves as an introduction to Italian Studies in a comparative and interdisciplinary context. In each iteration of the course, students will learn about major intellectual debates in Italian culture and society, viewed in relation to their global context. Topics will vary with instructor.
Critical Issues in Interdisciplinary Italian Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Pirillo
Critical Issues in Interdisciplinary Italian Studies: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
An introduction to Dante's works in the cultural and historical context of the European Middle Ages.
Dante (in English): Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Botterill
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
An introduction to Dante's works in the cultural and historical context of the European Middle Ages.
Dante (in English): Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2009, Spring 2007
Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small-seminar setting. These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester.
Freshman/Sophomore Seminar: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Priority given to freshmen and sophomores
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1.5-4 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final Exam To be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Terms offered: Fall 2012, Fall 2008
Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small-seminar setting. These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester.
Freshman/Sophomore Seminar: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Priority given to freshmen and sophomores
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1.5-4 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final Exam To be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018
Introduction to Italian studies through selected topics and themes integral to the history, literature, and arts of Italy from Dante to Fellini.
Italian Culture (in English): Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Fuller
Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
Interdisciplinary introduction to the Italian Renaissance through selected topics integral to the history, literature, and arts of Italy in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
The Italian Renaissance: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructors: Ascoli, Botterill
Terms offered: Spring 2019
Using a few selected examples drawn from Florence, Rome, Milan, and Venice, this course will introduce most types of art and architecture produced in the Italian Renaissance--including city squares, churches, palaces and libraries, and their painted and sculptural decoration. Special attention will be paid to various approaches used in interpreting works of art.
Introduction to Italian Renaissance Art: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Also listed as: HISTART C62
Terms offered: Spring 2016, Summer 2015 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2014 Second 6 Week Session
This course is a brief introduction to the history of Italian cinema. No prior knowledge of Italian cinema or film theory is necessary. We will study major auteurs and genres of Italian cinema in the context of Italian culture and history from 1895 to the present. The course is structured chronologically: we will begin with silent cinema, work our way through the 20th century, and end with contemporary cinema. All students must attend weekly screenings. Films and film clips will also be shown during lectures.
Italian Cinema: History, Directors, Genres, Introduction to Italian Cinema: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture, 1 hour of discussion, and 2 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Italian Cinema: History, Directors, Genres, Introduction to Italian Cinema: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course is a brief introduction to the history of Italian cinema. No prior knowledge of Italian cinema or film theory is necessary. We will study major auteurs and genres of Italian cinema in the context of Italian culture and history from 1895 to the present. The course is structured chronologically: we will begin with silent cinema, work our way through the 20th century, and end with contemporary cinema. All students must attend weekly screenings. Films and film clips will also be shown during lectures.
Italian Cinema: History, Directors, Genres, Introduction to Italian Cinema: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Italian Cinema: History, Directors, Genres, Introduction to Italian Cinema: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017
Supervised field programs involving experiences in schools and school-related activities. Weekly participation commitment, regular individual meetings with faculty supervisor and written reports required.
Field Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of fieldwork per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
Group study of selected topics not covered by regularly scheduled courses.
Directed Group Study: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
A writing-intensive course that aims to strengthen writing skills though varied genres, including literary analysis, journalism, and biography, and through multiple revisions. The course is a prerequisite for all upper division courses.
Advanced Writing Workshop: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Italian 4
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
Reading and grammatical analysis of representative texts; advanced written composition.
Advanced Grammar, Reading, and Composition: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 4
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014
Reading and grammatical analysis of representative texts; advanced written composition.
Advanced Grammar, Reading, and Composition: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 4
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
This course aims to develop advanced oral and aural skills through discussion, debate, performance, and role-play about the arts in Italy, including cinema, theater, the figurative arts, and music.
Italian through the Arts: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Italian 101 or departmental placement
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
Introduction to the historical development of culture and literature in Italian from the Middle Ages to the present day. Lectures, critical analysis of texts, frequent writing exercises. In Italian.
History of Italian Culture: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: 103A-103B
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015
Introduction to basic works of Italian literature (fiction, poetry, drama) with an emphasis on techniques of reading.
Reading Italian Literature: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
Introduction to the historical development of Italian culture from the Middle Ages to the present, with an emphasis on critical analysis of literary and visual texts in relation to the politics and societies of the Italian peninsula, and an ultimate goal of advancing student’s critical and linguistic skills.
History of Italian Culture: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Italian 4 or consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Spring 2014, Fall 2011, Fall 2006
A close introductory reading of Dante's Commedia. Taught in Italian.
Dante's Commedia (in Italian): Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructors: Ascoli, Botterill
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2010
Emphasis on the literature and culture of the 13th and 14th centuries. Literature will emphasize the "Stil Novo" and Dante's minor works as well as Boccaccio's and Petrarch's .
Literature and Culture of the 13th and 14th Centuries: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: 110A-110B
Literature and Culture of the 13th and 14th Centuries: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014
Studies in the literature and culture of the High Renaissance and the Late Renaissance.
Sixteenth-Century Literature and Culture: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: 112A-112B
Terms offered: Fall 1999
Emphasis on the works of Vico, Goldoni, Parini, Alfieri.
Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2018, Fall 2013, Spring 2012
Studies in the literature and culture of nineteenth-century Italy.
Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Spackman
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2014
The main trends in the fiction, poetry, prose and theatre of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
Three hours of lectures, readings, and discussion per week on major authors, themes, and movements in Italian literature.
Topics in Italian Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018
An introduction to Dante's Inferno in the context of his other works. Taught in English.
Dante's Inferno (in English): Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Instructors: Ascoli, Botterill
Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2008, Spring 2005
A close introductory reading of Dante's Purgatorio and Paradiso. Prior completion of Italian 130A Inferno is recommended. Taught in English.
Dante's Purgatorio and Paradiso (in English): Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Instructors: Ascoli, Botterill
Terms offered: Fall 2018, Spring 2018
This course will ask students to think critically about work and labor in various U.S. contexts, while introducing them to key concepts in late twentieth-century Italian social theory.
Topics may vary from semester to semester, but the course will always take substantial account of the experiences and histories of representations of different ethnic groups.
After Work: Italian Theories, US Texts: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: McGlazer
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018
The course will study Italian culture from the perspective of social and historical forces, as articulated by a broad variety of cultural, ideological, and institutional discourses.
Studies in the History, Society, and Politics of the Italian Peninsula (in Italian): Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Italian 101 or consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Studies in the History, Society, and Politics of the Italian Peninsula (in Italian): Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2018
The course will study Italian culture from the perspective of social and historical forces, as articulated by a broad variety of cultural, ideological, and institutional discourses.
Studies in the History, Society, and Politics of the Italian Peninsula (in English): Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Studies in the History, Society, and Politics of the Italian Peninsula (in English): Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Summer 2019 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2018 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2002 10 Week Session
The course will study Italian culture from the perspective of social and historical forces, as articulated by a broad variety of cultural, ideological, and institutional discourses. Taught in English or Italian.
Studies in the History, Society, and Politics of the Italian Peninsula: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Summer: 5 weeks - 9 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Studies in the History, Society, and Politics of the Italian Peninsula: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2012, Fall 2011
The course will study Italian culture from the perspective of literary discourse in its responses to a broad spectrum of cultural, ideological, and institutional forces. Taught in English or Italian.
Special Topics in Italian Literature: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019
An analysis of Italian cinema as seen in the development of specific film genres such as neorealism, comedy, self-reflexive cinema. Occasionally the course will concentrate on a specific director and study his individuality through style, theme, and personal development. This course fulfills film major requirement in one of history, genre, auteur.
The Italian Cinema: History, Genres, Authors: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of lecture and 0-3 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013
The interaction of film style with literary and poetic structure studied through film theories, film novels, and the work of outstanding Italian film directors. Literature shaped by film experience and films dealing with the essence of cinematic form will be analyzed. This course may fulfill the film major requirement in theory.
Film and Literature (in English): Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
Limited to senior honors candidates. Directed study relating to the writing of an honors thesis.
Special Studies for Honors Candidates: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 3.3 overall GPA, 3.5 GPA in the major and must have completed at least 18 upper division units in the major
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017
Supervised field programs involving experiences in schools and school-related activities. Weekly participation commitment, regular individual meetings with faculty supervisor and written reports required.
Field Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2017
Supervised group study of selected topics not covered by regularly scheduled courses.
Directed Group Study: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Students must have completed 60 units and have a minimum GPA of 2.0
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
Enrollment restrictions apply; see the Introduction to the Course and Curricula section of this catalog.
Supervised Independent Study and Research for Advanced Undergraduates: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Restricted to senior students with overall GPA of 3.0 or better
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Supervised Independent Study and Research for Advanced Undergraduates: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2018, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2011, Fall 2009
Linguistic development of the major Romance languages (French, Italian, and Spanish) from the common Latin origin. Comparative perspective, combining historical grammar and external history.
Linguistic History of the Romance Language: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Knowledge of at least two of the major Romance languages (French, Italian, and Spanish)
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Formerly known as: Romance Philology 200
Also listed as: FRENCH C202/SPANISH C202
Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014
Topics will vary. Comparative studies in literary, cultural, or historical issues that cut across the literatures of the Romance languages.
Comparative Studies in Romance Literatures and Cultures: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructors: Navarrete, Hampton, Botterill
Also listed as: FRENCH C203/SPANISH C203
Comparative Studies in Romance Literatures and Cultures: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2013
This course is designed to provide the student with a general view of the major developments in contemporary criticism and an opportunity to apply critical methods to literary texts. One oral report and a final paper.
Contemporary Trends in Critical Theory: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2015
This course introduces the study of Italian literature in its historical scope, while presenting the range of research interests represented on the Italian Studies faculty. Required of all Master of Arts candidates.
Proseminar I: Italian Literary Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students taking this course for 2 units do not write a final paper and may enroll in the course on a <satisfactory/unsatisfactory> basis.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Terms offered: Fall 2018, Spring 2015, Fall 2014
Studies in the and other works.
Seminar on Dante: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students taking this course for 2 units do not write a final paper and may enroll in the course on a <satisfactory/unsatisfactory> basis.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructors: Ascoli, Botterill
Formerly known as: 209
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2016
Investigation of major topics, genres, and authors in Italian literature and culture of the 15th and 16th centuries.
Seminar in Renaissance Literature and Culture: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students taking this course for 2 units do not write a final paper and may enroll in the course on a <satisfactory/unsatisfactory> basis.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructors: Ascoli, Moses
Formerly known as: 217
Seminar in Renaissance Literature and Culture: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2014, Spring 2013
Investigation of major topics, genres, and figures in Italian literature and culture of the 19th century.
Seminar in 19th Century Literature and Culture: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students taking this course for 2 units do not write a final paper and may enroll in the course on a <satisfactory/unsatisfactory> basis.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Spackman
Formerly known as: 221
Seminar in 19th Century Literature and Culture: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
Investigation of major topics, genres, and authors in Italian literature and culture of the 20th century.
Seminar in 20th Century Literature and Culture: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students taking this course for 2 units do not write a final paper and may enroll in the course on a <satisfactory/unsatisfactory> basis.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructors: Spackman, Fuller
Formerly known as: 223
Seminar in 20th Century Literature and Culture: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Fall 2011, Spring 2010
Investigation of significant genres and modes of writing as they recur in the course of Italian cultural history.
Special Topics in Genre and Mode: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students taking this course for 2 units enroll in the course on a <satisfactory/unsatisfactory> basis and do not write a final paper.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
Investigation of topics in Italian cultural history from a multidisciplinary perspective.
Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Italian Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students taking this course for 2 units enroll in the course on a <satisfactory/unsatisfactory> basis and do not write a final paper.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Italian Studies: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
Directed readings undertaken under the direction of a faculty member of the department of Italian Studies in conjunction with an audit of a 100-series seminar.
Directed Readings in Italian Literature and Culture: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Directed Readings in Italian Literature and Culture: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
Directed research leading to the writing of a term paper under the direction of an Italian Studies department faculty member. Requires concurrent enrollment in a 100-series seminar.
Seminar Research Course: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
Directed reading course leading to the production of a formal dissertation prospectus with detailed bibliography. Course is required for all Doctor of Philosophy candidates.
Prospectus Tutorial: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018
Reports on current scholarly work by faculty and graduate students.
Graduate Colloquium in Italian Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Italian studies
Credit Restrictions: M.A. or Ph.D. students who elect to repeat the sequence must do so on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of colloquium per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Graduate
Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Formerly known as: 290
Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018
Reports on current scholarly work by faculty and graduate students.
Graduate Colloquium in Italian Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Italian studies
Credit Restrictions: M.A. or Ph.D. students who elect to repeat the sequence must do so on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of colloquium per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Graduate
Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Formerly known as: 290
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
Designed to allow students to do research in areas not covered by other courses. Requires regular discussions with the instructor and a final written report.
Special Study: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-7.5 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1.5-5.5 hours of independent study per week
10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
Limited to students engaged in research for the doctoral dissertation.
Directed Research: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
3 weeks - 27-60 hours of independent study per week
6 weeks - 15-30 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 10-99 hours of independent study per week
10 weeks - 8-18 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Terms offered: Summer 2020 10 Week Session, Summer 2019 10 Week Session, Summer 2018 10 Week Session
Limited to students engaged in research for the doctoral dissertation.
Directed Research: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Summer:
6 weeks - 0.5-8 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 0.5-6 hours of independent study per week
10 weeks - 0.5-4.5 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
Practicum in College Teaching of Italian: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 301. Concurrent service as Italian graduate student instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-4 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
Three hours of classroom teaching per week with regular faculty supervision; attendance at faculty lectures where appropriate; routine meetings to discuss and evaluate teaching methods, including lecturing, discussion, classroom activities, grading and testing, design of syllabi and course materials.
Practicum in the Teaching of Italian Literature, History, and Culture: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Required of Italian Studies Department GSIs not enrolled in 302 or 355 or in an approved Reading and Composition pedagogy course
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Practicum in the Teaching of Italian Literature, History, and Culture: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
Required of all graduate student instructors in their first semester of teaching. This course provides instruction on the theory and practice of foreign language teaching and learning with lectures on methodology, testing, grading, class preparation, textbook selection and evaluation, course design and development, and the use of audio-visual and computer aids to instruction. A final research paper is required. It also includes supervised classroom practice.
Seminar in Language Pedagogy: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Graduate student instructor status
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Grading: Letter grade.
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
Individual study in consultation with faculty member with a view to the M.A. comprehensive examination. May be taken only in the semester of the comprehensive examination.
Individual Studies for M.A. Candidates: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with advisor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019
Individual study in consultation with a faculty adviser. Intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare for the Ph.D. qualifying examination. May be taken only in the semester of the qualifying examination.
Individual Studies for Doctoral Students: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Course does not satisfy unit or residence requirements for doctoral degree.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with advisor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Italian Studies/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Faculty and Instructors
Faculty
Mia Fuller, Associate Professor. Anthropology, Italy, fascism, urban design, architecture, Italian colonialism.
Research Profile
Henrike Lange, Assistant Professor.
Diego Pirillo, Associate Professor. Renaissance Europe, History of Books and Reading, history of political thought, History of Historiography.
Research Profile
Barbara Spackman, Professor. Feminist theory, psychoanalysis, culture, fascism, gender studies, comparative literature, Italian studies, narrative, European decadence, travel writing.
Research Profile
Lecturers
Anna M. Bellezza, Lecturer.
Mara Mauri Jacobsen, Lecturer.
Giuliana Perco, Lecturer.
Emeritus Faculty
Albert Russell Ascoli, Professor Emeritus. Italy, national identity, literature and history, Dante, authorship and authority, Ariosto, Machiavelli, Petrarch, Boccaccio, epic and romance, Renaissance, early modern, Middle Ages.
Research Profile
Gavriel Moses, Professor Emeritus. Violence, body, comparative literature, Italian studies, film studies, English literatures, philology, film making, Italian cinema history and genres, auteur effects in Antonioni Kieslowski and Rohmer, cultural objects in cinema, novels on film, love.
Research Profile
Contact Information
Department of Italian Studies
6303 Dwinelle Hall
Phone: 510-642-2979
Undergraduate Student Services Adviser
Amanda Minafo
6303 Dwinelle Hall
Phone: 510-642-4661
Graduate Student Services Adviser
Seth Arnopole
6313 Dwinelle Hall
Phone: 510-642-9051