From a very grateful Assistant Director of the Center for Italian Studies (and a newly hooded Dr): thank you Prof. @clliv.bsky.social for supporting my graduate studies since the beginning and for making this moment happen. We did it! #PhD #ClassOf2025 #NotreDame #ItalianStudies #ItalianCinema

[2/2] Leavitt is one of 35 fellows in the arts, humanities, and sciences selected by the American Academy in Rome to spend the 2025-26 academic year with them. Read more about his prize-winning research project here: al.nd.edu/news/latest-... @clliv.bsky.social @artslettersnd.bsky.social

We are delighted to announce that Prof. Charles Leavitt has won the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Rome Prize to support his research on the experience of occupation, particularly the Italian response to the American occupation after World War II in Tombolo, a pine grove on the coast of Tuscany. [1/2]

#NDDay starts tomorrow! Show your support for our world renowned scholarship by making a gift to the Center for Italian Studies or to the Devers Program in Dante Studies @notredame.bsky.social @artslettersnd.bsky.social notredameday.nd.edu/organization... notredameday.nd.edu/organization...

Congratulations to graduating MA student in Italian Studies Samantha Civitarese on winning the Kaneb Center's 2025 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award in recognition of her exceptional contributions to language and culture education. Read more here: italianstudies.nd.edu/news-events/...

“The Notre Dame community joins with the Church and the world in mourning the passing of Pope Francis. As Pope Francis often reminded us, no one is far from God’s merciful love, and the Church must be a ‘field hospital’ to warm hearts, heal wounds and open doors.” More: go.nd.edu/e0b453

Valentina Mele has won a Global Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. For two years, Mele will work with @nditalianstudies.bsky.social to research the impact of modernist Dante on the American poetic avant-garde in the 20th century. al.nd.edu/news/latest-...

Join us for the next lecture of the Modern Roads Lead to Rome series for a presentation by Professor Guri Schwarz (Università di Genova) titled, "A Struggle Against Indifference? Holocaust Analogies and Memory Politics in Contemporary Italy" Learn more here: italianstudies.nd.edu/news-events/...

#NDday is April 29th! Considering making a gift to the Devers Program in Dante Studies or the Center for Italian Studies. Every gift counts! notredameday.nd.edu/organization... notredameday.nd.edu/organization...

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Valentina Mele has won a prestigious Global Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions 2024 and will spend the first two years of the fellowship with us at the University of Notre Dame. Read more here: italianstudies.nd.edu/news-events/...

Fantastic news from our Center for Italian Studies Affiliate Professor Vanessa Rukholm who has just been promoted to the position of Associate Director of the Honors Program at the University of Tampa. Find out more here: italianstudies.nd.edu/news-events/...

Join us for the next lecture of the Modern Roads Lead to Rome series for a presentation by Professor Guri Schwarz (Università di Genova) titled, "A Struggle Against Indifference? Holocaust Analogies and Memory Politics in Contemporary Italy" Learn more here: italianstudies.nd.edu/news-events/...

Join our very own Inha Park for a compelling Visual Cultures Workshop as she explores the origins of Milan's coree—informal settlements named after the Korean War—highlighting their role in Italy’s postwar urban landscape and migrant solidarity in the 1950s and 1960s.

First year PhD student, Alessandro Matone, will be participating in the Flannery at 100 conference at Georgia College & State University next week. Learn more here: www.gcsu.edu/oconnor/flan...

This year's #NDday is fast approaching! Consider supporting our research initiatives by donating to the Center for Italian Studies. Let's cultivate a vibrant community of scholars and enthusiasts dedicated to exploring Italy's past, present, and future! notredameday.nd.edu/organization...

Check out our latest interview with ND's Prof. Hyde Minor on her recent publication for The Art Bulletin, the "alchemy of the archives," and her endlessly fascinating research on the 18th century Italian classical archaeologist and architect, G.B. Piranesi: italianstudies.nd.edu/news-events/...

Join us for a discussion and workshop with poet Pietro Federico, author of La Maggioranza Delle Stelle (Most of the Stars), a poetic journey through America. Monday, April 14, 2025 | 4:00-5:30 PM Decio-3-AL 344 Seminar Room Reception with refreshments to follow.

We are so proud of our MA students Samantha Civitarese and Carolina Minguzzi who gave wonderful presentations at the Italian Research Seminar yesterday. We can’t wait to see how your research will develop in the years to come. Here’s to your bright futures! 🥳 🎉 🇮🇹 🇨🇦

We are so grateful to Silvana Patriarca for her outstanding presentation on "Anticolonialism(s) as antiracism(s)" and for coming to visit us in South Bend. Her presentation generated a rich discussion and we look forward to reading more about this timely research project. @fordham.edu

Join us now to watch Prof. Patriarca's lecture on "'Anticolonialism(s) as antiracism(s)?' Italian Radicals Facing 'Race' and the Colonial Question at the Turn of the Twentieth Century." Live from #NotreDame #Italian #ItalianStudies @fordham.edu www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnZB...

Join us for the final part of the Spring 2025 Italian Research Seminar, where our M.A. students will present on their research! Learn more here: italianstudies.nd.edu/news-events/...

We are very excited to announce our new CIS Advisory Board Members Laura Banella, Silvia Dall'Olio, Tom Guinan and Alessandro Pierattini. Please join us in welcoming them and read about their work here: italianstudies.nd.edu/news-events/... #StudyItalian #ItalianStudies #NotreDame

Less than two weeks until Silvana Patriarca's lecture on "Anticolonialism(s) as antiracism(s)?' Italian Radicals Facing 'Race' and the Colonial Question at the Turn of the Twentieth Century." Can't make it in person? Join us online here: www.youtube.com/live/DnZBQLN... #ItalianResearchSeminar #NDCIS

And at the #AATI annual conference Samatha Civitarese (M.A.) and Prof. Tessa Gurney, Ph.D, have organized a round table entitled, "Sharing Good News in Italian Studies." Civitarese will also be presenting a paper called, "Building a Strong Teaching Portfolio as a Graduate Student."

PhD student Beatrice Rosso will also join her Notre Dame colleagues at #AAIS2025 with a paper entitled "An Interpretation of the Elephant Grandfather in Elio Vittorini," as part of a panel on "“Resisting Expectations: Irregular Characters in 20th and 21st Century Literature” #NDItalianStudies

PhD Candidate Elisa Bisson will participate in the panel "Ottocento in the Third Millennium. New Perspectives on Italy’s long 19th-century (1789- 1915)" with a paper entitled, "Between Ethnic Fear and Italian Emigration: the Picture of the Moor in Pascoli’s Italy." [3/3] #AAIS2025 #NDItalianStudies

Carolina Minguzzi (M.A.) is participating in the panel “Writtten and Visual Media as Popular Historians: Representation of History Across Media.” Her contribution discusses "The First Italian Cinematic Representation of Nazi Extermination Camps: L'ebreo errante by Goffredo Alessandrini.” [2/3]

With the 2025 AAIS annual conference approaching, we’d like to share the contributions of some of our ND Italian Studies community members [1/3] aais.italianstudies.net

The College of Arts and Letters often says, “Study Everything. Do Anything.” These five students exemplify how combining Italian Studies with diverse fields not only enhances their undergraduate experience but also broadens their horizons. Study everything, and you truly can do anything.

We're excited to announce our next lecture in the ND Italian Research Seminar with Professor Silvana Patriarca (Fordham University) co-sponsored by the Notre Dame Initiative on Race and Resilience and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies. Learn more here: italianstudies.nd.edu/news-events/...

As part of "Black Cinema Without Borders" film series, St Mary's College will screen "Crossing the Color Line," a film by Sabrina Onana. The documentary asks, what does it mean to grow up in Italy, today, as an afro-descendant child of immigrants? italianstudies.nd.edu/news-events/...

As part of our ongoing hometown spotlight series, we move to the heart of Italy to showcase the beautiful city of Perugia, home to Camilla Canonico, who is pursuing her second PhD at Notre Dame in Italian Studies.

Tomorrow we welcome Prof. Zygmunt Barański @nditalianstudies.bsky.social to @ucc.bsky.social to talk about the structures of Dante’s afterlife

A huge thank you to Rookshar Myram for kicking off this semester’s Italian Research Seminar and giving us the opportunity to come together as a community to hear more about her research on writing as a deifying performance in Dante’s Commedia.

The Center for Italian Studies is happy to announce the spring 2025 edition of the Italian Research Seminar. This post provides an overview of our upcoming events, but we will post detailed information closer to each presentation. We’ll see you at Rare Books and Special Collections!!

We are excited to announce our first academic event of 2025 with current ND grad student Rookshar Myram, who will present her research entitled: "Forging Effigies in the Commedia: Deification as Artistry." Check the event page for all of the details! italianstudies.nd.edu/news-events/...

A few festive updates from the Notre Dame Center for Italian Studies. Vi auguriamo un Buon Natale che sia meraviglioso come i nostri studenti e professori🎄☃️ #BuoneFeste

Things that just make sense at the Notre Dame Center for Italian Studies: www.instagram.com/reel/DDZ2CDV... NOT PICTURED: 100+ Dante statues and paintings #notredame #studyitalian #italianstudies #italian #romancelanguages #italia #italianamerican #italoamericano #studiitaliani

With unique funding opportunities and an award-winning faculty, Notre Dame is a fantastic place to begin your career in Italian Studies. Find out more here: italianstudies.nd.edu/news-events/... Deadline: Jan 15 2025

If you missed last night's Italian Research Seminar with Prof. Del Soldato you can catch up here: www.youtube.com/live/gEIh2kX...

We are so grateful to Professor Eva Del Soldato for braving the snow yesterday and for gracing us with her delightful company. Her highly engaging lecture on a forgotten booklet by the Franciscan Matthias Ferchius provoked many new curiosities. The perfect way to round off an excellent semester!

The end of semester is fast approaching and so is our last academic lecture in the Italian Research Seminar! Join us live via YouTube today from 5 pm (EST) with Prof. Del Soldato: youtu.be/gEIh2kXd0zQ

Tomorrow is the last lecture in this semester's Italian Research Seminar and it's going to be fascinating! Join us to hear about Prof. Eva Del Soldato's research project about Franciscan Matthias Ferchius at 5pm (EST) and watch live via our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/live/gEIh2kX...

This semester we are highlighting the diversity of Italian culture with our Hometown Spotlight Series. Today we take a closer look at the beautiful city of Venice, home to Carolina Minguzzi, who is currently an M.A. Student in Italian Studies at Notre Dame. www.instagram.com/p/DDHwgyyRr2...

Join us for this semester’s final research seminar on Thurs. Dec. 5th 5pm (EST) for Prof. Del Soldato’s lecture on the intriguing journey of a forgotten booklet by the Franciscan Matthias Ferchius (1583-1669). Find out more here: italianstudies.nd.edu/news-events/...

Will you be joining us for Prof. Mara Josi’s lecture tomorrow at 11.00am (EST)? If you can’t make it in person register to attend online here ndrome-events.com/modern-roads...

Real Americans study Italian 💪🇺🇸 (Disclaimer: only four people pictured here are U.S. citizens. Studying Italian may result in an improved sense of community and belonging, the development of excellent taste, and runs the risk of becoming a more erudite individual)

Did you manage to watch last night's lecture with Professor Nicoletta Pireddu last night? If not, catch up here: www.youtube.com/live/Y50sxfc...

Join us live at the University of Notre Dame's #ItalianResearchSeminar for an exciting presentation with Prof. Nicoletta Pireddu of #GeorgetownUniversity. We are live on YouTube and welcome your questions and curiosities: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y50s...

Considering a career in Italian Studies or know a promising young scholar who is thinking about grad school? Italian Studies is currently accepting applications for our MA and PhD programs. Find out more here: italianstudies.nd.edu/news-events/...