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Oct. 22, 2018
Félicitations to Dr. Irène D’Almeida who has just co-authored a new book, Autour de L’enfant noir de Camara Laye (L’Harmattan, 2018)
Née en Haïti, Elsie AUGUSTAVE est diplômée en études de littérature et en langues étrangères des universités de…
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Feb. 22, 2018
Prof. Aileen A. Feng has been awarded a Short-Term Research Fellowship from the Renaissance Society of America to conduct archival work in Italy during Summer 2018. Prof. Feng will spend three months in Italy continuing research for her new…
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Dec. 4, 2017
On November 28, Margherita Berti, Stefano Maranzana, and Jake Monzingo hosted a unique event to allow students to experience Italy without even leaving the classroom. Google Cardboard glasses let Italy come to the UofA! Read more about this fun…
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Nov. 21, 2017
Congratulations to Dr. Beppe Cavatorta for having his talk highlighted in a recent article. The full text can be found here.
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Sept. 20, 2017
The Department of French and Italian is very happy to announce that our colleague Dr. Beppe Cavatorta has been elected president of the American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI) for a three-year term beginning in January 2018.
The…
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Feb. 2, 2017
Congratulations to Borbala Gaspar, Ph.D. student in SLAT and GAT in Italian Studies, who received a Student/Faculty Interaction (SFI) Grant from Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, Academic Initiatives and Student Success (SAEM/AISS). The…
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Jan. 18, 2017
Congratulations to Dr. Fabian Alfie, who just published “La donna taverna: La ballata delle due cognate ubriache” as part of a collection of essays for a conference held in June 2015, "La poesia italiana prima di Dante" (Italian Poetry before Dante…
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Jan. 12, 2017
Congratulations to Dr. Aileen A. Feng who has officially published her monograph with the University of Toronto Press!
Writing Beloveds: Humanist Petrarchism and the Politics of Gender
"Covering a period from the late-fourteenth to mid-sixteenth…
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Nov. 15, 2016
Dr. Fabian Alfie, professor of Italian, was featured in a story by UA News in how the work of the famed poet Dante Alighieri has remained a focal point of popular interest for centuries.
Read the full story here: Four Questions: 'Inferno' Unveils…
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Oct. 28, 2016
Professor Beppe Cavatorta was selected to deliver the keynote address at Montclair State University’s Symposium EduMusica: Songs and Music in the Italian Curriculum.
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Aug. 30, 2016
Professor Beppe Cavatorta was interviewed in an Italian newspaper about his latest book. The article "I versi di Ballerini? Ricerca sulla lingua" can be seen in its full version below:
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May 2, 2016
Please help us congratulate Dr. Aileen Feng who was just promoted to Associate Professor of Italian with tenure!