Italian Literary & Cultural Studies

Italian studies are central to the development of European cultures, written traditions, and artistic movements, beginning with the significance of Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio and their legacies in the Mediterranean world.  Research expertise in the department spans Italian literary genres, periods, art, and cinema to the present day with focuses on contemporary Italy, aesthetics and poetics, women writers, pedagogy, embodiment, and the philosophy of education.

Photo source: Libreria Bocca in Milan taken from https://www.iviaggididante.com/2018/08/le-librerie-di-milano-da-visitare.html