Chiara Trebaiocchi

Senior Preceptor and Coordinator of the Italian Language Program
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Boylston 328
(617) 495-4250
Italian at Harvard

Office Hours

Tuesdays 1:30pm-2:30pm in person or by appointment

Academic Degrees:
B.A., Scuola Normale Superiore; Università di Pisa;
M.A. Scuola Normale Superiore; Università di Pisa;
M.A., Ph.D. Harvard University

Roles: Senior Preceptor and Coordinator of the Italian Language Program
Undergraduate Advisor (Italian)

Research Interests: history of the Italian language; contemporary Italian literature; second language acquisition and language pedagogy


Chiara Trebaiocchi is Senior Preceptor at Harvard University, where she received her PhD in Italian Studies. Previously, she studied at the Scuola Normale Superiore and at the Università di Pisa for her BA and MAs. In her current role at Harvard, she coordinates the Italian language program, beginning to advanced language level courses, and she trains new graduate students and instructors.  Her dissertation, Reschooling Society: Pedagogia come forma di lotta nella vita e nell’opera di Franco Fortini, was recently published by Pacini Editore. She is also the Higher Education Co-Chair for the AP Italian Development Committee. Her research interests include: history of the Italian language; contemporary Italian literature; second language acquisition and language pedagogy. Her most recent works can be found in the NECTFL review, Italica, and the Fortini journal, L’ospite ingrato.

In the news: Italian Program Establishes Largest Cash Prize in Harvard’s Romance Languages Dept.

 

Spring, 2026

Semester: Spring
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Year offered: 2026
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This is an intensive and complete first-year course in one term for students with no knowledge of Italian, focused on developing all four communicative skills. You will learn how to talk about personal topics, likes and dislikes, and your immediate environment (such as...
Semester: Spring
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Year offered: 2026
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In this intermediate Italian course, inspired by the “colors” of Italian pop literature and culture, you will strengthen previously learned grammatical structures and master more challenging ones that will allow you to handle various communicative tasks, both in writing and...