# Chiara Trebaiocchi Senior Preceptor and Coordinator of the Italian Language Program ![Portrait of a woman with long wavy hair, wearing a black top and light jacket, standing indoors near a sculpture.](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2025-03/trebaiocchi.jpg?itok=_rO5wfSy) location\_on Boylston 328 smartphone [(617) 495-4250]() email laptop\_windows [Italian at Harvard](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/80915) **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](https://www.pacinieditore.it/prodotto/reschooling-society/). 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.](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/11/8/italian-prize-romance-languages/) ### Spring, 2026 [### ITAL 10 - Beginning Italian I - Parliamo Italiano! Pathways to Italy ](/class/ital-10-beginning-italian-i-parliamo-italiano-pathways-italy-0) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-113814/2025/spring/12199) This is a first semester beginning course designed for students with little or no knowledge of Italian. Through the explorations of six targeted urban areas and various aspects of Italian daily life (the university, home environments, currency, shopping habits, pop songs... [### ITAL 11 - Beginning Italian II - Parliamo Italiano! The Art & Craft of Italy ](/class/ital-11-beginning-italian-ii-parliamo-italiano-art-craft-italy-0) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-125061/2025/spring/12200) This second semester beginning-level Italian course will engage you in interactive communicative activities that provide rich exposure to the Italian language and culture(s). In this class, you will continue to develop and strengthen oral and written competence, as well as... [### ITAL 15 - Intensive Beginning Italian: Gateway to Italy ](/class/ital-15-intensive-beginning-italian-gateway-italy-0) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-112340/2025/spring/12201) 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... [### ITAL 20 - Intermediate Italian: The Colors of Italian Pop Lit ](/class/ital-20-intermediate-italian-colors-italian-pop-lit-0) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-128265/2025/spring/12202) 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... [### ITAL 30 - Upper-Level Italian: Italiano in Verde: Sustainability Issues in the Italian Classroom ](/class/ital-30-upper-level-italian-italiano-verde-sustainability-issues-italian-classroom-0) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-128266/2025/spring/12197) This course revisits structures, refines speaking and writing skills, and advances critical linguistic exchanges through the discussion of environmental, cultural, economic, and social issues of sustainability. Through the interpretation of films, novels, short stories... [### ITAL 40 - Advanced Italian I: Italian Through Cinema: Oral Expression and Performance ](/class/ital-40-advanced-italian-i-italian-through-cinema-oral-expression-and-performance-0) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-116233/2025/spring/12988) Through the exploration of both old and contemporary Italian movies in comparison, you will explore themes such as: immigration, family and stereotypes, regional difference between the North and the South, and the cinematic representation of mafie, among others. Course work... [### ITAL 50 - Advanced Italian II: Advanced Written Expression - Writing for Social Justice ](/class/ital-50-advanced-italian-ii-advanced-written-expression-writing-social-justice-0) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-127889/2025/spring/12198) Italian 50 will focus on writing as a form of civic engagement through the lens of social justice in Italy. This theme-based course is designed to develop advanced competence in written expression through guided examination of stylistics and pragmatics. It will revisit... - ## Department Role [Language Faculty](/department-role/language-faculty) - ## Language [Italian](/language/italian) - ## Research Interest [Literature](/research-interest/literature) [Italian](/research-interest/italian)