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Italian at Harvard Presents: Special Merenda Italiana

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Please join us Wednesday Feb. 18th at 3.30pm and again on Wednesday Feb. 25th in the Boylston Hall 4th floor lounge for a special Italian Merenda: cannoli will be served as we start preparing for the Sanremo Festival ( Italy's most important music...

ITAL 20 - Intermediate Italian: The Colors of Italian Pop Lit

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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...

ITALIAN 201R - De Bosis Colloquium in Italian Studies

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Current scholars in the field of Italian Studies present their books on literature, philosophy, art and architecture, music, history, politics, and the social sciences. Students also learn how to conduct video interviews and write book reviews. Course...

Italian Language Table Special Edition

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ITALIAN 111 - Italian Cinema: 10 Masterpieces

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An introduction to ten most inspiring and much-discussed Italian films from Neorealism to today.

ITALIAN 076 - The Sonnet

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This course offers a concise yet complete survey of the most transformative poetic forms in Italian and Western literature, the sonnet. We will trace its evolution chronologically and thematically, using an anthology of approximately 70 sonnets to...

ITALIAN 077 - The Italian Constitution: Foundations of a Republic (art. 1-12)

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This seminar examines the fundamental principles of the Italian Constitution (Articles 1-12), dedicating one article per week to an in-depth study. Students will memorize these articles by semester’s end, mastering their text and significance. Each week...

ITALIAN 116 - Italian Renaissance

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The course studies the historical period that, on the one hand, invented modern politics, art, and science and, on the other, an awareness of origins and respect for traditions. Was it better for a prince to be loved or feared? What did a young woman have...

ITAL 40 - Advanced Italian I: Italian Through Cinema: Oral Expression and Performance

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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...

ITALIAN 201R - De Bosis Colloquium in Italian Studies

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Current scholars in the field of Italian Studies present their books on literature, philosophy, art and architecture, music, history, politics, and the social sciences. Students also learn how to conduct video interviews and write book reviews.

ITAL 30 - Upper-Level Italian: Italiano in Verde: Sustainability Issues in the Italian Classroom

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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...

ITALIAN 162 - The Meaning of Time

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A course about the meaning of time, not just as a measurement of change, but also as the social and intellectual prerequisite for knowledge, morality, and political action. With examples drawn mostly from Italian culture—readings include Machiavelli...