Italian Studies
Italian Studies at Brown
Italian Studies at Brown explores the culture, history and society of Italy and educates the next generation of scholars to focus on Italy in a global context.
Italian Studies at Brown
Italian Studies at Brown explores the culture, history and society of Italy and educates the next generation of scholars to focus on Italy in a global context.
Colloquium with Marco Aresu, UPenn
October 11, 2024 12-1:30pm
Please join the Italian Studies Department for a colloquium with Marco Aresu, Assistant Professor of Italian Studies at University of Pennsylvania.
Strings Of Imagination: Rethinking Pinocchio in the Digital Age
October 25 & 26, 9am-7pm
Carlo Collodi’s Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino is one of the most popular Italian literary works ever written. Being translated into hundreds of languages, the puppet’s story is known virtually everywhere across the globe. The aim of this conference is thus to bring together the latest investigations on Pinocchio’s world within and beyond its literary matrix: from the history of the text, its reception, and dissemination, to the commercial success of Le avventure di Pinocchio in its various forms; from the relevance of Pinocchio as a made-in-Italy brand exported abroad to the most recent approaches to its afterlives in the new millennium, across different media, languages and cultures.
Academics
Undergraduate
Learn Italian from scratch and explore the history, art, and culture of Italy, from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Graduate
The Doctoral program in Italian Studies prepares students for research and teaching positions in academic environments, and in the world of advanced thought more generally.
Research & Programs
The Virtual Humanities Lab (VHL) provides a portal and a collaborative platform for faculty-led digital projects in Italian literature, philosophy, history and history of art and architecture, ranging from the early modern to the contemporary period.
The Italian Studies Colloquium is a bi-weekly forum and seminar for an exchange of ideas and work of the community of Italian scholars at Brown and invited outside scholars. Graduate students enroll and present their work in progress, and engage the work of faculty and visitors.
Study abroad in the ancient city of Bologna, one of Europe’s great centers of learning and a superbly preserved jewel of medieval charm.
Contact Information
Mailing Address:
Department of Italian Studies
Brown University
Box 1942
190 Hope Street
Providence, RI 02912