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The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social · May 17

From a very grateful Assistant Director of the Center for Italian Studies (and a newly hooded Dr): thank you Prof. @clliv.bsky.social for supporting my graduate studies since the beginning and for making this moment happen. We did it!
#PhD #ClassOf2025 #NotreDame #ItalianStudies #ItalianCinema

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The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social · May 5

[2/2] Leavitt is one of 35 fellows in the arts, humanities, and sciences selected by the American Academy in Rome to spend the 2025-26 academic year with them. Read more about his prize-winning research project here: al.nd.edu/news/latest-... @clliv.bsky.social @artslettersnd.bsky.social

Italian professor wins Rome Prize, supporting research on Italian-American postwar interactions

Charles Leavitt, an associate professor of Italian at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Rome Prize. …

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The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social · May 5

We are delighted to announce that Prof. Charles Leavitt has won the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Rome Prize to support his research on the experience of occupation, particularly the Italian response to the American occupation after World War II in Tombolo, a pine grove on the coast of Tuscany. [1/2]

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The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social · Apr 28

#NDDay starts tomorrow! Show your support for our world renowned scholarship by making a gift to the Center for Italian Studies or to the Devers Program in Dante Studies @notredame.bsky.social @artslettersnd.bsky.social
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Support Center for Italian Studies | Notre Dame Day 2025

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The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social · Apr 23

Congratulations to graduating MA student in Italian Studies Samantha Civitarese on winning the Kaneb Center's 2025 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award in recognition of her exceptional contributions to language and culture education. Read more here: italianstudies.nd.edu/news-events/...

Graduating MA candidate Samantha Civitarese awarded Notre Dame Kaneb Center's Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award

The Center for Italian Studies is proud to announce that graduating MA candidate Samantha Civitarese has been honored with The…

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University of Notre Dame @notredame.bsky.social · Apr 21

“The Notre Dame community joins with the Church and the world in mourning the passing of Pope Francis. As Pope Francis often reminded us, no one is far from God’s merciful love, and the Church must be a ‘field hospital’ to warm hearts, heal wounds and open doors.”

More: go.nd.edu/e0b453

Pope Francis sitting in the Vatican, greeting two males. They are both wearing black suits and white clerical collars.

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Notre Dame Arts & Letters @artslettersnd.bsky.social · Apr 17

Valentina Mele has won a Global Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions.

For two years, Mele will work with @nditalianstudies.bsky.social to research the impact of modernist Dante on the American poetic avant-garde in the 20th century.

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Italian Studies affiliate wins prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship

Valentina Mele has won the Global Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and will continue her research at the University...

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The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social · Mar 27

Join us for the next lecture of the Modern Roads Lead to Rome series for a presentation by Professor Guri Schwarz (Università di Genova) titled, "A Struggle Against Indifference? Holocaust Analogies and Memory Politics in Contemporary Italy" Learn more here: italianstudies.nd.edu/news-events/...

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The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social · Apr 7

#NDday is April 29th! Considering making a gift to the Devers Program in Dante Studies or the Center for Italian Studies. Every gift counts! notredameday.nd.edu/organization...
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Support Devers Program in Dante Studies | Notre Dame Day 2025

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The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social · Apr 7

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Valentina Mele has won a prestigious Global Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions 2024 and will spend the first two years of the fellowship with us at the University of Notre Dame. Read more here: italianstudies.nd.edu/news-events/...

The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social · Mar 28

Fantastic news from our Center for Italian Studies Affiliate Professor Vanessa Rukholm who has just been promoted to the position of Associate Director of the Honors Program at the University of Tampa. Find out more here: italianstudies.nd.edu/news-events/...

Center for Italian Studies Affiliate Vanessa Rukholm Named Associate Director Honors Program at the University of Tampa.

The Center for Italian Studies is pleased to announce that Associate Professor Vanessa Rukholm has…

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The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social · Mar 27

Join us for the next lecture of the Modern Roads Lead to Rome series for a presentation by Professor Guri Schwarz (Università di Genova) titled, "A Struggle Against Indifference? Holocaust Analogies and Memory Politics in Contemporary Italy" Learn more here: italianstudies.nd.edu/news-events/...

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The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social · Mar 20

Join our very own Inha Park for a compelling Visual Cultures Workshop as she explores the origins of Milan's coree—informal settlements named after the Korean War—highlighting their role in Italy’s postwar urban landscape and migrant solidarity in the 1950s and 1960s.

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The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social · Mar 20

First year PhD student, Alessandro Matone, will be participating in the Flannery at 100 conference at Georgia College & State University next week. Learn more here: www.gcsu.edu/oconnor/flan...

Flannery at 100

Celebrating the 100th birthday of Flannery O'Connor in 2025 is a significant and exciting opportunity for Georgia College & State University (GCSU).

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The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social · Mar 19

This year's #NDday is fast approaching! Consider supporting our research initiatives by donating to the Center for Italian Studies. Let's cultivate a vibrant community of scholars and enthusiasts dedicated to exploring Italy's past, present, and future!
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Support Center for Italian Studies | Notre Dame Day 2025

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The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social · Mar 17

Check out our latest interview with ND's Prof. Hyde Minor on her recent publication for The Art Bulletin, the "alchemy of the archives," and her endlessly fascinating research on the 18th century Italian classical archaeologist and architect, G.B. Piranesi: italianstudies.nd.edu/news-events/...

Research Spotlight: “‘Magnificence Without Meaning’: Piranesi’s Carceri and the Antiquarian Imagination,” by Professor Heather Hyde Minor.

The…

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The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social · Mar 17

Join us for a discussion and workshop with poet Pietro Federico, author of La Maggioranza Delle Stelle (Most of the Stars), a poetic journey through America.

Monday, April 14, 2025 | 4:00-5:30 PM
Decio-3-AL 344 Seminar Room

Reception with refreshments to follow.

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The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social · Mar 7

We are so proud of our MA students Samantha Civitarese and Carolina Minguzzi who gave wonderful presentations at the Italian Research Seminar yesterday. We can’t wait to see how your research will develop in the years to come. Here’s to your bright futures! 🥳 🎉 🇮🇹 🇨🇦

The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social · Mar 3

We are so grateful to Silvana Patriarca for her outstanding presentation on "Anticolonialism(s) as antiracism(s)" and for coming to visit us in South Bend. Her presentation generated a rich discussion and we look forward to reading more about this timely research project. @fordham.edu

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The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social · Feb 27

Join us now to watch Prof. Patriarca's lecture on "'Anticolonialism(s) as antiracism(s)?' Italian Radicals Facing 'Race' and the Colonial Question at the Turn of the Twentieth Century." Live from #NotreDame #Italian #ItalianStudies @fordham.edu www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnZB...

'Anticolonialism(s) as antiracism(s)?' Italian Radicals Facing 'Race' and the Colonial Question

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The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social · Feb 26

Join us for the final part of the Spring 2025 Italian Research Seminar, where our M.A. students will present on their research! Learn more here: italianstudies.nd.edu/news-events/...

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The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social · Feb 19

We are very excited to announce our new CIS Advisory Board Members Laura Banella, Silvia Dall'Olio, Tom Guinan and Alessandro Pierattini. Please join us in welcoming them and read about their work here: italianstudies.nd.edu/news-events/... #StudyItalian #ItalianStudies #NotreDame

Notre Dame's Center for Italian Studies Welcomes New Advisory Board Members

The Center for Italian Studies is pleased to announce the addition of distinguished professionals to its Advisory Board. These new members bring an impr...

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The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social · Feb 14

Less than two weeks until Silvana Patriarca's lecture on "Anticolonialism(s) as antiracism(s)?' Italian Radicals Facing 'Race' and the Colonial Question at the Turn of the Twentieth Century." Can't make it in person? Join us online here: www.youtube.com/live/DnZBQLN... #ItalianResearchSeminar #NDCIS

'Anticolonialism(s) as antiracism(s)?' Italian Radicals Facing 'Race' and the Colonial Question

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The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social · Feb 11

And at the #AATI annual conference Samatha Civitarese (M.A.) and Prof. Tessa Gurney, Ph.D, have organized a round table entitled, "Sharing Good News in Italian Studies." Civitarese will also be presenting a paper called, "Building a Strong Teaching Portfolio as a Graduate Student."

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The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social · Feb 11

PhD student Beatrice Rosso will also join her Notre Dame colleagues at #AAIS2025 with a paper entitled "An Interpretation of the Elephant Grandfather in Elio Vittorini," as part of a panel on "“Resisting Expectations: Irregular Characters in 20th and 21st Century Literature” #NDItalianStudies

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