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This course provides students with history and background information on Florence and surrounding areas, such as Pisa and Sienna, which contributes to the city’s status [...]

This course will explore the history of the primary form of organized crime in Sicily, the Cosa Nostra. The Sicilian mafia gave birth to the [...]

This course is an introduction to the genres of Italian literature of the 20th and 21st centuries and its various movements. We begin with an [...]

Fashion to most of us is conceived as a vague and ever-changing concept, but nevertheless, societies, from the past to the present, view fashion as [...]

This course will focus on the major movements and themes of Italian theater from the 16th century to the 20th century. With critical reading and [...]

This course aims to provide students with an in-depth knowledge of key cultural, social, and gender issues related to women’s lives and literary output in [...]

The course introduces the student to the world of Italian Cinema. The first part of the course will analyze Neorealism, a cinematic phenomenon that deeply [...]

This course will survey Italy's contribution to Western Civilization by covering major themes in Western European political, social, religious, intellectual, and cultural history, from the [...]

The way we dress says much about who we are and what we value. This course will examine how fashion has been a way for [...]

This course is an introduction to current Italian culture and identity. We will explore the role played by different aspects of Italian culture in the [...]