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The Italian Research Seminar
The Italian Research Seminar, a core event of the Center for Italian Studies, aims to provide a regular forum for faculty, postdoctoral scholars, graduate students, and colleagues...
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Journey to Italy ā Viaggio in Italia: Announcing the Notre Dame Rome Global Gateway Rome Book Club
The Notre Dame Rome Global Gateway, in partnership with theĀ Center for Italian StudiesĀ and theĀ Notre Dame Alumni Association, is pleased to announce the launch of the Rome Book...
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Italian Research Seminar: Jessica L. Harris (St. John’s University): ‘Permettereste a vostro figlio di sposare Lola?’: Latent Fascism, American Culture, and Blackness in Postwar Italy
The end of the Second World War marked a new beginning for Italy as the country sought to transition from Fascism to a modern, industrialized Republic, distancing itself from the...
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Enzo Biagi and the Indulgent Memory of Fascism in Postwar Italy
The post-1990s public de-mystification of the long celebrated Italian armed resistance against Fascism and Nazism (1943-1945), resulting from the decades-long efforts by a few...
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Italian Political Elections from an International Perspective
The 2022 Italian general election is was held in Italy on 25 September 2022. Speakers On. Gunther Krichbaum, European Politics spokesperson for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in...
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A Future for the Past: Notre Dame Researchers help Italian church communities address seismic risks
In October of 2016, central Italy was left devastated by a major earthquake, destroying homes and entire villages. Given Italy is prone to seismic activity, determining how to...
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Art Historian Elizabeth Lev on Art, Italy, and the Vatican
Elizabeth Lev is an American-born art historian who has, as she calls it, āthe good fortune to live and work in Rome.ā She teaches Renaissance and Baroque Art at Duquesne...
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A Hell of a City: Danteās Inferno on the Road to Rome – From the dark wood to Rome
When Dante is lost in the dark wood of sin, the soul of the Roman poet Virgil is sent from Heaven to rescue him and guide him on his way to salvation through Hell and Purgatory....
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Deadly Letters: Plague, Banditry, and Heresy in Early Modern Mail
The Center for Italian Studies is pleased to host a lecture by Professor Rachel Midura of Virginia Tech University titled āDeadly Letters: Plague, Banditry, and Heresy in Early...
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Viaggi – A New Home in Italy
Rome has a knack for reinvention. Itās evident in the layers you find throughout the city, some more visible than others. They tell a story of a resilience wrought by...
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Dante’s Blood by Anne Leone
As part of the fourth edition of The Three Crowns: Texts and Contexts of Medieval Italy series, the Center for Italian Studies is delighted to host a presentation featuring Anne...
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