Italian studies
Italian Studies is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of the Italian language, literature, art, history, politics, culture and society.
List of academic institutions offering Italian Studies programmes outside of Italy
United States
- Department of Italian Studies at New York University;
- Department of Italian Studies at Brown University;
- Department of Italian Studies at University of California, Berkeley;
- Department of Italian at University of California, Los Angeles;
- Department of Italian at Columbia University;
- Department of Italian at Yale University;
- Department of French and Italian at Stanford University;
- Department of French and Italian at Princeton University;
- Department of Romance Studies at Duke University
- Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University;
- Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at University of Chicago;
- Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at University of Michigan;
- Department of Romance Languages at University of Pennsylvania;
Canada
- Department of Italian Studies at University of Toronto;
- Department of Italian Studies at McGill University;
- Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Université de Montréal;
- Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at University of Ottawa;
- Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies at University of British Columbia;
- Department of Spanish and Italian at Queen's University;
- Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies at University of Alberta;
China
- School of European Languages and Culture at Beijing Foreign Studies University
United Kingdom
- Italian Studies at Oxford University;
- Department of Italian at Cambridge University;
- Department of Italian Studies at Manchester University;
- Department of Italian at University College London;
- Department of Italian at Leeds University;
- Department of Italian at Warwick University;
- Department of Italian at Reading University;
- Department of Italian at St. Andrews University;
- Department of Italian at Bristol University;
Associations and scholarly Journals
The American Association for Italian Studies
The American Association for Italian Studies (AAIS) was founded in 1988. Its purpose is to encourage, support, and conduct research activities in Italian culture, including areas such as Italian language, art, music, history, literature, folklore, and popular culture, and well as its influence on other cultures.
Members of the Association are individuals either holding a Ph.D or Laurea in an area of Italian studies or an equivalent degree in Italian Studies; holding an academic position at the University or College level; enrolled in an advanced degree program in an area of Italian Studies above the Master’s Degree Level.
The AAIS holds an annual meeting and periodically publishes a scholarly journal called Italian Culture.
The Canadian Society for Italian Studies
The Canadian Society for Italian Studies (CSIS) was established in 1972, to foster and advance Italian studies in Canada and in the larger global community.
The CSIS aim is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas through the presentation and discussion of papers dealing with diverse aspects of Italian language, literature, pedagogy, society, and culture,
The CSIS publishes a biannual Journal called Quaderni d’italianistica.
The Society for Italian Studies
The Society for Italian Studies (SIS) is a registered charity which has as its object 'to advance public education by furthering the study of Italy, Italian language, literature, thought, history, society and arts in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
It does this through its publications, conferences and its Annual General Meeting and Colloquium.
It also publishes a bi-annual journal called Italian Studies.
Spunti e ricerche; rivista d'italianistica Journal of Italian Studies
Spunti e ricerche is an academic journal based in Melbourne founded in 1985 and with a circulation to individuals and libraries in Australia, Europe and North America. Spunti e ricerche's Editorial Board is composed of Italianists from Melbourne tertiary institutions and is assisted by an Advisory Board made up of Italianists of international fame. The journal's aim is to foster high quality original research in Italian Studies both in Australia and Internationally. It welcomes articles of a comparative nature. Publication is annual, individual volumes may consist of articles on a broadly defined theme, on a particular writer, or on various subjects. Spunti welcomes submissions in electronic form in MLA format. All articles submitted are subject to a peer refereeing process.
See also
External links
- American Association for Italian Studies: AAIS
- Canadian Society for Italian Studies: CSIS
- Society for Italian Studies: SIS
- Spunti e ricerche; rivista d'italianistica Journal of Italian Studies