tag:italianstudies.nd.edu,2005:/news-events/newsCenter for Italian Studies | News2024-03-05T19:34:00-05:00tag:italianstudies.nd.edu,2005:News/1603812024-03-05T19:34:00-05:002024-03-05T19:35:04-05:00Columbus Murals Unveiled for Educational Purposes<p>The Center for Italian Studies is pleased to announce that the <strong>Columbus Murals</strong>, adorning the second floor of Notre Dame's Main Building, will be revealed for public viewing from Monday, March 18, through noon Friday, March 22. During this period, instructors and their students will…</p><p>The Center for Italian Studies is pleased to announce that the <strong>Columbus Murals</strong>, adorning the second floor of Notre Dame's Main Building, will be revealed for public viewing from Monday, March 18, through noon Friday, March 22. During this period, instructors and their students will be able to immerse themselves in the murals' history and engage in thought-provoking discussions. More details about the Columbus Murals, their historical context, and their role in educational settings <a href="https://www.nd.edu/about/history/columbus-murals/"><strong>can be accessed here</strong></a>. </p>Stafftag:italianstudies.nd.edu,2005:News/1600872024-02-21T16:45:00-05:002024-02-21T17:40:43-05:00Introducing Distinguished U.S.-Italian Fulbright Scholar, Marco Grazzi<p>In a collaborative effort between the <a href="https://italianstudies.nd.edu/"><strong>Center for Italian Studies</strong></a>, the <strong><a href="https://nanovic.nd.edu/">Nanovic Institute</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href="https://al.nd.edu/">College of Arts and Letters</a></strong>, Notre…</p><p>In a collaborative effort between the <a href="https://italianstudies.nd.edu/"><strong>Center for Italian Studies</strong></a>, the <strong><a href="https://nanovic.nd.edu/">Nanovic Institute</a></strong>, and the <strong><a href="https://al.nd.edu/">College of Arts and Letters</a></strong>, Notre Dame welcomes <a href="https://mgrazzi.github.io/"><strong>Marco Grazzi</strong></a> as the current Italian Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Humanities and Social Science for the spring semester. Grazzi is Full Professor in the Dipartimento di Politica Economica at <a href="https://www.unicatt.it/">Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore </a>in Milan, Italy.</p>
<p>His research focuses on the role of firms in shaping aggregate industry and country dynamics. To this end, his works embrace a number of fields such as international trade, firm growth and its relation to innovation, and the analysis of production, both from a theoretical and empirical point of view. His current projects focus on the role of new technologies and international trade in shaping firm and employment dynamics, and how innovation, as proxied by IP instruments, affects the diversification strategies of firms.</p>
<p>He earned his Ph.D. at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, after spending one year as a visiting scholar at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (US), in the United States. He later visited a number of institutions, including EPFL (Switzerland), the University of Cambridge (UK), and the University of Notre Dame (US). He is and has been involved in a number of research projects funded both at national (MIUR) and international levels (EU EC H2020). His works have been published, among other journals, in <em>Industrial and Corporate Change</em>, <em>Journal of Evolutionary Economics</em>, <em>Journal of Industrial Economics</em>, <em>Research Policy</em>, <em>Review of Economics and Statistics</em>, <em>Review of World Economics</em>, and <em>Small Business Economics</em>. He is an associate editor for <em>Industrial and Corporate Change</em> and the <em>Journal of Industrial and Business Economics. </em>He is also on the editorial review board for <em>Small Business Economics</em>. His works generate impact also outside academia: he consulted international organizations and also acted as a business angel in academic start-ups.</p>Stafftag:italianstudies.nd.edu,2005:News/1596512024-02-01T15:00:00-05:002024-02-01T18:05:37-05:00Notre Dame Rome inaugurates Graduate Research Fellowships in Rome<p><a href="https://graduateschool.nd.edu/">The Graduate School </a>in partnership with Notre Dame International and the <a href="https://italianstudies.nd.edu/">Center for Italian Studies</a> is offering semester- and year-long dissertation research fellowships at the Rome Global Gateway to advanced…</p><p><a href="https://graduateschool.nd.edu/">The Graduate School </a>in partnership with Notre Dame International and the <a href="https://italianstudies.nd.edu/">Center for Italian Studies</a> is offering semester- and year-long dissertation research fellowships at the Rome Global Gateway to advanced humanities PhD students in the College of Arts and Letters.</p>
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<p>The goal of this residential fellowship is to facilitate dissertation research for students who demonstrate the need to conduct substantial work in Rome and its vicinity and to create a cohort of scholars engaged in the academic communities of Notre Dame Rome and of the city.</p>
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<p>This fellowship is designed to support only those students in the advanced stages of doctoral work.</p>
<p><strong>Benefits:</strong> Selected fellows will receive a housing and airfare allowance (one semester - $7,000; one year - $10,000).</p>
<p>The Rome Gateway will offer guidance on identifying housing, support the visa application and the rest of the immigration process (costs borne by the fellow), and provide office space at the Gateway facility on Via Ostilia, just steps from the Colosseum. Additionally, Notre Dame Rome will support the fellows in networking with local experts and students at other institutions. Fellows will be expected to participate in the academic events and activities organized by the Rome Global Gateway and to present their work in progress in internal seminars and/or seminars organized with partner institutions.</p>
<p><strong>Eligibility Requirements:</strong> Applicants must be currently enrolled in a humanities PhD program in the College of Arts and Letters. Applicants should have completed all coursework and examinations. The dissertation proposal/project must be approved by the applicant's doctoral committee by the time of application.</p>
<p><strong>Program Dates:</strong> Fall semester: arrivals from Sept 2, 2024, with a start date of Sept 9, 2024. End of the program on Dec 21, 2024. Spring semester: arrivals from Jan 20, 2025, with a start date of Jan 27, 2025. End of the program on May 10, 2025. Year-long: Sept 2, 2024, with a start date of Sept 9, 2024. End of the program on May 10, 2025.</p>
<p><strong>Evaluation Criteria:</strong> A multidisciplinary review committee will be charged to evaluate the applications based on the quality and clarity of the proposal, the need for conducting research in Rome, and the professional benefits of this fellowship for the researcher.</p>
<p><strong>Application:</strong> To apply please send the following materials in pdf format using the online application form by February 16, 2024: <br>1) Curriculum vitae <br>2) Statement of Purpose (1,000 words limit, double-spaced) that explains the parameters of your dissertation and how it will benefit from your research in Rome. <br>3) Research schedule for the fellowship (1 page). <br>4) Letter of reference from your advisor (sent separately to gradgrants@nd.edu). Please combine all of your application materials except for the reference letter into a single PDF.</p>
<p>Applicants will be notified about the outcome approximately three weeks after the deadline. The organizers anticipate to award up to ten (10) fellowships for the 2024-2025 cycle.</p>
<p>Please contact Michael Skalski (mskalski@nd.edu) at the Office of Grants & Fellowships with any questions.</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Costanza Montanari</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://rome.nd.edu/news-stories/news/notre-dame-rome-inaugurates-graduate-research-fellowships-in-rome/">rome.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">January 31, 2024</span>.</p>Costanza Montanaritag:italianstudies.nd.edu,2005:News/1591822024-01-15T08:46:00-05:002024-01-16T02:52:35-05:00CfP: Laureatus in Urbe VIII (Rome, 17-18 June 2024)<p>The Department of Humanities at the University of Rome Tre, in collaboration with the Notre Dame Rome Global Gateway, the Center for Italian Studies, and the Devers Family Program in Dante Studies is delighted to renew its annual seminar dedicated to Francesco Petrarca.</p><p>The Department of Humanities at the University of Rome Tre, in collaboration with the Notre Dame Rome Global Gateway, the Center for Italian Studies, and the Devers Family Program in Dante Studies is delighted to renew its annual seminar dedicated to Francesco Petrarca. The aim of <em>Laureatus in Urbe</em> has been to create a regular meeting for young scholars of Petrarch: university graduates, Ph.D. candidates, and those who have been post-doctoral fellows for 5 years or less. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their work with notable experts, who will also guide group discussion of these research presentations. Over the years, <em>Laureatus in Urbe</em> has successfully established itself as a meeting-place and “research laboratory” for young scholars from both Italy and abroad, who have found in the program a unique sounding-board for their research. Past editions of the program have involved nearly one hundred young scholars from around the world; in addition to these participants’ own talks, <em>Laureatus in Urbe</em> has featured lectures by scholars such as Francisco Rico, Ted Cachey, Philippe Guérin, Marco Ariani, and Bernard Huss. These sections, seminars, and presentations have been enlivened by experts from Italian and foreign Universities.</p>
<p>The eighth edition will take place in Rome from <strong>June 17 to 18, 2024</strong>. Several lines of inquiry have been proposed, inspired by the following areas of research:</p>
<p><em>The Canzoniere: themes, contexts and style<br>Relationship with the classics and with the vernacular tradition<br>Fortune of Petrarch. Petrarchism<br>The Language of Petrarch: Latin and vernacular<br>Petrarch and History<br>Petrarchan Philology<br>Petrarch and Philosophy<br>Petrarch and the Arts</em><br><em>Petrarch's Latin Works</em><br><em>Petrarch's Biography and Historical Context</em></p>
<p>Marco Cursi and Sabrina Stroppa will give lecturers during the 2024 Seminar.</p>
<p><strong>Proposal submissions</strong></p>
<p>Paper proposals, accompanied by a title, an abstract (max 750 characters) and a short bio-bibliographical profile (max 500 characters), should be sent to <a href="mailto:paolo.rigo@uniroma3.it" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">paolo.rigo@uniroma3.it</a> by <strong>March 30, 2024</strong>. Materials should be sent together in a single pdf file, entitled “CfP LiU Surname”; please send emails with the subject heading: “CFP Laureatus in Urbe.” Within the file, please indicate an email address for contact purposes. The selection outcome will be communicated within 15 days after the submission deadline</p>
<p>Participation in the seminar is free. The organization will not offer reimbursements for travel expenses or accommodations, though some forms of refreshment will be provided. The event is expected to result in conference proceedings, after review of submissions. The proposals will be subject to evaluation by the scholarly committee, consisting of:</p>
<p>Marco Ariani (Roma Tre), Rossend Arqués Corominas (UAB), Johannes Bartuschat (Zurigo), Theodore J. Cachey Jr. (Notre Dame), Marco Cursi (Napoli), Sabrina Ferrara (Tours), Enrico Fenzi (Genova), Maurizio Fiorilla (Roma Tre), Philippe Guérin (Sorbonne Nouvelle), Bernard Huss (Freie-Berlin), Luca Marcozzi (Roma Tre, Chair), Daniele Piccini (Univ. Stranieri di Perugia), Carlo Pulsoni (Perugia), Francisco Rico (UAB), Paolo Rigo (Roma Tre, Organizer), Luca Carlo Rossi (Bergamo), Jiří Špička (Olomouc), Sabrina Stroppa (Stranieri di Perugia), Franco Suitner (Roma Tre), Natascia Tonelli (Siena), Eduard Vilella Morato (UAB).</p>
<p>Secretary: Chiara Abaterusso, Silvia Argurio, Giulia Maria Cipriani, Riccardo Deiana, Rita di Pasquale Valentina Manca, Serena Mauriello, Carlotta Mazzoncini, Valentina Rovere, Priscilla Santoro, Chiara Sbordoni, Nicole Volta.</p>Stafftag:italianstudies.nd.edu,2005:News/1587012024-01-12T18:30:00-05:002024-01-27T17:54:21-05:00Now Accepting Applications for the Italian Studies Library Research Award<p>The Center for Italian Studies and <a href="https://international.nd.edu/">Notre Dame International</a> are now accepting grant applications for the 2024-2025 Italian Studies Library Research Award.</p><p>The Center for Italian Studies and <a href="https://international.nd.edu/">Notre Dame International</a> are now accepting grant applications for the 2024-2025 <a href="https://italianstudies.nd.edu/research/funding/the-italian-studies-library-research-award/">Italian Studies Library Research Award</a>. The purpose of these grants is to assist scholars who travel to use the Italian Studies collections within Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Libraries.</p>
<p>The University of Notre Dame holds one of the premier collections of Italian literature in the United States. Of particular note are the <a href="https://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/collections/italian_lit/dante.shtml">Zahm Dante Collection</a>, which ranks among the most significant collections relating to Dante Alighieri in North America, the <a href="https://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/collections/italian_lit/primo_levi.shtml">Primo Levi Collection</a>, which includes first editions and translations of Levi’s works as well as first editions of Levi’s own efforts as a translator of both literary and non-literary works, and <a href="https://italianstudies.nd.edu/research/library-collections/christopher-g-wagstaff-film-collection/">the Christopher G. Wagstaff Italian Film collection</a>, which encompasses more than two thousand Italian films and television programs. The Hesburgh Libraries’ collections are also rich in Medieval and Renaissance Italian literature, represented through early imprints and translations, historical publications of textual criticism, and significant illustrated editions. Copies of many of the manuscripts and drawings of the <a href="https://italianstudies.nd.edu/research/collaborative-projects/#ambrosiana">Biblioteca Ambrosiana</a> in Milan may also be accessed via photographs and microfilm through the Notre Dame library.</p>
<p>Grants are awarded on a competitive basis to help defray the cost of travel and accommodation for a research visit of 1-3 weeks. The amount of the award (between $1,500 and $4,000) will be based on the length of the research visit and specific travel and accommodation expenses. The anticipated time-frame for visits to the Library within the award cycle is between <strong>April 2024 and June 2025</strong>. Applications can be submitted by <strong>January 31, 2024</strong>. <a href="https://italianstudies.nd.edu/research/funding/the-italian-studies-library-research-award/information-for-applicants/">More information is available here</a>.</p>Stafftag:italianstudies.nd.edu,2005:News/1600292024-01-12T16:29:00-05:002024-02-19T16:35:59-05:00Introducing Dr. Giovanna Corazza, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at Notre Dame<figure class="image image-right"><img src="https://italianstudies.nd.edu/assets/558835/corazza_foto_headshot.jpg" alt="A woman smiling and wearing sunglasses." width="600" height="600"></figure> <p>We are delighted to announce the newest addition to our Italian Studies community at Notre Dame, Dr. <a href="https://www.unive.it/data/people/11904255"><strong>Giovanna</strong></a>…</p><figure class="image image-right"><img src="https://italianstudies.nd.edu/assets/558835/corazza_foto_headshot.jpg" alt="A woman smiling and wearing sunglasses." width="600" height="600"></figure>
<p>We are delighted to announce the newest addition to our Italian Studies community at Notre Dame, Dr. <a href="https://www.unive.it/data/people/11904255"><strong>Giovanna Corazza</strong></a>. Dr. Corazza holds a Master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Medieval Italian Literature and Dante Studies from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, where she actively pursues her research.</p>
<p>Dr. Corazza's primary interests lie in the exploration of forms, sources, and rhetorical elaborations of geographical knowledge in early Italian literature from the 14th century to the Renaissance. Her scholarly contributions include publications in esteemed international journals such as <em>L’Alighieri</em>, <em>Studi Petrarcheschi</em>, <em>Dante Studies</em>, and <em>Tenzone</em>.</p>
<p>Dr. Corazza is presently engaged in the GEODETIC-Geography and Cartography in Dante’s Comedy project (2023-2026), supported by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship under the EU HORIZON Europe for Research and Innovation Programme 2021-2027. The project aims to explore Dante's poem and its unparalleled geographical awareness, offering a groundbreaking perspective on the renewed connection with the environment, characteristic of the urban culture of Dante's era. Dr. Corazza's research will be conducted at Ca’ Foscari University-Department of Humanities, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Padua-Department of Historical and Geographic Sciences and the Ancient World.</p>
<p> </p>Stafftag:italianstudies.nd.edu,2005:News/1594982024-01-11T17:52:00-05:002024-01-30T17:46:29-05:00Renowned Italian Artist Roberto Benigni receives Honorary Degree from the University of Notre Dame<p>The Center for Italian Studies is thrilled to share the exciting news that the University of Notre Dame will confer an honorary degree upon the esteemed actor, comedian, poet, and filmmaker Roberto Benigni.</p><p>The Center for Italian Studies is thrilled to share the exciting news that the University of Notre Dame conferred an honorary degree upon the esteemed actor, comedian, poet, and filmmaker. A recipient of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Italy’s highest-ranking honor, Benigni is internationally known for his film <em>Life is Beautiful</em>, for which he received Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Foreign Film. In addition to his cinematic achievements, Benigni has contributed significantly to cultural initiatives, such as the TV programs on "The Ten Commandments" and "The Most Beautiful in the World," dedicated to the Italian Constitution.</p>
<p>Benigni is also well known for his public performances of Dante's <em>Divine Comedy</em>, starting with his show <em>Tutto Dante</em> in 2006. This one-man-show, blending Dante's masterwork with contemporary Italian politics, not only became a hit in Italy but also internationally, including the United States. With his show, Benigni single handedly revived the tradition of public recitations of the <em>Commedia</em>, which, since the Middle Ages, has been a vital source of inspiration for the visual and performing arts. We are proud to recognize Benigni’s achievements with the honorary degree that was conferred at the University of Notre Dame’s <a href="https://rome.nd.edu/"><strong>Rome Global Gateway.</strong></a></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://news.nd.edu/news/notre-dame-confers-honorary-degrees-at-academic-convocation-in-rome/">Read the full news release here.</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>The news received coverage from major Italian media outlets as well. <a href="https://italianstudies.nd.edu/assets/555857/italian_media_coverage.pdf">A list is available here</a>.<br></strong></p>Stafftag:italianstudies.nd.edu,2005:News/1585842023-12-06T18:02:40-05:002023-12-06T18:05:52-05:00ND Learning Collaborates with Professor Boccuti for Italian VR Experience<p><a href="https://learning.nd.edu/">Notre Dame Learning</a> collaborated with <a href="https://romancelanguages.nd.edu/people/faculty/mattia-boccuti/">Dr. Mattia Boccuti</a> from the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, who is instructing the Medieval-Renaissance Italian Literature and Culture course this semester, to create an Italian XR experience inside of The Hesburgh Library.</p><p>Italy is renowned all around the world for its distinguished architecture, culture, and language, so much so that an estimated<a href="https://www.statista.com/topics/9723/travel-and-tourism-in-italy/#:~:text=After%20shrinking%20with%20the%20onset,significantly%20below%20pre%2Dpandemic%20levels."> 75 million people from all across the globe visit the country each year</a>. In fact, more revenue is generated from tourism into the country than from those coming to Italy for business purposes. Travelers imagine a country with mouth-watering cuisine found on every corner, from the Northern risotto of Milan to the Southern gelato of Sicily, and can’t wait for a taste. Dreamy-eye jetsetters search for perfect picaresque angles in front of the iconic Roman colosseum and atop the bridges of the romantic Venetian canals. People flock from all over the world to experience all Italy has to offer–it’s not difficult to understand why Italy is one of the 10 most-visited countries in the world.</p>
<p>But what about those who have dreamed of visiting the country but are not able to do so? We know well that traveling is a privilege that we can’t always afford. Well, what if we told you that there’s an alternative to saving up for months or even years for that long-anticipated trip? Indeed, thanks to the ever-developing world of extended reality (XR), you can now put on a headset and be almost teleported to somewhere else: the other side of the earth, a historical place, or even a fictitious world.</p>
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<p>On October 12, 2023, <a href="https://learning.nd.edu/">Notre Dame Learning</a> collaborated with <a href="https://romancelanguages.nd.edu/people/faculty/mattia-boccuti/">Dr. Mattia Boccuti</a> from the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, who is instructing the Medieval-Renaissance Italian Literature and Culture course this semester, to create an Italian XR experience inside of The Hesburgh Library. Over the summer, Professor Boccuti reached out to <a href="https://learning.nd.edu/who-we-are/team-bios/kc-frye/">KC Frye</a>, Director of Creative & Media in Notre Dame Learning’s Office of Digital Learning (ODL). Frye had already been discussing how to incorporate XR experiences into the classroom with colleague <a href="https://xr.nd.edu/about/adam-heet/">Adam Heet</a>, a digital projects specialist in the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship. Professor Boccuti’s idea for giving students a feel for what it was like to live in Italy during the Renaissance period of the 14th and 15th centuries seemed like a perfect opportunity to turn this concept into an (extended) reality.</p>
<p>With the help of Professor Boccuti, Frye and Heet found a number of existing XR experiences, including virtual reality video, augmented reality (AR) art galleries, and the work of Matthew Brennan, a doctoral candidate at Indiana University who had developed stunning virtual reality recreations of Italian Renaissance chapels and their fresco works through VR videos posted to YouTube. After receiving Brennan’s permission to use his videos for Professor Boccuti’s class, the team worked with <a href="https://learning.nd.edu/who-we-are/team-bios/kuan-ghen-kunag-hsu/">Kuangchen Hsu</a>, ODL’s director of learning design, “to identify the learning objectives the videos were meant to fulfill and how to structure the class session in a way that guided the students’ engagement with them."</p>
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<p>“So much of what Notre Dame Learning does centers around accompaniment,” said Frye, who, along with Heet, attended the class to help Professor Boccuti facilitate the lesson. “We’re here to walk alongside instructors as they bring innovative new approaches into their courses, and that collaboration starts well before students feel the impact of the finished product. Just like our faculty partners, we want to be purposeful in how we design learning experiences so that what makes them dynamic isn’t just the medium through which they’re delivered.”</p>
<p>Students from the Medieval-Renaissance Italian Literature and Culture course met at the Center for Digital Scholarship, located on the second floor of Hesburgh Library. There, KC and Adam gave the class a tutorial on how VR and AR are used to make anybody who wears the headset feel as if they were actually inside the Vatican Museums. In one of the VR headsets, students were able to make themselves jump up into midair while listening to the YouTube video, as if they were magically granted the ability to walk on air. Students could also use an iPad to point in any direction and make a famous Italian painting appear on the screen as if it were there inside of the library.</p>
<p>Professor Boccuti said that he greatly enjoyed collaborating with ND Learning to create this one-of-a-kind experience. He is grateful to have such talented and knowledgeable staff members such as KC, Adam, and Kuangchen here at Notre Dame. When everybody’s passions were able to come together in one place, it’s no surprise that the class session ended up being so well-received by the students.</p>
<p><em>Ben fatto</em>, Dr. Boccuti and ND Learning!</p>
<p><em>Originally published by the the<a href="https://cslc.nd.edu/news-and-events/news/nd-learning-collaborates-with-professor-boccuti-for-italian-vr-experience/"> <strong>CLSC</strong></a> on November 30, 2023. Republished at <a href="https://italianstudies.nd.edu/">https://italianstudies.nd.edu/</a> on December 6, 2023. </em></p>
<p> </p>Alann O'Sheatag:italianstudies.nd.edu,2005:News/1587572023-12-05T16:00:00-05:002023-12-14T18:16:51-05:00Demetrio Yocum awarded MLA Prize for Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies<p>Demetrio S. Yocum, senior research associate in the Center for Italian Studies, has been recognized with the twenty-sixth annual Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies by the Modern Language Association of America.</p><p><a href="https://italianstudies.nd.edu/people/director-and-staff/senior-research-associate/">Demetrio Yocum</a>, senior research associate in the Center for Italian Studies, has been recognized with the twenty-sixth annual Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies by the <a href="https://www.mla.org/">Modern Language Association </a>of America.</p>
<p>Yocum's <a href="https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268207854/petrarchs-penitential-psalms-and-prayers/"><em>Petrarch’s Penitential Psalms and Prayers</em></a>, published by the University of Notre Dame Press, received commendation from the selection committee, with the award ceremony set for January 5, 2024, during the MLA annual convention in Philadelphia. The members of the selection committee summarized their reasons for selecting Yocum’s manuscript as follows:</p>
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<p>In <em>Petrarch’s Penitential Psalms and Prayers</em>, Demetrio S. Yocum provides a lucid translation of <em>Petrarch’s seven psalms and te</em>n prayers, making them available to anglophone readers for the first time in a scholarly form. Complete with detailed, pithy commentary and rich explication, the idiomatic translations remain faithful to the original text and are a valuable contribution to other recent scholarly translations of works by the canonical early Italian humanist. In the thoughtful introduction, Yocum positions the reader to engage with the translations of the psalms and prayers by situating Petrarch as both, and simultaneously, a humanist and a Christian, as an author who is devoted to praising God while also questioning traditional religious doctrine.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.mla.org/content/download/191350/file/SCE-2023-Scaglione-Publication-Award-Manuscript-Italian-Literary-Studies-Press-Release.pdf"><strong><em>The full news release is available here.</em></strong></a></p>Stafftag:italianstudies.nd.edu,2005:News/1585012023-12-04T18:46:00-05:002023-12-04T18:46:46-05:00New Raclin Murphy Museum of Art opens Dec. 1<p>A new gateway to the University of Notre Dame continues the University’s long legacy of commitment to the arts. Welcoming visitors from across the country, the new <a href="https://raclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu/">Raclin Murphy Museum of Art</a> opens its doors to the public Friday (Dec. 1).</p> <p>The…</p><p>A new gateway to the University of Notre Dame continues the University’s long legacy of commitment to the arts. Welcoming visitors from across the country, the new <a href="https://raclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu/">Raclin Murphy Museum of Art</a> opens its doors to the public Friday (Dec. 1).</p>
<p>The new 70,000-square-foot building on the northeast corner of Eddy Street and Angela Boulevard is designed by the award-winning firm Robert A.M. Stern Architects (RAMSA). Recognized as a leader in classical-inspired architecture, RAMSA has designed an expanded home for the University’s robust art collections that honors both tradition and innovation. The building’s brick, cast stone and Indiana limestone exterior blends with other historic buildings on campus. The new museum, occupying a prominent intersection where the University’s campus meets the greater community, will anchor and function as a gateway to an expanding on-campus arts district.</p>
<p>Inside, the museum’s 23 historically thematic galleries unfold around a multilevel atrium that rises to a central skylight. Classical yet contemporary, the light-flooded atrium greets visitors with works from the Raclin Murphy collection and orients them to the building’s upper and lower floors, connected by two grand staircases. A bookstore is nestled in the central atrium alongside Ivan’s Cafe, named for the Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović, who taught and worked at Notre Dame from 1955 until his death in 1962.</p>
<p>“Since its founding, Notre Dame has valued the vital role the visual arts play as an expression of human creativity, religious experience and insight into the human condition,” said University President <a href="https://president.nd.edu/about/">Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.</a> “By bringing the collections currently in the Snite Museum of Art to new life in the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, we will be able to share these treasures in all their richness with our University community, our neighbors in the region and the wider world.”</p>
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<p>In addition to education spaces, a teaching gallery, an object study center and a chapel, the state-of-the-art galleries serve as a dramatic backdrop to works from the University’s art collection, which encompasses more than 30,000 objects. With origins that date to 1875, the collection has grown into one of the most significant and extensive collections of any academic museum in the country, with works representing many of the principal cultures and periods of world art history. The museum’s paintings, sculptures, ceramics, prints, drawings, textiles, baskets and decorative arts offer visitors a broad view of global proportions.</p>
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<p>“The Raclin Murphy Museum of Art makes an essential contribution to Notre Dame’s strategy as a global Catholic research university for the 21st century,” said <a href="https://provost.nd.edu/about/charles-and-jill-fischer-provost/">John T. McGreevy</a>, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost of Notre Dame. “The stunning exhibition spaces and the luminous works of art they contain will captivate us with their beauty, spark important conversations in the classroom and beyond and enable us to think in new ways about our past, present and future.”</p>
<p>“The permanent collection, which will celebrate its sesquicentennial in 2025, has been reinstalled with new life and vigor, giving visitors the opportunity to reconnect with and experience cherished artworks from a new perspective,” said Joseph Antenucci Becherer, director of the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art.</p>
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<p>Newly commissioned works by globally renowned artists are integrated into the fabric of the building design, beginning with “Endless,” a 36-foot stainless steel sculpture by Jaume Plensa positioned outside of the museum entrance. Reflecting on his visits to the University and its mission, the artist noted, “Our search for knowledge is endless. It joins earth and sky.” The work of art features alphabets in eight languages and symbolizes Notre Dame’s commitment to diversity, internationalization, knowledge and global service.</p>
<p>A monumental carved text panel on the front facade of the building reads, “We are in the midst of reality responding with joy.” The meaningful work of art by Jenny Holzer welcomes visitors to the new Raclin Murphy Museum of Art and sets the tone for the renewed spaces inside, merging tradition and innovation in an effort to resonate with audiences from around the world.</p>
<p>Stepping into the atrium will reveal a circular terrazzo and bronze floor installation by Kiki Smith. “Sea of Stars,” one of the artist’s largest public projects to date, features 39 hand-drawn and cast stars inspired by celestial images frequently seen in medieval, Renaissance and Byzantine depictions of the Madonna as protectress and “Star of the Sea.” Also prominently mounted in the atrium is Maya Lin’s “St. Joseph (River) Watershed,” a reflection on our shared natural environment. The expansive relief with shimmering recycled silver honors the region’s Indigenous people and celebrates the unique geographic, sociological and environmental elements of the St. Joseph River and watershed.</p>
<p>Mimmo Paladino’s artistry adorns the museum’s Mary, Queen of Families chapel, a sacred space for contemplation and Masses. Paladino’s stained-glass window, incised wall frescoes and mosaic artwork on the ceiling are the result of extensive research of the University of Notre Dame, the Congregation of Holy Cross, Marian iconography and the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi. The large-scale commission will complement the medieval and Renaissance altarpieces in the chapel, offering a unique curatorial opportunity to consider the link between art history and the history of the Catholic Church.</p>
<p>The Raclin Murphy Museum will also unveil new acquisitions by Magdalena Abakanowicz, Zhang Huan, Dietrich Klinge, Julie Mehretu, David Ocelotl Garcia, Jamie Okuma, Yinka Shonibare, Ursula von Rydingsvard, Dana Warrington, Jason Wesaw and others. The recent acquisitions and newly commissioned art will elevate the museum’s holdings of global works and complement objects from the permanent collection, many of which underwent conservation or professional cleaning before being moved to the new building.</p>
<p>Located in the 9-acre <a href="https://raclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu/explore/sculpture-park/">Charles B. Hayes Family Sculpture Park</a>, the museum’s location allows for the continued growth of its outdoor sculpture collection. The park installation will feature new acquisitions by Sir Anthony Caro, Dietrich Klinge, Clement Meadmore, Louise Nevelson, Beverly Pepper and Ursula von Rydingsvard among others and provide a new environment for works by Deborah Butterfield, Peter Randall-Page and George Rickey. The park’s landscape architect, Michael Van Valkenburgh, was retained for the horticultural design.</p>
<p>“Designed for both education and enjoyment, the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art is a place where campus and community can experience the richness of Notre Dame’s art and sculpture collections together,” said Melissa DelVecchio, partner at RAMSA.</p>
<p>The newly opened Raclin Murphy building is dedicated to exhibition and educational spaces. The larger vision for the museum includes additional galleries and spaces for teaching, a works-on-paper study center, administrative and curatorial offices and open collections storage. The timeline for these additional elements is to be determined.</p>
<p>“Along with my dedicated colleagues, we say welcome to what is and what can be. Nurturing an ongoing culture of learning through art, we’ve realized this new space to bring the campus and national community together. We have built a building and filled its spaces, but only together can we give the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art the soul it merits,” Becherer said.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://news.nd.edu/news/in-memoriam-notre-dame-hesburgh-trustee-ernestine-raclin/">late Ernestine Raclin</a> and her daughter and son-in-law Carmen and Chris Murphy are the lead benefactors of the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art. Admission to the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art is free. For more information, visit <a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fraclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu&c=E,1,nsO5l-mqOOtpeD6HqywSyPuiTQKuicZG5_OunJrY_AON70Cr7nvH2qxcOUsy8CrSEbCYvlik7cjgcjZbk9vlXizr3YgKoIKk13LDfix-NF6K&typo=1">raclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu</a>.</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Notre Dame News</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://news.nd.edu/news/new-raclin-murphy-museum-of-art-opens-dec-1/">news.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">December 01, 2023</span>.</p>Notre Dame Newstag:italianstudies.nd.edu,2005:News/1586512023-12-01T16:00:00-05:002024-03-05T20:38:21-05:00The Center for Italian Studies welcomes applications for 5+1 Postdoctoral Fellowship<p>The Center for Italian Studies at the University of Notre Dame is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the 5+1 Postdoctoral Fellowship.</p><p>The Center for Italian Studies is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the 5+1 Postdoctoral Fellowship. This fellowship is an exciting opportunity for individuals with Ph.D. degrees awarded by the University of Notre Dame across diverse disciplines connected to the study of Italy.</p>
<p>The 5+1 Postdoctoral Fellowship is carefully designed to prepare successful candidates for careers in academic and cultural program leadership. The comprehensive experience includes immersion in humanities outreach, scholarly and educational project management, oversight of professional networks and collaborations, editorial administration, and support for scholarly research. Additionally, fellows will gain expertise in digital communications and outreach.</p>
<p>For detailed information about the position, application process, and eligibility criteria, please visit <strong><a href="https://5plus1.nd.edu/resources/internship-opportunities/">the 5+1 Postdoctoral Fellowship Program page</a></strong>.</p>Stafftag:italianstudies.nd.edu,2005:News/1581332023-11-08T01:10:00-05:002023-12-04T18:47:38-05:00Introducing Katie Sparrow, post-doctoral fellow in Rome<figure class="image image-left"><img src="https://rome.nd.edu/assets/545818/450x/dsc_0297_low.jpg" alt="Dsc 0297 Low" width="450" height="474"></figure> <p>Katie Sparrow is a <a href="https://5plus1.nd.edu/">"5 + 1"</a> postdoctoral fellow at the University of Notre Dame Rome Global Gateway. While in…</p><figure class="image image-left"><img src="https://rome.nd.edu/assets/545818/450x/dsc_0297_low.jpg" alt="Dsc 0297 Low" width="450" height="474"></figure>
<p>Katie Sparrow is a <a href="https://5plus1.nd.edu/">"5 + 1"</a> postdoctoral fellow at the University of Notre Dame Rome Global Gateway. While in Rome, she co-teaches two courses of the foundational class “All Roads lead to Rome” in the fall 2023, and will teach one on her own in the spring 2024 while continuing to develop her own research.</p>
<p>The "5+1" program is offered by the College of Arts and Letters in partnership with the Rome Global Gateway. It is a 10-month appointment that runs August-May and it allows students to spend their final graduate school years focused on the dissertation. Once it is complete, they can devote a postdoctoral year to professional development that will enhance their competitiveness for jobs both inside and outside the academy.</p>
<p>Sparrow earned her Ph.D. in Italian Studies and M.A. in Romance Languages and Literatures from the University of Notre Dame. She is from London and completed her bachelor’s degree in French and Italian at the University of Reading in 2015.</p>
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<p>“When I was studying in Reading, my Professor Paola Nasti, who had been a graduate student at Notre Dame with Professor Zygmunt G. Baranski, recommended his course to me,” explains Sparrow. “That was the moment when I decided to apply to the Master program at the University of Notre Dame and then continued through my PhD.”</p>
<p>Sparrow’s primary research explores Dante’s approach to characters and characterization and, in particular, Dante’s self-characterization in the <em>Vita Nova</em> and <em>Commedia</em>. Her research considers modern narratological theories on character and autobiography in its investigation of narrative, structural, and stylistic methods employed by Dante to construct his overarching, self-representative “Dante.”</p>
<p>Sparrow this semester is co-teaching the “All Roads lead to Rome” course with Professor Chiara Sbordoni. “It is a very intense course from the instructor point of view and I am enjoying it a lot,” comments Sparrow. “As soon as I read the description of the course I thought that it was great that students in Rome could learn about the culture and history of the city while being out and about. I find students to be very receptive to this approach. The majority of afternoon classes are composed by engineering and finance students, and they have really cool, interesting insights of the city. As someone who focuses on literature and history, it is very fascinating to see things through the eyes of an engineer's perspective.”</p>
<p><a href="https://rome.nd.edu/about/post-doctoral-fellows/">Learn more about pos-doctoral fellows in Rome.</a></p>
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<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Costanza Montanari</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://rome.nd.edu/news-stories/news/introducing-katie-sparrow-post-doctoral-fellow-in-rome/">rome.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">October 30, 2023</span>.</p>Costanza Montanaritag:italianstudies.nd.edu,2005:News/1572832023-11-06T14:39:00-05:002023-11-21T13:50:07-05:00Columbus Murals Unveiled for Educational Purposes<p>The <strong>Columbus Murals</strong>, adorning the second floor of Notre Dame's Main Building, will be revealed from Monday, October 23, until 8 a.m. on Friday, October 27 to allow instructors and their students to engage with and discuss the murals.</p><p>The <strong>Columbus Murals</strong>, adorning the second floor of Notre Dame's Main Building, will be revealed for public viewing from Monday, October 23, until 8 a.m. on Friday, October 27. During this period, instructors and their students will be able to immerse themselves in the murals' history and engage in thought-provoking discussions. More details about the Columbus Murals, their historical context, and their role in educational settings <a href="https://www.nd.edu/about/history/columbus-murals/"><strong>can be accessed here</strong></a>. </p>Stafftag:italianstudies.nd.edu,2005:News/1582072023-11-01T13:50:00-04:002023-11-21T16:14:29-05:00Charles Leavitt receives 2022 Italian Studies Article Prize for Outstanding Work on Holocaust Drama<p>Charles Leavitt, Associate Professor of Italian and Film, and Associate Director of the Center for Italian Studies, has been honored with the 2022 Italian Studies Article Prize by the Society for Italian Studies. The award recognizes his article, "Deicide and the Drama of the Holocaust: Gian Paolo Callegari’s Cristo ha ucciso (1948)."</p><p>The Society for Italian Studies has announced that the 2022 Italian Studies Article Prize has been awarded to <a href="https://romancelanguages.nd.edu/people/faculty/charles-l-leavitt-iv/"><strong>Charles Leavitt</strong></a>, Associate Professor of Italian and Film and Associate Director of the Center for Italian Studies at the University of Notre Dame, for his article "Deicide and the Drama of the Holocaust: Gian Paolo Callegari’s Cristo ha ucciso (1948)." </p>
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<p>Prof. Leavitt's article is<strong> <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00751634.2022.2070348">accessible here</a></strong>.</p>Stafftag:italianstudies.nd.edu,2005:News/1570272023-10-05T17:13:00-04:002023-10-06T12:00:30-04:00Applications open for 2024 Rome Summer Program<div class="article-content entry-content"> <div class="row push-bottom ng-scope"> <div class="col-xs-12"> <div class="ng-isolate-scope"> <div class="sanitized ng-binding"> <p> </p> This seminar is designed to introduce Ph.D. students from across the humanities to the unique primary sources available</div>
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<p>There are extraordinary and understudied materials in libraries and archives in the city for archeologists and classicists, art historians and historians, musicologists and students of theater and performance, historians of late antiquity, the Middle Ages, the early modern period and the world, specialists in the Near East and East Asia. The holdings of the Vatican Library alone include priceless manuscripts and documents from East Asia, the near East, and North Africa – as well as a vast collection of ancient, medieval and early modern texts in Greek and Latin, a unique resource for the history and literature of ancient Greece and Rome, of Christianity from its origins until recent times, of relations between Christians and Jews from antiquity onwards, and other subjects without number.</p>
<p>Previous seminar participants include students of art history, history, literature, political science, medieval studies, film studies, and musicology. Their areas of intellectual interest ranged from Byzantine art, papal humanism, hospitals, charity and pilgrimage, Persian embassies and the Chinese missions to art and science, fascist textile production, the history of sexuality, and politics and church in the postwar era. They have taken up primary sources like Anglo-Latin manuscripts, a Hebrew Arthurian legend, socioeconomic records of daily life, institutional records of church and state, art and material culture, films, and twentieth-century letters. Participants have come from Catholic University, Harvard, Northwestern, Princeton, Stanford, Syracuse, University of Chicago, University of Melbourne, University of Minnesota, University of Notre Dame, University of Toronto, and others.</p>
<p>The professors in charge of the seminar this year are <a href="https://history.stanford.edu/people/paula-findlen">Paula Findlen </a>(Stanford) and <a href="https://artdept.nd.edu/faculty/faculty-by-alpha/heather-minor/">Heather Minor</a> (Notre Dame). Please direct any questions about the seminar to Prof. Minor at <a href="http://hhydemin@nd.edu/">hhydemin@nd.edu</a>.</p>
<p>This seminar is made possible by generous support from<a href="https://www.stanford.edu/"> Stanford University</a>, the <a href="https://humanities.princeton.edu/">Princeton University Humanities Council</a>, and from <a href="https://al.nd.edu/">Notre Dame’s College of Arts and Letters</a>, the<a href="https://cushwa.nd.edu/"> Charles and Margaret Hall Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism</a>, and the<a href="https://italianstudies.nd.edu/"> Center for Italian Studies</a>.</p>
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<p>The COVID-19 vaccine and booster are required of all students participating in the Rome Seminar.</p>
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<p>For questions about the seminar, please contact Prof. Heather Minor at:<a href="http://hhydemin@nd.edu"> hhydemin@nd.edu</a>.</p>
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</div>Stafftag:italianstudies.nd.edu,2005:News/1569302023-10-02T18:12:00-04:002023-10-02T18:15:02-04:00“Dante Now!” Returns to Campus<p>The Center for Italian Studies and the Devers Program for Dante Studies hosted its annual “Dante Now!” event consisting of community recitations of Dante’s <em>Divine Comedy </em>with students across various fields of study.</p> <p><a href="https://irishrover.net/2023/09/dante-now-returns-to-campus/"><em><strong>You</strong></em></a>…</p><p>The Center for Italian Studies and the Devers Program for Dante Studies hosted its annual “Dante Now!” event consisting of community recitations of Dante’s <em>Divine Comedy </em>with students across various fields of study.</p>
<p><a href="https://irishrover.net/2023/09/dante-now-returns-to-campus/"><em><strong>You can read more about the event here.</strong></em></a></p>Daniel Martintag:italianstudies.nd.edu,2005:News/1552492023-08-22T18:21:00-04:002023-11-07T09:57:50-05:00Early 70s Italian Cinema<p>Through a partnership with the Center for Italian Studies, Notre Dame Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, and the David A. Heskin and Marilou Brill Endowment for Excellence, this course looks at the period after the political and cultural turbulency of the 1960s and how that rerouted…</p><p>Through a partnership with the Center for Italian Studies, Notre Dame Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, and the David A. Heskin and Marilou Brill Endowment for Excellence, this course looks at the period after the political and cultural turbulency of the 1960s and how that rerouted many already-celebrated filmmakers’ styles while creating new pathways for emerging directors. During the early 1970s, that mix of old and new led to intriguing films around the world with Italy being no exception. This course, which will bring in leading Italian film scholars from both on campus and around the nation, will look at this period of Italian cinema as both a transitional period and one with fully articulated techniques through sampling filmmakers at various stages of their careers.</p>
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</div>Stafftag:italianstudies.nd.edu,2005:News/1549342023-08-21T06:50:00-04:002023-11-07T09:28:18-05:00The Rome Global Gateway launches the Rome Summer Seminars on Religion and Global Politics<figure class="image-left"><img src="https://rome.nd.edu/assets/523834/450x/foto_gruppo.jpg" alt="Foto Gruppo" width="450" height="338"></figure> <p>In June 2023, the University of Notre Dame’s Rome Global Gateway co-hosted the first edition of the <a href="https://rome.nd.edu/research/projects-activities/rome-summer-seminars-on-religion-and-global-politics/">Rome</a>…</p><figure class="image-left"><img src="https://rome.nd.edu/assets/523834/450x/foto_gruppo.jpg" alt="Foto Gruppo" width="450" height="338"></figure>
<p>In June 2023, the University of Notre Dame’s Rome Global Gateway co-hosted the first edition of the <a href="https://rome.nd.edu/research/projects-activities/rome-summer-seminars-on-religion-and-global-politics/">Rome Summer Seminars on Religion and Global Politics</a>. The two-week program welcomed 17 graduate students and post-doctoral fellows working at the intersection of religious studies and international affairs for a full schedule of writing workshops, graduate seminars, and public events. The program included visits to the many sites that have made Rome a key hub for transnational and multi-religious policymaking, including the Great Mosque and Great Synagogue of Rome, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, the community of Sant’Egidio, and the US Embassy to the Holy See.</p>
<p>“The idea of the Summer Seminars was to recognize the importance that Rome as a site for religious political activity has taken over the last 20 years,” comments Michael Driessen, director of the program. “Rome’s transnational nature has turned it into a central hub for religious political activity with many different resources, an incredible network of people, ideas, and institutions at the intersection of religion and politics, and our hope was to take advantage of those resources, share them with the students and connect scholars and students who are working on similar projects.”</p>
<p>“Rome is a city of great history and very impressive architecture,” adds Mahan Mirza, executive director of the Rafat and Zoreen Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. “Just being in this city gives you a real gravitas of both tradition and a central place of religion in the life of communities and of the world; coming to Rome inspires students to think about the role of religion in global politics.”</p>
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<p>The students in the program represented 15 different nationalities, including Georgia, the Gambia, Iran, Taiwan, Lebanon, Algeria, Romania, the UK, India and Pakistan; hailed from a diverse array of Universities such as Stanford, McGill, Göttingen, Notre Dame, Bouira, and St. Andrews. Leading scholars in the field, such as Olivier Roy of the European University Institute, Kristina Stoeckl of LUISS, Jonathan Laurence of Boston College, Anna Rowlands of Durham University and Scott Appleby, Dean of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, provided lectures and seminars for the students. Public events were held at the Pontifical Gregorian University and John Cabot University, as well as at the Rome Global Gateway.</p>
<p>Professor Anna Rowlands says: “I think we are currently living in a moment, in terms of the academy and the world, where there is a deep need for interdisciplinary conversations about the role of religion and global politics. The Rome Summer Seminars in Religion and Global Politics has therefore been a fantastic opportunity to work with a group of junior and senior scholars together, covering a really wide and appropriately global context.”</p>
<p>The University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs and Rome Global Gateway are founding partners of the program, along with the Pontifical Gregorian University, John Cabot University in Rome, the Hanns Seidel Stiftung of Germany, the Adyan Foundation of Lebanon, and the Royal Institute of Interfaith Studies. The program was also held under the high patronage of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with special support from Andrea Benzo, the Italian Special Envoy for Religious Freedom and Interreligious Dialogue.</p>
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<p>The program ended with a two-day international policy dialogue hosted by<a href="https://www.ispionline.it/en"> ISPI</a>, a leading Italian think tank for international politics, and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the theme<a href="https://www.ispionline.it/en/publication/religion-and-peacebuilding-in-contemporary-global-crises-135793?fbclid=IwAR0G2tA_wlAAX4GTiYOmVWUFQoplI7VBh9w-pQ4-aLGQAnHpKtoUBMQgI0sontemporary-global-crises"> of Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding in Contemporary Global Crises</a>. The conference’s opening session and keynote address, by Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States, were held at the Italian Parliament, in Palazzo Montecitorio’s Sala della Regina, and institutionally hosted by the Italian Parliament’s permanent Committee for Foreign Affairs. Notre Dame’s Scott Appleby also participated in a roundtable panel at the Italian Parliament following Archbishop Gallagher’s speech and <a href="https://www.ispionline.it/en/publication/engaging-religions-for-the-common-good-pope-francis-radical-peacebuilding-proposition-135748">offered a keynote address</a> to students participating in the Rome Summer Summers.</p>
<p>Driessen says that he was deeply impressed by the commitment of the students attending the seminars and the quality of their research and projects. The 2024 Rome Summer Seminars will run from 2 June - 15 June, 2024. For more information about the program and how to apply visit the <a href="https://rome.nd.edu/research/projects-activities/rome-summer-seminars-on-religion-and-global-politics/">Rome Summer Seminars website.</a></p>
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<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Costanza Montanari</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://rome.nd.edu/news-stories/news/the-rome-gateway-inaugurates-the-rome-summer-seminars-on-religion-and-global-politics/">rome.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">July 17, 2023</span>.</p>Costanza Montanaritag:italianstudies.nd.edu,2005:News/1552172023-08-20T17:20:00-04:002023-08-26T18:23:31-04:00In Memoriam: Remembering Tiziana Serafini, Esteemed Colleague and Educator<p>It is with profound sadness that we communicate the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Tiziana Serafini.</p><p>In memoriam: Tiziana Serafini</p>
<p>It is with profound sadness that we communicate the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Tiziana Serafini.</p>
<p>Tiziana joined the Italian faculty in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Notre Dame in the fall of 2016. Prior to her arrival at Notre Dame, she had taught Italian language and culture at several institutions, including the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of Southern California, Santa Monica College, and Los Angeles City College, in addition to serving as the Director of the Italian Language Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her teaching and research interests encompassed literary translation and its theory, as well as pedagogical issues focusing on intercultural competence, social justice, and collaborative learning with technology.</p>
<p>To know Tiziana was to know her passion for working with students in and out of the classroom. A student of hers this past spring recently shared in an email “I took Italian 10101 with Professor Serafini this past spring, and I have never so loved learning. When I walked into this class three times each week, I felt so alive, competent, real, sensitive, and capable. I reveled in my class participation.” Tiziana was generous with her time and with her talents, as her students and her colleagues in Italian, those in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, and many who knew her across campus could attest to. It was just as easy to find her holding extra office hours with a line of students out the door as it was to find her running a yoga class in Italian for our students of Notre Dame. She also served for several years as the co-advisor of the Multi-Language Reading Club and the Italian Club on campus and she cherished these personal interactions with<br>students. Most recently Tiziana collaborated with the Center for Social Concerns on an interdisciplinary and experiential-learning course on refugee issues and the basic principles of foreign language pedagogy, giving students the training they needed to work as teaching assistants in language courses for refugees. Through this course and her teaching philosophy in general, Tiziana<br>sought to bring students from the personal to social and global issues, making language learning all the more meaningful.</p>
<p>Tiziana’s passion for teaching and her boundless energy have undoubtedly touched and had a profound impact on thousands of students over the years. Her kindness and generosity have left a mark on friends and colleagues here at Notre Dame and in the broader Italian Studies community. She will be greatly missed.</p>Stafftag:italianstudies.nd.edu,2005:News/1542952023-06-28T16:18:00-04:002023-06-28T23:19:12-04:00Vittorio Montemaggi named academic director of the London Global Gateway<p>We are pleased to announce that Vittiorio Montemaggi, an affiliate of the Center for Italian Studies, has been named academic director of Notre Dame's London Global Gateway.</p><p>We are pleased to announce that Vittorio Montemaggi, an affiliate of the Center for Italian Studies, has been appointed as the new academic director of the University of Notre Dame in England (UNDE). In his new role, Montemaggi will be responsible for overseeing the academic aspects of UNDE, including teaching, research, and scholarship. He will work closely with Notre Dame International's London Global Gateway to provide academic leadership for the institution.</p>
<p><a href="https://london.nd.edu/news-stories/news/vittorio-montemaggi-named-academic-director-of-the-london-global-gateway/?fbclid=IwAR2eFgm_dwshLcswCdyX4hChRmtLHb_sBQTQLBvE3-4WY2f3hCUSLj0P3HQ">You can read more about Montemaggi's appointment here</a>.</p>Staff