The Humanities Dialogues are a series of meetings that foster fruitful and interesting conversations throughout the academic year. Students and members of the UCLA community are invited to explore the meanings of words / concepts essential to the human experience and to share their own experiences and ideas. This initiative was made possible with the…
» Read MoreThis article was written by Leslie Landis and featured in The Daily Bruin. When Andrea Moudarres developed his doctoral dissertation at Yale University, he did not expect that it would one day turn into an award-winning manuscript. Moudarres, an assistant professor of Italian at UCLA, was recently awarded the 21st annual Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione…
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ANDREA MOUDARRES AND THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE PRESS TO RECEIVE SCAGLIONE PUBLICATION AWARD FOR A MANUSCRIPT IN ITALIAN LITERARY STUDIES FOR THE ENEMY IN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE EPIC: IMAGES OF HOSTILITY FROM DANTE TO TASSO New York, NY – 5 December 2018 – The Modern Language Association of America today announced it is awarding its twenty-first…
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by Professor Lucia Re JoAnne Ruvoli, former fellow of the “Cultures in Transnational Perspectives” Mellon Postdoctoral Program in the Humanities at UCLA, passed away unexpectedly on March 15, 2018. Diagnosed in December with a severe strain of leukemia, JoAnne was completing a second round of chemo, reportedly feeling tired but hopeful about full recovery. JoAnne…
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Enjoy the idyllic summer on the Adriatic coast of Italy while studying language and culture in the capital of Italian seaside tourism. Directed by Professor Elissa Tognozzi, Dept. of Italian, UCLA Required Courses (Taught in English): IT 191: A Tale of Three Cities (Florence, Rome, Venice) IT 8A: Italian Conversation, Elementary IT 42C*: Food…
» Read MoreOn September 29, 2017, UCLA celebrated World Languages Day by introducing students to a variety of opportunities for language study and cultural activities available to them on campus. With help from student organizations and foreign language departments, students explored more than 20 world languages offered at UCLA including Basque, Catalan, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese,…
» Read MoreCongratulations to John Agnew, Distinguished Professor of Geography and Italian, who was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy on June 21, 2017. Professor Agnew’s research focuses on political geography; place and politics, territory, politics and governance, critical geopolitics; geopolitics of the world economy. Fellows of the British Academy represent the very best of…
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Students, staff and faculty have been discussing what words like “democracy,” “humanity” and “heroism” mean in meetings over the course of the year. Humanities Dialogues consists of biweekly meetings, in which participants discuss a word and the different meanings associated with it. The program was created by various UCLA departments in languages and humanities…
» Read MoreMay 8, 2017– The Daily Bruin recently published an article listing the top 25 classes offered at UCLA, and the Department of Italian’s Thomas Harrison‘s course “ITALIAN 46: Italian Cinema & Culture in English” has ranked among the top 5 with an average rating of 4.89 according to Bruinwalk data. Click here to read the full article.
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Event Debriefing “The best place to hide anything is in plain view.” –Edgar Allan Poe, The Purloined Letter (1844). BURRI PROMETHEIA highlighted an artwork of monumental dimensions (15 x 5 meters) whose architectural function as a wall (between Sculpture Garden and Melnitz Hall) almost underplays its presence: the Grande Nero Cretto (Large Black Crack), the largest…
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