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Italian professor Danielle Callegari received the Beatrice Torrini Prize for her writing about Tuscan wine. Take Professor Callegari's brand new course this winter

Take Professor Callegari's brand new course next Winter 2025:

ITAL 37.12: Premodern Italy & Food; A Bite-Sized History of Italy:The Story of how Italy became Italy through Food & Beverage Culture---While Italy as a nation-state has only existed since 1861, a sense of Italian identity long pre-existed that reality, thanks largely to a deeply-rooted, shared enogastronomic culture that became the envy of the world. Departing from the doormice and garum of the Roman Empire and arriving at the heresy of pineapple pizza, "A Bite-Sized History of Italy" will present a long-view, wide-lens portrait of a place that has become so well-known for its food as to almost preclude interrogation, even as it might be said that food is the very reason for its existence.Students taking the course for major or minor credit in Italian will attend a weekly x-hour and do all written work in the Italian. Prerequisites: A course in the Italian 10 series or permission of the instructor. World Culture:Western Cultures. Distributives: INT, LIT.  

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    And check out Professor Callegari's other new course this winter: ITAL 21 Early Italian Literature and Culture Boccaccio:  Callegari @ 11: 10 friends. 100 days. 100 stories. 1000 reasons to dive in. Boccaccio doesn't have the same claim to fame as Dante or Shakespeare, but that's mostly because he was way too much fun for anyone's liking. The Decameron is a world of escapism mapped out by a bunch of 20 somethings desperate for distraction in a time of global pandemic and political upheaval. Totally unapologetic and wildly irreverent, Boccaccio's Decameron is all about breaking the rules, overindulging, and behaving badly--medieval style.  Our seminar will mirror the form of Boccaccio's text: we'll read his stories about sex, love, revenge, hijinx, violence, and debauchery, think about what they might really mean, and consider how storytelling ties us all together across time and place. Prerequisite:  Italian 10 or permission of the instructor.  Degree Requirement Attributes:  Dist:LIT; WCult:W.  NRO eligible.

And check out Professor Callegari's other new course this winter: ITAL 21 Early Italian Literature and Culture Boccaccio:  Callegari @ 11: 10 friends. 100 days. 100 stories. 1000 reasons to dive in. Boccaccio doesn't have the same claim to fame as Dante or Shakespeare, but that's mostly because he was way too much fun for anyone's liking. The Decameron is a world of escapism mapped out by a bunch of 20 somethings desperate for distraction in a time of global pandemic and political upheaval. Totally unapologetic and wildly irreverent, Boccaccio's Decameron is all about breaking the rules, overindulging, and behaving badly--medieval style.  Our seminar will mirror the form of Boccaccio's text: we'll read his stories about sex, love, revenge, hijinx, violence, and debauchery, think about what they might really mean, and consider how storytelling ties us all together across time and place. Prerequisite:  Italian 10 or permission of the instructor.  Degree Requirement Attributes:  Dist:LIT; WCult:W.  NRO eligible.