*subject to change*

Summer '26

F.I.R.E. Rome (Canepa): Students will have the opportunity to spend ten weeks in Rome, fully immersed in Italian language (Italian 1 and Italian 2) and culture (Italian 4). The immersion experience will include visits to significant Roman monuments such as the Colosseum, Roman Forum, St. Peters and Vatican Museums, and the Borghese Gallery, as well as other towns and cities of Italy, and to participate in co-curricular activities such as visits to piazzas and markets, trips to the opera and sporting events, and more. Participants are housed in student apartments in the lively and charming neighborhood of Trastevere.  The program will be directed by a Dartmouth faculty member in Italian.  Contact Professor Nancy Canepa for more information. Students will have the opportunity to experience Rome at its best and the diverse cultural and natural wonders in other areas of Italy, as well.  And by participating in the program, students will complete two-thirds of the Dartmouth language requirement!

Italian 33.01 XL Rel 32.02 (Callegari) @ 11: Into and Beyond Dante's Inferno: The work of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) stages from beginning to end a struggle between personal desire, social obligation, and the conflicting cultures of Christian religion and the body politic. The unprecedented fusion Dante made of these elements in the Commedia [The Divine Comedy] has guaranteed his great poem a vast public, extending across world cultures and the seven centuries since it initially traveled among elite readers in north-central Italy in the early decades of the fourteenth century. This course will first examine the development of Dante’s poetic voice in La vita nova [The New Life, ca. 1293-94] and then focus on its subsequent expansion into an all-encompassing vision of life and death in Inferno [Hell, ca. 1306-09], the first of the three canticles of the Commedia. Situating Dante in his own time and place will be essential to our analysis of his poetry, but attention to the multiple ways that Dante’s work has been interpreted, translated, and appropriated in other periods, languages, and media will provide a critical framework for understanding its enduring appeal, why – in the words of Italo Calvino – it “has not finished saying what it has to say.” Readings, lectures, discussion, and written work – to include a mid-term exam, two short essays, and a final digital project – will be in English. Students taking the course for major or minor credit will attend a weekly X-hour and write the two essays in Italian. Cross Listed Courses: REL 32.02. Degree Requirement Attributes: Dist:LIT; WCult:W. NRO eligible. *Please note, that courses that receive an NRO grade may not fulfill major requirements.​*

Fall '26

Italian 1 Perego @ 10, Alberti @ 11 and Pisacane @ 12: Learn to speak, listen, read, and write in Italian at the beginner level while discovering the culture and everyday life of contemporary Italy. Classes are built around active, creative communication and real-world language use from day one. Includes a weekly practice component with a choice between collaborative Enriched Drill sessions (twice a week) or one-on-one FLEX conversation meetings with peer mentors. Requirements:This course is not open to students who have received credit for Italian 11. Does not serve in partial satisfaction of the Distributive or World Culture Requirements.

Italian 2 Perego @ 11: Continue building your Italian through real conversations, media, and authentic materials. You will expand your ability to express ideas and navigate everyday situations across present, past, and future contexts, while deepening your engagement with Italian culture and contemporary life. Includes a weekly practice component with a choice between collaborative Enriched Drill sessions (twice a week) or one-on-one FLEX conversation meetings with peer mentors.Requirements: Open to students by qualifying placement or to students who have successfully completed Italian 1. This course is not open to students who have received credit for Italian 11. Does not serve in partial satisfaction of the Distributive or World Culture Requirements

Italian 3 Pisacane @ 11 and Convertini @ 12: Take your Italian further through discussion, media, and authentic materials rooted in contemporary Italian life and culture. You will sharpen all four skills while gaining confidence and fluency in a wider range of everyday situations. Practice weekly with native speakers via TalkAbroad, followed by debrief sessions with peer mentors. No weekly drill session required. Requirements: Open to students by qualifying placement or to students who have passed Italian 2, Italian 11, or ARTH 12. Does not serve in partial satisfaction of the Distributive or World Culture Requirements.

Italian 11 Alberti @ 12:  An intensive entry point into Italian for students with prior experience in a Romance language (Spanish, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan, or Latin). Learn Italian through active, immersive practice rooted in real-world communication and contemporary Italian culture. Includes a weekly practice component with a choice between collaborative Enriched Drill sessions (twice a week) or one-on-one FLEX conversation meetings with peer mentors. Upon successful completion, students may enroll in Italian 3. Recommended preparation. Prior study of a Romance language or Latin (approximately one year at the university level or three years at the secondary-school level), or placement through the Dartmouth Placement Exam. Does not serve in partial satisfaction of the Distributive or World Culture Requirements.

Italian 9 Convertini @ 11: Italian Culture--This course students will analyze some of the most significant Italian cultural, social, and political themes from the 60's to present. Through the viewing of the film La Meglio Gioventù (2003), blogging, and creative writing assignments, students will strengthen their ability to express ideas in both the written and spoken language. NRO eligible. *Please note, that courses that receive an NRO grade may not fulfill major requirements.​* DIST:WCult:W. Prerequisite: ITAL3 or permission of the instructor.

Italian 14 (Gilebbi) @ 2. Journey to Italy: An Introduction to Italian Culture--This course introduces students to Italian culture through a representative selection of texts and topics from past to present, as well as encouraging students to think critically about notions of culture and identity. Topics include stereotypes and the idea of national identity, modern history, society and politics, food culture, the visual arts, music, cinema, religion, science and technology, the environment, Made in Italy, immigration, sports, and mafia.  In many units, guest lecturers will widen the discussion by considering the global impact of Italian cultural production across time and space. Students will actively engage with Italian cultural phenomena through in-class lectures and discussions, hands-on exercises, and site visits. Degree Requirement Attributes: Dist: SOC; WCult:CI. NRO eligible. *Please note, that courses that receive an NRO grade may not fulfill major requirements.​*

Italian 27.01: Animals and Animality in Modern Italian Literature and Thought-(Gilebbi) @ 12: How do Italian literature and the visual arts represent non-human animals, and what can they teach us about the complex relationships between humanity and nature? This course, conducted in Italian, explores how the human–animal caesura is imagined, understood, and represented in Italian literature, philosophy, art, and cinema. Students will examine how these representations offer an original contribution to the re-thinking of the limits of anthropocentric humanism. Through take-home assignments, class discussions, and small-group presentations, students will engage with key texts of the Italian literary, philosophical, and visual canon while sharpening their critical reading strategies and expanding their environmental imagination. NRO eligible. *Please note, that courses that receive an NRO grade may not fulfill major requirements.​*

Italian 33.01 XL Rel 32.02 (Callegari) @ 11: Into and Beyond Dante's Inferno: The work of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) stages from beginning to end a struggle between personal desire, social obligation, and the conflicting cultures of Christian religion and the body politic. The unprecedented fusion Dante made of these elements in the Commedia [The Divine Comedy] has guaranteed his great poem a vast public, extending across world cultures and the seven centuries since it initially traveled among elite readers in north-central Italy in the early decades of the fourteenth century. This course will first examine the development of Dante’s poetic voice in La vita nova [The New Life, ca. 1293-94] and then focus on its subsequent expansion into an all-encompassing vision of life and death in Inferno [Hell, ca. 1306-09], the first of the three canticles of the Commedia. Situating Dante in his own time and place will be essential to our analysis of his poetry, but attention to the multiple ways that Dante’s work has been interpreted, translated, and appropriated in other periods, languages, and media will provide a critical framework for understanding its enduring appeal, why – in the words of Italo Calvino – it “has not finished saying what it has to say.” Readings, lectures, discussion, and written work – to include a mid-term exam, two short essays, and a final digital project – will be in English. Students taking the course for major or minor credit will attend a weekly X-hour and write the two essays in Italian. Cross Listed Courses: REL 32.02. Degree Requirement Attributes: Dist:LIT; WCult:W. NRO eligible. *Please note, that courses that receive an NRO grade may not fulfill major requirements.​*

Winter '27

2 sections of Italian 1 and 2.

1 section of Italian 3.

Italian FYS7 (Gilebbi).

Italian 27-Topics-Early Italian Literature and Culture @ 11 (Callegari).

Italian 37.12- A Bite-Sized History of Italy: The Story of how Italy became Italy through Food & Beverage Culture-@12 (Callegari): 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 dormice 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. Open to all students. Texts, lectures, and discussions in English. Reading, writing, and x-hour in Italian for major or minor credit in Italian. Degree Requirement Attributes: Dist:INT or LIT; WCult:W. 

LSA+ Rome (Convertini).

Spring '27

1 section of Italian 1 and 2.

2 sections of Italian 3.

1 section of Italian 11.

ITAL 10:Introduction to Italian Texts and Contexts: Callegari @ TBD: An introduction to Italian literature, culture, and media across time that provides students with the tools to read and analyze texts critically. Through a selection of literary works, films, and other cultural artifacts, students will explore key themes such as the city, food culture, the environment, and evolving artistic forms. The course examines how ideas, genres, and narratives develop and intersect. Topics and materials vary based on the instructor’s focus, allowing for an engaging and dynamic exploration of Italy’s literary and cultural landscape. Not open to students who have received credit for ITAL 10.01-10.99. Prerequisite: Italian 3 or permission of the instructor. Degree Requirement Attributes: Dist:LIT; WCult:W. 

FRIT 37.04 @ TBD, European Fairy Tales (Canepa): In this course we will study the evolution of the forms and contents of the rich European fairy-tale tradition, from the Renaissance to our times. Along the way we will address questions concerning canon formation; the role of “marvelous” genres such as the fairy tale in socialization and the expression of national identity; the relation between oral folk narratives and written literary tales; and the reworking of fairy-tale subjects and motifs in contemporary culture. We will also acquaint ourselves with a variety of critical approaches to the fairy tale, and create tales of our own in a special storytelling workshop. Cross Listed Courses: COLT 39.03. Degree Requirement Attributes: Dist:LIT; WCult:W. 

ITAL 27.03 (Alberti) @ TBD: The years of the economic “boom,” or “miracle” following post-WW II reconstruction were, for Italy, a time of unprecedented economic growth and social transformations, of new hopes abut also new challenges. As Italy left behind its predominantly agrarian past and entered full force into the global industrial economy, Italians rapidly made themselves modern: investing in new status symbols and consumer goods in the form of cars, TVs, and refrigerators, listening to new music, cultivating new pastimes and lifestyles, and even making more babies. Yet with modernization came contradictions. Optimism for the future was accompanied by a loss of traditional points of reference and community; economic expansion, by a widening of the gap between Northern and Southern Italy; mass exodus from rural areas to cities, by the creation of the no-mans lands of the urban borgate or shantytowns; and the proliferation of goods, by the perils of unbridled consumerism and existential crisis. In this course we will explore how the developments and radical shifts of these years were investigated and represented in literature, film, and music, by a remarkable group of writers, film directors, and including Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italo Calvino, Natalia Ginzburg, Alberto Moravia, Anna Maria Ortese, Dario Fo and Franca Rame, Federico Fellini, and others. Degree Requirement Attributes: Dist:LIT; WCult:W.