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
Australia
- Department of Italian Studies at University of Melbourne;
- Department of Languages and Culture at La Trobe University;
- Department of European Languages at Monash University;
- Department of Italian Studies at University of Sydney;
- Department of Italian Studies at The Australian National University;
- Department of Italian Studies at Flinders University;
- Department of Italian Studies at Griffith University;
- Department of Italian Studies at University of Western Australia;
- Department of Languages and Culture at University of Queensland;
Canada
- Department of Italian Studies at University of Toronto;
- Department of Language Studies at University of Toronto Mississauga;
- 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;
- Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Brock University;
China
- Department of Italian Studies at University of International Business and Economics;
- School of European Languages and Culture at Beijing Foreign Studies University
- Department of Italian at Nankai University
Croatia
- Department of Italian Studies at University of Rijeka
Ireland
- Department of Italian at University College Cork
- Department of Italian at Trinity College Dublin
- Discipline of Italian at University of Galway
Japan
- at Kyoto Sangyo University;
Lithuania
- at Vilnius University Faculty of Philology;
Slovenia
- Italian Studies at University of Primorska
South Africa
- at University of the Witwatersrand
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;
- Department of Languages and International Studies at Nottingham Trent University;
United States
- Department of Italian Studies at Yale University;
- Department of Italian Studies at Georgetown University;
- Department of Italian Studies at the College of William & Mary;
- 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 Romance, German, Russian Languages and Literature at University of California, Long Beach;
- Department of Italian at University of California, Los Angeles;
- Department of Italian at Columbia University;
- Italian Academy for Advanced Studies ;
- Department of Italian at Yale University;
- Department of French and Italian at The University of Texas at Austin
- Department of French and Italian at University of Wisconsin;
- Department of French and Italian at Stanford University;
- Department of French and Italian at Princeton University;
- Department of French and Italian at Indiana University;
- Department of French and Italian at Ohio State University;
- Department of Romance Studies at Duke University
- Department of Romance Studies at Cornell 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 and Literatures at University of Notre Dame;
- Casa Italiana at the Nazareth College.
- Department of Romance Languages at University of Pennsylvania;
- Department of Romance Studies at Boston University;
- Department of Romance studies at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;
Non-Italian Italian Studies Associations
The American Association for Italian Studies
The American Association for Italian Studies 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 Association for the Study of Modern Italy
The Association for the Study of Modern Italy was founded in 1982 by Christopher Seton-Watson, to bring together individuals and organisations from the UK and abroad with teaching, research, professional or general interests in modern Italy from all disciplinary angles.Today, ASMI’s membership is international and includes scholars and others from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds including history, political science, languages, geography, literature and anthropology.
ASMI publishes a quarterly journal called Modern Italy.
The Canadian Association for Italian Studies
The Canadian Association for Italian Studies was established in 1972, to foster and advance Italian studies in Canada and in the larger global community.The CAIS aim is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas through the presentation and discussion of papers that deal with diverse aspects of Italian language, literature, pedagogy, society, and culture. The CAIS publishes a biannual Journal called Quaderni d’italianistica.
The Society for Italian Studies
The Society for Italian Studies is a registered charity that strives "...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 publications, conferences and its Annual General Meeting and Colloquium. It also publishes a bi-annual journal called Italian Studies.
Association of Professional Italianists in South Africa / Associazione di Professori d’Italiano in Sudafrica (API)
The purpose of A.P.I., established in 1981 in Johannesburg, is to promote cultural exchanges and discussions on didactic and literary topics concerning the preservation and teaching of the Italian language and literature in Southern Africa both at school and university level, and to keep abreast with international developments in this field.API publishes a bi-annual journal called Italian Studies in Southern Africa / Studi d’Italianistica nell’Africa Australe.