Italian Studies

University of California, Berkeley

Overview

The Italian Studies Department is an interdisciplinary enterprise. You will find courses in Italian language, literature, history, cultural studies, film, and folklore offered by the department, both in Italian and in English. You will also discover that courses with significant Italian content are often taught in other departments and programs, including History of Art, Music, Comparative Literature, Film Studies, Anthropology, Political Science, History, and Medieval Studies. The department's diverse faculty includes scholars of literature, history, music, anthropology, art history, architecture, and cinema. We are also fortunate to have frequent visiting faculty from Italy and elsewhere.

If you have a strong interest in things Italian but do not yet know the language, we offer a range of general education courses (both upper and lower division), including many that fulfill breadth requirements in Arts and Literature, Historical Studies, Philosophy and Values, and Social and Behavioral Sciences. The department also offers reading and composition (R&C) courses. 

Undergraduate Programs

Italian Studies: BA, Minor

Graduate Program

Italian Studies: PhD
Romance Languages and Literatures (Italian): PhD (offered by the Graduate Group in Romance Languages and Literatures)

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Courses

Contact Information

Department of Italian Studies

6303 Dwinelle Hall

Phone: 510-642-2979

issa@berkeley.edu

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Department Chair

Diego Pirillo

dpirillo@berkeley.edu

Graduate Faculty Adviser

Rhiannon Welch

6317 Dwinelle Hall

r.welch@berkeley.edu

Undergraduate Student Services Adviser

Amanda Minafo

6303 Dwinelle Hall

Phone: 510-642-4661

issaug@berkeley.edu

Graduate Student Services Adviser

Seth Arnopole

6313 Dwinelle Hall

Phone: 510-642-9051

issag@berkeley.edu

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