Barbara Faedda, "From Da Ponte to the Casa Italiana: A Brief History of Italian Studies at Columbia University "
English | ISBN: 0231185936 | 2017 | 104 pages | PDF | 34 MB
English | ISBN: 0231185936 | 2017 | 104 pages | PDF | 34 MB
The Casa Italiana―a neo-Renaissance palazzo located on Amsterdam Avenue near 117th Street―has been the most important expression of the Italian presence on Columbia University’s campus since its construction in 1927. As a site of interdisciplinary scholarship and promotion of Italian culture, the Casa Italiana has made a substantial contribution to the academic study of Italy in America and the understanding of Italian cultural identity abroad. Celebrating the Casa’s ninetieth anniversary,
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