Georgetown Italian Studies

Afro-Italian Hip Hop artist and writer Amir Issaa will discuss his memoir This Is What I Live For with Professor Francesco Ciabattoni and Professor Donatella Melucci at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 14th in Reiss 103. Hope to see you there!

Department Chair Laura Benedetti will be presenting her latest novel, "A Country of Paper," in Boston at I AM Books.

Jessica Morlock: The ILF Enrico Fermi College Fellowship

Matthew Mancini: The ILF College Fellowship

Students in the Intensive Basic seminar welcomed renowned chef and cookbook author Amy Riolo to their class today to discuss Italian culinary varieties and to sample some typical Italian products.

Anna De Fina, Professor of Italian Language and Linguistics in the Italian Department, was awarded the title of “Cavaliere della Repubblica Italiana“ in recognition of her work for the dissemination of Italian language and culture in the US. Italian Embassy, October 17

Students in the seminar course Giro d'Italia enjoyed an excellent presentation about the impact of Italians on the city of Washington DC. Thank you to Liz DiGregorio, Director of IAMDC, and to Mary Ann Re, Board Member Casa Italiana Sociocultural Center for visiting our class

Prof. Musti and her students cooked together: Spaghettata in grand Italian style!

Join us for the inauguration of the exhibition “Eccellenze Italiane - Figure per Italo Calvino” MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 AT 5 PM At Georgetown University - ICC Galleria

Celebrate with us the 100th anniversary of Italo Calvino’s birth at the Italian Embassy in Washington, DC! Register here for the event (10/19/2023 at 6:00pm): iicwashington.esteri.it/iic_washington…

Prof. Nicoletta Pireddu is the recipient of the 2023 Condé Nast Award. Founded in 1966, it is awarded by the College of Arts & Sciences to the faculty member who excelled in research, teaching, service and leadership. Prof. Pireddu was celebrated at the CAS Spring Convocation.

Please see attached flyer for more information about an upcoming lecture about the Holocaust with our Department Chair Professor Laura Benedetti.

Congratulations to our students enrolled in Italian Translation (F'21) taught by prof. Donatella Melucci! The mystery novel, Doppio Delitto al Grand Hotel Miramare, translated during their course, will be published in July.

We are pleased to announce that Alyssa MCCadden is the recipient of a Fellowship offered by the Italian Language Foundation!

Our very own Nicoletta Pireddu was recognized for winning the René Wellek Prize, conferred by the American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA). Read about it here: college.georgetown.edu/news-story/pir…

Congrats to Jan Mollazade and his team who won a paid internship with Ermenegildo Zegna during the Student-Centered Workshop on Innovative Solutions to Business Challenges on 3/25. Sponsored by The Italian Research Institute of Georgetown founded by Prof. Serafina Hager, Ph.D.

Congratulations to Sofia Danzo, Renato Llontop Calosi, Angelica Reali, and Nicholas Voltaggio for receiving the best overall performance award at the Great Women Writers event! You can download and watch their performance using this link: drive.google.com/file/d/1nga4zp…

Prof. Nicoletta Pireddu is the recipient of the 2023 American Comparative Literature Association "René Wellek Prize for the Best Edited Essay Collection" for her Migrating Minds: Theories and Practices of Cultural Cosmopolitanism, co-edited with @CosteDidier and @ChristinaKKona.

Join the NOIAW on March 23rd 6:00pm-7:30pm EST for a complimentary event in celebration of Women's History Month with Laura Benedetti as she presents her novel "A Country of Paper". Register here: events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event…

Join us for a virtual event and learn how the NOIAW helped one Italian-American journalist turn her nonfiction account of a true crime story into an international hit! Helene Stapinski, Donatella Melucci, and Catherine Salbashian. Registration required: conta.cc/3SqHvo8