ATTENZIONE STUDENTI D’ITALIANO! ATTENTION ITALIAN STUDENTS! Italian Studies at UMass is offering a COVID-19 ESSAY CONTEST!
April 17, 2020
There are many examples in Italian literature of how people have dealt with plague, confinement, and other hardships throughout history (think Boccaccio’s Decameron, Manzoni’s Promessi sposi or...
UMass considers new study abroad program in Italy
October 22, 2019
Slow Food Movement may lead to new collaborative effort between UMass Amherst and the Università degli Studi di Bari. Read more...
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