Indiana University is home to world-class library and archival resources, including a major research facility such as the Herman B Wells Library and the rare book and manuscript collections of the Lilly Library, which also contains extensive works by and related to Italian filmmakers and screenwriters such as Federico Fellini, Giuseppe De Santis and Carlo Lizzani.

Faculty and graduate students interact in a variety of ways, from the classroom to informal mentoring, to meetings of the Circolo Italiano. Our students learn how to develop research techniques in all fields of Italian studies, give well-structured presentations, write professional research papers and cutting-edge dissertations, and share their scholarly accomplishments in the classroom. Most of our graduate students are employed as associate instructors in Italian language courses, where they gain valuable teaching experience in the traditional, hybrid and online formats and funding to support their studies. They receive excellent training before assuming their teaching responsibilities and continued supervision throughout the academic year. Our best advanced associate instructors also receive the opportunity to earn experience in course coordination, professional editing, and co-teaching in literature and culture courses. Summer teaching is also available, both through our program in Florence and on the Bloomington campus.

Graduates of our program are well-rounded scholars and professionals whose research and teaching experience have served them well. Recent Ph.D. graduates of our program have obtained academic posts at superb universities and colleges such as U of Chicago, Royal Holloway – U of London, Dickinson College, Rutgers U, Bucknell U, U of Iowa, Cal State-Fresno, U of Washington, College of the Holy Cross, U of Wisconsin, U of Connecticut, Fordham U. Our graduates have also won postdoctoral fellowships at the Hertz Library – Max Planck Institute, Rome; the Center for Italian Modern Art, New York; the Newberry Library, Chicago; the Medici Archive, Florence.

Sincerely,
Professor Massimo Scalabrini
Director of Graduate Studies in Italian