Hunter College Italian Program

It’s never too soon to start dreaming and planning to go (back) to Italy! ✈️

This Wednesday from 12-4pm join the Study Abroad Fair in the West Building Lobby and learn about 350+ programs abroad! Hear from other students about their experiences, and chat with Hunter’s Education Abroad team and program partners from CUNY and around the world. Check out for more info!

And stay tuned! In the coming weeks, we’ll share more Italy pictures from our Winter 2024 students! 🤩

Having the best time in Florence!

Buon anno! Happy new year from the Italian Program at Hunter! 💫

And what a great way to ring in the new year: studying the Italian Renaissance with Prof. Calabritto in Florence!

It’s the last day of classes today ! Enjoy your final classes, everyone, and congratulations to our new colleagues in the Romance Languages Department (pictured below) for finishing teaching their first semester at Hunter!

Next, we have reading days on Tuesday and Wednesday, and then finals start. Good luck, everyone!!!

📸: Noran Mohamed, Ana Lucía Tello, Tania Varela, and Stefania Porcelli at the Hunter Holiday Party (not pictured: Rafael Fernandez, we missed you!)

It’s the last day of classes today ! Enjoy your final classes, everyone, and congratulations to our new colleagues in the Romance Languages Department (pictured above) for finishing teaching their first semester at Hunter!

Next, we have reading days on Tuesday and Wednesday, and then finals start. Good luck, everyone!!!

📸: Noran Mohamed, Ana Lucía Tello, Tania Varela, and Stefania Porcelli at the Hunter Holiday Party (not pictured: Rafael Fernandez, we missed you!)

🌸Spotlight on Spring 2024 Courses🌸

ITAL 37088 SEE NAPLES AND DIE
"See Naples and die": this expression was first used to suggest that after observing the beauties of Naples there is nothing to live for. Yet Naples is a very problematic city, where beauty meets violence and from which one would seek liberation as if from a spell. This course will focus on the representation of Naples in contemporary Italian literature, theater and cinema, focusing on a selection of texts that engage with the notion of napoletanita. Drawing from the concept that Walter Benjamin labeled "porosity," we will explore the extent to which such texts challenge the idea of Naples as a unitary urban space, or as a beautiful postcard. We will discuss writings in prose by Matilde Serao, Anna Maria Ortese, Curzio Malaparte, Elena Ferrante, a play by Edoardo De Filippo, and their filmic adaptations, as well a sample of Neapolitan songs. The course integrates reading and writing strategies and aims at helping students develop critical thinking mainly through close-reading techniques, in-class discussions, and the writing of response papers.
Pre-req: Contact an advisor