Black Italia: New Italian Course in Spring 2023
Still looking for a course for the Spring semester? Consider taking ITAL 3983: Black Italia: Identity, Belonging, and 'Race.' This course is cross-listed with AAST and counts for the Italian minor. This course is taught in English.
Course Description: Black Italia will explore the history, representation and lived experiences, both prejudices and successes, of marginalized persons in Italy, particularly those of African heritage, through an interdisciplinary lens.
This course will host a lecture from Camilla Hawthorne, author of Contesting Race and Citizenship: Youth Politics in the Black Mediterranean, as well as Karima2G, Italian author, hip-hop artist and founder of the #BLM movement in Rome, Italy.
The course will meet from 3:05 to 4:20 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. For more information, email associate professor Ryan Calabretta-Sajder at calabret@uark.edu.
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Contacts
Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, associate professor of Italian
World Languages, Literatures and Cultures
847-217-1630,
calabret@uark.edu
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