The U of A Rome Center will offer a program titled Italy and the Transatlantic World in a Global Perspective during summer II (June 29 to Aug. 2, 2025) with two courses (also with honors sections):

• HIST 38803/38803H Modern Italy and the World, 1861-Present
• HIST 43003/43003H Transatlantic Relations Since 1919

Each course counts toward either a major or minor in history and in international and global studies; HIST 38803 also counts toward the major and minor programs in Italian. 

The Modern Italy course will be a window to contemporary European politics. By examining Italy's history since the country's unification in the mid-1800s, we will also place that national experience within the context of the political turmoil, wars and continental integration that have characterized modern Europe. The course finally analyzes current trends shared by Europe and the United States.   

For the course on Transatlantic Relations, no matter how you view the current situation, the relationship between the United States and Europe remains central to America's grand strategy, political developments and cultural connections. We will examine all those aspects and how they have shaped the past century.

Rome, with its institutional and modern museum sites — some of which we will visit together, including the Museum of the Italian Independence Movement, Mussolini's Foro Italico and the Jewish Ghetto, with its Synagogue Museum — offers a crucial stage to understand better Italy, modern Europe and their relationship to the United States. Participants will benefit from the added advantage of having a long-established U of A faculty member, a native of Italy with expertise in both cultures — and other European cultures as well.

Feel free to browse the Hogs Abroad Italy and the Transatlantic World or, for any questions, contact Alessandro Brogi, professor of history and U.S. foreign relations at abrogi@uark.edu.