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Volume 1, issue 5
May 2012
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Seven UVa undergraduates to
receive degrees
in Italian Studies.
Four students will
graduate with a
minor in Italian
Studies.
Exciting prospects for our MA
candidates.
Many can’t-miss events take place in
May: the Stanley Cup play-offs, the
unveiling of Charlottesville’s famous
“Design House,” among others. However, for everyone involved with the
Italian Studies program at UVa., the
most exciting event of all is commencement.
On May 20th, students and faculty in
Italian will celebrate the achievements
of our seven graduating majors and four
minors in Italian Studies. We also look
forward to seeing four students receive
their MA in Italian later this month.
I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
Viva Italian Garden Party
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A Plaque for Lola
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Rachel Va in Toscana
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With Distinction
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With Distinction: Who’s
Next?
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Bursting With Pride
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A World of Possibilities
and a Look Back
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Although some of our graduates are still
deciding on what they plan to do next,
many are already poised to move on to
exciting new prospects beyond Charlottesville.
Senior Italian Studies major Shea Fitzgerald will move to Los Angeles, where
she has received and accepted an offer
to work at the art gallery L&M Arts.
Shea’s fellow Italian Studies major,
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Above: Alicia Persson, MA, ‘13, Katie Dodds, ‘12,
and Laura Petrik, MA, ‘13. Left: Prof.ssa Ward,
Lola, and Sydney Saunders, ‘12.
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Katie Dodds recently presented a Distinguished Majors thesis on art collector
Giuliano Gori, and now plans to relocate
to New York City to work in the wine
industry. Another alumna-to be, Taylor
Hart Odom, will soon depart Charlottes-
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ville for Thailand, where she will teach
English before heading off to graduate
school in International Affairs.
lottesville teaching Italian and working
on a new short film about food and
consumerism and then it’s off to Bloomington, IN to begin a doctoral program in
Italian at Indiana University. Jülide’s
classmate, Emiliano Guaraldo (second
from left) plans to begin
a doctoral program as
well, at The University of
North Carolina, Chapel
Hill. Finally, once she
receives her MA, Hiromi
Kaneda (far right) will
head to Rutgers University to pursue her Ph. D.
We wish Hiromi and all
of our graduates in
bocca al lupo for next year and the
years to come.
-Sarah Annunziato
Our MA students also report interesting
adventures for the fall. Jülide Etem (far
left) will spend the summer in Char-
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Right: Shea Fitzgerald, ‘12.
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Once again we celebrated our students and donors at the 2012 annual
Italian Garden Reception and Awards
Ceremony -- aka the Italian Garden
Party -- in the exquisite surroundings
of the Pavilion VIII gardens. The
event was a great success. We enjoyed gorgeous weather and a great
turnout, with guests joining us from all
over the university, including the Arts
and Sciences Deans Office, Politics,
French, International Studies, etc.
Honored prize winners included:
undergrads Peter Lizza '14, Rachel
Midura '13, Katie Dodds '12 and
Sydney Saunders '12, and MA student
Emiliano Guaraldo '12. These students received certificates and cash
“The library in
room 107 of
Wilson Hall
will receive a new
plaque
commemorating
Lola Pelliccia’s
life and work.”
G a r d e n
prizes for their excellent work in Italian
over the past year.
A true highlight of the gathering was
the presence of members of the Lola
Pelliccia family. Lola DeAmicis Pelliccia was a teacher of Italian at UVa and
vital presence in the program, before
her untimely death in 1980. Her family
has continued her legacy by donating
most generously to our program.
Their gifts help fund the essay-writing
and graduate prizes awarded at the
Italian Garden Party, and support
other Italian language and cultural
activities in our program. This year,
Lola's daughters Charlotte, Lydia, and
Emily, along with granddaughter Lola,
were on hand to applaud the prize
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Prof.ssa Pelliccia graduated from
Smith College in Northampton,
MA, where like many of her future
students, she took advantage of
the opportunity to study in Florence, Italy. Following her graduation from the alma mater of Sylvia
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Salutiamo Rachel Perry che è già
partita per la Toscana per fare lo
stage estivo (summer internship)
presso la famosa Collezione Gori!
Rachel studia la letteratura comparata (inglese e italiana) ed è stata
selezionata per coprire il ruolo di
assistente della Signora Miranda
MacPhail, curatrice della collezione di
arte contemporanea alla Fattoria
Celle, ossia la tenuta appartenente
alla famiglia Gori. La rinomata collezione fu fondata dal Dottor Giuliano
Gori, insieme esperto, collezionista, e
gran promotore delle arti contemporanee in Italia e nel mondo. Situata nei
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winners and celebrate Italian at UVa.
They also honored us with a most
unexpected but lovely gift -- a beautiful
plaque commemorating Lola Pelliccia.
It will be mounted near the Lola Pelliccia Library, and will communicate to all
her immense contributions to our
work.
Other highlights included snacking on
elegant refreshments and listening to
the delightful arias and ensembles
from Opera Viva. All in all, we had a
wonderful afternoon marking the
accomplishments -- and fun -- of
studying of Italian at UVa!
-Adrienne Ward
P l a q u e
The library located in Wilson Hall
107 bears the name of legendary
lecturer of Italian, Lola Pelliccia,
and now thanks to Prof.ssa Pelliccia’s family, a plaque will properly
mark the spot.
P a r t y
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Prof.ssa Ward and little Lolaprepare to hand out the
awards.
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Plath, Prof.ssa Pelliccia went on
to earn an MA from Georgetown
University and work for the United
States government.
quite pleased to commemorate
her with the new plaque, which
bears her portrait.
- The Italian Studies Program
However, the career for which she
is most fondly remembered here
at The University of Virginia, was
as a lecturer in Italian from 19671979.
During her twelve years here,
Prof.ssa Pelliccia inspired many
students to love the language and
culture of Dante, and now we are
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dintorni di Pistoia, vicino al paese di
Santomato, la Fattoria Celle comprende un grande parco pieno di
sculture ambientali che si chiama gli
"Spazi d'arte." Vedete: www.goricoll.it
Rachel aiuterà a dare visite guidate
alle tante persone che vengono per
vedere la vasta collezione, e si occuperà anche dei lavori da compiere in
ufficio. È questa la terza volta che
una studentessa di UVa "vince il
concorso," per così dire. Fare lo stage
alla Collezione Gori è un'opportunità
straordinaria che viene offerta ogni
anno. Ci si annuncia di solito ai primi
Lola Pelliccia’s daughter, Emily unveils the plaque.
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di dicembre, e le domande si fanno a
gennaio. Le nostre stagiste in passato comprendono Jülide Etem e
Katie Dodds; entrambe si sono approfittate dell'occasione facendo delle
ricerche che poi hanno contribuito
alle loro tesi, in quanto partecipavano
al Distinguished Majors Program in
Italiano. Auguriamo a Rachel una
buonissima permanenza in Toscana e
una fantastica esperienza, sia artistica che italiana!
-Adrienne Ward
Rachel Perry passerà un’estate
indimenticabile in Toscana.
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Katie Dodds presents her thesis on the Gori
Collection.
Congratulate Katie Dodds, who has completed
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D i s t i n c t i o n !
UVa's 2012 Distinguished Majors Program in
Italian Studies! Katie's DMP thesis is titled
"Giuliano Gori e il flusso di arte contemporanea in
Toscana dal 1982" ("Giuliano Gori and the
Progress of Contemporary Art in Tuscany Since
1982"). It traces the evolution of contemporary
art in Tuscany, and concentrates on Dr. Giuliano
Gori's ground-breaking efforts to establish and
promote contemporary art in Tuscany in the late
20th century. Katie conducted much of her
research while working as a summer intern at the
Gori Collection in 2011. She conducted
interviews with Dr. Gori himself, his assistant and
collection curator Ms. Miranda MacPhail, and
other figures -- artists, critics, experts -- in the
Tuscan art world. She then completed the thesis
during her fourth year, under the supervision of
Prof.ssa Adrienne Ward. The insightful thesis
explains that before Dr. Gori spearheaded the
cause, art from the modern and contemporary
periods was eclipsed by the emphasis on
D i s t i n c t i o n :
(Continued from above). On
April 20, 2012, Katie
presented a short form of
her thesis (in English) at the
Spanish, Italian and
Portuguese Department’s
DMP presentation event.
She will graduate with High
Distinction, and her thesis
will be available for reading
both in the Lola Pelliccia
Libary for Italian Studies,
and in the department's Del
Greco Library.
Next year three Italian Studies majors will participate in
the Distinguished Majors
program: Molly Frear and
Emanuel Grant will work on
medieval Italian works with
Prof. ssa Deborah Parker,
and Rachel Midura will
work on early modern Venetian literary culture with
Prof.ssa Ward. Look for
B u r s t i n g
The Italian Studies program is
positively bursting with pride over
news about Prof.sse Ward and
Scida.
In March, Prof.ssa Ward received
an invitation to join the Mead Honored Faculty, a program that exists
to encourage faculty to “become
more actively involved with students and student life." Professors are nominated for consideration by their Deans, in consultation
w h o ’ s
w i t h
medieval and Renaissance art and architecture in
Florence and the surrounding region. Gori's work
has served multiple goals: to educate fellow
Tuscans on the importance of today's artistic
thinking and creations, to support budding and
renowned contemporary artists, and to facilitate
the installation of outstanding works by brilliant
Italian and international sculptors, painters, and
other artists, in public spaces in the region. His
own collection at the Fattoria Celle near Pistoia,
which includes a 70-acre sculpture park, is a star
in the constellation of contemporary art sites now
active in Tuscany. Katie's thesis fills a gap in
assessments of Gori's work, insofar as it
spotlights his landmark accomplishments in the
past thirty years and their profound effect on the
Tuscan art scene.
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more information on their
thesis topics in the next
issue of La Vendemmia!
For information on applying
to the Distinguished Majors
Program in Italian Studies,
see the Italian program
website.
-Adrienne Ward
p r i d e !
with department chairs and faculty
supervisors. The program allows
participating faculty to develop and
implement special projects to
enhance the student experience
here at The University of Virginia.
As though this news were not exciting enough, there’s more.
Prof.ssa Ward, along with Prof.ssa
Emily Scida, also received a grant
to conduct a longitudinal study
assessing the linguistic compe-
tency of Italian majors as
they progress through the
program here. The professoresse
aim to determine how, and to
what extent, study abroad affects
students’ proficiency and to gain
information to help them achieve
greater degrees of fluency in
Italian by the time they graduate.
Keep an eye on La vendemmia to
hear what Prof.sse Ward and
Scida do next! -The Editors.
“Next year,
Molly Frear,
Emanuel Grant,
and Rachel
Midura will follow
Katie Dodds in
the Distinguished
Majors Program.”
Prof.ssa Ward
(left) and
Prof.ssa Scida
(below).
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Radio is most certainly not dead, at least
UVa students took control of Caffè Italia’s airwaves for two shows.
S p a n k i n g
What’s new this fall? Italian courses in
a wide variety of styles. If you are looking to finalize your schedule, and not
yet sure what to take, you might want to
sample one or more of these offerings:
ITAL: 4350: Angels, Birds, Prostitutes,
and Lambs: Representations of Women
in Italian Literature.
“How do men portray women in Italian
texts? How do women represent themselves? What does representation
mean? This course will study issues of
gender and representation, looking
especially at how they are conditioned
L a
Some of the students who took
Advanced Italian II (3020) this
spring now might be. In April they
took control of this publication to
produce a special Italian-language
edition. April’s issue featured origi-
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not here at The University of Virginia. Students of Advanced
Italian II (Italian 3020)
recently contributed a
series of special reports
to the syndicated Italian
-language radio show,
Caffè Italia.
Caffè Italia broadcasts
each Sunday from the
campus of Southeastern Louisiana University and reaches audiences in Salamanca,
Spain and Middletown, CT. On April 22 and
29 it also invaded Charlottesville, thanks to
the efforts of our students in Italian Stud-
N e w
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The Advanced Italian class provided reports
on a variety of topics, ranging from a virtual
tour of the Uffizi, to an explanation of last
winter’s natural gas crisis in Italy. They
wrote and recorded their broadcasts with
the help of late, famed Italian writer Carlo
Emilio Gadda, and Caffè Italia’s host Prof.
Francesco Fiumara of Southeastern.
Did you miss it? Don’t worry, you can listen
to both shows at http://www.kslu.org/
caffe_italia_samples.php, password
kslu. –Sarah Annunziato
C l a s s e s !
by historical period and by genre.”
ITTR 3559: Frenemies: Italy and the
U.S., Cross-Cultural Perspectives.
“This course will examine both media
representations of Italy in the United
States and representations of America
in the Italian media. We will analyze
examples from literature, film and
television that come from both nations.
Readings from Highsmith, Pavese,
Severgnini. Films by Amelio, Coppola,
Lattuada, Minghella, and Tucci.”
ITTR 5250: Dante’s Purgatory in Translation.
V e n d e m m i a
You may not be graduating just yet,
but you may already be thinking
about what you want to do after
you leave UVa for the “real world.”
Have you ever considered a career
in journalism?
d a y s
w a n t s
nal articles on a variety of topics,
ranging from our museum’s exhibit
on Bartolo di Fredi, to the economic crisis in Italy. The students
also selected all of the photographs to accompany their work to
create an informative and visually
interesting newsletter.
However, you need not be a student in Italiano 3020 to write for
La vendemmia.
Anyone with a passion for Italian
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“Close reading of Purgatory, the second
realm of the Afterlife. Lectures focus on
Dante’s social, political, and cultural
world. Incorporates The World of Dante
a multimedia pedagogical and research
website, that offers a wide range of
digital materials related to the Comedy.”
ITTR 5820: Italian Pop Culture
“This course is an historical examination of the cultural and socio-political
transformations that took place in Italy
during its recent history.”
“Are you
wondering which
Italian course is
best for you?
You Might want
to look into some
of these
offerings!”
-The Editors.
y - o - u !
and a story to tell
about the bootshaped country can
submit an article or
artwork for publication.
La vendemmia is your paper, so
don’t be afraid to put your personal
stamp on it.
-The Editors
Uva means grape and
University of Virginia!
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N e w s l et t e r
T it l e
A u g u r i !
Please wish good luck and
congratulations to our departing Italian Studies graduates, and stay tuned for news
on all the Italian majors and
minors who will reunite next
fall!
I NUOVI LAUREATI
Patrick Duffy
Katie Dodds
Shea Fitzgerald
Rachel Fleischer
Taylor Hart Odom
Sydney Saunders
Ashley Winston
CLASS OF 2013
Randy Alston
Christopher Banks
Nick Carullo
Molly Frear
Sandy Glennie
Emanuel Grant
Rachel Midura
Emily Schreiber
Brittany Smith
Filadelfia Soto
Ashley Taylor
Stephen Grado
Eric Johnson
Zoe Kemp
Virginia Nyce
Lacey Prestipino
Alexander Preve
Kiana Ricks-Bell
Frances Sarrett
E. Naz Tanoglu
Caitlin Willis
Taylor Wilson
CLASS OF 2014
Stefani Bell
Alexia Casaus-Leppo
Alessandra Cox
2 0 1 1 - 2 0 1 2 :
September
Settembre
Above: Students attend La Traviata. Center: Katie
Dodds at the Gori Collection. Below: Lola Pelliccia
Essay Prize winner Peter Lizza (center) with his TA,
Noemi Perego (left).
A
l o o k
b a c k
In September,
Italian Studies
Students attended La
Traviata at the
Paramount Theatre in Charlottesville. For many, it
was the first
chance to see a
live opera performance.
O c t o b e r …
O t t o b r e
La Vendemmia, the
newsletter of Italian
Studies at The University of Virginia, is born.
In April, students of Advanced Italian wrote
and edited their own
issue in Italian.
Soccer (calcio) was a popular
topic in April’s Vendemmia.
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N o v e m b e r . . . N o v e m b r e
In November, the Italian Studies program
hosted a dinner at the Shea House to allow
students interested in the major, minor, or
study abroad to learn more. Italian Majors
Randy Alston (far left), Sydney Saunders
(second from left), Brittany Smith (third
from left) and Sandie Glennie (second from
right) spoke at the event along with Katie
Dodds and Shea Fitzgerald.
Food catered by Mona Lisa and funny stories
about why students decided to major in Italian
made the night a lot of fun.
D e c e m b e r . . . D i c e m b r e
In December, candidates in
the MA program at The University of Virginia presented their
theses to an audience of their
J a n u a r y . .
. G e n n a i o
In January, Prof.ssa Ward and
Prof. Cesaretti (far left) accompanied a group of UVa students to Tuscany, to study the
region’s language and culture.
The group stayed in Prato, and
made trips throughout Tuscany, including an excursion to
the region’s capitol, Florence
(pictured).
peers, and also their professors. Second-year MA students
Jülide Etem, Emiliano Guaraldo, Hiromi Kaneda, and
Noemi Perego (center)
spoke on a variety of topics,
ranging from Giuseppe
Berto’s novel Il cielo è
Rosso, to the poetry of Giacomo Leopardi. First-year
MA students Alicia Persson
(left), Laura Petrik, Dan
Frullani, and Alessandro De
Stefanis (right) organized the
event.
February…
Febbraio
In February,
Professor
Dennis
Looney
(left)
visited
grounds
to speak about his
book,
Freedom Readers.
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INDEX
The Department of Spanish, Italian
and Portuguese offers three kinds of
specialization in Italian Studies: a major in Italian Studies leading to the
B.A. or B.A. with distinction; a minor in
Italian Studies; and a graduate
course of studies leading to the M.A.
in Italian language and literature.
ITALIAN STUDIES
Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
115 Wilson Hall
PO Box 400777
Charlottesville, VA 22904
For information on becoming a major
or a minor in Italian Studies, please
contact Professor Adrienne Ward
([email protected]).
Phone: 434-924-7159
Fax: 434-924-7160
E-mail: [email protected] .
If you would like more information on
the M.A. program in Italian, please
contact Professor Enrico Cesaretti
([email protected]).
Your business tag line here.
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Editor: Sarah Annunziato.
Deborah Parker.
Editorial Board:
Ringraziamo:
Enrico Cesaretti.
ASCIT.
Cristina Della Coletta.
Caffè Italia.
Deborah Parker.
Shea Fitzgerald.
Emily Scida.
The Gori Collection.
Adrienne Ward.
Mona Lisa.
Contributors:
Opera Viva.
Sarah Annunziato.
The Pelliccia Family.
Adrienne Ward.
Rachel Perry.
Photography:
Claudio Rinaldi.
Emiliano Guaraldo, MA, ‘12.
Eric Stauffer.
Hiromi Kaneda, MA, ‘12.
Virginia is for lovers of Italian!