ART 261/COM 370:  POST-WAR ITALIAN CINEMA: 
This course will survey the best of Italian filmmaking from World War II to the present.  We will begin with such classics as Ossessione (1942) and Open City (1945), closely investigate the phenomenon known as Italian neo-realism (a huge influence on all subsequent world cinema), study the films of the great auteurs such as Antonioni, Fellini, De Sica, and Visconti, and conclude with the best films from the last ten years.  (If taken as ART 261, this course will count for the Fine Arts Divisional [Div. III] requirement.)

POST-WAR ITALIAN FICTION:  
This course will consist of a survey of great Italian novels and memoirs written from just after World War II to the present.  Writers to be studied include Carlo Levi, Giorgio Bassani, Italo Calvino, Natalia Ginzburg, Giuseppe di Lampedusa, Primo Levi, and Leonardo Sciascia.  Several of the books that we will read will be linked with their film adaptations that we will watch and discuss in the cinema class. 

Spring 2011 Program Information

HIS 2253. History of Venice (3h)
This course will review the history of Venice, focusing on the art, architecture and culture in such a way as to complement the Venetian Renaissance Art course. Students will visit historic sites around Venice.

BIO 368. The Cell Biological Basis of Disease (3h)
This course will be offered if there is sufficient interest in a second biology course. Examines some of the defects in basic cellular mechanisms that are responsible for many diseases, as well as mechanisms by which bacteria and viruses cause disease.

Excursions/Activities
Students attending the spring 2009 program will meet with theatre directors and actors, visit theatres in Venice, Ferrara, Vicenza, Mantova, and Pompeii. Other visits to include exciting trips to a Prosecco winery, a Parmigiani Reggiano farm, an aceto balsamico farm in Reggio Emilia, and many other cultural excursions in Venice and other Italian cities.

Accommodations

Casa Artom can accommodate twenty students. There are eleven bedrooms, a library, classrooms, a dining room, a living room, two kitchens, a patio, and an open courtyard. Modern kitchen facilities are available, and students often prefer to cook their meals together in the house. The house is wired for Internet access and students may bring their laptop computers. The Resident Professor has a suite upstairs consisting of two bedrooms and a bath. Washers and dryers are available in the laundry room at a modest fee.

Click the following link for pictures of Casa Artom: Casa Artom Photographs.

Costs

Students pay current Wake Forest tuition and housing fees. Students are responsible for all meals, round-trip airfare, additional travel, books, and other personal expenses.

Selection Criteria

The Resident Professor is responsible for the selection of each group based on the following criteria:

*Academic suitability

*Social and emotional maturity

*Completion of Italian 112 or 113

*Classification (seniors given some priority)

*Seriousness of the student in pursuing the academic and cultural aims of the program

*Applicability of the program to the student's interests and studies

Majors in all disciplines are eligible.

Scholarships

Special scholarships for study at Casa Artom are available through the Camillo Artom Fund and the Hubert Humphrey Studies Abroad Scholarship. Interested students should apply through the semester Resident Professor. Students may apply for additional scholarships through the Center for International Studies.

Contact Information

Dr. Peter Kairoff, Program Director of Casa Artom and Professor of Music

Phone: (336) 758 5369

E-mail: kairoff@wfu.edu

House Address

Casa Artom

Dorsoduro 699

San Gregorio

30123 Venice, Italy

Phone: 011-39-041-522-2709

Fax: 011-39-041-522-0277