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ITALIAN 189

Writing About Italy

UNITS:3-5
GRADING:Letter or Credit/No Credit
LEVEL:Undergrad
GER:WIM

Writing about various topics in Italian Studies. Topics based on student interests: current politics, economics, European affairs, or cultural and literary history, medieval to modern, in Italy. Intensive focus on writing. Students may write on their experience at Stanford in Florence. Fulfills the WIM requirement for Italian majors. Instructor consent required for enrollment.

Syllabus for selected term:
View Autumn 2026 Syllabus

Sections

3 Terms
Independent Study 1Open
ID: 12402
0 / 10 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Prodan, Sarah
units

ITALIAN 189: Writing About Italy

3-5 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit · GER: WIM

Writing about various topics in Italian Studies. Topics based on student interests: current politics, economics, European affairs, or cultural and literary history, medieval to modern, in Italy. Intensive focus on writing. Students may write on their experience at Stanford in Florence. Fulfills the WIM requirement for Italian majors. Instructor consent required for enrollment.

Offered in Autumn 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 at Stanford University.

Autumn 2026 sections

  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Prodan, Sarah (Undergrad)

Winter 2027 sections

  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Wittman, Laura (Undergrad)

Spring 2027 sections

  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Berchi, Giacomo (Undergrad)

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  • ITALIAN 154: Film & Philosophy (ENGLISH 154F, FRENCH 154, PHIL 193C)
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  • ITALIAN 181: Philosophy and Literature (CLASSICS 42, COMPLIT 181, ENGLISH 81, FRENCH 181, GERMAN 181, ILAC 181, PHIL 81, SLAVIC 181)
  • ITALIAN 199: Individual Work
  • ITALIAN 202: Queer Romance (COMPLIT 203R, ENGLISH 302R, FRENCH 203, FRENCH 303)
  • ITALIAN 205: Songs of Love and War: Gender, Crusade, Politics (FEMGEN 205, FRENCH 205, FRENCH 305, ITALIAN 305)
  • ITALIAN 212: Film and Fascism (FILMEDIA 213A, FRENCH 213, FRENCH 313)
  • ITALIAN 217: Love, Death and the Afterlife in the Medieval West (FRENCH 217, FRENCH 317, HISTORY 217D, HISTORY 317D, ITALIAN 317)
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