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Adjunct Professor of Italian
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2025 - 2026 Course Schedule

Medieval Seminars
The Italian and Mediterranean Colloquia
Guest Lectures
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Digital Dante
eBOIARDO
World Epics
World Epics in Puppet Theater
All' Opera

Language Placement Exam
Proficiency Exam
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The Italian Academy
Summer Program in Venice

Department of Italian

Elizabeth Leake

Research Interest

Comparative Literature, Modern Literature, Modern Cinema

Courses Taught

Spring 2025

History of Italian Cinema

3 pts, UN3643

Spring 2025

ITAL FASCISM & ITS REPRESENTATION IN FILM

3 pts, GU4140

Fall 2021

ITALIAN NEOREALISM

3 pts, GU4420

Spring 2020

INTRO-HIST & THEORY-LIT INTERP

3 pts, GU4220

Spring 2018

ITAL AUTOBIOGRPHY 19-20TH CENT

3 pts, GU4109

Professor of Italian, Chair

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