From Da Ponte to the Casa Italiana: A Brief History of Italian Studies at Columbia University

by Barbara Faedda

The Casa Italiana--a neo-Renaissance palazzo located on Amsterdam Avenue near 117th Street--has been the most important expression of the Italian presence on Columbia University's campus since its construction in 1927. As a site of interdisciplinary scholarship and promotion of Italian culture, the Casa Italiana has made a substantial contribution to the academic study of Italy in America and the understanding of Italian cultural identity abroad...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231185936
• ISBN13: 9780231185936
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.2" x 10.1"