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Matteo Benassi
Instructor of Italian
Taught classes at all levels:
- Elementary Italian (ITA 101, ITA 102)
- Intermediate Italian (ITA 201)
- Italian Conversation and Composition (ITA 300)
- Italian Culture (ITA 263)
- Created and taught the Italian Cinema class (ITA335), with a focus on immigration and diversity.
- Co-Director of the Italy Study Abroad Progam Italy Past and Present.
Contact Information
matteo.benassi@uky edu mbe234@uky.edu
1451 Patterson Office Tower
Education
Ph.D. in Italian, Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey (2020)
Research Interests
- 20th & 21st Century Italian Poetry
- Film Studies
- Translation and Interpretation
- The Intersection between Literature and Society
- posthumanism
Affiliations
- Modern & Classical Languages Literatures & Cultures
- Italian
- International Film Studies
- AAIS - American Association for Italian Studies