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Italian: Florence, Italy
Italian Language and Culture

Summer 2009

Italian-Florence Instructor Bio

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MASSIMO CIAVOLELLA studied at the Universities of Bologna, Rome, and British Columbia, where he received his Ph.D. in classical, medieval and Renaissance studies. He taught for many years at Carleton University (Ottawa) and at the University of Toronto before coming to his present positions as Professor of Italian, and Professor of Comparative Literature and the University of California, Los Angeles. At UCLA he has taught a wide range of courses on the Italian Renaissance and “the Classical Tradition.” Over the years, he has won academic fellowships and grants, has organized and read papers at a great number of international conferences, and served on the board of several academic books, journals and series. He has read papers at many academic conferences, and has written widely on his areas of specialization.