Laura Chiesa

PhD

Laura Chiesa.

Laura Chiesa

PhD

Laura Chiesa

PhD

Scholarly Interests

Modern and Contemporary Italian and French Studies; Critical Theory; Architecture; Film and Visual Studies

Education

  • PhD, Comparative Literature, UCLA
  • DEA, Philosophy, École Des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris
  • Laurea, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Università di Pisa

Selected Publications

Courses Taught

  • ITA 410. Modern Italian Studies: Italian Avant-Garde and Neo-Avant-Garde 
  • ITA 422. Modern Italian Studies: Landscapes in Literature and Cinema 
  • ITA 429/DMS 429. Italian Cinematic Histories and Poetics 
  • FR 481 / ITA 409. World Dramas, Human Choices, co-taught with Dr. Christian Flaugh
  • FR 525 / RLL 525 / FR 483 / ITA 409. European Cinema (grad. and undergrad.) 
  • RLL 526/COL 525. Contemporary French and Italy Theory  

Awards and Grants

  • Humanities Institute Faculty Fellowship, University at Buffalo, Spring 2022
  • College of Arts and Sciences, University at Buffalo, Annual Teaching Award, reviewed by the Committee on Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Cases, Spring 2016
  • Julian Park Publication Fund, University at Buffalo, Spring 2015 
  • Principal Investigator: initiated application and obtained grants from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support the Italian Language Program at the University at Buffalo-SUNY, 2012-2016 
  • Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Columbia University Fellowship, 2005

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