University of Connecticut. Center for Italian Studies.

The Center for Italian Studies began operation at the University of Connecticut in the 1967/1968 academic year and served as an interdisciplinary focus for the study of modern Italy. The Center was discontinued at the end of the 1974/1975 academic year, a victim of budget constraints and its own admission that it had not been successful at accomplishing its stated objective.

The Center began operation during the 1967/1968 academic year and served as an interdisciplinary focus for the study of modern Italy . Through the Center's efforts, and with the cooperation of relevant departments, new courses in Italian Studies were developed at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, along with a graduate program in Italian Literature. As part of its program, the Center sponsored visiting lecturers, as well as a trip to Italy in the hopes of developing a junior-year Study Abroad program. The Center also worked with the library to increase acquisitions in the area of Italian Studies.

The Center received a grant of $33,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to produce a half hour television program in the Italian Renaissance entitled "Man in the Renaissance". The Center was discontinued at the end of the 1974/1975 academic year, a victim of budget constraints and its own admission that it had not been successful at accomplishing its stated objective.